Transistor Glow #Bitwit

All parts and accessories will be listed at the bottom. My gaming rig, used mostly for Destiny 2, Escape From Tarkov, Battlefield 4, Far Cry, BioShock, Batman, and CS:GO. I also use this setup for Hi-Res music, it’s connected to my receiver and speakers as well as my headphone amps, and headphones. I also used this to record and digitize my entire record catalog in 192 kHz WAV.

This build was designed to have very minimal RGB, and for the little it does have stand out inside a case with dark tinted tempered glass. Only a small line on the motherboard VRM heat sync, the ram sticks, and the GPU have RGB, and I went with a soft orange color to match the glow of the tubes on one of my amplifiers.

For future upgrades, I would really like to get a matching RAM kit and have 32GB of RAM. However the more pressing upgrade is the GPU, I already had the 1660ti that is in it now, which is pretty serviceable. But I am trying to get a 3080 for a reasonable price so that my 1440p ultra wide can actually go to it’s full 144hz. I would also like to get some custom sleeved black cables at some point to really neaten up the cable situation, but I think it looks great for now with the stock cables.

The biggest focus for me was performance and understated style and also minimal size for an ATX chassis, with essentially all black components, and a dark tint on the case glass. I went for a cooler that was going to more than handle my 5900x with a slight OC, and thankfully the 280mm rad fits perfectly in the front of my case. I also made sure to take advantage of my PCIe 4.0 compatible m.2 slot by putting in a 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 drive for games, and a 500gb PCIe 3.0 NVMe for my boot drive.

My brother and I put a massive focus on correctly managing the cables, and making sure it was all as clean as possible.

At the end of the day this is essentially my dream PC, and I cannot wait to finish getting the rest of the parts I need to be at the maximum potential for this build.

Parts List:
Tower: AMD Ryzen 9 5900x, MSI Gaming X 1660 ti, Gigabyte Aorus x570 Elite, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB, WD Blue 500GB, 16GB Crucial Ballistix RAM, 2x 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD, EVGA Supernova GA 850w PSU, Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280mm CLC

Monitors: 24" AOC 24G1WG4 1920x1080 144hz, Acer Nitro 34" XV340CK P ultrawide 3440x1440 144hz

Audio: Sennheiser x Massdrop HD6XX, Hifiman Sundara, Hifiman x Massdrop HE-4XX, XDuoo TA-03S tube amplifier, Drop O2 + Grace SDAC, Harmon/Kardon Aura Studio 2

Hifi setup: Pioneer SX-10AE, Pioneer PL-520 turntable, ELAC Debut 2.0 B6.2 speakers


Peripherals: Corsair Harpoon Wireless, KBD Fans Tofu 65 Acrylic, with Kailh Box Jades