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Gift for a Cancer Survivor friend from my 9-month savings and side hussle

Sanved Joshi
By Sanved Joshi
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So one of my college friends was diagnosed with stage 4 blood cancer last year.

When he started his chemotherapy sessions, I made pact to myself that if he makes it through, I will gift him a gaming PC.

Last month, he had his last chemotherapy session and after a scan, doc cleared him. This week is his birthday, and his PC got delivered today.

I can't say I have seen anyone that emotional. I am happy that I helped him find some smile in these dark days.

Specs:

Processor: Ryzen 5 3600

Motherboard: Asus B450 Tuf Gaming Plus

RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3200MHz C16

GPU: EVGA 980TI Classified

Cooler: AMD Wraith Spire RGB

SSD: 240GB WD Green

HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda Compute

PSU: Thermaltake 650W 80+ Bronze

Case: Lian Li Lancool 215

Monitor: LG 22" 1080p 75Hz IPS (22MP68VQ)

Mouse: Logitech G102

Controller: Redgear pro wireless gamepad

(Keyboard he already had one)

For almost a year, I saved every penny I could and worked my butt off (sometimes even for sleepless nights) while trying to buy parts.

Needless to say, he frickin loved it!

 

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WOW! You are so good person.

 

The PC looks awesome 🙂

 

QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

Main PC:

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|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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9 minutes ago, Sanved Joshi said:

So one of my college friends was diagnosed with stage 4 blood cancer last year.

When he started his chemotherapy sessions, I made pact to myself that if he makes it through, I will gift him a gaming PC.

Last month, he had his last chemotherapy session and after a scan, doc cleared him. This week is his birthday, and his PC got delivered today.

I can't say I have seen anyone that emotional. I am happy that I helped him find some smile in these dark days.

Specs:

Processor: Ryzen 5 3600

Motherboard: Asus B450 Tuf Gaming Plus

RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3200MHz C16

GPU: EVGA 980TI Classified

Cooler: AMD Wraith Spire RGB

SSD: 240GB WD Green

HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda Compute

PSU: Thermaltake 650W 80+ Bronze

Case: Lian Li Lancool 215

Monitor: LG 22" 1080p 75Hz IPS (22MP68VQ)

Mouse: Logitech G102

Controller: Redgear pro wireless gamepad

(Keyboard he already had one)

For almost a year, I saved every penny I could and worked my butt off (sometimes even for sleepless nights) while trying to buy parts.

Needless to say, he frickin loved it!

 

9205a582-bc2c-4ade-a969-9350ea1e9081.thumb.jpg.04fbc3df533a3e41d6144690f247437a.jpg

wow, this pc is wayy nicer than the one im giving away, i have (2) dell optiplex 3020 with 4th gen i5's and im putting 1gb of gddr5 cards in each, they are not high end, but they are beginning machines, you did your friend well

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