Budget Sofa Rig

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Dominic Wheeler
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Budget Sofa Rig

A budget rig I built 2 years ago (early '17) mainly for web browsing watching youtube etc, with some mid level gaming.

Important note, this rig originally had an Arctic Cooling AIO installed with a 240 rad and 4 fans in a push pull mounted to the top of the case, slightly excessive for my needs, but I made a style decision and went with it. ANYWAY... it pooped out on me a couple of months ago and as I haven't gotten round to fixing or replacing it yet I make do with a very cheap CPU cooler and slightly lower clock speeds for now.

I ran HDMI both to my Frankensteined coffee table and a TV which I use for streaming video. I ended up having to use a DP-HDMI adaptor as my monitor has no display port input *shrugs*

USB 3.1 was also hooked up to the table for microphone, wireless phone charger and my (musical) keyboard.

Pretend you didn't see the messy fan cables near the bottom, they are only there temporarily while I was playing around with config and will soon be back in the Phanteks fan-hub behind the mobo.

I sometimes crave better gaming capability so may upgrade soon when budget allows, or maybe even build a separate dedicated gaming rig, only time (and budget) will tell.
Color(s): Black Blue
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Contests

This build participated in 2 contests.

Hardware

CPU
$ 130.00
Intel - Core i5-6600K
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 4
Motherboard
$ 228.86
ASRock - Z170A-X1/3.1
Chipset: Z170
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: ATX
Memory
$ 41.99
Corsair - Vengeance LPX (2400MHz) (Black)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Memory
$ 41.99
Corsair - Vengeance LPX (2400MHz) (Black)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Graphics
$ 140.37
EVGA - GTX 1050 Ti SSC
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 1050 Ti
Storage
$ 155.00
Samsung - 850 Pro
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 256 GB
Storage
$ 89.86
Toshiba OCZ - TR200
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 240 GB
Case
$ 118.46
Phanteks - Enthoo Pro
Type: Full-Tower
Side Panel: Window
Monitor
BenQ - Gw2470Ml
Size: 24 Inch
Panel: VA
Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 962.69
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