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    New computer time !!

    I decided to rebuild my old system for tink and buy me a new setup.. 2.5k later its done !!!

    I picked up a 850 evo 512g,970evga,corsair 105 cooler for my old system. Which is a 8320 amd with 32gigs of ram. I been
    having this strange issue with the system for years where i get no video output on start up. After replacing the mb/ps
    i finally came to the conclusion it was the video card. Which was a 7970. The card was wc and had lived
    a hard life as a bitminer in its early months. Still though only 3 years out of it left me really ticked off.

    After i got that sorted out and stuck together for tink i started gathering my pieces.

    I was really torn on how i wanted to go with this build. Did i want to go with the 6core stuff that intel has or
    strike out with the new skylake setup. In the end i went with the skylake setup. Mostly over MB selection.

    System consists of

    Gigabyte z170x Gaming 7
    32gigs of memory
    950 nvme ssd 512g -- sucker fast !!
    980 gtx evga hydro card which i brought used
    Phanteks Enthoo primo case to stuff it all in -- HUGE case
    Dell s2716d 27" 1440p -- So impressed with this monitor

    I wanted to purchase all new wc parts but i was running low on funds so just
    moved my old wc parts over.
    The WC parts with new tubing went on so smooth. Generally it can take a lot of time to figure everything out
    and then run the tubing burp/bleed it/leak test it

    I spent less then 4 hours from start to finish on the tubing then burping the system. To put that into perceptive
    i normally figure 24 hours for all that. The bay/pump setup i have was a nightmare to use the first time i ever
    did a system with it. This time around it was unreal how easy it was.

    Its ok cause when i turned the system on for the first time it wouldn't post. Just a cycle of reboots. Code was 55
    and it was 5 beeps when i plugged a speaker in. To make a long story short. Turned out the bios was faulty. Lucky for me
    gigabytes have a secondary one and i was able to flip a switch and the system booted up. We just not talk about all
    the BS i went thru before i remembered about the secondary bios. Also had sound issues. Turned out to be a bad sound
    card + amp lost a channel.

    The only issue i not resolved is a very slow boot up from bios to when windows finally starts loading. I have a few
    suspicions on that but i going to let it slid for now. Its super fast load from when windows logo appear till i am on
    desktop Like 5 secs or less. Just sets at a flashing cursor after the bio screen for about 15 secs. Driving me nuts.



    Back side of the mess of wires. Really nice wire management options if i wanted to take the time. At some point i might pull it apart and
    really wire it up with idea of having a super clean install.



    Topside pick of the Res/pump combo. I love compression fitting !! U can just make out the fill port. I used a long piece
    of tubing and a funnel. Way easier then it was on my silverstone tj09 case.



    Lost one of the monitor setup. 27inch/21 inch. Both running 1920x 1080p. I not tried out the 1440p in anything yet.

    Elkwood Level 70 Druid






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    Hoss Officer / WoW Zeyla's Avatar
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    Nice rig Elk!

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    Yeah very snazzy looking PC there Elk

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    Very nice job Elk.

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