New build - Asus Z87 Gryphon

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Just finished a new build:

- CoolerMaster Silencio mid-tower case 652
- PSU: Corsair HX750W
- Asus Z87 Gryphon motherboard
- Intel i7-4770 3.5GHz quad-core Haswell CPU with Intel HD4600 iGPU
- CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE2 dual 120mm fans
- Total 32Gb ram: 4x 8GB DIMM Crucial Ballistix Sport VLP 1.35V 1600 CL9 BLS2C8G3D1609ES2LX0CEU low voltage & low profile.

PCI-E cards:
- Slot 0 (x8): PCI-E 1TB SSD HBA (non-bootable)
- Slot 1 (x8): LSI 9207-8i HBA BIOS 7.33.00.00 Firmware 17.00.01 IR
- Slot 2 (x1): Silverstone EC04-P USB 3.0 HBA (2x external ports and internal header for 2x)
- Slot 3 (x4): Asus U3S6 HBA (dual SATA ports internal and dual USB 3.0 ports external)

Add-on: added side 140mm fan (Fractal Design Silent Series 800RPM 9dBA 140mm x 140 x 25 38,6 CFM 66 m3/h 3-pin) to Coolermaster case

Disks on Z87 chipset:
- Boot disk: crucial M500 960GB SSD
- Data disks: 3x crucial M500 960GB SSD
- For backups: Samsung EVO 1Tb SSD in DeLock removable tray
- DVD-R/W: Asus BC12D2HT

Disks on asus U3S6 HBA:
- WD Black 4TB 7200RPM HDD
- WD Red 4TB 7200RPM HDD in DeLock mobile tray

Disk on LSI 9207-8i HBA:
- For Data: 4x Plextor M5P 512GB SSD in RAID-0 in Icydock MB996SP-6SB
- For backups: 2x Crucial M500 960GB SSD in Icydock MB996SP-6SB
- For backups: 2x external sata 3.0 ports in vertical bracket at back of coolermaster case.

Mobile racks:
- Delock 5.25 Mobile Rack for SATA 1 x 2.5 SSD + 1 x 3.5 HDD + 2 x USB 3.0 ports
- Icydock MB996SP-6SB for 6x 2.5" SATA disks

Dell 27" UltraSharp U2713H 2560 x 1440 monitor connected to M/B iGPU

Software:
- Windows 8.1 64-bit Ent (Host OS)
- VMWare workstation 10.01

All is at stock speed; no overclocking. Main purpose is VMware workstation with about 4-5 VMs running WIN7-64bit.

Hope above is helpful to others!

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