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  ICEBOX PC ICEBOX PC

  Built this PC in early October. Built for gaming and video editing. Case was great to build in and had no issues with MC or... Built this PC in early October. Built for gaming and video editing. Case was great to build in and had no issues with MC or any of their parts. Good prices for the parts imo but the cooler was a bit pricey. Great MB with onboard WiFi for the B550 chipset. RGB was nice to setup and I really liked how the build came out. I could only attach one photo as all my other ones were taken in portrait mode and you can’t attach those here, but the photo I attached gives a good look at how it came out.

  $972.92

  Jake G

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  Dark Forest Dark Forest

  It's my first build ever after years of making mock PC lists on the MicroCenter custom PC builder. It's for everything from... It's my first build ever after years of making mock PC lists on the MicroCenter custom PC builder. It's for everything from gaming to audio production with some CAD on the side. It was a little bit of a struggle to build in it being my first build was in an ITX case, but overall I love how it turned out and am excited to complete my entire setup!

  $1,398.86

  McCleland I

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  Easy-going Blackout Easy-going Blackout

  Wanted a sleeper "blackout" with a focus on easy-going price and easy-going performance. Wanted a sleeper "blackout" with a focus on easy-going price and easy-going performance.

  $1,304.87

  Lars K

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  Bumblebee, Demon Slayer Bumblebee, Demon Slayer

  Let spouse choose parts on her own with help from the Brentwood staff. She fell in love with the yellow case (Transformers... Let spouse choose parts on her own with help from the Brentwood staff. She fell in love with the yellow case (Transformers nerd-girl), and the dragons on the MSI products (Oookaaaay, MSI is good). and let the staff help her with the rest. She is a casual, light gamer: GW, FFXIV, EQ, WoW, Diablo(s), etc., so this should keep her happy for a while

  $1,404.90

  Geekydee

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  Work & Play Work & Play

  Built for a mix of work & gaming. Playing a mix of titles, Valheim, MSFS2020, Hitman III, PUBG, AOE 4, BFV at the moment. Built for a mix of work & gaming. Playing a mix of titles, Valheim, MSFS2020, Hitman III, PUBG, AOE 4, BFV at the moment.

  $1,996.89

  Adrian L

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  Jigglypuff 2.0 Jigglypuff 2.0

  I initially planned to upgrade an old HP Compaq for gaming and to use graphic design software. I intend to play Overwatch,... I initially planned to upgrade an old HP Compaq for gaming and to use graphic design software. I intend to play Overwatch, Halo, Kingdom Hearts, Splitgate and more. For graphic art I'm mainly interested in digitizing embroidery files and want to make stickers and pins. After getting some help, I realized it would probably be better to build from scratch. I would have loved to keep my original case since I painted it pink and cut out a Jigglypuff silhouette but the CPU cooler and graphics card were too wide to fit. I do like the sleeker look of the new case but in hindsight I should have waited until I had the parts before customizing the case. I did go back to the store a week after building the PC to get more RAM more for cosmetic reasons than needing an extra 16gb. It took about 5 hours to build because I would rearrange how the things were and connecting the rgb cables was a bit confusing. Cable management wasn't too difficult but involved a lot of reworking how I initially connected everything. Next time I'll work on Cable management as I'm building. In general, I should have done more research before starting the build process because it would not turn on when I had finished. I realized one of the power cables was not fully plugged in after checking the cables for everything else first. In the end, it was a fun project and I inspired my boyfriend to want to build a gaming PC for himself.

  $2,003.91

  Caroline M

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  Chuy's Gaming Rig Chuy's Gaming Rig

  My son, Chuy, was an avid PS4 fortnite player until I proved him wrong that PC's are way better at gaming. We made a bet... My son, Chuy, was an avid PS4 fortnite player until I proved him wrong that PC's are way better at gaming. We made a bet that if I built a "Gaming PC Rig" it would beat his PS4 loading times and have a higher resolution (1440p of course). Sure enough he's addicted to his new PC while the PS4 is now collecting dust. This was our first computer build together and could not find a better excuse than to drive to our closest Micro Center (2 hours away) to buy part by part. We have put a lot of work into it and cannot wait to upgrade to a 3080. PS5 my a**.

