Awesome Gaming Build

Components

• EVGA X99 Classified 151-HE-E999-KR LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
• Intel Core i7-6800K 15M Broadwell-E 6-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80671I76800K Desktop Processor
• CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 128GB (8 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Memory Kit – Black Model CMK128GX4M8A2133C13
• Intel SSD 600p Series (1.0TB, M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4, 3D1, TLC)
• 2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6183-KR, 8GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) SLI
• Corsair Hydro Series H80i V2 Water / Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm CW-9060024-WW
• Rosewill Photon-1050, PHOTON Series 1050W Full Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS Gold Certified, Single +12V Rail, Intel 4th Gen CPU Ready, SLI & Crossfire Ready
• Full Tower Case, RIOTORO® CR1280 Fully Customizable RGB Color Gaming Case with Clear Window Panel

Getting Started

For the most part, this build was pretty straight forward. The only real issue I ran into was the USB in the case itself. I ended up having to order a USB extension to properly route the USB from the header due to the way the case pressed up on that area. Other than that, the build went seamlessly as you can see from the vide.

Post Modification

I’ve since modified this build a bit to keep up with the times and from lessons learned. The first thing I did was swap out the power supply for an Corsair HX 1200i which ended up being much more stable. The other power supply just seemed to have a bit of a problem providing consistent power. Next, I swapped out the CPU fans with a pair of Silent Wings 3 bequiet CPU fans. This made the entire rig almost completely silent. The case itself was a bit restrictive overall and I wasn’t thrilled with the look or the heat dissipation. I then decided to instead get a ThermalTake P5 case. This is one of the best cases I’ve ever owned. This provided great airflow and looked amazing. I added a second 1TB SSD for extra storage and finally swapped out my dual GTX 1080 SLI graphics cards for a single EVGA NVidia RTX 3090 Ti FTW3. This was done mainly due to the fact that SLI was being discontinued and seemed to provide no benefit short thereafter.

I also decided to get rid of standard Windows 10 as this was just bogging down the system for no reason. I replaced it with AtlasOS, which is basically thin Windows 10. It’s much lighter and faster. For gaming, it also seems much more reliable.

Conclusion

This machine continues to work great even to this day and is my daily driver for gaming. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out and I’ll answer the best I can. Thanks for stopping by.