Babies first full build, the "Obsidious" plan.

[wolfmcbeard]

A few weeks ago I posited a thread looking to get some advice on a system to build up based around a Ryzen 5 3600 and an iBuypower case (The Element Reflect from what I found today actually.)
As I've just gotten the new motherboard for this project in, I figure it's time to keep a build log, what better place?
Now my greatest experience with pc's before now was cobbling old Dells together like some some kind of Frankenstein's cyborg.
This will be my first pc built up from mostly new parts

The case, cpu, and psu were payment for getting a computer working for a friend, the motherboard ate it unfortunately but that's the good thing about pcs, just get another one!

The motherboard posted once, and I was at least able to confirm the cpu was working. (This cpu is dead and no longer a part of this build)

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The case seems solid, though I can't say the same for airflow, but I can deal with that.

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Which brings me around to today, I've got the parts I DO have together and plan on doing a test post of the system later today or tomorrow after I borrow two stick of ram from my current pc.

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Parts list on hand.
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
MB - MSI B550 Mag Tomahawk
Boot ssd - Crucial P2 250gb NVMe M.2 ssd
Case - iBuypower Element Reflect
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
GPU - (for video output testing only) BTO GT 1030
Mass Storage - 1tb WD Blue sata HDD (Main file starage) / 4tb Seagate Barracuda sata HDD (Game drive) / 4tb Seagate Barracuda 2.5" sata HDD (Backup storage / Migratory files)

Newly Acquired parts
Ram - Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600) C16

The missing parts.
Ram - Going to try to find something of the rgb flavor, preferably a 4x8 kit.
Boot Drive - Found a few good 250gb m.2 ssd's, I know I could get a 1-2tb one but that costa more and this is my point of sacrifice since I have 5tb of mechanical storage.
GPU - This will be the last piece of the puzzle probably a near the end of the year kind of thing.
          I intend to use my 1050 as a more useful temporary card over the 1030 I have already.
Chassis fans - Really just looking for decent brand with rgb.

dead parts
CPU - Ryzen 5 3600 RIP



I intend to post progress whenever it's made, some of it may come slow, but it will come, finally, my own build, time to brew some hot bean juice...

[thrasher_565]

rip temps in that case...

[wolfmcbeard]

 

7 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

rip temps in that case...

Right? 
I think I could get away with putting a pair on the top grill of the chassis at least, would get much more fresh air in.
I know some 120's would fit, but I think it would be neater and cleaner with a pair of 140mm fans.

[wolfmcbeard]

As I have to wait till probably Friday for the new ram for this to arrive, I've decided to wait on testing parts since I'd rather not have to open my HP I'm actively using to steal parts if I can help it.

So I did some prep work and stuff to the case instead!
I don't like the big iBuypower branding over the side of the psu housing, so I taped it over with black tape, was going to use my touch-up paint marker, but that would look more messy, with the tape, it'll be likely near invisible with the side glass on. also had a little Aorus badge and decided why not toss it on.
Made sure I had set the standoffs from ATX to MATX for the new board, tossed in the io shield and looked over some of the wires to make sure nothing was frayed and that no pins came out of their connectors, rare, but it's happened to me once, so better safe than sorry.
The fans aren't staying, one has a bad connector, guess where the pin contacts DON'T want to be, and the top fan doesn't seem to work, I put it there just to see if I could do top intakes, and I can!


Before...
 

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And after...
 

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Not a lot, but it's something.

[wolfmcbeard]

It would seem I've hit a rather annoying roadblock, but one I suspected may happen but hoped wouldn't...
My Ryzen 5 3600 thought rock is dead.

Now to lay down some context as to why this was ever a concern.
A while back a friend of a friend had bought an iBuypower pc a couple of years ago that one day stopped working, powered up, but no output and all the fans running full tilt except for the gpu, which seemed to be getting no power, instead of putting in for rma, he gave it to our mutual friend who wasn't very hardware savvy.
Now he knew I had a good grip on hardware since I tended to jerry rig oem pc's back to life though I was no expert imo, I still agreed to take a look at it and determined that either the mb or the cpu ate dirt, but couldn't properly test that since neither of us had any extra am4 hardware to put stuff to the test with, he got a new mb, cpu and case and basically had me rebuild the pc from the top and left me the unused old parts as payment, I was fine with this and knew that there was a possibility it was all junk I just wanted to help out a buddy and didn't originally ask anything for my help anyway.
"But Wolf.." I hear you say, "The op shows that it posted and worked on the old Asus motherboard." yes, that it did, once, one time, and never again, what's more, that board had a lot of issues, I'm not sure if it was the original owner or the si, but it wasn't in good physical shape, and I gave up on it after the lighting by the chipset and the fan on the chipset quit working.
The cpu had been in three different motherboards, none of which ever posted, so I'm washing my hands of this cursed piece of silicon, even if it still does has life in it, it's proven to be more trouble than just buying a better cpu in the first place.

Moral of the story?
Time to get a 5600, maybe a 5600x.

[wolfmcbeard]

Update 8/28/22

The first breath

[wolfmcbeard]

And we're near the end already, just need some extra fans, and a new gpu.
Quite pleased with how it turned out, though I need more stickers.
 

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Went ahead and got Windows installed, actually migrating from my current pc will take some time, but I'm hoping to be done with that in the next couple of days.

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[wolfmcbeard]

So as an update to this, wound up snagging an EVGA RTX 2060 12GB XC Gaming, I know that's not stunningly new, but considering I'm trying to move up from a 1050, even a 1050ti would be an upgrade that I don't want and it ought to be here in a few days.
My main goal was to pick up something with more than enough vram so I don't have to worry about it for a few years while having enough horsepower to easily do 1080p gaming.
I feel I've made the right choice.

[wolfmcbeard]

The final piece of the puzzle, once I pop this bad boy in, I'll be able to call this build completed.