(apologies in advance for the mediocre photos, my camera wasn't working so I had to use my phone)

So I wanted to build a PC, but I didn't have enough money. What did I do you might ask? I bought the cheapest parts I could find (that still looked okay).

At the time the cheapest mainstream CPU I could find was the Ryzen 3 1200. Meanwhile the cheapest GPU that would get the job done was a GTX 1050 2gb (non ti). I managed to overclock my Ryzen 3 to 4.0ghz with the stock cooler which was awesome and it went well with the 8gb of HyperX Fury DDR4 2400mhz ram that i overclocked to 3000mhz. The whole build fits nicely and easily into a Thermaltake View 28 however there are a few aspects of the build that don't look great such as the red and yellow cables that I tried my best to manage. I have heard some reviews of this case where the acrylic gets scratched easily however it is very simple to keep it scratch free if you are careful and only take the plastic film off when you are completely finished building. Also, the RGB on the front panel stopped working after a few weeks but Thermaltake customer support was great and they fixed it quickly. I used some hard drives that I scavenged from laptops and old PCs that were broken however they are both very slow and take 30-40 seconds to boot windows :(

For peripherals I got a Redragon keyboard and mouse off Amazon that were quite cheap and the keyboard has Outemu Blue Switches which is a bonus. The AOC I2379VHE monitor and RGB desk lighting were given to me as a present. The monitor is IPS and 1080p 60hz so it suits my needs and I also like how it has very slim bezels. I bought a Steelseries Siberia 150 Gaming Headset but it was faulty so I returned it and bought a Razer Electra V2 which has been good so far. (I recommend staying away from USB audio devices where possible)

I am planning to upgrade to a RX 580 or GTX 1060 hopefully (or a ASUS Strix RTX 2080ti if I win the Builds.gg / PCMR giveaway??) because right now my GTX 1050 is not able to run a lot of the AAA games in my Steam library (Rust takes one whole hour just to load into a server so I am also hoping to get a SSD)

Oh well, I hope you enjoyed looking at my build, otherwise here is my TL;DR:

Recommend:
-Ryzen 3 1200
-Thermaltake in general
-AsRock Motherboards
-HyperX Fury RAM
-Redragon Peripherals
-AOC I2379VHE

Wouldn't recommend:
-HDDs
-GTX 1050 2gb (seriously, at least get a GTX 1050 ti 4gb)
-EVGA 500B (it's non modular)