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tecurlee
By tecurlee
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This was my first build ever and I completed it a couple of years ago.  Just curious what I did right and what I did wrong.  Help me to improve this system.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $270.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI - Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  
Memory Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1866 Memory $67.99 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $89.89 @ OutletPC
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $39.99 @ Monoprice
Video Card MSI - GeForce GTX 970 4 GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  
Case Antec - Nine Hundred ATX Mid Tower Case $79.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA GS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $89.89 @ OutletPC
Optical Drive Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $14.99 @ Newegg Business
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $98.89 @ OutletPC
Monitor Acer - G236HLBbd 23.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor  
Monitor Asus - VG278HV 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  
Keyboard Logitech - K350 Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard $32.86 @ Amazon
Mouse Logitech - M510 Wireless Laser Mouse $14.24 @ Amazon
Speakers Logitech - Z323 30 W 2.1ch Speakers $34.79 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $873.52
  Mail-in rebates -$40.00
  Total $833.52
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-25 13:17 EST-0500  

 

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16GB of ram 
No wireless mice or keyboards (Back at that time I would of said it was a big no no)
The PSU for that Price you could of gotten something with a little more headroom that was Semi-Modular

|King Of The Lost|
Project Dark: i7 7820x 5.1GHz | X299 Dark | Trident Z 32GB 3200MHz | GTX 1080Ti Hybrid | Corsair 760t | 1TB Samsung 860 Pro | EVGA Supernova G2 850w | H110i GTX
Lava: i9 12900k 5.1GHz (Undervolted to 1.26v)| MSI z690 Pro DDR4| Dominator Platnium 32GB 3800MHz| Power Color Red Devil RX 6950 XT| Seasonic Focus Platnium 850w| NZXT Kraken Z53
Unholy Rampage: i7 5930k 4.7GHz 4.4 Ring| X99 Rampage|Ripjaws IV 16GB 2800 CL13| GTX 1080 Strix(Custom XOC Signed BIOS) | Seasonic Focus Platinum 850w |H100i v2 
Revenge of 775: Pentium 641 | Biostar TPower i45| Crucial Tracer 1066 DDR2 | GTX 580 Classified Ultra | EVGA 650 BQ | Noctua NH D14

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Honestly not bad, similar to my first rig from a few years back. Only thing is I got all my stuff used for a great price so the only error you made was buying 4th gen Intel stuff new of you did that

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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