Meganter

Most people prefer linear switches for gaming from what I've seen but go for whatever you prefer. At that budget, I'd suggest building your own but that's nearly impossible on Amazon because a lot of the parts are niche.
 
I like this choice personally. I have a GMMK Compact with Kailh Box Jade switches (kind of similar to MX Blue/Green) and Razer PBT Doubleshot keycaps and I really enjoy it so far. Amazon doesn't have the barebones models except for the Compact, so everything else they have is fully built. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D8YNJH0/

If you like the 60% class layouts, there's also the Drop ALT which is a 65% and various GK61 barebones kits. All of these are wired. The nice thing about all of these options is if you experience issues such as double-typing or bad switches, they're super easy to swap out.

You aren't gonna get anything good even for $300 if you aren't even willing to push switches and keycaps onto the board like Lego.

Whether going with a 970 Pro that uses MLC NAND as opposed to TLC (like the 970 Evo) is worth it or not depends on what you plan on doing with said drive.
 
I'm just going to take a guess and say it's not worth it in your case.

A QLC SSD would work just as well for games, like a Crucial P1 or Intel 660p. Going with MLC for a games drive is frankly just plain stupid.

I'll make up my mind once the reviews drop

I just wanted to say thank you to linus, his staff, and most importantly this community
 
Because of everyone here, helping me when i had computer issues and everyone helping others. I got a job at a repair shop, i have my own ifixit kit and everything
 
This community is truly amazing, and everyone deserves to pat themselves of the back for how much, you've learned from others and taught others, a simple thing for some can change others lives
 
Tl:dr, thank you everyone for being a part of this community

You're disappointed that the newly released mid range XX70 card which costs $500 performs the same as the last generation flagship XX80 Ti card which cost $1200?

nothing will happen

More bashing of Verge bashing... How original...

Imagine not using kelvin, smh LTT

Hello LTT Forum. I am excited to show you all my build and start a build log to better document my efforts over this silly machine.
 
So this is my Sony Vaio. The family got one of theses new at PC Richards, Half-life 2 was on the shelf above it the day we got it. Needless today it had a huge impact on me, was the best gaming experience that 12 year old me couldn't afford, it home schooled me in windows xp, started my professional career, all that good stuff. I had the idea years back when I learned about water cooling systems. I'd say I started this is 2015 when I purchased hardware, a 4790k and 980ti classified. I got the hardware fitted but at the time I was not competent to complete it, shortly after a box of parts was thrown in the garbage and I gave up. After looking for a year in 2018 I got lucky found a new in box never used model and I completed it February this year.
 
The goal of this build log is to start looking threw my old photos and document what parts of the build I can. My other goal is to collaborate with you all on LTT forum to help finish my build, and lend a hand with all of yours
 
The next part of my build is to develop and my own custom usb 3.0 front panel with 2-3 usb type A, 1 usb type c adapter, and front Panel audio connectors. I have no pcb development experience, But lucky in my research there are no active or even passive components necessary to make one. It's an issue of trace length and signal integrity which I am hoping to find some help with this part.
 
I also have a side panel, and I want peoples opinion on how sleeper I should keep this. Should I go with a full window cut? or just a clearance cut to clear the gfx watercooling? I have to cut the side panel if I want it to fix around my gfx card.

A simple AMD 2700x, Gigabyte 2070 White 8G OC, G.Skill 32gb rgb ram, 750watt PS, Thermaltake n27 case, MSI x470 mb and white AIO watercooler. 
 

With remote working, I got to bring my work computer home (3950x, 64gb of ram and a 2060 super (it might seem unbalance, but for what I do it's perfect)), and my personnal computer was sitting in a corner (ryzen 2600, 16gb of ram and a 2060) for 6 monts. So I decided to make a mini-itx HTPC/Vr gaming rig for my living room with parts from my personnal computer.
 
My old Thermaltake Armor being HUGE, I choose to shrink down a lot. I just needed to buy a new motherboard (I chose the Asus A320i-k, just because it was the cheapest one and I didn't need more) and a new PSU (I chose the Corsair SF450).
 
I wanted to use wood, make the computer less "computery" in the room. I chose red oak and maple (sentimental thing).
 
 

 
I decided to make the internal out of sheet metal (and by cutting the pannel of an old Lenovo). But first I made a prototype out of cardboard..
 
Afterward, it was "only" a question of glueing the wood, cutting, sanding, and putting a coat of Teak oil. It took me waayyy more time to do all of this than I anticipated (and I'm way over budget). The end result is far from perfect, it isn't perfectly even, the cutting isnt perfectly straight, the mounting holes for the fans aren't perfectly aligned... But. I love how it looks.
 


 
My internal AC cable being too shot, I had to flip it and cut a hole in the middle metal sheet so the PSU could breathe.
 

