this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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[–] PartyPooper 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You fucked up. Cables are supposed to be all over the place.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Ah hell, I knew something was off.

[–] zaemz 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It looks good! Nice and clean cabling.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Appreciate it!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did it end up cheaper than a pre-built?

Where's the thread where you got all the advice? I'd be curious to see that. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was about $850, plus some to replace some cables. The prebuilts I saw in the same price range were a lot weaker. I also got lucky with prime day, got to upgrade a few parts for the same price.

Here’s the thread: https://lemmy.one/post/876670

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, very cool, thanks. Does that thread have all the specs of your new PC? I'd be curious what you got for 850. I travel a lot and got a gaming laptop a few years ago but I am curious what gaming PCs you can build from under a thousand these days

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh my bad, I see it's in that thread. I'm reading it now. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Congrats that's a great build for 850$. Remind me of my first build in 2013 and I only just replaced that.

[–] PooPooPeethan 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice looking build! What are the specs?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here’s the build:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/j3VDbK

Prime day got me a few upgrades from my initial build.

[–] lapommedeterre 2 points 1 year ago

Looks good!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neat and sweet. Enjoy your new rig.

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[–] Achaeminus 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of us, one of us! Congratulations :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks. Have wanted to do it since I was a kid

[–] eth0slash0 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well done. What part did you find to be the hardest?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The hardest part for me honestly was trying to figure out how to get the heat sink back on the m2 after I installed the ssd lol. Took me an hour before I realized there was an extra screw.

Also took me another hour trying to figure out how to install the motherboard in the case. I finally realized that the case had some standoffs in a baggie tucked away in the psu compartment.

I should have taken the advice I read not to start at 9 PM lol.

[–] mhz 2 points 1 year ago

Very nice, looks clean without any unnecessary fancy overpriced parts. Great to see builds where usability matters than esthetic. Enjoy it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Dude, that looks clean!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

lookin good! Congrats!

[–] Contramuffin 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Congratulations! Build looks clean and professionally done. If I hadn't seen your original post, I wouldn't have known that this is your first time. Happy gaming!