- Joined
- Jul 7, 2013
So I tried to treat myself a little while ago but life got in the way. After a long, frustrating year, I'm finally back to a place of financial security and now that I've got my personal issues sorted out, it's time for a little luxury!
I haven't decided on a cool name, but I have decided on a color scheme: Black and red. I'm not going to do anything overly extravagant except an eventual custom water loop, but no fancy case modding. Unfortunately I can't buy everything at once, so this will be a slowly updated thread, but there will be pictures! Only thing I have a picture of right now though is the monitor. Anywho, here are the parts I'll be using:
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Fatal1ty Performance
RAM: G. Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (I'm only buying one 8GB stick at a time, up to 16GB)
GPU: MSi GeForce GTX 1050Ti Gaming X
PSU: EVGA 600BQ 600W Semi-Modular PSU
Monitor: Asus VS239H-P 23" 1080p IPS monitor
Case: Apevia X Hermes ATX Mid Tower
SSD: SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB SATA
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K65 tenkeyless Cherry MX Red mechanical keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G600
I'm hoping to have the case, PSU, and GPU by the end of March/early April. Y'all feel free to suggest some names, I was thinking something corny like Crimson Shadow. I might swap the 6500 for the Ryzen 4c/8t CPU when it comes out, if I can find a black and red AM4 board that isn't too expensive. Also considering getting a Hyper 212 Evo and putting some red Corsair LED fans on it. What do you guys think? That case already has a HUGE 200mm LED fan on the side of it. I think that's too much LED for my taste. Needs moar RGB.
Also, I was wondering if it's possible to replace the fan on the PSU with a red LED one? So many possibilities. I might just tear all of the fans except the 200mm or if the case and replace them with Corsair RGB fans. Thoughts?
Anyways, that's all for the main post. Here's the PCPartPicker link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/p3cxNN. Here's the picture of my monitor:
I haven't decided on a cool name, but I have decided on a color scheme: Black and red. I'm not going to do anything overly extravagant except an eventual custom water loop, but no fancy case modding. Unfortunately I can't buy everything at once, so this will be a slowly updated thread, but there will be pictures! Only thing I have a picture of right now though is the monitor. Anywho, here are the parts I'll be using:
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Fatal1ty Performance
RAM: G. Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (I'm only buying one 8GB stick at a time, up to 16GB)
GPU: MSi GeForce GTX 1050Ti Gaming X
PSU: EVGA 600BQ 600W Semi-Modular PSU
Monitor: Asus VS239H-P 23" 1080p IPS monitor
Case: Apevia X Hermes ATX Mid Tower
SSD: SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB SATA
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K65 tenkeyless Cherry MX Red mechanical keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G600
I'm hoping to have the case, PSU, and GPU by the end of March/early April. Y'all feel free to suggest some names, I was thinking something corny like Crimson Shadow. I might swap the 6500 for the Ryzen 4c/8t CPU when it comes out, if I can find a black and red AM4 board that isn't too expensive. Also considering getting a Hyper 212 Evo and putting some red Corsair LED fans on it. What do you guys think? That case already has a HUGE 200mm LED fan on the side of it. I think that's too much LED for my taste. Needs moar RGB.
Also, I was wondering if it's possible to replace the fan on the PSU with a red LED one? So many possibilities. I might just tear all of the fans except the 200mm or if the case and replace them with Corsair RGB fans. Thoughts?
Anyways, that's all for the main post. Here's the PCPartPicker link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/p3cxNN. Here's the picture of my monitor: