Open air gaming PC
by Andy K Posted on: 4/7/2022
Build Description
This was my first build in an open air case, and also my first build with a vertical GPU. I intended this PC to be used for just about everything. I do some photo editing in Lightroom, as well as some gaming. Of course, I like to turn the settings up to the highest options, so I opted for a GTX 1080 despite only having a 1080p monitor, and not playing anything too demanding. I mostly wanted the freedom to never run into slowdowns at high or ultra settings. I mostly play games like Doom Eternal, GTA V, Stalker series, Forza series and a few other random games.
Favorite Feature
My favorite feature of this build is the vertical GPU mount. This was the first time I have set one up, and it came out looking better than I thought it would. My favorite part of the vertical GPU mount is the 180 degree GPU power adapters that I was able to find so that I was able to tuck the power cables behind the graphics card.
Intel Core i7-9700K
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$300.00
Gigabyte Z370P D3 ATX Motherboard
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$160.00
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
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$350.00
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400
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$0.00
Thermaltake Core P3 Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case - Black
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$139.99
Corsair HX750 750 Watt Semi Modular Power Supply
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$150.00
Fractal Design Celsius+ S28 Prisma 280mm AIO
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$180.00
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD 4-bit MLC V-NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive
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$114.99
Samsung PM961 256gb NVMe SSD
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$40.00