PC Builds

Built my little brother and sister computers this Christmas.

Sister's PC

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 + Wraith cooler
Mobo: Gigabyte B450M DS3H WiFi
GPU: ASUS Dual AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition 4GB
Ram: VisionTek OCPC X3TREME RGB AURA 16GB DDR4 3200MHz (8GBx2)
Memory: Crucial P3 500GB+1TB HDD Seagate BarraCuda
PSU: Cooler Master MWE Bronze 500 80+ Bronze
Case: szd omg mini tower pc gaming case
Cooling: 5x ARGB EZDIY-FAB White Moonlight 120mm fans
Display Monitor: GIGABYTE G27F 2 - 27" 165Hz 1080P Gaming Monitor
Speakers: Aoboo Led Color Computer Water Speakers with Light



Pictures show blue/purple lights but in person their pink.

put some cactus inside lets see if those pink lights are good for growing or what

i teach my kids about computers by going to my local rubbish tip and buying the old windows 7 desktops and laptops for 5 bucks ea and replacing any missing or broken parts

I think I may send the parts of this personal computer back to their manufacturers for research purposes instead of the recycling place for: hazardous waste, test strips, light bulbs, volatile organic compounds (paint, paint thinner), electronics, batteries, stuff like that. I remember Dell, Compaq, Gateway, vpr Matrix, Logitech, IBM, all having good reputations. Building one today with the liquid cooling, multiple cores, and graphics options available looks quite complex, not to mention expensive. The inflation doesn't really seem to be there however, about the same price for a high end desktop more or less, kind of like a go kart, if I am not mistaken/remember correctly. $4-600 buys a computer that is nice, desktop or laptop, which wasn't always true, and go karts can be dangerous by the way. For the price of one of the higher end desktops years or decades ago, today you can buy case lights and a nice chair to sit in or maybe even a larger/second screen and virtual reality headset and joystick something along those lines.

picked up an alienware water cooled desktop this week 10 bucks some 3d cad engineer threw it out

Here's mine. My friend helped me build it!

bursto said:

i teach my kids about computers by going to my local rubbish tip and buying the old windows 7 desktops and laptops for 5 bucks ea and replacing any missing harddrives or broken parts from a big pile of hard drives and crap i have now

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Ever find any diamond in the rough?

bursto said:

picked up an alienware water cooled desktop this week 10 bucks some 3d cad engineer threw it out
had all his designs he was working on and a heap of movies

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I rarely have good fortune like this. Let's see some pics

Nizza said:

Here's mine. My friend helped me build it!View attachment 5260536

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I like it. I see the micro/mini board what are the internals exactly?

This is my rig from 2020

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8 Core
Mobo: ASUS B450M-PLUS TUF Gaming micro atx
GPU: ASUS Radeon RX 570 ROG Strix
Ram: HyperX Fury 16GB 2 x 8GB DDR4-3200MHz*
Memory: Crucial P3 500GB + 4TB HDD Seagate BarraCuda+ssds*
PSU: Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 500W
Case: Thermaltake Versa H18
Cooling: 3 Pack RGB Case Fans,PECHAM 120mm...
Display Monitor: HP M27ha FHD Monitor 1080P


Upgrades since original build.
New case: GMANI ATX PC Case
Ran: added extra 16gb ram tuf gaming(32gbs now)
Fans: 6x ARGB 120mm CP3 fans

Marq1340 said:

I like it. I see the micro/mini board what are the internals exactly?

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Phanteks eclipse p600S case (big ass one)
Evga supernova 650 G+ 80 power supply
Lenovo 27" curved g sync monitor 166 hz
Samsung 980 pro 1TB m2 drive
Asus AX3000 wifi/Bluetooth (I use ethernet)
Cooler master hyper 212 evo cpu cooler (passive cooling, i don`t overclock)
i7 11000k @3.60 ghz
32gb ram ddr4 3600
Gigabyte geforce rtx 3070ti 8gb
Gigabyte b560 aorus pro lga 1200 Intel mobile
Spdif optical/rca output is probably the small board u see

And a UPS to help filter power into the computer

It was fun to do and I love my computer ! I use it every day. I'm glad you asked because I have been meaning to make a list of what I used. Your rigs look great dude!

