Walkthrew
Description
Started buying back during black friday/cybermonday waiting for the best deals I could find for each part so that I would be able to stretch my budget a bit further (worked perfectly). I was able to get every part on some sort of a sale for the most part some on much bigger sales then others obviously. If I were to do it all over again I don't think I would change anything at all maybe some more Storage in the distant future but even that I don't think I will for quite some time. Did a bit of manually tuning (overclocking and undervolting) on the gpu and was able to get roughly an extra 12% performance boost in games compared to stock. This build let's me get some really nice fps in games like cyberpunk I was able to reach just a hair under 92 fps at 1440p Rt on and Pt on and it looks beautiful. For competitive games like valorant I was able to reach a max of 1200 fps which is completely unreal (I was sitting in a corner when I get the screenshot but still wtf). Was super fun to build and couldn't be happier to make the swap from console to pc.
Part Reviews
CPU Cooler
For the price this thing can't be beat. As long as you don't have anything more power hungry then a ryzen 5 7600 you are golden. Even then maybe you are fine. My cpu caps out at 85 C can't complain
Motherboard
Solid Motherboard with pretty good performance not much else to say. Only thing to mention though is 1 or 2 of the standoffs are slightly difficult to get to when your build is in the case. Wasn't much of an issue just took slightly longer to build (maybe an extra 10 minutes) but I guess worth mentioning. That shouldn't push you away from it really the price for what you are getting is pretty much unmatched for mATX.
Memory
Really strong performance and the rgb on this thing is absolutely beautiful. Ideally get it on sale for under $90 if you can find it but I'd say the extra few $ is worth it for the style and rgb I love this thing.
Storage
Super fast SSD not much else to say. Probably the best price to performance (speed) at the time i bought. Spent an extra $5ish for this compared to the mp44l and I feel happy with making that jump.
Video Card
I can not begin to explain how much I love this thing. I will continue to do some more benchmarking on other games just to push it to its limits. Can run anything at 1440p max settings and from what I hear it's really good at 4k aswell. If you can find it anywhere near msrp (or even about $100 more given the current market) GET IT!!!!
Case
Really nice looking case and was really fun to build in. Lots of room for literally everything including super beefy gpus. Tons of space for cable management or you can just shove the cables next to the psu since there is quite a bit of extra space.
Power Supply
One of the best quality PSU out there nothing else to say it gets the job done.
Monitor
Was able to find it on a crazy black friday sale and god I love this thing. One of my favorite parts of the build. Super nice and sturdy build quality and came with some extra stickers which was kinda cool too. Amazing visually and response time. Only thing is that this is more often then not super overpriced. For whatever reason this tends to hover anywhere between $280-$380 which is not worth it at all. I was able to get it on what seems liked it's biggest sale but I would grab it if it drops under $210 or ideally just under $200 because it does go on sales somewhat often just keep an out of for it. When it drops to that price it blows all competition near it out of the water.
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