What do you think of my $1500 4K PC? Parts ordered

Aereldor · May 9

Ordered all the parts. Can't wait! This is the first high-end PC I built for myself. The last PC I built was in 2015. It had an i3 4160 and a GTX 960. For what it's worth, that PC is still in use in parents' house, split into 2 builds. The GTX 960 can still play today's AAA games!

Deals for this build-

CPU, Motherboard, RAM, and SSD deals all from Micro Center, brand new.
GPU from Zotac eBay (accepted offer)
Cooler, Case PSU, and fans from Amazon (note the GPU does actually fit, PCPartPicker is being silly

Everything was bought new!

Amazed that I was able to fit an RTX 4080. a 12600KF, 32GB, a 2TB SN850X, and a 280mm AIO into my budget, along with keeping it SUPER small!

And to think all this started with me getting a 4k 120hz OLED TV from Best Buy new for $230 because of a pricing error.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor ($100.00)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROSTFLOW X 74.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($50.00)
Motherboard: ASRock Z690M-ITX/ax Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard ($80.00)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($60.00)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($149.00)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity OC GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card ($820.00)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P V2 Mini ITX Desktop Case ($100.00)
Power Supply: Corsair SF850L 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply ($129.00)
Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12CW-S X3 66.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack ($12.00)
Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C-C-S 75.8 CFM 140 mm Fan ($0.00)
Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C-C-S 75.8 CFM 140 mm Fan ($0.00)
Total: $1500.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-14 11:36 EDT-0400

MadAnt250 · May 9

I see you got some sweet discounts from microcenter. Pretty cool.

Put it together, take some photos and make a build log.

Enjoy your sweet little PC.

Aereldor · May 10

7 hours ago, MadAnt250 said:

I see you got some sweet discounts from microcenter. Pretty cool.

Put it together, take some photos and make a build log.

Enjoy your sweet little PC.

Oh yeah they were so nice about the bundle! Can't believe I got all that for $240.

I love your specs btw. I've been a CRT evangelist for so long.

MadAnt250 · May 10

12 hours ago, Aereldor said:

Oh yeah they were so nice about the bundle! Can't believe I got all that for $240.

I love your specs btw. I've been a CRT evangelist for so long.

When you shop at the right time, you can get some pretty sweet deals. They will offer some sweet combo deals to just move the old stock. That can be a win for the budget shopper, plus you'll find that the microcenter staff are really helpful (depends on location) as some of them are techs, gamers and hobbyists.