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Behold my college mITX build!

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/behold-my-college-mitx-build.177545/

Extreme Gamer
Extreme Gamer Original post #1
Sep 6, 2013 at 2:12 AM
Parts I reused:

LG Blu-ray burner
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB x2 SSDs
Samsung HD103SI 1TB HDD
WD Green 3TB SATA III HDD
Steelseries Sensei

Parts I purchased (from a nearby Canada Computers shop):

Intel Core i7 4770K
Asus Z87I-Deluxe
Patriot Viper 3 1600Mhz 2x8GB Cl9 RAM (black)
Zotac GTX 780
Fractal Design Node 304
Asus PA248Q
Corsair Vengeance K70 (Cherry MX red keys)

To be purchased: Noctua U12S (heatsink)

Cash spent: Rs. 1.48l approx

Notes: This is an mITX build, so SLI was out of the question from the very beginning. So no, I can't pay tribute to my old 580 SLI build. But a single 780 gets close to that performance.

And now, for the pictures :twisted:

*i.imgur.com/L9zHb40.jpg
*i.imgur.com/itDdsUJ.jpg
*i.imgur.com/3CM8hZq.jpg
*i.imgur.com/HHDSpl1.jpg
*i.imgur.com/p5har7Q.jpg

My phone camera sucks. Sony Xperia M. Also, android still is horseshit. Even in it's 4.0 avatar.
sam_738844
Sep 6, 2013 at 9:29 AM
:high5::thumbs: from a GTX780 lover
d3p
d3p #3
Sep 6, 2013 at 12:36 PM
Congrats & post some pictures of the cabinet interiors.
Extreme Gamer
Sep 7, 2013 at 4:47 AM
Congrats & post some pictures of the cabinet interiors.

Soon, soon :twisted:

Just wait for my heatsink to arrive. I'm too busy enjoying the system right now to open it up again.

But since you asked nicely, here's a spoiler for you to drool at:

*i.imgur.com/OvApIVJ.jpg

I know, big mess-o' wires, but just wait for my heatsink to arrive. After that I will clean it up. Which is already difficult on a build this size.
sam_738844
Sep 12, 2013 at 9:44 AM
^^ Snake Park!