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astranger200
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On a budget of about 800 Australian bucks I wanted build the best gaming pc I could. I worked hard for this and this is how it turned out :)

parts:

i3 4170

8gb ddr3

120gb ssd

660 ti

2x250gb hdd

asrock h81 mobo

antec 500p 500w

1080p 60ghz philips monitor

2x900p 75hz monitors

deepcool tesseract sw white

some fans

 

empty case:

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psu in:

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mobo with cpu/cooler/ram installed screwed in

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gpu in (notice the fair amount of sag...):

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drives and cable management done:

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thanks for reading! please lave a comment (hopefully some constructive criticism aswell...)!

Edit: my phone camera is bad sorry....

Edit: shit, forgot to post the last pic of it all done and accidentally inserted the same one twice

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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Is there any way you could increase power cable lengths. Also, cable management would help too.

My Rig:

Xeon E5 1680 V2 @ 4.5GHz - Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79 Mobo - 64GB DDR3 1600MHz - 8 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile - CAS 10-10-10-27 - AMD Radeon RX 6700XT Sapphire Pulse 12GB - DeepCool E-Shield E-ATX Tempered Glass Case - 1 x 1TB Crucial P1 NVMe SSD - BeQuiet Straight Power 11 850W Gold+ Quad rail - Fractal Design Celsius S36 & 6 x 120mm silent fans - Lenovo KBBH21 - Corsair Glaive RGB Pro - Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

 

Monitors - 3 x Acer Nitro 23.8" 1080p 75Hz IPS 1ms Freesync Panels = AMD Eyefinity @ 75Hz

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Is there any way you could increase power cable lengths. Also, cable management would help too.

not without buying extentions. also, the cable management is good I thought...

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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Is there any way you could increase power cable lengths. Also, cable management would help too.

sh*t I forgot to put in the last pick with all the drives in and the cable management done (facepalm). please chack out the last photo now.

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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That is looking good now

My Rig:

Xeon E5 1680 V2 @ 4.5GHz - Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79 Mobo - 64GB DDR3 1600MHz - 8 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile - CAS 10-10-10-27 - AMD Radeon RX 6700XT Sapphire Pulse 12GB - DeepCool E-Shield E-ATX Tempered Glass Case - 1 x 1TB Crucial P1 NVMe SSD - BeQuiet Straight Power 11 850W Gold+ Quad rail - Fractal Design Celsius S36 & 6 x 120mm silent fans - Lenovo KBBH21 - Corsair Glaive RGB Pro - Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

 

Monitors - 3 x Acer Nitro 23.8" 1080p 75Hz IPS 1ms Freesync Panels = AMD Eyefinity @ 75Hz

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I am Surprised you were able to build a PC with that little money with those specs what score does it get in 3D mark Firestrike?

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I am Surprised you were able to build a PC with that little money with those specs what score does it get in 3D mark Firestrike?

will test now :)

I got the hdds for free,

ram for $35

1 of the 900p monitors for free and the other for $15

the gpu was second hand

I did some serious scrapyard wars'ing

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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I am Surprised you were able to build a PC with that little money with those specs what score does it get in 3D mark Firestrike?

5054. not too shabby

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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I am Surprised you were able to build a PC with that little money with those specs what score does it get in 3D mark Firestrike?

I hold the 3rd highest score for a 4170 and a 660 ti :) apparently my oc is pritty good

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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Very cool,

looks like a sold budget rig, I like the room for upgrades you gave your self with the big case and 500w power supply.

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