6 Core RX 570 used budget build

[itsactually.me]

So this is the second PC I've ever build so any comments for the future are welcome.

 

I desperately needed an upgrade from the first PC I threw together after my laptop died which featured the cheapest junk I could find on eBay a year and a half ago. So I've set out to build another used budget build and I think I did an alright job at it.

It started out like it always does: Watching YouTube videos and doing research. Are a bit of poking around the x58 platform and the 30€ X5675 sounded like good options. While looking for motherboards on eBay I stumbled upon a used HP Z400 workstation which would have the mobo, 24 gigs of DDR3, an underwhelming cooler and a seriously sturdy (albeit ugly) case for just about 115€. The one problem with it was that it's using a non standard ATX power connector, so i got an adapter for just over 10€ from ModDIY, which let me install my evga 600w PSU from my old pc. While looking around on eBay I've found that RX570 are going for quite reasonable prices, I placed a bid of 105€ and won the auction at exactly that price. After all the bits and pieces arrived (shipping from China has gotten surprisingly fast, 11 days from placing my order to holding it in my hands) I've assembled everything without major hitches (only two PSU mounting holes would line up so I used a bit of double sided tape and I had to enable hyperthreading manually in the bios). I haven't run any benchmarks, as I wouldn't know which ones to run (if you'd like some, suggest one and I might try that), but I've seen a noticeable performance increase in games. I'll also put in a 1TB harddrive whenever I find the time to pick one up.

At the end I just want to point out how easy the Z400 is to work in. Almost everything is toolless and straightforward and there's loads of room for everything.

 

I hope you like it and as I've said before, any comments are appreciated and helpful for future projects.

[BLLDoesTech]

Pictures?

 

BTW I love taking a Dell and making it gaming (but HP works as well I guess)

[Tristerin]

2 minutes ago, itsactually.me said:

So this is the second PC I've ever build so any comments for the future are welcome.

 

I desperately needed an upgrade from the first PC I threw together after my laptop died which featured the cheapest junk I could find on eBay a year and a half ago. So I've set out to build another used budget build and I think I did an alright job at it.

It started out like it always does: Watching YouTube videos and doing research. Are a bit of poking around the x58 platform and the 30€ X5675 sounded like good options. While looking for motherboards on eBay I stumbled upon a used HP Z400 workstation which would have the mobo, 24 gigs of DDR3, an underwhelming cooler and a seriously sturdy (albeit ugly) case for just about 115€. The one problem with it was that it's using a non standard ATX power connector, so i got an adapter for just over 10€ from ModDIY, which let me install my evga 600w PSU from my old pc. While looking around on eBay I've found that RX570 are going for quite reasonable prices, I placed a bid of 105€ and won the auction at exactly that price. After all the bits and pieces arrived (shipping from China has gotten surprisingly fast, 11 days from placing my order to holding it in my hands) I've assembled everything without major hitches (only two PSU mounting holes would line up so I used a bit of double sided tape and I had to enable hyperthreading manually in the bios). I haven't run any benchmarks, as I wouldn't know which ones to run (if you'd like some, suggest one and I might try that), but I've seen a noticeable performance increase in games. I'll also put in a 1TB harddrive whenever I find the time to pick one up.

At the end I just want to point out how easy the Z400 is to work in. Almost everything is toolless and straightforward and there's loads of room for everything.

 

I hope you like it and as I've said before, any comments are appreciated and helpful for future projects.

Yup, if my FX dies Ill be grabbing up a Xeon workstation to replace it (T3500 X5690 pref)

[itsactually.me]

Haven't done pictures yet but might do when I get home. (And it's not a Dell but an HP)

[BLLDoesTech]

Just now, itsactually.me said:

Haven't done pictures yet but might do when I get home. (And it's not a Dell but an HP)

yeah I saw I edited my post

[itsactually.me]

So here are the pictures you asked for:

 

Exterior:

 

Interior (notice the fan ziptied in the bottom right with the SSD wedged in right next to it):

 

Another interior shot (that plastic shroud hides a lot of messy cable management):

 

[BLLDoesTech]

Very nice, taking an office PC is the way to go if you have a small budget

And better cable management than mine