My Most Recent Upgrade

[darealsoulless]

This PC started as an HP Envy, completely proprietary pre-built. With about $500 I was able to pull off this upgrade. Swapped mobo, PSU, case and upgraded cooling. And also sold my old graphics card and upgraded. (RX 6600 to RX 6700)

I carried over the CPU, RAM and storage from the pre built, saved me a ton of money. Mobo, case, cooling and PSU on the pre built could not be carried over. (propriatary mobo, Flex ATX 2U PSU, etc.)

Case is Zalman S2 Temp. Glass

CPU is i7 10700

Mobo is TUF Gaming Z590 Plus WiFi

PSU is TT Smart 650 BM2 semi-modular

GPU is RX 6700 10GB, Sapphire partner card

Cooler is ID Cooling SE 214 XT 120mm

I feel like this build came together really well. The case is a bit appliance-like, but it cools fantastically and holds my components, which is all I need it to do. Overall to complete this upgrade I spent about $400 USD. The price of the GPU was heavily reduced out of pocket because I sold my old one to help pay for it. It does 1080p max settings 100+ frames per second in the games I play, runs cool & quietly, doesn't consume too much power and is very snappy and stable. Pics below.

 

 

[KGGaming]

Nice looking build man

 

[PC Master Blaster]

 

Nice resourceful build and looks good. Wires could use some cleaning up.

 

Plug red 8 pin into GPU and zip tie the yellow plug to the cord itself. It'll clean that up.

Purple cable - Have the mobo power come out the same spot as your USB 3.0 and zip tie those together

Green cable - CPU power, have that run behind the wall and run threw the top opening instead to hide it.