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Hi, My 15 year old daughter her computer is acting up and it's probably fixable but she would like to build her first pc so this seems like a great excuse to upgrade. I don't game much anymore so she's getting my GPU and PSU, the case will be a Christmas gift from her aunt but the rest will be bought with her own money. 1. Budget & Location She has €500 on her account and she's willing to spend it all. I would like it if she would still have some money left afterwards but also believe in buy once - cry once. If we have to spend it all so she doesn't have to upgrade for a very long time then that would be fine. We live in the Netherlands. 2. Aim She's a Minecraft junkie, she loves to play online with her friends. I might be able to tempt her to play some other games like Tomb Raider in the future, I think she'll really like it but whatever dad suggest isn't cool of course... (Even though I was the one that introduced her to Minecraft, she has seem to forgotten that part...) She'll also use it for school, maybe some messing around with OBS and a green screen because she said she wanted to record a fly over with commentary of their Minecraft world before they start a new world in the latest Minecraft version. 3. Monitors She'll probably use 2 monitors the majority of the time but a tv will also be connected. All 3 are 1080p. 4. Peripherals She's getting a gaming keyboard and new (second hand) monitors for Christmas so no peripherals needed. 5. Why are you upgrading? It's probably a faulty connection on the SSD but like I said, it's a great excuse to upgrade and have her build her first PC. 6. What we already have: Her aunt bought her a case: Cooler Master Masterbox Q300L She's getting my GPU: Radeon RX 580 And my PSU: Cooler Master MWE Bronzen 550 I would love your help selecting a motherboard, CPU, RAM, SSD, cooler, fans, cables etc. It would also be my first full build (I have only replaced stuff up till now, never build from scratch) so please feel free to add stuff if I'm forgetting something. Thank you very much in advance from the both of us.

Budget (including currency): $150 Country: Australia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Roblox, minecraft, youtube Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Mobo: Taken from old Lenovo laptop, (forgot model, i think its 6 cores, 12GB ram GPU: old Asrock RX570 8gb Storage: Old 500GB SSD Old Samsung Galaxy S8 for Camera Old Viewsonic 24inch monitor > I will be building a custom gaming computer for my 12 yr old daughter. The parts will be from my old pc and laptop parts. The only brand new components are the PSU and mouse/keyboard. > I will be using the board from my old Lenovo laptop and use a full size GPU, my old Asrock RX570. Will be interfacing the gpu using my old EXP GDC Beast. > No case, will be built into her desk. Will update with photos soon!

Hi guys, so this will be my first real mod of any kind and I've only done it to this extent because it is for my daughter, my daughters 5th birthday. Now, this may seem kind of young to some of you but let me assure you this kid knows her stuff, she's been looking at heavily modified rigs since before she could crawl! It all started a few years ago, I was in the shed sorting some things out and my daughter came in to me from the garden, she instantly looked up and knew what this blue box up on the shelf was and hit me with "I want that to be my computer one day Daddy", she must of been around 2 and a half at the time but every since then she's almost constantly reminded me about the PC in the shed, that it should be hers, told me it needed a window with "BGR" lights (she means RGB) and white cables (she says this because I have custom cables in my rig that are white), I even took her into the local Halfords to let her pick the colour she wants for the case which she did not let me down on, wow am I in love with the colour, I did however add something a little girly but we'll get to that later. So here I am a couple of years down the line, what was once a quick spray job on a NZXT Beta Evo case has now started to evolve into something much more special for my daughter. I have for what I think to be obvious reasoning called this the NZXT Beta Evolved so let me get this project log started! The specs of this build are rather old to say the least but this machine will only be playing child/indie style games and the specs are something I can work over time but the main part of this project is purely bringing back a case from 2010 into 2018! Before I go any further I'd like to give a big big thank you to my sponsor, none other than themselves Overclockers.co.uk without them I wouldn't of been able to give this build the perfect look! Specs: upon completion. NZXT Beta Evo. CableMod Pro cable extensions. CableMod Silver thumb screws. Asus Crosshair IV Formula. AMD 1090T. AMD R7 260. Crucial Tactical 2x 4Gb 1866mhz DDR3. Some Cooler Master PSU Corsair H80 NZXT Hue+ NZXT AER RGB 120mm x3 It all started when I had no clue about what I was doing (who's to say I have a clue now I guess), anyways, Here's what the case looked like before I started working on it this time around and I must apologize for the bad quality photos but the first couple was taken many years ago. I know what you all thought, what a state though right? How can I ever produce something good if this was my previous work? Anyway's Here I go, lining up to make the first cut! I might of been wishing for a bit of luck here on out... And of we cut! As it turns out I got rather into cutting and didn't stop to take any more photos. Time for prepping!! If I'm honest I rather like this look, reminds me of Robocop but then I remind myself that this build isn't for me... On goes the primer. Now this is where you start to see the colour my daughter chosen for her rig and it is Ford Purple velvet! First layer of base coat Second layer of base coat. Once the final coat had been applied along with the layers of clear coat and buffed the weather wasn't so great and had to settle for this somewhat appetizing photo. Here's a better shot though. Now that all the panels are painted I think it is time to concentrate on the front bezel of the case. This was the hardest part of the build by far, somewhat by my own mistakes but the end results was more than worth it, let me show you the beauty after I explain the steps used to create this look. It all started with a little sparkle... Then... Primer, matt black paint, sprinkle with glitter whilst wet, flat off, lacquer (at least 800 times maybe more depending on how much glitter you used) flat off with 1200 then 2000 wet and dry sandpaper and a block re-lacquer and then finally buff the hell out of it!! In the end you should end up with something looking a little like this. I understand this look won't be for everyone but let me just take this moment to remind you all this for a little girls 5th birthday... Now, time for some artwork on the side and top panels. Here we go some test fitting... And we have a PSU shroud! The pink in the front may be changed to purple acrylic mirror but right now this will fit. Oh wow, these are beautiful! Thank you Overclockers UK! Some Cablemod gear came the other day... Oh the cables look fantastic though! ... And that's it folks, you've all caught up to where I am with the build and the log will be updated accordingly. Really hope you guys appreciate the time and level of work I've put into this build, it's taken a lot more hours than I ever thought possible but I am loving this project.