Prime Day Great Build 2022
by Luke E Posted on: 7/25/2022
Build Description
This is for some gaming, such as CS:GO, Black Desert, and Elden Ring. I've been playing on a 10 year PC with a RX 290 on a 60 Hz monitor with dead pixels, so this is a huge upgrade for gaming experience. I am also planning on helping a friend put together a podcast, so some light media processing. In addition, I will continue to do programming and signal processing work, now much faster and easier.
Favorite Feature
The i5-12400 and MSI B660 can be used to do base clock overclocking to a small degree. I will most likely be under-volting the CPU, but it will be nice to practice overclocking so that if I ever decide to upgrade to an unlocked CPU, I'll have experience with it. These make such a powerful combo that it's hard to believe I got them for such a low price (thanks MC!). The white Sama case and RGB components (fans and RAM) are not something I planned on, but got on sale. I have to say that they're growing on me and will look cool once I customize them and sync them with my keyboard.
Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake 2.5GHz Six-Core LGA 1700 Boxed Processor - Intel Stock Cooler Included
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$134.99
Used MC coupon for $25 off
MSI B660M-A Pro DDR4 Intel LGA 1700 microATX Motherboard
Qty: 1
$119.99
Newegg code
Sapphire Technology AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Pulse Dual-Fan 12GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card
Qty: 1
$369.99
Actually a 6700 non-XT, but it's newly released and not sold by MC
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit F4-3200C16D-32GTZR - Black
Qty: 1
$79.99
Actually Oloy brand, but same 32GB 3200 MHz RGB.
Lian Li Lancool 205 Mesh Mid-Tower Chassis ATX Computer Case PC Gaming Case w/Tempered Glass Side Panel, Magnetic Dust Filter, Water-Cooling Ready, Side Ventilation
Qty: 1
$58.99
Actually a Sama Z4 case with 4 pre-installed RGB fans
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 GT 750 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply
Qty: 1
$79.99
EVGA Semi modular super quiet version
Seagate FireCuda 4TB 7200RPM SATA III 6Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Qty: 1
$49.99
Actually a white label, but it's 4TB and 7200RPM.