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Clean White & Purple Build | First PC Build

For some time I've been gaming on some old Dell Latitude E6340 that struggled to run CS:GO, Minecraft, TF2, or anything you attempted to throw at it with an i5 3320M on integrated graphics so I desperately needed an upgrade. Most of my friends are able to run the latest games smoothly with their gaming laptops and sufficient machines, and with my potato laptop joining them would be out of the question.

I knew absolutely nothing about computer hardware, but I was interested in it. I researched a lot on PC parts and how to build them and let me say, it got me hyped. I started putting parts together on PCPP at the beginning of 2018, with a budget of around ~$1600 NZD. But I wanted something that would last, so I decided to up the budget into what became this current list.

I'd say I'm fairly young compared to the majority of people on here, so earning enough funds for this project wasn't exactly my idea of a walk in the park. I would earn money through gifts, chores, previous money saved, and small jobs done over the weekend. By the end of 2018, I had purchased some of the parts on sales and saved up enough cash to buy the rest of the hardware.

As for the parts, it was difficult to decide on which brand to go for or which chip to choose. After hearing about the rumours of Ryzen 3000, that pretty much sealed the deal for me and I went the Ryzen 5 2600 (excellent value). Jumped for an RTX 2070 because the prices in NZ for one are actually good compared to other cards. At one point I decided to go Radeon Vega as the prices were really cheap, but I had already purchased a 550w PSU which I didn't think would cut it. You might be wondering why I chose a 240mm AIO for some Ryzen 5 2600 that's never going to touch 4GHz+, but IMO watercoolers are more sexy and they are something cool to brag about ;) . My choice for the other components was mainly based on the colour scheme I was going for (white + purple).

When I got all my parts, I was ready to build. Everything went great, no problems, no delays, nothing but a beast of a machine ready to game. I intended to use this for gaming on 1440p @ 144hz, possible streaming, and browsing the internet without having to wait 5-6 seconds loading a YouTube video.

In the end, I am extremely thankful for everyone who helped. Thankful for the community on PCPP, to the people on Tom's Hardware, to those on r/buildapc, and all tech tubers on YT, and my family for helping out. I know I pretty much wrote up my whole life story on here but this build is special to me and I wanted to share it. Thank you for sitting through this with me.

If you guys want some benchmarks, more photos, or have any questions, pop them in the comments. I will make sure I will read and try to respond to all of them.

Also, check out the montage I made if you have the time:
Color(s): Purple White
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Color
Cooling: AIO Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

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Hardware

CPU
$ 155.00
AMD - Ryzen 5 (2600)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 6
Motherboard
$ 198.90
ASUS - Prime (X470-Pro)
Chipset: X470
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: ATX
Memory
$ 62.99
Corsair - Vengeance Pro (3200MHz) (Black/RGB)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Graphics
$ 374.40
Gigabyte - GAMING OC WHITE
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 2070
Storage
$ 89.99
Samsung - 970 EVO 500 GB M.2 NVMe SSD
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 500 GB
PSU
$ 198.39
Corsair - RM550x
Wattage: 550
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 125.99
Fractal Design - Meshify C, White
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Case Fan
Fractal Design - Silent Series R3 120mm (discontinued)
Size: 120 mm
CableMod
CableMod - Sleeved Cables
Mode: Stock
Sleeve: PRO ModMesh
Color: White
Monitor
$ 499.99
viotek - GN27D
Size: 27 Inch
Panel: VA
Refresh Rate: 144 Hz
Keyboard
$ 249.97
HP - Omen Sequencer
Interface: Wired
Type: Full Size
Mouse
$ 96.65
Logitech - G900
Interface: Wired/Wireless
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