Very first build. Be gentle.

[xmarvlouslie]

After watching a ton of build videos, and realizing I didn't have to spend a fortune on parts to have a half decent little "console killer" rig, I finally decided to dip my toes into PC building. Yes, I realize my management skills are atrocious, but I'm trying to ignore it and just be proud of the fact that this is a rig *I* personally built, and everything works, and it plays games beautifully. Before tax & shipping, everything totaled around $557.93, so I think I did pretty okay. As for the external drives? This is doubling as a Plex media server as well, so that's why I have so many. Yes, yes, I know I'm running everything on a Magnavox Roku TV. Feel free to roast that, but I'm gonna get a proper monitor in September and update this post, I swear. 

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200g

Motherboard:  GIGABYTE B450M DSH3 (ver. 1)

RAM: 16 gigs T-Force Vulcan (at 3000) (2x8)

Video: GIGABYTE RX 570 (4gig). 

PSU: EVGA Supernova 550 80 Plus Gold Modular.

Drives: 256 gig Team Group NVME SSD (boot drive)

            4TB USB 3.0 External (game drive)

            2TB USB 2.0 External (media)

            6TB USB 3.0 External (media)

            8TB USB 3.0 External (media)

Case:  Thermaltake Versa H17. 

[5x5]

The main thing I'd roast is the board. Yikes that's one basic A320 board masquerading as a B450 one

[xmarvlouslie]

It's basic, but it gets the job done. I didn't want to break the bank, 'cause I only had about a $600 budget.

[WambleCropped]

Looks great mate, would have waited for the r3 3100 or 3300x processor but other than that looks great, welcome to the wonderful world of PC building  

[WambleCropped]

1 minute ago, xmarvlouslie said:

It's basic, but it gets the job done. I didn't want to break the bank, 'cause I only had about a $600 budget.

Quote so @5x5 can see it  

[5x5]

1 minute ago, xmarvlouslie said:

It's basic, but it gets the job done. I didn't want to break the bank, 'cause I only had about a $600 budget.

I meaaaan, the Pro4 is not that much more and a whole tier better. Hence my comment

[Dedayog]

Just now, xmarvlouslie said:

It's basic, but it gets the job done. I didn't want to break the bank, 'cause I only had about a $600 budget.

hey, it's your build, it's done and no changing it now.

 

Curious why all the drives, I can't imagine that much "content" you need to save (or acquire).  Would have spent more on the PC and less on drives.

 

Otherwise, grats on your rig.

[xmarvlouslie]

Just now, WambleCropped said:

Looks great mate, would have waited for the r3 3100 or 3300x processor but other than that looks great, welcome to the wonderful world of PC building  

If I didn't pull the trigger now, I wouldn't have been able to get it built period. Power Supplies are strangely selling out all over the place, and they're all GONE over at Newegg, and folks are gouging the hell out of them everywhere else, so I was kinda stuck.

[WambleCropped]

Just now, xmarvlouslie said:

If I didn't pull the trigger now, I wouldn't have been able to get it built period. Power Supplies are strangely selling out all over the place, and they're all GONE over at Newegg, and folks are gouging the hell out of them everywhere else, so I was kinda stuck.

Yeah, I saw that this morning was looking for an hour this morning for a PSU for a friend. Its crazy 400 for a Rog PSU that should be under 150

[George.]

Great one, considering it's your first steps into this kind of stuff! As for the monitor, hey if you can see things without counting the pixels and straining your eyes, it'sh good enoug plus you can apply some color calibration...(for non-competitive gaming). If you decide to, you can always disassemble the external hdds and plug them internally (they are usually just normal sata drives in an enclosure with sata to usb adapter attached. Have fun with the rig and even better - I hope you had fun building it!  

[xmarvlouslie]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

hey, it's your build, it's done and no changing it now.

 

Curious why all the drives, I can't imagine that much "content" you need to save (or acquire).  Would have spent more on the PC and less on drives.

 

Otherwise, grats on your rig.

Uh. I'm a bit of a media hoarder. It's not a proud thing to directly admit, but when you're living on disability month to month and have to decide on whether or not to continue a Netflix or Spotify subscription, or eat for a week, well.. you tend to find "other" means of acquiring stuff. The 4TB and 2TB drives I already had, and I just recently used my Trump Bux to acquire the 6 and the 8, as well as my entire PC. Likely the only time I'll thank the President for anything. Ha. 

[xmarvlouslie]

1 minute ago, George. said:

Great one, considering it's your first steps into this kind of stuff! As for the monitor, hey if you can see things without counting the pixels and straining your eyes, it's good enough...(for non-competitive gaming). If you decide to, you can always disassemble the externall hdds and plug them internally (they are usually just normal sata drives in an enclosure with sata to usb adapter attached. Have fun with the rig and even better - I hope you had fun building it!  

I did, as frustrating as it was at times. I kept thinking I was going to break the motherboard trying to screw the heatsink in and didn't realize until later that the stock cooler was on springs and had to be gently forced into place. It scared the hell out of me, but I got it in, and it's working, so I'm happy with how it turned out.

[xmarvlouslie]

14 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

I meaaaan, the Pro4 is not that much more and a whole tier better. Hence my comment

Honestly, if I had to do it all over again, I'd likely go that route, but what's done is done, and I'm actually pretty happy with it either way. 

[xmarvlouslie]

11 minutes ago, WambleCropped said:

Yeah, I saw that this morning was looking for an hour this morning for a PSU for a friend. Its crazy 400 for a Rog PSU that should be under 150

Yep. It's nuts, dude, but I'm just now taking my first steps into a wider world after being so used to console gaming for most of my life and early 20s. How can I be almost 37 and just NOW getting into the PC side of things? 

[Dedayog]

8 minutes ago, xmarvlouslie said:

Uh. I'm a bit of a media hoarder. It's not a proud thing to directly admit, but when you're living on disability month to month and have to decide on whether or not to continue a Netflix or Spotify subscription, or eat for a week, well.. you tend to find "other" means of acquiring stuff. The 4TB and 2TB drives I already had, and I just recently used my Trump Bux to acquire the 6 and the 8, as well as my entire PC. Likely the only time I'll thank the President for anything. Ha. 

No, my issue was why KEEP so much media.  Let's say you download and watch all 8 seasons of Monk, delete that and then download Mentalist.  Etc.

 

I have almost 400 movies and a dozen TV shows, and that fills up half a 3TB drive. I can only imagine how much media you're stockpiling!

 

But you rock you, and it seems you're making the most of your situation.  Good stuff.

 

[xmarvlouslie]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

No, my issue was why KEEP so much media.  Let's say you download and watch all 8 seasons of Monk, delete that and then download Mentalist.  Etc.

 

I have almost 400 movies and a dozen TV shows, and that fills up half a 3TB drive. I can only imagine how much media you're stockpiling!

 

But you rock you, and it seems you're making the most of your situation.  Good stuff.

 

I tend to delete a lot of the stuff after I binge watch it and only tend to keep around stuff I know I'm going to go back and watch again and again. Stuff like classic Star Trek, Stargate, Babylon 5, a lot of Anime series and cartoons I grew up with, but yeah, some of the modern stuff usually doesn't tend to stick around a whole lot. I just keep and collect what I grew up with and what shows and movies were dear to me.