Sorry for the late response, I used this(link below) riser at the time because it was literally the only one that was cheaper than the brand names. You can still use your pci slots which is a nice bonus too. Many a thanks as well.
I don't expect that mouse mat to stay clean for long. "Mayonnaise" stains. In all seriousness move your video card up to the top pcie slot. You may need to flip you AIO radiator but its not just for aesthetics. There a potential speed cut on the lower slots. Also route the 8-pin and 24-pin behind the motherboard tray. Will be much cleaner. Otherwise not that bad.
I have no words that can describe this. Perhaps it needs none.
Why didn't you just run cool tap water through the loop while you were at it. Seems like a great idea aside from calcium buildup.
Serious question begins here.
Any idea what the power draw on the entire setup is?
Perhaps he/she/it will aquire a 4K monitor in the future, get a VR headset, wants future proofing, or just plain likes high frame rates. Hard to know when they only list specs.
Good build. FX is aging though and if I’m being honest it was never really good to begin with. If you could upgrade to Ryzen it would make a huge difference in the performance although with current DDR4 prices you may need to shop around for a good deal. For an FX build it’s pretty ballin though.
A 250 GB SSD and 1 TB HDD work out fine for me. Even with around 55 games I only use up about 550 gigs( your mileage may vary) on the hard drive and 100 on the SSD(again, very personal) . But as he said, he has a 2 TB one , so it doesn't matter.
Yeah but they don't have 2011 printed on the heat spreader for no reason and, for some reason, the 970a krait edition boards are ridiculously expensive. On ebay a used board cost the same as Ryzen 3 1200 and an ASRock A320M M-ATX board combo.