Custom Console
by David Posted on: 4/18/2024
Build Description
We rearranged out living room and now have all of our electronics in a minimalist tv stand. As a result, the odd man out was the bulky full tower desktop pc I had been using hooked up to the living room oled tv. But, to view the glass as half full, this rearrangement meant I got to do something I've always wanted to try. Namely, to build a complete pc in the same size as a gaming console. Performance wise, there were no real corners cut because I chose a case that accommodated a relatively large graphics card (EVGA RTX 3070). Temperatures aren't much of a problem because the kinds of games this system plays is pretty casual, such as my kid's current playthrough of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
Favorite Feature
One of my favorite parts of this build is something I didn't even plan on. Usually with cases like these, it's required to purchase a seperate riser cable that connects the graphcis card to the motherboard's primary pci-e 16x slot. However those riser cables, especially of the pci-e 4.0 variety, can get pretty expensive. I loved the fact that the Rdge comes with a riser cable already built in to the case. I overlooked it at first because in this case it's more like an angled bracket inside the case than a floppy cable.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Vermeer 3.7GHz 6-Core AM4 Boxed Processor - Wraith Stealth Cooler Included
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$134.99
Asrock A520M ITX
Qty: 1
$109.99
EVGA RTX 3070 8GB Ultra
Qty: 1
$400.00
bought used
Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO SL 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit CMH32GX4M2E3200C16 - Black
Qty: 1
$81.99
Fractal Design Ridge Mini-ITX Mini Tower Computer Case - Black
Qty: 1
$69.96
Corsair SF750 750 Watt 80 Plus Platinum SFX Fully Modular Power Supply
Qty: 1
$184.99
ID-COOLING IS-55
Qty: 1
$34.99
Samsung 990 Pro 1TB
Qty: 1
$79.99