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New Build! For a friend of a friend.

Previous PC: 10yr old Laptop, never owned a Desktop

Wanted: White/Black, 2K Average FPS, Blue Accents

Purpose: RTS Games, Starcraft II, Gen Purpose & some new AAA titles potentially

Budget: $1500 CAD

Specifications: i5 11400F, Zotac RTX 3060 White, 2x8GB (16GB) XPG Spectrix RGB Ram, InWin P65 +650 Watt PSU Gold Rated, Castle 240EX White AIO, ROG Strix B560 Gaming WiFI, Crucial P2 1TB NVME Storage, Sabrent Rocket 500GB PCIE 4.0 NVME Boot, Windows 10 OS, Fractal Meshify 2 Compact White

Testing: (27" BenQ Mobiuz 1440P 165HZ Monitor) Read Dead Redemption, High Settings @ 98FPS AVG - Battlefront 2, High Settings @ 104FPS AVG

I will post a final pic when the Friend of a Friend has his setup together, as the RGB illumination is a special touch utilizing the 'Signal RGB' App in Galaxy with 2 Blue Hue colors. I was too excited to hand it over, and did not get any immediate pics illuminated.

Things to do next time: Put GPU power connectors underneath by MOBO power/led connectors for a cleaner look/less cable exposure. Would also tighten up the USB connectors to the mobo and hide them a bit more. I will do this next time I stop by his place, as it's a quick fix aesthetically. When you're doing cable management, sometimes you're just happy to get it closed He is very happy with the build, whisper quiet and paired with with a Samsung 32" Odyssey G5 WQHD 165hz gaming monitor.

Wanting to attempt a custom loop build in my SAMA IM02 case.. will need to purchase a Z390 ITX board for my i7 9700KF and an SFX Fully Modular Power Supply.. debating using my current Corsair 4000D for a custom loop.

Doing this in the Corsair 4000D, I can use a large fancy distro plate and the options are more versatile ~ thinking I want the challenge of the custom loop SFF though. It is also going to be more than twice the cost of doing it in the 4000D.

Decisions Decisions $$

Am I just old and do not care about ascetics anymore?

Could be

Myself, I would only want the CPU Block and Reservoir to have RGB and would go with black tubing & grey accents for a cleaner, classic look. I'm not so in love with tons of RGB and neon fills.

Cpu : Intel Core I7 10700 - 200$ used
Motherboard: Asrock B560 Pro 4 - 70$ used
Psu : Deepcool DQ550ST - 50$ used
Ram : ADATA XPG Spectrix D60 RGB 2 x 8GB DDR4 3600mhz - 80$ new
SSD : 500GB Samsung 970 Evo NVME M.2 - 35$ 2nd hand
Case : Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow - 65$ used (but like new)
Cpu cooler : Arctic Freezer 34 eSport DUO - 30$ new
Gpu : RX 580 Sapphire Nitro+ 4GB - 80$ used
Case fans : 4 x Arctic P12 PWM PST - 20$

Monitor : Acer Nitro XF243Y Pbmiiprx 165hz 1080P 0.5ms IPS - 170$ new
Keyboard : Razer BlackWidow - gift , otherwise around 100$
Mouse : Redragon Inquisitor v1 RGB - 25&
Headset : HyperX Cloud 2 - 90$

PC : 630$
Monitor : 170$
Peripherals: 215$

Handles pretty much everything i play on ultra 1080p with 165fps+
With simple gpu upgrade can handle AAA titles easily .

This post was edited by valeribojinov on Aug 22 2022 01:01pm

This is the budget used build that dreams are made of

Very nice!



Snap a pic if you get some time

very nice

and ofc aesthetics are everything

ty! ofc

anyone else notice that the i9 11900KF is marked down from $689.99 to $389.99 (CAD$) on newegg rn?

Oh my, tempting.