Just Finished My First Build (Kinda)

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Still waiting for my case to come in but I finally got the courage and did it. I used my motherboard box as a test bench and I got to work on getting my new build to post. My first time slotting my CPU was amazing. So insanely satisfying. From there I went to strap on the stock cooler I got with my Ryzen 7 3800x (I have a liquid cooler but I’m waiting for final build to mount that). Must say that thing was a pain to mount but luckily the TUF Gaming X570-PLUS was meant to be able to mount that cooler easier. From there I slotted my 2x16 Corsair Vengeance 3200. MHz RAM. Moved on to pulling the pin back on my first PCIe slot and installed my MSI MECH Radeon 5700 XT GPU. Okay we are getting close. PSU time. I unbox my  750W Corsair Modular PSU and get to work on running my CPU, ATX 24 Pin, and PCIe cables. After that is finished I plug my make shift test bench into my monitor, I flip my PSU on and watch my motherboards built in RGB light. Okay, moment of truth. I take my flat head screwdriver and short my power pins and BOOM! I watch everything begin lighting up, my RAM, my stock CPU cooler. Fans are starting to spin on my GPU and CPU cooler and then there it is. My monitor autodetects that it has a video input and kicks itself on to display my BIOS. I did it. I finally got the gonads to go and build my own PC. I am beyond proud of myself and beyond ecstatic.

 

(Stay tune for when I get my case and begin attempting cable management and final build.)