My First PC Build

[Aiddog10]

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I watched multiple videos for different parts of the build process, including LTT’s “No Dollar Wasted PC Build Guide” and Bitwit’s “How to Build a PC! Step-by-step”(more helpful and more in-depth, sorry LTT). Some of the mundane steps were the more difficult and confusing, funnily enough. Like finding the case bag with my screws and everything, because the case manufacturer hides it in the hard drive tray, and screwing in an additional case fan with all of the parts in and trying to hold it up while screwing it in. Some precise parts were also tedious, like figuring out which way to align the front panel connectors and other small tasks like that. This cheap(ish) case actually had pretty good cable management, with holes throughout the inside to route cables through, and that didn’t take long. Looking back, this was any easy(ish) first build, and it turned out well. Nothing super complicated like custom water cooling for my first time, although I’ll look into this in the future. As of yet, I have not been able to successfully overclock it, except for applying XMP for my RAM (my GPU is factory OC’ed). When I tried overclocking my CPU, using Ryzen Master and/or the BIOS, I kept getting blue screens until I reverted all the settings :(. Overall it is definitely fast enough though, and I get around 120-144 FPS depending on the game (COD MW, Overwatch, R6, etc), which is good because my monitor is 144hz. I would definitely say this was an expensive, but worth it first build.

 

I forgot to add that I made sure to have enough RGB, and will add more when I do custom watercooling. I’d estimate that the RGB adds at least 15fps, maybe more .

 

[Aereldor]

Good job. I guess my feedback is to improve the GPU cable management and the rats' nest above the PSU, tuck in the CPU fan cable etc. 

Also, maybe keep the PC up on your desk or at least somewhere off the floor? It appears to already have got very dusty indeed.