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Project Dark Ice
by Xen H Posted on: 5/13/2024Build Description
AMD Ryzen 5 5600x CPU- Purchased at Microcenter with a special sale price of $129.99 using their credit card for an additional 5% off. Probably the best price to performance deal I’ve ever seen on a 6 core 12 thread CPU.
Asus B550-F - Quality budget B550 board purchased at Microcenter with $20 bundle saving with the CPU and 5% off using their credit card. Has 4 RAM slots and both 5v ARGB and 12V RGB headers.
XPG RGB 16gb DDR4 3600mhz - Purchased at Amazon with 3% off using the Amazon credit card. Solid speed for Ryzen 5600x and has RGB!
Gigabyte 1tb SSD - Purchased at Amazon as well with 3% off using credit card. Can’t go wrong with any NVME drive honestly.
Asus Strix Radeon 570 4gb - Purchased used on eBay. In my opinion, the RX 570 is still the budget king for 1080p gaming.
NZXT S340 White - Standard mid-sized ATX case purchased on a long time ago and was used in a previous build, reusing it in this build. This has become my favorite budget case for “clean” builds. For $50 (I originally picked it up years ago) it has tempered glass and looks great.
PowerSpec 650w Bronze - Power supply I had from my previous build. It doesn’t have black cables, but since I had sleeved cable extensions it didn’t matter. I assumed a price since I already had it laying around.
Gigabyte Aorus ATC800 CPU Cooler - This thing is massive! I really liked the RGB look on this CPU Cooler and filled out the space nicely in this case. Previously had a Corsair H100i which ended up failing, so I wanted to try something different with using a large air CPU cooler.
This turned out to be one of my favorite builds so far. I like the theme and it looks super clean!
Asus B550-F - Quality budget B550 board purchased at Microcenter with $20 bundle saving with the CPU and 5% off using their credit card. Has 4 RAM slots and both 5v ARGB and 12V RGB headers.
XPG RGB 16gb DDR4 3600mhz - Purchased at Amazon with 3% off using the Amazon credit card. Solid speed for Ryzen 5600x and has RGB!
Gigabyte 1tb SSD - Purchased at Amazon as well with 3% off using credit card. Can’t go wrong with any NVME drive honestly.
Asus Strix Radeon 570 4gb - Purchased used on eBay. In my opinion, the RX 570 is still the budget king for 1080p gaming.
NZXT S340 White - Standard mid-sized ATX case purchased on a long time ago and was used in a previous build, reusing it in this build. This has become my favorite budget case for “clean” builds. For $50 (I originally picked it up years ago) it has tempered glass and looks great.
PowerSpec 650w Bronze - Power supply I had from my previous build. It doesn’t have black cables, but since I had sleeved cable extensions it didn’t matter. I assumed a price since I already had it laying around.
Gigabyte Aorus ATC800 CPU Cooler - This thing is massive! I really liked the RGB look on this CPU Cooler and filled out the space nicely in this case. Previously had a Corsair H100i which ended up failing, so I wanted to try something different with using a large air CPU cooler.
This turned out to be one of my favorite builds so far. I like the theme and it looks super clean!
Favorite Feature
The Gigabyte Air Cooler is my favorite feature and keeps the 5700x cooled and fill outs the PC case!![AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Vermeer 3.4GHz 8-Core AM4 Boxed Processor - Heatsink Not Included](https://90a1c75758623581b3f8-5c119c3de181c9857fcb2784776b17ef.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/0674523_643916.jpg)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Vermeer 3.4GHz 8-Core AM4 Boxed Processor - Heatsink Not Included
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$129.99
![ASUS B550-F ROG Strix Gaming WiFi II AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard](https://90a1c75758623581b3f8-5c119c3de181c9857fcb2784776b17ef.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/0642839_332098.jpg)
ASUS B550-F ROG Strix Gaming WiFi II AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard
Qty: 1
$169.99
Asus RX 570
Qty: 1
$80.00
https://www.google.com/search?q=asus+rx+570&oq=asus+rx+570&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg9MgYIAhBFGD3SAQgyNTE5ajBqMagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
XPG DDR4 3600mhz RGB 16GB
Qty: 1
$40.00
https://www.amazon.com/XPG-PC4-28800-288-Pins-CL18-22-22-AX4U36008G18I-DT50/dp/B0966S9347
NZXT S340 White
Qty: 1
$30.00
https://www.newegg.com/glossy-white-nzxt-s340-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811146189R
![PowerSpec 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply Active PFC SLI Crossfire Ready Gaming PC Computer Switching PSU](https://90a1c75758623581b3f8-5c119c3de181c9857fcb2784776b17ef.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/0485312_402404.jpg)
PowerSpec 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply Active PFC SLI Crossfire Ready Gaming PC Computer Switching PSU
Qty: 1
$59.99
Gigabyte Aorus ATC800 CPU Cooler
Qty: 1
$40.00
https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Aorus-ATC800-120mm-Cooler/dp/B07V72877X
Gigabyte 1tb SSD
Qty: 1
$40.00
https://www.gigabyte.com/SSD/GIGABYTE-M2-SSD-1TB