First PC
by Joshua O Posted on: 8/1/2022
Build Description
This is my first gaming computer. I built it for the purpose of just purely gaming and some light video editing on the side. I use this build to play Fortnite, Valorant, and Minecraft. I want to upgrade from my old GTX 980 to maybe an RTX 3070 that way I can play my games with high FPS and good graphics. I also want to downgrade from a 360mm aio to either a 280 or 240 as the 360mm aio that I currently have in my pc is too big for the case and I had to remove the front panel to make space (I have to reach inside my PC to click the power button).
Favorite Feature
My favorite part about this build is the rubber band holding up my graphics card. I used to use a toothpick to hold up my gpu before I realized the rubber band was large enough to go around my gpu and my top fan. It also didn't put a lot of force on my gpu or scratch it like the toothpick did, but it did have enough force to hold it up at a mostly even level.
Intel Core i5-11600K Rocket Lake 3.9GHz Six-Core LGA 1200 Boxed Processor - Heatsink Not Included
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$159.99
ASUS B560M-PLUS TUF Gaming WiFi Intel LGA 1200 microATX Motherboard
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$149.99
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW GAMING ACX 2.0
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$349.99
OlOy DDR4 RAM 3200MHz cl16 1.35v (4x8)
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$105.98
Thermaltake S100 mATX Snow Edition
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$69.99
Thermaltake Toughpower GX1 700W 80+ Gold ATX Non-Modular Power Supply
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$89.99
ID-COOLING AURAFLOW X 360 Snow CPU Water Cooler RGB AIO Cooler 360mm
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$89.99
Crucial P5 Plus 500GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 6600MB/s
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$80.99
SK hynix Gold S31 SATA Gen3 2.5 inch Internal SSD 500GB SATA Up to 560MB/S Compact 2.5” SSD
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$56.99
GIM KB-23 RGB Case Fans, 3 Pack 120mm
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$29.96
GIM KB-24 RGB PC Fan 3 Pack 120mm, Black
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$23.88