Gadgetory

how's it going guys Kyle here with awesomesauce news today I will be building an epic portable gaming rig and if you're wondering why I'm doing this well the simple answer is just because I can and because I want to yes that's right I had a few parts lying around and I figured I might as well build something out of it so without any further explanation let's go into the hardware that I'm using I got a 16 gig kit from a data this is their ddr3 2800 speed memory that's 2 8 gig sticks very fast memory for my drive I'll be using an m5 pro xstream 256 gig SSD from Plextor the case that this is all going in as a fractal design node 304 it's a mini ITX chassis I've got a 4770k processor it's unlocked we can do some overclocking later top-of-the-line cream of the crop has well core cpu intel core CPU resonator 3 max cooler from Zalman I haven't heard too much about this cooler but hopefully it'll serve me well it'll go nicely in this note 304 since it supports 120 millimeter rads so we'll do some water cooling there Maximus 6 impact motherboard this is asus is first rog board and mini ITX form factor so I'm really excited to use this should be a really cool looking inside of this chassis and second to last we've got a high current pro 850 watt power supply from antic this is totally overkill for this build but like I always say better to go overkill than underkill so we'll see how this power supply works out for me and last but not least the Beast of this build is the GTX 780 Ti g-force card from Nvidia so when that said why don't we get on to a little time-lapse build stop so write it out here is where I realized that this power supply isn't going to fit inside this case and even if I were able to mount the unit to the mounting bracket there still wouldn't be enough clearance for the gtx 780 Ti the power supply is simply too long luckily I had a high current Pro 650 watt nearby which is not only short enough to fit in this case but it's also got just the right amount of power delivery for the system the sacrifice here is that the unit is non modular so I had to work a bit harder to manage the unused cables but as you'll see I didn't have too much trouble so with that said on with the build all right and that pretty much wraps up the build it's done woohoo and I'm really happy with the way it turned out I like the lighting I think the lighting looks cool even though all the colors are mixed matched I think it kind of just gives a nice little aesthetic even though the when the enclosures on you can't see the lights anyway I think it looks pretty wicked when the enclosures off the non-modular cables weren't too much of a hassle I just kind of bundled them up and shoved them into one corner next to the video card and that front fan I kind of scooted it off to the the side a little bit so that there's still some nice airflow coming from that fan so it's not completely blocked off but once again it's just one of those limitations that you have to deal with with a non modular power supply especially when you're working in a smaller mini ITX chassis like the note 304 but other than that I'm really satisfied with how it turned out I still need to install an operating system on it and maybe I'll do some tests maybe I'll even do a follow-up video with some gaming benchmarks and you know other things like temps and acoustics for example but let me know what you guys think and if you'd like to see that future video let me know in the comments below and also let me know what you think of this rig if you think it's awesome sauce or weak sauce so just leave a comment based on how you feel I'm curious to know also like or dislike the video accordingly and be sure to subscribe to awesome sauce news for more tech videos thanks for watching guys I'll see you next time