Chris Evans

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New PC

2016-01-05

I built a new PC over Christmas (after ~7 years the old one’s more than had it’s day) thanks to the /r/buildapc subreddit, an amazing source of information for all this sort of stuff.

PCPartPicker part list

Type Item
CPU Intel Core i7-6700K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler Corsair H110i GTX 104.65 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card MSI Radeon R9 390 8 GB Video Card
Case Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive
Case Fan Noctua NF-A15 PWM 140 mm Fan
Case Fan Corsair SP140 49.49 CFM 140 mm Fans
Custom BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 60cm
Custom BitFenix Alchemy Cab​le Bundle ​- White

Pics:

Items laid out in preparation

Testing the build before installing it in the case

The completed build

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CHRIS EVANS
Senior Engineering Manager at the LEGO Group, UK