Project "Calico" & Project "Apollo"
For the past 15 years that I've been building computers I've always had a few big upgrades that have earned names. These names are Traditionally based on some of my many horses over the years. Some living, some who have passed. These two builds will both have names and I've carefully considered who I'm using.
Build 1
Project "Calico"
Calico (aka Callie). This was one of my first miniature horses. She was about 33" tall full grown. I trained her from quite young and she ended up a nice little driving horse. She was quite a friend to me when I was younger and has always stayed with me even after passing suddenly of Colic. With this in mind I think I have finally found a build that this suits. Tiny horse, Tiny Platform.
CPU: - Intel Core i7 4770K
MB: - Asus Maximus VI Impact
Ram - Corsair Vengence 8gb - Will be upgraded shortly after
Vid: - Radeon 6970 2GB - Will be upgraded shortly after
PSU - Corsair TX750M
SSD - Intel 530 Series 240 GB SSD
HDD - WD Green 2Tb - Will be Black shortly
Case: - Caselabs Mercury S3
Build 2
Project "Apollo"
Apollo - Now this boy is still with us and is one hell of a boy. He is a Belgian Draft horse meaning that he is the type used for pulling plows and farm equipment and such. He is about 6 feet tall at his shoulder and weighs 2500lb. I rescued him about 2 years ago, He's 6 now. He was still a stallion meaning that he wasn't fixed yet which when combined with his size made him quite dangerous. When I got him he was very malnourished and had never had any maintenance done This meant that feet and hair were awful. On top of this he also had a broken mandible that had never been treated in over 2 years. I might elaborate through out the build log and I'll have pictures through out also. Needless to say he is now healed up very nicely considering. Anyhow Very big horse, Very big platform.
CPU: - Intel Core i7 4930K - Already own
MB: - Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
Ram: - Corsair Dominator 32gb
Vid: - SLI 780ti TBD
PSU: - 1200watt, Still undecided.
SDD - I have a 240 GB Mushkin SSD and a 2tb WD for this but this might change.
Case: - Caselabs - TBD (or might grab a 900D)
Cooling: - This will of course be water cooled. I plan to block almost everything. Full board block, Ram Blocks, CPU of course and Graphics cards. There will be 2 separate loops in here and I want to really go overkill on the rads.
The reason there is Two builds here is for a couple of reasons. I work from home as a Software Developer and I also game at night although I haven't in awhile cause of many things but now I can again. So I want to get back to having two separate rigs for each thing so that I can have some separation between work and play. Next reason is that both of the CPUs used here are from the Intel Retail Edge (RE) Program. I got both processors for under $400.
This build will really get rolling once the CPUs arrive which should be very early in the new year. I think Calico is going to be the primary objective as I really need to get off this dying board lol.
Thanks for stopping by!