FINALLY, Building my first computer

[BuggedCookie]

I'm finally building my dream custom PC

I have one small question, is it normal for the ram (DDR5) to be hard to insert the first time?
The notch is alligned but kind of... scared to break it, I've putted DDR4 before no problem it's just I guess it's normal right?

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/RykLv4 

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  (Purchased For $526.59) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $57.37) 
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX-6 4 g Thermal Paste  (Purchased For $6.09) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For $287.43) 
Memory: Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (Purchased For $333.88) 
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $110.24) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  ($1056.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Antec C5 ARGB ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $156.37) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $132.20) 
Total: $2667.15
 

 

Anyway, will send pictures for those who are interested, and I might post more if I got questions!

thanks!

[Why_Me]

Nice ^^ Make sure to go slow and take your time : )

[BuggedCookie]

On 12/14/2025 at 9:47 PM, Why_Me said:

Nice ^^ Make sure to go slow and take your time : )

Exactly what I did

 

Finally, everything is built. After 4 hours, There's no cable management yet, I'm waiting for reusable cable ties, I'm really happy because it worked on the first boot, no errors or anything!

 

A summary of what I've done/happened

 

First thing I've done is, I've searched for the amount of thermal paste to apply, but unfortunately for me, the very USB Wifi Dongle I've been using for YEARS decided to LITERALLY cook itself the very second I've searched that... So I just went with a tiny "x", not as big as the CPU, but just to be sure kind 

 

All the RGB is working and synced, only problem I had is one of the CPU fan not lighting up because I forgot to daisy-chain it. 

 

Once everything assembled I booted the computer and everything worked first time, no problems* at all, except it was stuck for some reasons on "CPU" & "BOOT"  I don't have any idea why, but then it worked, I would guess it's memory training but memory training should be DRAM no?

 

Anyway, once it worked I did my usual BIOS Config enabled stuff I use/want and disabled stuff I don't want. Enabled AMD EXPO II, enabled ASUS Performance (I have no idea what it does exactly, but I'll do more researches about that later)  

 

I then installed Windows, which worked flawlessly unlike that one time

 

Once Windows installed I've downloaded all necessary drivers (Chipset, VGA, Wifi, Bluetooth, Audio) did some CPU and RAM test for over an hour, I fell asleep and stopped it when I woke up (Furmark, OCCT, Cinebench) And checked temps with HWInfo

It maxed out between 70°C and 80°C at 100% usage, I'm not sure if thermal throttle due to BIOS config I did see some configuration about CPU temperature with different "level"

 

What impressed me the most is, I knew I was getting a significant upgrade but I didn't get impressed until I tried the most basic stuff, before doing some tests, just downloading stuff is instant most of the time now (I have a great Wifi just didn't have a great WiFi card compared to my actual WiFi), decompressing files etc... is so much faster, and obviously benchmarks shows that it's a significant upgrade too, but I can't wait to test more from this new computer.

 

Another thing I like is USB C ports (Never had any in the past), it's very convenient and apparently much faster.
 

 

  

RGB Fans just to put them white, because yes

( I know cables are kind of ugly, but it's functional )

 

Not showing the... other side it's kind of like this (for now):

 

 

TL;DR I'm happy and I like my new build, If there's anything more I should test/check for etc..., feel free to do some recommendations!

Thanks a lot for your help with the build too!

 

I will also move the board up in the case, whenever I'll redo all the cables because secondary PCIE slot is unfortunately inaccessible due to bottom fans 

[Why_Me]

1 hour ago, BuggedCookie said:

Exactly what I did

 

Finally, everything is built. After 4 hours, There's no cable management yet, I'm waiting for reusable cable ties, I'm really happy because it worked on the first boot, no errors or anything!

 

A summary of what I've done/happened

 

First thing I've done is, I've searched for the amount of thermal paste to apply, but unfortunately for me, the very USB Wifi Dongle I've been using for YEARS decided to LITERALLY cook itself the very second I've searched that... So I just went with a tiny "x", not as big as the CPU, but just to be sure kind 

 

All the RGB is working and synced, only problem I had is one of the CPU fan not lighting up because I forgot to daisy-chain it. 

 

Once everything assembled I booted the computer and everything worked first time, no problems* at all, except it was stuck for some reasons on "CPU" & "BOOT"  I don't have any idea why, but then it worked, I would guess it's memory training but memory training should be DRAM no?

 

Anyway, once it worked I did my usual BIOS Config enabled stuff I use/want and disabled stuff I don't want. Enabled AMD EXPO II, enabled ASUS Performance (I have no idea what it does exactly, but I'll do more researches about that later)  

 

I then installed Windows, which worked flawlessly unlike that one time

 

Once Windows installed I've downloaded all necessary drivers (Chipset, VGA, Wifi, Bluetooth, Audio) did some CPU and RAM test for over an hour, I fell asleep and stopped it when I woke up (Furmark, OCCT, Cinebench) And checked temps with HWInfo

It maxed out between 70°C and 80°C at 100% usage, I'm not sure if thermal throttle due to BIOS config I did see some configuration about CPU temperature with different "level"

 

What impressed me the most is, I knew I was getting a significant upgrade but I didn't get impressed until I tried the most basic stuff, before doing some tests, just downloading stuff is instant most of the time now (I have a great Wifi just didn't have a great WiFi card compared to my actual WiFi), decompressing files etc... is so much faster, and obviously benchmarks shows that it's a significant upgrade too, but I can't wait to test more from this new computer.

 

Another thing I like is USB C ports (Never had any in the past), it's very convenient and apparently much faster.
 

 

  

RGB Fans just to put them white, because yes

( I know cables are kind of ugly, but it's functional )

 

Not showing the... other side it's kind of like this (for now):

 

 

TL;DR I'm happy and I like my new build, If there's anything more I should test/check for etc..., feel free to do some recommendations!

Thanks a lot for your help with the build too!

 

I will also move the board up in the case, whenever I'll redo all the cables because secondary PCIE slot is unfortunately inaccessible due to bottom fans 

Nice job ^^