The Longest Build Ever

[Zer0Chill]

So this build was not even on the radar and by far the longest build of my life! My wife and I had talked about remodeling out basement as most home owners do from time to time. However what has moved us to action (and by us I mean me, she has been waiting years for me to start the process) was my workstation of 8 or so years started to fail. The workstation was a Phenom II x4 with 16GB of DDR2 and 512 SSD and a very low end graphics card. A Radeon 240 or something and a Gigabyte Ultra Durable board(the one with 2oz of copper in it super heavy board). The system was great until it started to fail. Needless to say failing system mean time for a rebuild. Being a fan of AMD (since the k6-2 days). I spec'd out a new machine based on my computing habits(not a big gamer, more productivity and app development). So the parts list:

2x NZXT 510 cases (one 510i and a plain 510)(more on this later)

Ryzen 5 2600,

Gigabyte B450M DS3H,

16GB T-Force Delta,

XFX Radeon 580.

Thermaltake UX 100

2x Dell U2717D

1x 120mm case fan

1 BT dongle

 

Now this in itself is not all that inspiring, you know a little RGB here and there. A mainstream system that can do what I need it to do without breaking the bank. Well here is the kicker, none of the parts were ordered a coherent thing. After the proc, ram and mobo where ordered (October 23rd-Nov2nd). I found out that my old system was actually still good, it was an electrical feedback from the cases power button that was messing everything up. Armed with that knowledge, I ordered up 2 NZXT cases.

After putting everything together, I liked the RGB so much on the ram and 510i that I ordered the Thermaltake UX100 (nov 20). Then I decided that I needed matching monitors because a 22 and 24 1080p set up with different color profiles was just not a good thing. So black Friday monitors ordered, BT dongle(Dec 4).

So now my workstation is in pretty good shape, but I notice that my desk now looks like a fat man in a skinny jacket. So I think I need a bigger desk. So in order to do that I have to clean the basement or at least start.(13yrs of computer junk where thrown out during this process). So in looking for a desk I come  across Linus's video on building a desk case for your computer, I then come across MKB and a few other desk making videos on youtube. From there I decided I will build my desk(if Linus can do it so can I). So off to the hardware store to get MDF, 2x2's, 2x3's.

[Princess Luna]

Would have used a single ultrawide (21:9) monitor personally.

 

Either ways, quite the tale, good to see it up and running!

[Fasauceome]

9 minutes ago, Zer0Chill said:

now this is a quality GPU heat sink

[Crunchy Dragon]

We love a good upgrade story.

 

You did a fantastic job on that desk, my friend!

[Zer0Chill]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

now this is a quality GPU heat sink

Yeah, I know, The original fan went bust so super glue and a CPU fan to the rescue. Yet another reason to get the 580.

[Zer0Chill]

4 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Would have used a single ultrawide (21:9) monitor personally.

 

Either ways, quite the tale, good to see it up and running!

I thought about getting a single ultrawide, my coworkers and I talked about the pros and cons for days if not weeks. But settling on the 2 vs 1 came down to cost it was just cheaper. 

[Founders]

13 minutes ago, Zer0Chill said:

electrical feedback from the cases power button

That sounds like real quality Chinesium right there! 

 

It looks great buddy, you should be proud! 

[Princess Luna]

Just now, Zer0Chill said:

But settling on the 2 vs 1 came down to cost it was just cheaper. 

Are you USA? how much did the current display setup cost you?

[Zer0Chill]

5 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

We love a good upgrade story.

 

You did a fantastic job on that desk, my friend!

Thank you Crunchy Dragon, the desk will NZXT RGB for ground effects later and the whole room will get painted a light blue.

[Zer0Chill]

2 minutes ago, Founders said:

That sounds like real quality Chinesium right there! 

 

It looks great buddy, you should be proud! 

The case I had was at least 10yrs old! it had RGB before it was a thing! I am proud and it was a fun build.

[Zer0Chill]

3 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Are you USA? how much did the current display setup cost you?

I am in the USA and they set me back 500.00 in total. They retail for 500.00 each not on sale black Friday was a good day.

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, Zer0Chill said:

I thought about getting a single ultrawide, my coworkers and I talked about the pros and cons for days if not weeks. But settling on the 2 vs 1 came down to cost it was just cheaper. 

Just now, Zer0Chill said:

I am in the USA and they set me back 500.00 in total. They retail for 500.00 each not on sale black Friday was a good day.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HZ4N7PJ?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

 

This is a full 34 inch 3440x1440p ultrawide with higher refresh rate (100hz vs 60hz) that features a Samsung panel inside that should be similar to the IPS on these Dells in colour accuracy.

 

It's an amazing value monitor and arguably would have been a better pick for actually cheaper than what you spent, below there's a full review of it:

While sharing build log experiences is fun the true usefulness of a Forum like this is for planning what you'll buy... here is full of people who can really provide you meaningful insights and tips to make your money count the most, always worth asking before buying.

 

Cheers!

[Zer0Chill]

1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HZ4N7PJ?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

 

This is a full 34 inch 3440x1440p ultrawide with higher refresh rate (100hz vs 60hz) that features a Samsung panel inside that should be similar to the IPS on these Dells in colour accuracy.

 

It's an amazing value monitor and arguably would have been a better pick for actually cheaper than what you spent, below there's a full review of it:

While sharing build log experiences is fun the true usefulness of a Forum like this is for planning what you'll buy... here is full of people who can really provide you meaningful insights and tips to make your money count the most, always worth asking before buying.

 

Cheers!

Maybe, and arguably a better pick. But at 34" vs 54" the two provide a bit more flexibility. But I do like that 34" and It might be the next big thing and then I can put these two vertical....oh boy!!