So I have gone a little crazy over the past few days and came up with an equally crazy build. Followers will know that I have two main cateogires in which I split my builds: KarachiDevil Builds (High Performance) and Kiyoshi Builds (Budget.) What if you want both? A system that is both High Performance AND Budget? So this is what I came up with (Warning: It isn't what you think but still go ahead and read it ^_^)
CASE:
AZZA Fusion 4000 (
http://azzatek.com)
MB Compatibility: XL-ATX, E-ATX, Full ATX, Micro ATX and ITX
External 5.25": 8
External 3.5": 4
Internal 3.5": 8
Expansion Slots: 10
Dimensions: 30.7" x 10.2" x 24"
Price: US$ 264.99
A giant of a case, the Fusion 4000 can support two systems inside the case which run concurrently or individually. I think you know where I am going with this ^_^
SYSTEM 1:
CPU:
Intel Core i5-3570K (
www.intel.com)
Core Clock: 3.4 GHz
Turbo: 3.8 GHz
4-Core, 4-Thread
L3 Cache: 6MB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256KB
Price: US$ 229.99
The Ivy Bridge replacement for the Core i5-2500K. Every bit as good though runs a bit hot on overclocking. Still a great buy if you are building a new system or looking to build an Ivy Bridge Computer.
MOTHERBOARD:
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H (
www.gigabyte.us)
Max Memory : 32GB
PCI-E 3.0 x16 : 3
PCI-E x1 : 3
SATA Connectors : 4 x SATA II, 5 x SATA III
Dimensions : 12.0" x 9.6"
Price : US$ 189.99
One of the most popular boards from Gigabyte and one of the best ones out there. Buy it!
VIDEO CARD:
Gigabyte GTX 670 (
www.gigabyte.us)
Interface : PCI-E 3.0 x16
Core Clock : 980MHz
Boost Clock : 1058MHz
CUDA Cores : 1344
Memory : 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
Dimensions : 11" x 5.4" x 1.7"
Price: US$ 399.99
One of the best GTX 670's money can buy. Another solid offering from Gigabyte.
SOUND CARD:
ASUS Xonar DGX (
www.asus.com)
Price : US$ 39.99
One of the best cards you can find at this price. I wanted to mix things up and show some other cheaper sound cards you can buy that are also pretty decent. This one is capable of 5.1 Surround Sound.
RAM:
Kingston HyperX Predator (
www.kingston.com)
Capacity : 2 x 8GB
Speed : 1600
Voltage : 1.65V
Price : US$ 47.99
A great heat sink, an awesome gaming RAM and legendary reliability, what more could you ask for ?
POWER SUPPLY:
AZZA 750W (
www.azzatek.com)
Max Power : 750W
Active PFC
PCI-E Connectors : 4 x 6+2-Pin
SATA Connectors : 8
Fully Modular
80+ Platinum Certified
Price : US$ 159.99
A great 80+ Platinum modular power supply for a good price. Azza PSU for a Azza case ^_^
AIR COOLING:
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler (
www.noctua.at)
A giant beast of a cooler. Awesome cooling capability. I unfortunately don't know about whether it will interfere with the seating of the RAM because it is pretty massive so you might want to get a low profile RAM or take the heat sink off which is not the best of ideas. However with a big enough board, it is worthy of your consideration. If all else fails Cooler Master Hyper 212 is always there to the rescue. I just wanted to feature something a little different ^_^
Price : US$ 89.99
HARD DRIVES:
Samsung 830 Series (
www.samsung.com)
Capacity : 128GB
Interface : SATA III
Max Sequential Read : 520 MB/s
Max Sequential Write : 320 MB/s
Price : US$ 99.99
Not one of the fastest SSDs out there but definitely one of the most reliable and competitively priced. Look it up, buy it and enjoy it.
Seagate Barracuda (
www.seagate.com)
Capacity : 1TB
Interface : SATA III
RPM : 7200
Cache : 32MB
Price : US$ 99.99
A very good, decently priced hard-drive from Seagate. Buy it already!
OPTICAL DRIVE:
LG Black Blu-Ray Burner (
www.lg.com)
BD-R Write Speed : 14X
BD-R DL : 12X
DVD +R/-R : 16X
Price : US$ 59.99
A cheap, stable and fast Blu-Ray Burner. Get it while the getting is good.
So that, my friends is the first system inside this massive case. The second system will be a mini-ITX one so here it goes.
SYSTEM 2:
CPU:
Intel Core i3-3220
Core Clock : 3.3 GHz
2-Core, 4-Thread
L3 Cache : 3MB
Price : US$ 129.99
A budget processor worthy of your consideration. It will not have the power to tackle high processor intensive applications but should do fine for everyday tasks and light gaming.
MOTHERBOARD:
ASRock H77M-ITX (
www.asrock.com)
Max Memory : 16GB
PCI-E 2.0 x16 : 1
SATA Connectors : 2 x SATA II, 2 x SATA III
Dimensions : 6.7" x 6.7"
Price : US$ 99.99
A great mini-ITX motherboard from ASRock. Give it a go!
VIDEO CARD:
You can skip it and go with on board video on this one.
SOUND CARD:
You can skip it and go with on board audio on this one.
RAM:
G.Skill (
www.gskill.com)
Capacity : 2 x 2GB
Speed : 1333
Voltage : 1.5V
Timing : 8-8-8-21
Price : US$ 29.99
A great little RAM for a great little price.
POWER SUPPLY:
Rosewill Stallion (
www.rosewill.com)
Max Power : 450W
PCI-E Connector : 1 x 6-Pin
SATA Connectors : 4
Price : US$ 34.99
You can find cheaper ones but this is a nice stable power supply at a modest price.
AIR COOLING:
Stock heatsink will do nicely
HARD DRIVES:
Samsung 830 Series (
www.samsung.com)
Capacity : 128GB
Interface : SATA III
Max Sequential Read : 520 MB/s
Max Sequential Write : 320 MB/s
Price : US$ 99.99
Not one of the fastest SSDs out there but definitely one of the most reliable and competitively priced. Look it up, buy it and enjoy it.
How about a SSD only build this time around?
OPTICAL DRIVE:
Any dvd-burner you want ^_^
TOTAL:
US$ 2077.84
THOUGHTS:
As you may now have gathered it has one KarachiDevil build and one Kiyoshi build inside of it. The Azza Fusion 4000 can actually house a mini ITX system and a regular system. It might be able to fit both a mini-ITX and XL-ATX but since I have yet to see it in person and try it for myself, I featured an ATX build aside it. As I said a crazy but fun build. I would envision using the mini-ITX for a Linux system and the other system for gaming. They can both operate simultaneously which is kind of cool.
Well that is it for this rather lengthy post.
Kiyoshi Out!
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