- Joined
- Nov 15, 2010
- Location
- Livingston, Scotland
After being at multiple lans this year, after being out of the lanning game for a few years, I have decided Im going to be building myself a Budget Lan rig (my current Workstation isnt exactly the simplest to move due to the size of the bitfenix shinobi XL case), which is also going to double as a HTPC and Personal Storage Server.
For this Project I am going to be reusing some older components, such as my CM690 Case, Which Will be getting a complete overhaul, my coolermaster OEM psu and possibly for the moment, My asus HD4850.
With it being a lan rig, I want it to look clean but also be functional. Handles for me are a must have for easy transport. A Good Air cooling setup and Good cable Management are also biggies.
I managed to pick up a decent z68 motherboard off of ebay for £45 so Thats me got the base of my system, Just to decide on processor and cooling ect.
This whole build log / project i suspect will take me around a month or two to complete.
I have most of the components needed, Just need to decide on processor as from what ive read, an i3 2120 will play the likes of bf3 ect no problem, And I should be able to slightly overclock it, Or I could get another i5. hmmm decisions decisions.
For this Project I am going to be reusing some older components, such as my CM690 Case, Which Will be getting a complete overhaul, my coolermaster OEM psu and possibly for the moment, My asus HD4850.
With it being a lan rig, I want it to look clean but also be functional. Handles for me are a must have for easy transport. A Good Air cooling setup and Good cable Management are also biggies.
I managed to pick up a decent z68 motherboard off of ebay for £45 so Thats me got the base of my system, Just to decide on processor and cooling ect.
Hardware Specs
Motherboard :- MSI Z68A-G43 G3
CPU :- Undecided
Graphics Card :- Asus HD4850 (to be upgraded upon completion)
Case :- My to be modded Coolermaster CM690
ram :- corsair XMS3 1600Mhz 4Gb
Case to do list
strip everything back to bare chassis.
Have new front and top panels made
Install Handles
Paint Internals White and Black
Paint PowerSupply
Internal Cable management
Lighting Effects
Side Window Completion
Motherboard :- MSI Z68A-G43 G3
CPU :- Undecided
Graphics Card :- Asus HD4850 (to be upgraded upon completion)
Case :- My to be modded Coolermaster CM690
ram :- corsair XMS3 1600Mhz 4Gb
Case to do list
strip everything back to bare chassis.
Have new front and top panels made
Install Handles
Paint Internals White and Black
Paint PowerSupply
Internal Cable management
Lighting Effects
Side Window Completion
This whole build log / project i suspect will take me around a month or two to complete.
I have most of the components needed, Just need to decide on processor as from what ive read, an i3 2120 will play the likes of bf3 ect no problem, And I should be able to slightly overclock it, Or I could get another i5. hmmm decisions decisions.
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