#gene v

[stefdaddie]

A New Beginning

Waiting for me at home today was a box full of goodies that I had ordered before the weekend. Needless to say, I didn't wait long to get stuck in and unbox everything.

Let's see what was inside...

Here's everything out of the box and spread out on the table:

Inside the Maximus V box we find a sexy mATX ASUS motherboard:

Next up is a Crucial M4 256GB SSD:

Some new red tubing to match the red theme of the motherboard. This stuff looks awesome already!

I didn't really bother taking any pictures of the Ivybridge CPU seeing that it's only the OEM version thus only comes in a boring box - it's the small black box beneth the motherboard in the 2nd pic.

I took other pictures of some more cool stuff. This is the MPCI-E card that comes with the Gene V and my mini Wifi card. I have a sneaky feeling the Wifi card won't work too great, if at all, so I may have to buy a new PCI-E one instead.

I had already ordered my RAM whilst it was on special offer but here it is with the rest. These are Samsung Green DDR3 8GB and are extemely low profile - they're so cute!!!

Here's now the RAM fixed onto the motherboard - I couldn't wait. Again, these things are so low profile they barely stick up out from the slots!

Also whilst I was doing this I have been continuing the spray painting from last night and hoping to get it finished tomorrow.