Brother's first PC!
by Jawad771 Posted on: 7/24/2023
Build Description
I built this PC for my brother a bit ago to upgrade from his craptop. These parts are completely overkill for what he does, but I wanted to splurge because he's a good kid. During COVID he finally got to use it to actually attend zoom meetings without freezing up every 30 seconds, and he's gotten into playing a few triple A games, but still he mostly only plays Minecraft, Tarkov, and Valorant with his friends. Ultimately I probably could have gotten better parts for him, and could've wen Intel for a better upgrade path, but at the time I'm fairly certain the 5600x was fairly cheap.
Favorite Feature
The cable extensions were really easy to work with. Having never done a build without them, I expected the worst, but they were actually really easy to cable manage, and they look pretty too.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Vermeer 3.7GHz 6-Core AM4 Boxed Processor - Wraith Stealth Cooler Included
Qty: 1
$259.99
MSI B550 MAG Tomahawk AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard
Qty: 1
$169.99
Wanted to get a different mobo, but we settled on this.
EVGA 3070ti FTW3 Ultra
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$700.00
This was a decent price at the time, and honestly was the only thing I could get brand new in stock.
Crucial Ballistix RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 PC4-28800 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit BL2K8G36C16U4BL - Black
Qty: 1
$109.99
Nowadays this seems insane for 16GB, but two years back this was alright.
Lian Li Lancool II Mesh RGB Tempered Glass eATX Full Tower Computer Case - Black
Qty: 1
$119.99
A real nice hefty case that was great to build in.
Corsair RMx Series RM850x 850 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply
Qty: 1
$100.00
2 Year Replacement Plan
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$19.99
Micro Center Bags
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$1.99
Premium 1TB SSD 3D NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive, Read/Write Speed up to 3100 MBps and 2800 MBps, NVMe 1.3 & PCIe 3.1 Compatible
Qty: 1
$119.99
Good boot drive, he's upgrading to Gen 4 soon though.
Inland PSU Sleeved Cable Extension Kit - Black/ White
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$29.99