 
Last thing was to put something to seal the panels (so I wouldn't get cat hair everywhere on the computer). And do some cable management.
 

 
And here are pictures from the final product
 

 
 

Rate my setup!
 
Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 AF
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450-DS3H
GPU: Radeon Sapphire RX580 4GB I deeply regret this one by the way. The GTX 1060 would be a much better choice. The support for Radeon cards outside of games is outstandingly bad.
RAM: Crucial Ballistix (2x8GB) 3200Mhz CL16
PSU: FSP Hyper S 500W
SSD: Kingston 480GB (System, some games)
HDD1: Seagate Barracuda 2TB (Games)
HDD2: Seagate 500GB (Personal files)
Case: I don't even know. The cheapest I could find about 4 years ago. Ripped out half of the HDD "tray" to fit another GPU that was too long. Don't even have the side panels anymore, basically a test-bench.

This one's called Cheecha. (in Czech it makes more sense)
She's kinda our cat because we take care of her, but she's often outside.

Sorry for bad picture quality, taken on my cheap phone.

You can connect the hub to 1 header and keep the other header free for future stuff.

Mainly for work, but stuck a fair gfx card in there just in case - you never know when we might need some 3D modelling lol. I know the exhaust fan a focused flow model from Noctua but I had it spare, and once the air is out, who cares how its being blown out hey? System runs nice. The i7 9700f is being limited in turbo'ing on more cores by the motherboard but again we had this in stock. For the utility of the machine this won't be a problem for some time by which time I will be able to buy a Z390 for £50!
 
The specs:
 
CPU: Intel i7 9700f
Motherboard: Gigabyte H310M S2H 2.0
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3000MHz CL15
GPU: ASUS Dual Series GeForce GTX1660 Super 6GB GDDR6 EVO
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox E500L Blue
Storage (OS) Samsung 860 Evo 1TB M.2 SSD / (Data) Samsung 860 EVO 2TB
PSU: Corsair RM550x 80 PLUS Gold 550W
Display: LG 27MK600M-B 27" IPS Monitor
Cooling: Noctua NH-U9S (dual fan config) + 1x 120mm & 1x 140mm Noctua case Fans
Keyboard: MS Wired 600 Desktop
Mouse: MS Wired 600 Desktop
Sound: Onboard HD Audio
Operating System: Win 10 Pro 64 Bit
 
Benchmark:
 
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/34376190
(yes I know its UBM but its quick, standalone and I don't care lol)
 
Pictures:
 
 
 
 

So we have a lot of these Fujitsu machines at work and the oldest of them are now starting to fail - dry caps is my guess from the symptoms. So with one case I decided to pimp it a bit with stuff laying around the office.
 
Its not the newest thing in the world but its another perfectly fine PC for the office for the next new starter or swapping out a dead machine. Yes I know the PSU is at the top so getting warm air into it but on these specs its not going to be roasting hot especially with a decent amount of airflow being directed out via the exhaust fan at the rear of the case.
 
Four things that made this build very easy compared with other Fujitsu machines we have seen. First off the IO plate is removable on this model - some of the port holes are cut out from the chassis itself. Second, the motherboard mounting posts were in the same place as the holes as the holes on the motherboard - they follow that standard which is good. Thirdly, some of these machines have the slim PSUs which there is less choice in the marketplace for. Lastly, the front LEDs/power switch header is in a single block but it followed the standard pattern to a normal motherboard. All very easy. I added a PCIe USB 3.0 port card for some more high speed IO options and the front USB and Audio ports are also functional. Despite being a small case and no inlet fans (that would have required some more involved modding), the machine runs stable and cool. A machine made from older parts which is still respectable in performance for desktop use today.
 
Specs:
 
CPU: Intel i7 3770k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB (32GB)
GPU: ASUS GT1030 Passive cooled model
Case: Fujitsu ESPRIMO P400 E85+
Storage: Gigabyte SSD 240GB
PSU: Corsair CX450M 450W 80Plus Bronze
Display: TBC
Cooling: Noctua NH-U9S + 1x 90mm original case fan
Keyboard: TBC
Mouse: TBC
Sound: Onboard Audio
Operating System: Win 10 Pro 64 Bit
 
Benchmark:
 
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/34440809
 
Yes, yes, userbenchmark, no no I can't be bothered to run anything else
 
Pictures:
 
 

cat diedin january
 

Haven't posted here in a while, might as well do it now!
Pictures of dips i didn't post here: 
 
She was sitting on this chair and was quite sleepy. These are probably my favorite shots i took of her.  

Sadly my kitty passed away a few years ago but near the beginning of the year I got to baby sit a cat and he was the sweetest thing ever, miss him