Hockeybalboa

Hello ladies and gents.

Wasn't sure where I should go for this but I thought General Discussion was as good a place as any. I just wanted to extend my thanks to LMG for their great content. I have always been a console gamer but dreamt of having my own gaming rig and getting in on PC gaming. I never thought I would have the skill to be able to build my own and having the displeasure of once owning an Alienware "gaming" laptop decided I never wanted to go down the pre-built path ever again. After watching Linus' videos for the past 6-8 months an opportunity arose to build my wife her first gaming rig and test my skills. After a bit of research (and I still think I may have gotten somethings wrong) I ended up with these parts:

Case- In Win 303 black
Motherboard- ASRock B250 Gaming K4
CPU- i5 7500
GPU- MSI GeForce GTX1060 OC 6gb
RAM- Kingston HyperX Fury (2x8gb)
SSD- Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
HDD- Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU- SilverStone Strider 500W
Cooling- Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 240mm AIO & x5 Riing Plus 12 RGB fans

I was insanely jealous as I had finally built a gaming rig but not for my self but I had at least gotten some practice in for when I could build my own.

As luck would have it a couple of months later another opportunity arose for me to build my rig. I had been doing some more research on what I wanted for mine and eventually came up with this list and was able to get all the parts and build my machine.

Case- NZXT S340 White
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-Z270X Designare
CPU- i7 7700k
GPU- Galax GeForce GTX1080Ti EXOC White
RAM- G.Skill TridentZ RGB (4x8GB)
SSD- Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
SSD- Intel 600P M.2 128GB
PSU- Corsair RM750i 
Cooling- Deepcool Gamer Storm Captain 240EX AIO & NZXT Aer RGB 120mm (x1) and 140mm (x1) fans

And a but load of Hue+ RGB... Im one of those people... sorry.

I'm sure if anyone reads this you will likely spot something I did wrong or did match properly and if so would love to hear what you think I did wrong so I know for the next time (there will be a next time)

Since building them Ive purchased a couple of Corsair Strafe keyboards and Corsair Void headsets for my wife and I plus some other goodies here and there. I'm pretty happy with how both of these builds have turned out. I was thinking of getting a 4k monitor mine but I have decided I will wait a couple of GPU generations. I dont want the framerate drop just for 4k resolution. So I am thinking of moving to a 1440 ultrawide in the meantime.

None of this would have happened with out Linus and his crew or you guys here in the forums (I have been doing a lot of reading here the last few months). I have fallen in love with PC building and can't wait for my next chance to be able to build one. Hopefully my 3 brothers decide to invest in some parts.

Anyway, just wanted to share a story with you lot and thank Linus for teaching me and showing me that building a PC isnt as hard as I originally thought it would be. I look forward to more content across all your media.

Thanks. 



 

Hello ladies and gents.

Wasn't sure where I should go for this but I thought General Discussion was as good a place as any. I just wanted to extend my thanks to LMG for their great content. I have always been a console gamer but dreamt of having my own gaming rig and getting in on PC gaming. I never thought I would have the skill to be able to build my own and having the displeasure of once owning an Alienware "gaming" laptop decided I never wanted to go down the pre-built path ever again. After watching Linus' videos for the past 6-8 months an opportunity arose to build my wife her first gaming rig and test my skills. After a bit of research (and I still think I may have gotten somethings wrong) I ended up with these parts:

Case- In Win 303 black
Motherboard- ASRock B250 Gaming K4
CPU- i5 7500
GPU- MSI GeForce GTX1060 OC 6gb
RAM- Kingston HyperX Fury (2x8gb)
SSD- Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
HDD- Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU- SilverStone Strider 500W
Cooling- Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 240mm AIO & x5 Riing Plus 12 RGB fans

I was insanely jealous as I had finally built a gaming rig but not for my self but I had at least gotten some practice in for when I could build my own.

As luck would have it a couple of months later another opportunity arose for me to build my rig. I had been doing some more research on what I wanted for mine and eventually came up with this list and was able to get all the parts and build my machine.

