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Twouble
Maxine
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Front of House Restaurant Worker
Whangarei, New Zealand
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Beginnings

I built this PC as my 17th birthday gift, and my goal was to make a PC that could run any modern game from this generation at reasonable graphics.

I was initially nervous about the Pentium G4560 CPU, but it worked much better than I thought it would. The only time it's an issue is during intensive physics benchmarks - from what I can tell it isn't an issue during normal gameplay.

The case is fantastic looking, but I would suggest going for the RGB model instead of the model I have chosen, as it comes with 2 additional fans and I believe looks a lot better.

My only real trouble with this PC is the fact that the RAM is incredibly hard to insert - though once it is in it works like a charm.

This PC can run Overwatch at max graphics at 60 fps, Fallout 4 at max graphics at 60 fps, Fortnite at max graphics at 60 fps and Dishonored 2 at medium graphics at 60 fps (I believe this is due to optimization issues, and is fixable by editing config files - will have to test further).

All in all a fantastic experience for a first build, learned a lot from it and am incredibly happy to have this PC sitting on my desk right now.
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Contests

This build participated in 1 contest.

Hardware

CPU
$ 156.03
Intel - Pentium G4560
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 2
Motherboard
$ 168.86
ASUS - Prime (B450M-A/CSM)
Chipset: B450
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: Micro-ATX
Memory
Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT (2666MHz) (Red)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Graphics
$ 280.00
ASUS - GTX 1050 Ti Phoenix
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 1050 Ti
Storage
$ 68.68
Kingston - SSDNow
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 120 GB
Storage
$ 44.00
Seagate - Barracuda Compute (ST1000DM010)
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 89.99
EVGA - 500B
Wattage: 500
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Bronze
Case
$ 749.76
Corsair - Crystal 460X
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
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