  $2,981.79

  Ivan A

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  1st pc build 3600 rtx 2070s 1st pc build 3600 rtx 2070s

  I built it because I am a 3rd year college student and it was time to upgrade from my 500 dollar laptop. I play some games... I built it because I am a 3rd year college student and it was time to upgrade from my 500 dollar laptop. I play some games on it, it runs gta pretty well, I also played a free game team fortress two and it’s very smooth. I still have some cable management to do but I was in a bit of a time crunch so that will be my next task with it.

  $1,402.91

  Josh W

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  WorkstationX WorkstationX

  I've build this for a “every day every type of task” purpose. It should be good at doing all kinds of work without being... I've build this for a “every day every type of task” purpose. It should be good at doing all kinds of work without being too specific in a job. Tasks that will handle the most are graphical applications, coding, VM, 3D modeling and very little rendering (4 to 5 applications open and working together all the time is a must). I also use all the major OS’s and it needs to be versatily in that front. Currently not playing games but could always do in the future. ———— Applications that I use on a daily basis are: - Video editing (DaVinci, HitFilm) - Affinity (Photo, Designer) - Nuke/Fusion/Natron (motion graphics, compositing and VFX ) - Substance Allegorithmic softwares (3D materials) - Occasionally 3D modeling. - Occasionally software development with virtual machines for code testing on multiple platforms. ———— - Video editing wise I am able to handle 1080p like nothing. Currently don't need to do 4k videos (I might in the future) but I am pretty sure it should’t be a problem at all. When exporting things are a bit different and it depends on the timeline, how many layers, effects and so on. More cores would be better, but so far it has been a breeze. I was able to move from 5 layers at 720p to a 5 layer at 1080p and don’t even feel the weight. —— - Graphic design wise I have plenty of headroom for my current workflow. Layered based applications tend to prefer single core speed and the 10900k is spot on. Some project have couple of hunders of layers or are .exr 32 bit multi render passes and it doesn’t even blink. I am sure the GPU will bottleneck at some point but so far no problem. —— - 3D wise It would say its definitely not the best as the GPU is not quite there in terms of performance. It does not really suffer much in Real Time Rendering applications but on some heavy GPU compute tasks it just takes quite a bit and can be easly outperfomed by the CPU. NVIDIA cards would have an upper hand in the majority of cases. Modeling on the other hand, since is mostly done in the viewport without shading, because is handled mostly by the CPU, no problem there. —— In retrospec things I would have done differently/better are: - Check the measurements! (Case - GPU length) and (CPU cooler - Motherboard) are probably the more important. They made me change things a couple of times and lost days. - 64 RAM is a bit much. I am constantly around 15/20GB mark and I thought the more the better but so far I haven’t come even close to the 32GB. I would have probably waited a bit more before buying another stick and use that money for other components. The day that you reach 32GB constantly and its slowing down your work, then go for it. - Graphics card: I would have preferred a NVIDIA card for drivers compatibility. - 970 Evo Pro/Plus m.2 ssd's are insanely fast, so much so that I think that going 1k W/R below what I have right now (3k W/R) would not make much difference but it would save you some money for other stuff. —— Upgrade for the future - Finish the fan setup. - Waiting for the next gen graphics cards. Hoping for RDNA 2 to ramp up the competition and have more support integration. - Having an extra ssd for archive is never a bad choice. - Motherboard has only 1 usb 3 gen.1, but case has 2 so might need a PCIE usb header. - Also motherboard has 2 usb 2 and would like to expand that.

  $2,887.74

  Virgil S

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  Exodus Lilac Exodus Lilac

  Gaming nights with the boys!!! and raiding with my destiny 2 clan is this Rig's main purpose i plan to do some 3d printing... Gaming nights with the boys!!! and raiding with my destiny 2 clan is this Rig's main purpose i plan to do some 3d printing on the side and in the future some streaming.

  $2,531.33

  Charlie R

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  Threadrippin' Linda Threadrippin' Linda

  Audio Production, Photo and Video Editing, and Gaming Audio Production, Photo and Video Editing, and Gaming

  $7,186.86

  Shaun K

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