Case- NZXT S340 White
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-Z270X Designare
CPU- i7 7700k
GPU- Galax GeForce GTX1080Ti EXOC White
RAM- G.Skill TridentZ RGB (4x8GB)
SSD- Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
SSD- Intel 600P M.2 128GB
PSU- Corsair RM750i 
Cooling- Deepcool Gamer Storm Captain 240EX AIO & NZXT Aer RGB 120mm (x1) and 140mm (x1) fans

And a but load of Hue+ RGB... Im one of those people... sorry.

I'm sure if anyone reads this you will likely spot something I did wrong or did match properly and if so would love to hear what you think I did wrong so I know for the next time (there will be a next time)

Since building them Ive purchased a couple of Corsair Strafe keyboards and Corsair Void headsets for my wife and I plus some other goodies here and there. I'm pretty happy with how both of these builds have turned out. I was thinking of getting a 4k monitor mine but I have decided I will wait a couple of GPU generations. I dont want the framerate drop just for 4k resolution. So I am thinking of moving to a 1440 ultrawide in the meantime.

None of this would have happened with out Linus and his crew or you guys here in the forums (I have been doing a lot of reading here the last few months). I have fallen in love with PC building and can't wait for my next chance to be able to build one. Hopefully my 3 brothers decide to invest in some parts.

Anyway, just wanted to share a story with you lot and thank Linus for teaching me and showing me that building a PC isnt as hard as I originally thought it would be. I look forward to more content across all your media.

Thanks. 



 

Hello ladies and gents.

Wasn't sure where I should go for this but I thought General Discussion was as good a place as any. I just wanted to extend my thanks to LMG for their great content. I have always been a console gamer but dreamt of having my own gaming rig and getting in on PC gaming. I never thought I would have the skill to be able to build my own and having the displeasure of once owning an Alienware "gaming" laptop decided I never wanted to go down the pre-built path ever again. After watching Linus' videos for the past 6-8 months an opportunity arose to build my wife her first gaming rig and test my skills. After a bit of research (and I still think I may have gotten somethings wrong) I ended up with these parts:

Case- In Win 303 black
Motherboard- ASRock B250 Gaming K4
CPU- i5 7500
GPU- MSI GeForce GTX1060 OC 6gb
RAM- Kingston HyperX Fury (2x8gb)
SSD- Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
HDD- Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU- SilverStone Strider 500W
Cooling- Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 240mm AIO & x5 Riing Plus 12 RGB fans

I was insanely jealous as I had finally built a gaming rig but not for my self but I had at least gotten some practice in for when I could build my own.

As luck would have it a couple of months later another opportunity arose for me to build my rig. I had been doing some more research on what I wanted for mine and eventually came up with this list and was able to get all the parts and build my machine.

Case- NZXT S340 White
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-Z270X Designare
CPU- i7 7700k
GPU- Galax GeForce GTX1080Ti EXOC White
RAM- G.Skill TridentZ RGB (4x8GB)
SSD- Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
SSD- Intel 600P M.2 128GB
PSU- Corsair RM750i 
Cooling- Deepcool Gamer Storm Captain 240EX AIO & NZXT Aer RGB 120mm (x1) and 140mm (x1) fans

And a but load of Hue+ RGB... Im one of those people... sorry.

I'm sure if anyone reads this you will likely spot something I did wrong or did match properly and if so would love to hear what you think I did wrong so I know for the next time (there will be a next time)

Since building them Ive purchased a couple of Corsair Strafe keyboards and Corsair Void headsets for my wife and I plus some other goodies here and there. I'm pretty happy with how both of these builds have turned out. I was thinking of getting a 4k monitor mine but I have decided I will wait a couple of GPU generations. I dont want the framerate drop just for 4k resolution. So I am thinking of moving to a 1440 ultrawide in the meantime.

None of this would have happened with out Linus and his crew or you guys here in the forums (I have been doing a lot of reading here the last few months). I have fallen in love with PC building and can't wait for my next chance to be able to build one. Hopefully my 3 brothers decide to invest in some parts.

Anyway, just wanted to share a story with you lot and thank Linus for teaching me and showing me that building a PC isnt as hard as I originally thought it would be. I look forward to more content across all your media.

Thanks. 



 

I kind of wish I had waited an extra week for the S340 elite to be in stock so mine could have had the glass panels too. But I was slightly impatient and the S340 still looks sexy even with the plastic panel so Im not too fussed over it.