The sleek and quiet.

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Elliot Bastiani
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The sleek and quiet.

Started off as a little side-project as I had no PC when I moved from The Netherlands to the UK. My old PC (that I left) dated back to 2010 or 2011 and had never been upgraded until a few months before I left, when I put in an RX-560 to swap out the dead HD-6950.

This PC started off life in a Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX sporting a Corsair GX550M PSU and a Gigabyte AB-350N-Gaming-WiFi Mini-ITX Motherboard, along with RX-580 graphics.

It soon moved to a ThermalTake Core V21 Mesh Cube case as the Elite 130 was absolute trash. I also wanted something more potent in terms of PSU, so swapped out the GX550M for a Gigabyte B700H.

I quickly started adding more and more parts, pushing the case to its limit with my new NZXT Kraken X62, NZXT Internal USB Hub, NZXT Hue+ and finally the NZXT Grid+ V3.

I then found that I wanted more and more and not too long after, I sold the RX-580 and upgraded to a Gigabyte Gaming-branded RX Vega 64. Because of the insane power required by the Vega 64, I needed to upgrade the PSU yet again, as going by most power calculators, I only had around 50W headroom at max-load.

I found a bargain deal for an HX1200i on eBay and was soon re-building the PC yet again.

Cable management became a huge issue, so I, yet again, swapped case and went for the NZXT H700 (non-i), completing my NZXT component line-up.

With so many things all in such a tight area on the poor mini ITX AB-350N, I upgraded to the almost brand-new Aorus Gaming 7 Wi-Fi ATX motherboard from Gigabyte.

More issues arose as cable management was still hell with the thick stock cables I had for the HX1200i, so I swapped those out for Corsair's own braided, white cable set; it was a pain to find the right ones and required a few returns through Amazon and eBay, but soon found that Scan had the correct ones and back to re-building the PC I went.

The PC is now complete, except for the fact that I am pondering the upgrade from Vega 64 to Radeon VII.

Everything inside the PC is either Corsair, Gigabyte or NZXT, so barely any software requirements and very easy to manage.

I have also added a banging sound-system with the Creative SoundBlaster X7 and Logitech Z506 5.1 surround system, plugged in via the USB-DAC-UP port on the motherboard.

Color(s): White
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: none
Cooling: AIO Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 184.00
AMD - Ryzen 7 (2700X)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 8
Motherboard
$ 238.00
Gigabyte - AORUS Gaming 7 (Wi-Fi)
Chipset: X470
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: ATX
Memory
$ 19.99
Corsair - Vengeance LPX (3000MHz) (Black)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Graphics
$ 699.00
Gigabyte - Gaming OC
Chip Manufacturer: AMD
Chip: Vega 64
Storage
$ 69.68
Kingston - UV500
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 240 GB
Storage
$ 104.99
Samsung - 970 EVO
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 250 GB
Storage
$ 64.49
Seagate - Barracuda (ST2000DM006)
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 2 TB
PSU
$ 446.00
Corsair - HX1200i
Wattage: 1200
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Platinum
Case
$ 137.15
NZXT - H700, Black/White
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Case Fan
$ 49.99
NZXT - AER RGB
Size: 120 mm
Cooling
$ 158.00
NZXT - Kraken X62
Type: AIO
Accessories
$ 450.00
Accessories
$ 129.98
Accessories
$ 27.08
Accessories
Accessories
$ 24.99
Mouse
$ 16.90
Logitech - M171
Interface: Wireless
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 2,200.77
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