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[evilzoe]

Description

Most of the parts were from 2013 when I was a member of the AMD Test Drive.  I've since added/replaced a few things and will continue to do so.

(Image below was taken before my Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250G was added)

Specifications

CPU	AMD A10-6800K APU
Cooler	AMD Stock Heatsink
Motherboard	GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
Memory	AMD Radeon Performance Series 8GB DDR3 1866
Graphics	AMD Radeon R9 290
Disc Drive 1	Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB SATA III
Disc Drive 2	Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III Hard Drive
Disc Drive 3	Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250G
PSU	Rosewill CAPSTONE Series 750W 80 Plus Gold Certified ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply
Case	Fractal Arc Midi R2
Monitor	ASUS VS278 & ASUS VE278

[duramax08]

Thats some really good cable management you got going there!

Question: Just curious why you got the video card near the bottom of the case. Looking at the gigabyte website http://www.gigabyte.com/fileupload/product/2/4343/6621_big.jpg  , you got it currently plugged into the PCIEX8 slot. There could be a chance of it bottlenecking the bandwidth of your awesome R9 290. I would suggest, If possible, move it up to that PCIEX16 thats 2nd to the top so you can get 2 times more bandwidth.

But really, im digging that cable management. Have you thought of getting an aftermarket heatsink?

[evilzoe]

The Fractal Arc Midi R2 makes it super easy.  Plenty of room in the back panel for all wires.  Just zip tie them in place and everything is nice and tidy.  If I'm ever in the market for a new tower, I would buy this model again for sure. 

Also, thanks for pointing out my mistake in where I placed my GPU.  I'll be making the change for sure.   

[crazycarl]

Yeah I was part of that too. That case is great for cable management. I've upgraded my a few times. Went to an FX-8350 and 16gb ram. Can't wait till more comes out to get my computer tinkering fix. 

[oregon]

Just admiring what a great job you did with the cable management here, and there is no dust at all! Very clean and tidy. Inspiring, really. ^.^

Also, very nice hardware. =)

[darkwolfca]

great little apu you got Zoe love it.

[evilzoe]

My updated rig can be found HERE.