"Skeletor" S340

Built this rig back in 2017 as my first build, its received quite a few upgrades over the years and thought id redo the build showcase here as its a far cry from its original self. Original cost was around $950 and has had a couple hundred more poured into it, still is able to run AAA titles at 60fps 1080p and esports titles well over 240.

Parts list today:

CPU: i5-7600k
GPU: PNY GTX 1080 XLR8
MOBO: Gigabyte Z270-SLI
RAM: 4x8Gb Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB
PSU: Corsair CX650M
Storage: 2x 1TB SSDs, 1x 256Gb NVME
Case: NZXT S340
Cooling: Corsair H100i Platinum
Fans: 2x ML120 RGB, 2x SP120 RGB
December 2017 Rev0:

CPU: i5-7600k
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce OC
MOBO: Gigabyte Z270-SLI
RAM: 2x4gb G.Skill Ripjaws 2133Mhz
PSU: Corsair CX650M
Storage: 1tb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm HDD, Random small SSD
Case: NZXT S340
Cooling: Hyper 212 Evo
Fans: Stock NZXT, Corsair red LED fans
Originally was a pretty middle of the road build, did what I needed to at the time but it caused me to go down a deeper rabbit hole in the custom PC building space meaning I was upgrading pretty soon after completing the build, this was also when it was a red/black color scheme before I changed it to the "Skeletor" theme it has today. You can find the original build here

Early 2018 Rev0.1:
Had a hard drive failure on my main storage drive which was extremely disheartening and sad considering how new the PC was but I bit the bullet and bought a 1tb SSD to replace it and it was wonderful getting a noticeable increase in some games as the other SSD I had was only large enough for windows and some programs.

Late 2018 Rev1:
First major upgrade to my build, the 1060 wasn't cutting it for the maxed out gaming I was doing anymore so I sold it off to fund a PNY GTX 1080 xlr8, not the most beautiful 1080 on the market but still a dual fan cooler and 1080 performance so I made a custom back-plate out of acrylic slapped it on and called it a day. Around this time I also added 2 more 4gb sticks of ram bumping the total to 16gb as well as 256gb NVME to put windows on.

Mid 2019 Rev2:
After about a year I had another urge to upgrade, this time was because of my new interest in overclocking. My Hyper212 wasnt able to cool the amount of heat the 7600k was outputting at some heavier overclocks and there was a pretty nice sale on a CorsairH100i Platinum RGB so I picked that up to cool down the space heater of a chip the 7600k is. The cooler came with 2 RGB ML120s and the stock black fans of the S340 had their bearings going bad making a pretty annoying noise so I got a SP120 RGB 3 pack to pair with the ML120s as they were about $40 a piece at the time and the SP120s I got for $50 a three pack, colors matched up pretty well and it still was all within the same lighting software so i'm satisfied with that purchase.

Today Rev3:
During lock down with nothing better to do and a $1200 stimulus check I made another major upgrade to the build, aesthetically the biggest one yet, I took nearly the entire build apart to repaint the case accents from red to purple and it turned out wonderfully. Going for the nostalgia of the Masters of the universe days (though it ended a couple years before I was born, still loved the show) I updated my entire setup to go for the genuine Skeletor look. After painting I ditched the red G.Skill ram and got a 4x8gb kit of Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB ram to go with the whole iCue lighting set up, also added another 1tb SSD for more game storage as my other two were near capacity. Popped a little Skeletor figure in the case and the upgrades were done. 3 year old PC still is able to put up numbers in AAA titles at max settings on 1080p, hopefully she'll be kicking for another couple years.