Nizza said:

Phanteks eclipse p600S case (big ass one)
Evga supernova 650 G+ 80 power supply
Lenovo 27" curved g sync monitor 166 hz
Samsung 980 pro 1TB m2 drive
Asus AX3000 wifi/Bluetooth (I use ethernet)
Cooler master hyper 212 evo cpu cooler (passive cooling, i don`t overclock)
i7 11000k @3.60 ghz
32gb ram ddr4 3600
Gigabyte geforce rtx 3070ti 8gb
Gigabyte b560 aorus pro lga 1200 Intel mobile
Spdif optical/rca output is probably the small board u see

And a UPS to help filter power into the computer

It was fun to do and I love my computer ! I use it every day. I'm glad you asked because I have been meaning to make a list of what I used. Your rigs look great dude!

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Nice, 4k gaming!!! Very nice setup you guys put together. I doubt anything will be pushing that to brinks.

Marq1340 said:

Nice, 4k gaming!!! Very nice setup you guys put together. I doubt anything will be pushing that to brinks.

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no not 4k gaming, i run at 2k

4k i wouldnt have enough refresh rate but I've thought about it. I think if I do 4k im gonna get a 4k tv and game @ 60hz

Nizza said:

no not 4k gaming, i run at 2k

4k i wouldnt have enough refresh rate

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Not mad at you. Which games are you usually throwing at it?

Marq1340 said:

Not mad at you. Which games are you usually throwing at it?

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I have tried a bunch of games and they are pretty and all, but I always end up back onto heroes of the storm lol.. such an old game. That and starcraft..

feels bad having a sweet rig and not playing any great games lmfao!

I did however really enjoy all the remakes of resident evil and the newer ones they came out with

cpu: 12600K 12 core oc’d @ 5.3GHz
mobo: Asus Strix z690a
gpu: Zotac 3060ti white edition
ram: 16gb Team Force xtreem 3600MHz CL14
SSD: 1tb + 2tb. Both firecuda 530 7300mb/s
case: lian li 011 mini snow white
aio: Nzxt kraken z63 280mm rad
fans: lian li 6x sl120 & 2x sl140

Nizza said:

I have tried a bunch of games and they are pretty and all, but I always end up back onto heroes of the storm lol.. such an old game. That and starcraft..

feels bad having a sweet rig and not playing any great games lmfao!

I did however really enjoy all the remakes of resident evil and the newer ones they came out with

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It always ends up like that doesn't it? I was like that with this MMO I used to play, it used like 1.2% of my CPU Lol

Resident Evil, though. *Chef's Kiss*

MtRainDog said:

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cpu: 12600K 12 core oc’d @ 5.3GHz
mobo: Asus Strix z690a
gpu: Zotac 3060ti white edition
ram: 16gb Team Force xtreem 3600MHz CL14
SSD: 1tb + 2tb. Both firecuda 530 7300mb/s
case: lian li 011 mini snow white
aio: Nzxt kraken z63 280mm rad
fans: lian li 6x sl120 & 2x sl140

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Another nice rig! You guys really make my PC look like child's play. I love it.

MtRainDog said:

View attachment 5260704
cpu: 12600K 12 core oc’d @ 5.3GHz
mobo: Asus Strix z690a
gpu: Zotac 3060ti white edition
ram: 16gb Team Force xtreem 3600MHz CL14
SSD: 1tb + 2tb. Both firecuda 530 7300mb/s
case: lian li 011 mini snow white
aio: Nzxt kraken z63 280mm rad
fans: lian li 6x sl120 & 2x sl140

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thats a damn sexy rig. that readout is cool as f!!

Nizza said:

thats a damn sexy rig. that readout is cool as f!!

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Thanks! Yeah it's a cool, 1080p gaming rig lol. I play on a 70" 1080p tv. The nice thing is I can run anything on ultra and have 60fps pegged.