Qazhby Builds A PC

[qazhby]

Currently ordering the parts to my PC and wanted to document

The parts I have on hand now
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex V Platinum PRO White 850W ATX 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Power Supply
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A PH-EC360ATG_DMW02 Matte White Steel / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Storage- Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD- going with on SSD right now- will get a larger hdd if i need it down the road
Keyboard-RK Royal Kludge RK 84 RGB 75%
CPU Cooler- Thermalright AssassinX120 SE ARGB White CPU Cooler
Thermal paste- Corsair TM30 Performance Thermal Paste
GPU: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Video Card
Desk- L shaped Desk with Storage Shelves, 47 Inch Corner desk
Monitor: GIGABYTE M27Q-PRO 27" 165Hz 1440P KVM Gaming Monitor, 2560 x 1440 SS IPS Display
Mouse- Razer DeathAdder V2 Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse- ETA is thursday
Motherboard- Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AX V2 AM4 AMD B550 ATX Motherboard- ETA is thursday
flash drive

Parts on the way


Headphones- saturday


Parts I may need:
Chair
case fans: not sure if I will need additional case fans or not
Wifi adapter- depends on if I can wire my ethernet in my apartment or dependent on the motherboard

[qazhby]

Probably waiting on Black Friday to buy the monitor and storage- those are things that usually go on sell for Black Friday

Hopefully i can snag a GPU at MSRP on black friday- that would be great

[nick]

dork.

[qazhby]

dork.

ily

[qazhby]

Got my case, RAM and PSU in this week. CPU should be here today.

Really hoping for Black Friday/ Cyber Monday to come through to get some storage and a monitor. Don't think Black Friday is going to affect GPU prices as much sadly

[dakshdar]

I think the only question you need to answer for your keyboard/monitor is whether you do wireless or not. I think there is a lot of benefit to wireless just to avoid the extra USB cables and make it easier to manage, but some people don't like to deal with replacing batteries (I just run rechargeable batteries so I don't mind).

Are you going double monitor or one larger monitor?

I think it was late last year that I picked up this one from Costco:
https://www.costco.com/acer-nitro-28%22 ... 81497.html

It might not be the top-top end gaming monitor but I have found it works great for what I need at home. I also bought a basic arm mount that freed up a good amount of space on my desk and made it easier to position the monitor as needed:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FB ... UTF8&psc=1

[qazhby]

Probably wireless for keyboard and mouse

Going to go one monitor for right now- currently looking to get a 1440p monitor IPS monitor with 144 hz

Got a 2 TB M.2 SSD a couple of days ago as well- need to add that to the list

[qazhby]

Just snagged a GPU lets goooooooo

[qazhby]

Returned my 6800 XT and got a 6900 XT for $50 more. Pretty stoked. Also got a solid monitor.

Really just need a motherboard and I can start building.

[GeorgesGoons]

Are you getting a static free mat to use when building this? Or is this even a thing anymore when building computers? I remember reading about them in the early 00's, not sure if they were snake oil or not

[qazhby]

Are you getting a static free mat to use when building this? Or is this even a thing anymore when building computers? I remember reading about them in the early 00's, not sure if they were snake oil or not

nah, just gonna build it on a wood table

[qazhby]

Got all the parts order- now its just a waiting game

[qazhby]

Got two more big parts in today- GPU and desk

[The_Niddler]

Are you getting a static free mat to use when building this? Or is this even a thing anymore when building computers? I remember reading about them in the early 00's, not sure if they were snake oil or not

nah, just gonna build it on a wood table

I use a static wrist strap. Never used a mat.
You really only need it when putting the CPU in and the RAM Memory.
And I forgot about the NVMe M.2 SSD drives, would use it when installing that too.

This is what I use:
https://www.amazon.com/Wristband-Bracel ... 57687&th=1

[qazhby]

you can ground yourself using the PSU thats what im gonna do

[qazhby]

Got the monitor in yesterday, just waiting on the motherboard and I can start putting it together

[qazhby]

motherboard coming today, could be my first OOTP export on the new PC if everything goes well.

Also need to get a windows operating system

[qazhby]

Started the build last night. Pretty much have the motherboard complete and now just need to put it in the case. Took like 3 hours to do just that lol.

First OOTP export on the new PC will be coming tonight!!!!!

[GeorgesGoons]

Curious....

How much did you spend on your whole setup? Also, how much would a comparable computer cost if you just bought it from the store.

[qazhby]

Curious....

How much did you spend on your whole setup? Also, how much would a comparable computer cost if you just bought it from the store.

I think I tallied it up and it was around $1750. This is 100% from scratch, I didn't have even a mouse that I could use. I probably could have gone cheaper, with worse GPU and less quality parts, but I wanted something that would last.

Most prebuilts that I could find close to my specs are around $2,250- $2,500, which is just the computer and doesn't include peripherals like monitor, keyboard mouse etc

That said I definitely took full advantage of Black Friday sales.