Hi all new here ....
Had a X9 case for a while, I bought it when they were first released I suppose . It sat in my work room for a while before I did my first build in it, which was a Z97 build however there was a fault with the MB , by the time it got sorted out z97 was obsolete !
So I am starting from scratch again this time with Z170 ( almost obsolete) - in Hindsight this was a "mistake" I would have gone for an X99 but that platform is almost EOL - but the next iteration of is not due for a few months ?
This is as far as I got with the Z97 build before the MB gave up on me !
Never got to complete the hard tubing on that one RIP maximus 7
Anyway lets get started .....
The previous build was a Maximus 7 the current build is based on a Maximus 8 .
The first thing that struck me about this board was the lack of " Red" on the MB compared to the 7 so not only are most of components ( CPU / RAM ) obsolete my previous colour scheme is not going 'work' so I have decided to aim for a blue / grey / chrome theme
Parts List
Will add the watercooling parts later
but its a dual loop system using monsoon pumps D5 and modular reservoirs
Had a X9 case for a while, I bought it when they were first released I suppose . It sat in my work room for a while before I did my first build in it, which was a Z97 build however there was a fault with the MB , by the time it got sorted out z97 was obsolete !
So I am starting from scratch again this time with Z170 ( almost obsolete) - in Hindsight this was a "mistake" I would have gone for an X99 but that platform is almost EOL - but the next iteration of is not due for a few months ?
This is as far as I got with the Z97 build before the MB gave up on me !
Never got to complete the hard tubing on that one RIP maximus 7
Anyway lets get started .....
The previous build was a Maximus 7 the current build is based on a Maximus 8 .
The first thing that struck me about this board was the lack of " Red" on the MB compared to the 7 so not only are most of components ( CPU / RAM ) obsolete my previous colour scheme is not going 'work' so I have decided to aim for a blue / grey / chrome theme
Parts List
- Motherboard - Maximus 8
- CPU - I7 6700K
- GPU - KFA GTX 1070
- Mem - 32 GB DDR 4 Geil 3200
- PSU - Corsair AX860i
- Case - Thermaltake X9
- HDD 1 - Intel 750 400 GB NVME SSD
- HDD 2 - Crucial 480 GB M2 SSD
- HDD 3 - 3 TB
Will add the watercooling parts later
but its a dual loop system using monsoon pumps D5 and modular reservoirs