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    BiG StroOnZ
    Bald_Dad got a reaction from BiG StroOnZ in My First Build in 15+ Years - Wanting Opinions   
    Specs:
    Mobo: ASRock x570 Phantom Gaming 4S
    CPU: Ryzen 7 3700+
    Memory: 2x TridenT Z 8gb
    GPU: XFX Radeon RX 5700XT THICC III
    Storage: 500gb WD Black NVME & 2tb Barracuda HDD
    PSU: ThermalTake 750w 80+ Gold
    Case: Musetex Phantom 903 w/ 6 built in RGB fans
    Monitor: 2x Samsung C24RG50 (One monitor arrived and am awaiting one more coming tomorrow)
     
    PC Part Picker Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6RCtDx
     
    Again, this was my first build in 15+ years. Took about 3 hours start to finish (including Windows install). Got POST on first attempt too! That made me proud. Had my 9 and 10 year old sons helping me with the install of pretty much everything in hopes to teach them that it is a process and hoping that they learn to care for it since they had a hand in building it. For those curious about the 500gb SSD and 2tb HDD combo, that came down to a price vs storage amount issue for me. Total after tax and shipping for all pieces was around $2,000 USD.


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    Bald_Dad
    Bald_Dad reacted to Sorenson in My First Build in 15+ Years - Wanting Opinions   
    I picked up the 30 day trial for primocache and loved it, the trial just ran out and I was going to purchase the liscence but Linus said Storemi was going to come out with the XT cpus. I'm just waiting for it to set up my caching again. 
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    Bald_Dad
    Bald_Dad reacted to DailyProcrastinator in My First Build in 15+ Years - Wanting Opinions   
    That will be perfect!
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    Sorenson
    Bald_Dad got a reaction from Sorenson in My First Build in 15+ Years - Wanting Opinions   
    So far the stock fan seems ok. I'm not too worried about noise, unless I'm gaming while my wife sleeps, at which point I will figure something out there. 
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    Bald_Dad
    Bald_Dad reacted to DailyProcrastinator in My First Build in 15+ Years - Wanting Opinions   
    Very nice build. Just one suggestion, I would highly recommend placing the case on a piece of wood or at the very least cardboard, you will starve you PSU of air, which is not ideal. 
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    Bald_Dad
    Bald_Dad reacted to eeeee1 in My First Build in 15+ Years - Wanting Opinions   
    sick set up
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    Bald_Dad
    Bald_Dad reacted to Sorenson in My First Build in 15+ Years - Wanting Opinions   
    It looks great! The only two things I would consider are:
    eventually upgrading the cpu cooling if the stock fan is too noisy. Grabbing a cheap 128gb ssd to accelerate the HDD once AMD releases the updated storemi. (I think it’s coming later this month)
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    DailyProcrastinator
    Bald_Dad got a reaction from DailyProcrastinator in My First Build in 15+ Years - Wanting Opinions   
    Specs:
    Mobo: ASRock x570 Phantom Gaming 4S
    CPU: Ryzen 7 3700+
    Memory: 2x TridenT Z 8gb
    GPU: XFX Radeon RX 5700XT THICC III
    Storage: 500gb WD Black NVME & 2tb Barracuda HDD
    PSU: ThermalTake 750w 80+ Gold
    Case: Musetex Phantom 903 w/ 6 built in RGB fans
    Monitor: 2x Samsung C24RG50 (One monitor arrived and am awaiting one more coming tomorrow)
     
    PC Part Picker Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6RCtDx
     
    Again, this was my first build in 15+ years. Took about 3 hours start to finish (including Windows install). Got POST on first attempt too! That made me proud. Had my 9 and 10 year old sons helping me with the install of pretty much everything in hopes to teach them that it is a process and hoping that they learn to care for it since they had a hand in building it. For those curious about the 500gb SSD and 2tb HDD combo, that came down to a price vs storage amount issue for me. Total after tax and shipping for all pieces was around $2,000 USD.


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