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After the Zen 2 launch, the 2200G has dropped to $60.


I built in the Thermaltake Versa H15 a few months back and I've been eyeing the H17 since then, thinking it would be a nice subtle case. A Prime Day flash deal came up so I gave it a shot and tbf, I'm kind of disappointed. Maybe my tastes have changed, but there's pretty much no way to make a PC in this case look interesting. The H15 at least has the mesh front that let me show off some LED fans. I was hoping some case LEDs would shine through small grill around the front panel and give a subtle glow, but its too constricted to even have that. That said, the H17 its easy to build in, has plenty of room, and cooling is fine, at least for a 2200g.

This RAM tho. Its the cheapest stuff I could find - builds.gg doesn't even have OLOy available as a manufacturer. At the time of purchase, I was praying I could get this to run at 3000 MHz - APUs use system RAM and poor performance can really hold it back in gaming. I put these sticks in the PC and realized they don't even have an XMP profile and Thaiphoon burner doesn't list much other than manufactured by Micron. So I started turning up the clocks. 2400, 2666, 2800, 3000, 3200, 3400, 3600, crash. Ok, so this ram might actually be badass. I eventually settled on 3400MHz at 1.26V - it responded poorly to more voltage, similar to other cheap Micron sticks I've used in the past.
Color(s): Black Blue
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: Micro-ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 130.00
AMD - Ryzen 3 (2200G)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 4
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 87.38
ASRock - B450M-HDV
Chipset: B450
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: Micro-ATX
Memory
micron - Generic
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Storage
$ 30.99
Kingston - A400
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 120 GB
PSU
EVGA - 100-W1-0500-RX
Wattage: 500
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ White
Case
$ 49.99
Thermaltake - Versa H17
Type: Mini-Tower
Side Panel: Solid
Case Fan
$ 16.99
Rosewill - RFA-120-BL Blue LED
Size: 120 mm
Case Fan
$ 16.99
Rosewill - RFA-120-BL Blue LED
Size: 120 mm
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