I'm able to sit at a pretty comfortable 4.2 GHz. It's a decent cooler, but I highly recommend getting some different CPU thermal compound to use with it.

NO, THIS IS PATRICK!

+1 for the most British thing I have read in a long time. Great build mate, hope you enjoy.

Honestly, I feel like that is a good thing.

I think I have played TF2 with you before +1

They haven't gimped anything. However, none of the driver updates have drastically increased performance like the Radeon drivers have for older cards.

+1 for my Athlon brethren!

Brb, gotta get my lotion

Do you produce music? I would love to get a link to some of your stuff if you do!

Not everyone has a beautiful build. Hell, look at how ugly mine is. But the good thing is that you can only go up from here.

MY LIFE FOR THE HORDE

Holy RGB, Batman!

OP's username is nickabong122

Nice build! I recommend buying the Battle Pass for DotA if you haven't already. You get a ton of cool skins for pretty cheap, and challenges always add some more fun to the game.

Thank you for your encouragement!

I dedicate this to my hamster, Tim

Pictures?

That bungee hard drive is great! Sorry to hear about your RMA problems though. +1

+1 for tiny fan

You have to take the pictures in a dark room with a flip phone camera. Also leave trash, food, and cigarette butts all over desk.

PRAISE THE SUN
The sun is the only drug I need.

Well, source 2 is out, hopefully it brings 21:9 resolution officially.

Look out Jipster, he is giving you a run for your money on the featured spot. The staff is going to have a tough time choosing this featured build.

although 21:9 has been around for some time, some game, from VALVE specifically still doesn't support this ratio very well

Valve is still behind on some key things like this. If your Valve game of choice is DotA 2, then I would simply Google a solution. I saw a while back on r/dota2 about a 21:9 fix for the game.

When people name their builds "Nevermore" I can never tell if they are fans of the Edgar Allen Poe, DotA 2 Shadowfiend players, or GW2 players.

Hold up, gotta go get my box of tissues.

In an NCIX video, they said that Battlefront was using around 7 GB of RAM on the highest settings, so 16 GB is not the worst idea in the world, especially with DDR3 RAM being so cheap right now.

I would check out getting a mechanical keyboard as well. Once you clack, you never go back.

Yay! Thanks!

That Smash wallpaper is pretty dank. Could you send me a link?

Possibly unpopular opinion:
I actually like Windows 8.1. It isn't as great as 7, but I have it on my laptop and once you get used to some of the weird UI stuff, it's not that bad. Honestly, 10 was ruined for me by driver issues.

I went from 7 to 10, and I ended up having to go back to 7 because the sound drivers for my motherboard and for my USB headphones both stopped working one day. It was extremely frustrating because there was no way to actually press any update or uninstall buttons. You could click them, but nothing happened. So after at least 5 hours of puzzling with looking up solutions and reinstalling drivers, I gave up. So, be careful when updating from 7. I think a clean install of the OS will probably be your safest bet.

RUMORED 16GB OF VRAM
A NEW AGE OF GPU POWA IS COMING
PRAISE THE SUN

The cooler is nice if you want something a little more powerful and quieter than the stock cooler. It was a pain to mount, but it is pretty nice looking and keeps me at a solid 4.2 OC.

It's coolin' me cups just fine

I know that feel bro

It's like those old MasterCard commercials
New screwdriver: $5
Replacement 200mm fan: $12.99
New PC:
Priceless

Are you a Hellsing fan?

No. Our shrimp ramen must be as pure as our souls. No lime allowed.

Shrimp is the best ramen flavour.

shrimp ramen master race

Can confirm, I have the 860k

After my friend's dog marked the gpu vent on my case

Sounds like it almost became

The Yellow Box

+1 for Poe Reference

I would look into getting an aftermarket fan for your CPU so you can play around with overclocking. The 6300 is a great overclocker (most AMD chips are).

Other than that, great build! +1

+1 for cat

This looks pretty good, but don't forget the storage. Also, I am not completely sure that your will fit the cooler.

+1 for Cat Lover mug

Thanks for letting me know about the FAF community. I have been a fan of the original Supreme Commander for years and I got the FA expansion in a humble bundle about a year ago. I haven't really thought about the game recently, but now I have got to play it again with this mod.

What is your fps in wolfenstein?

Yay!

+1 for the Quake 2 mousepad.

Also, that case is pretty badass.