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Playing devils advocate here, if I recall correctly, the way LTT deals with sponsors is they "try them in house for a little while" and if they mostly do what they say, then they'll be accepted. I agree that this particular case seems very backwards so hopefully someone from LTT can shine some light on it. It's quite possible, that they signed the contracts w/ Mint Mobile before the controversies happened and are now still legally obligated to hold their end of the deal, though that's just speculation.
 

Id suggest watching the Linus video, he puts the 4070 in great aspect with everything else. Me personally, I don't enjoy supporting Nvidia for these prices.

I mean, this is definitely a high end build. Best GPU out there and a crazy cpu to top off. If you want to save, I'd suggest going lower end Ryzen, like a Ryzen 5 5600, getting yourself a 30 series card or a 6700 XT. I don't know how much storage you need but 6tb seems to be overkill. I've been running a ton of games on 2 tbs for awhile now. I'd suggest focusing on cooling for your CPU as well, since you don't have one on there. Get something that can keep that i9 cool, which is tuff. 
 
I missed the CPU cooler on there. that should be good!

I mean, this is definitely a high end build. Best GPU out there and a crazy cpu to top off. If you want to save, I'd suggest going lower end Ryzen, like a Ryzen 5 5600, getting yourself a 30 series card or a 6700 XT. I don't know how much storage you need but 6tb seems to be overkill. I've been running a ton of games on 2 tbs for awhile now. I'd suggest focusing on cooling for your CPU as well, since you don't have one on there. Get something that can keep that i9 cool, which is tuff. 
 
I missed the CPU cooler on there. that should be good!

I was just looking at my old posts too. I was so clueless with stuff for awhile. it makes me laugh.

also, since everyone is sharing their experience I'll throw it in too.
 
My first build was with an Asrock Fatality paried with a 4790k. I loved that board. Did me great, never had issues with it.
 
I also ran a gigabyte board before, pretty basic. but that was also great. 
 
I've ran some MSI boards in flip builds and I haven't had any issues with them either.
 
When you're dealing with companies like Asrock, Gigabyte, MSI... you can't really go wrong. Just make sure it has the features you want. Enough M.2 slots, fan headers, IO, size (ATX, Micro ATX, Mini ITX), etc. 
 
the z series boards can overclock CPUs, the Bs and Hs cannot. There are guides online that tell you more. 
 
and again, I'd highly suggest plugging them into pcpartpicker and making sure it doesn't give you a bios issue. this can be a real pain for a first time builder

I was just looking at my old posts too. I was so clueless with stuff for awhile. it makes me laugh.

I second this. I would check out some lower end 3070 cards. A little risky, but may be worth it

Right. The MSI has a 16 GB option for a little less than the Aorus. But I’ll definitely check it out

That makes a lot of sense. Used to be owned by a college student. Anyways, thanks. It’s too bad there isn’t a cheaper replacement. The screens online are worth more than the laptop haha

Agreed! I just want regular fairly priced gpus? but I mean there's gotta be a time when it goes down and a point where you gpu prices will be normal
 

This is really about gamers being pissed off about the rise in GPU prices! Boo f**king who! There is no need for government regulation. 

Well I think I can get the problem solved because I'm upgraded both my PSU and GPU. Good stuff. Thanks a lot for dealing with my inexperience lol

My health status is good.

OK thanks for your help

OK Its installing windows now. I'll keep you updated
 

Alright I am reinstalling now
 

If you factory reset you reset the whole PC, but windows will stay on. And will of course have to download drivers and whatever again. This is what I would do if this didn't work. But if you just reset I would be ready to put some programs that you just got back on your PC.

Hey guys I was wondering if I should build my first computer by myself. Or wait for my friend who has some experience. In addition, this is my first build but I have watched and read alot, and feel confident.

Thanks for all the help guys. I think I'm going to try myself, and use an older gaming computer (bought from a store) as a reference when I need it. Plus the only thing that I was worried about is the installation of CPU and heatsink, and I already have the CPU installed.