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The desktop tower build I always envision when planning my own PC. No frills build with mid to high tier hardware for the current generation. Great for those who just wants a plain but professional-looking box with white LED to illuminate its components.
5900X for streaming and rendering, a high-tier X570 motherboard to complement the CPU, 32GB of RAM in 16GBx2 configuration with a speed of 3600Mhz and a CAS Latency of 16. Fractal's Define R6 for it's simple industrial design and its equipped with 4 USB ports, dedicated ports for mic and headphones and a USB-C port. Seasonic's PRIME 750 Titanium for the PSU. EVGA's XC3 RTX 3080 for it's simplistic cooler design, the capability of 1440p, 4K and low frametime VR gameplay. Samsung's 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD to be used as a game library storage for faster loading times. 1TB WD Black SN750 for the operating system and apps. NZXT's Z73 to keep the CPU cool, boost higher and for longer. White LED strip to light up the interior.
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It's a nice surprise that this is being done for the holidays. I've been planning to make Ryzen build for my sister this summer. The parts here would be for her school work and the gaming that she does. This should last for a while until graduation. Fingers crossed!
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The first thing that popped out of my head was "OMG". I know that building a PC is rather costly but I didn't even realize that it actually is lol. I saw the thread and decided to just give myself a chance to build my own PC so that I can join my bf (or rather disturb him) whenever he's playing his games. It'd be so funny if I actually got one for myself after this haha. Anyway, wish everyone stay healthy, and stay inside for games during this pandemic -
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This would be a nice upgrade from my current Ryzen 5 3600 and 1060 build. Would love to try some VR and RayTracing. -
The build for the contest very budget and all blacked out no rgb crap https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=f29538f6-ef60-4104-bcbc-ceb8af71984a
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I wanted to build something small yet mighty to leave a small footprint on the desk but a whopper of a punch for gaming! Hence, I present Tiny Whopper!
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I just picked as close to the components in which I would purchase if I were to build a new PC for myself.
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This is somewhat simple but yet a beast. This gaming rig would be able to play, stream, and do whatever you want on this PC. I would love to have something like this because I love to stream on twitch and play games. I have been playing games for almost 8 years nows. If i would get something like this, I would give my current pc which is not very good to my dad so he can play with me. My dad is at home a lot because he struggles with mental health so it is hard for him to go back to work. I would love to play with my dad all day long and just have fun and laugh. Thanks
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I will start if by saying this build is my dream. Constantly pushing for the days that I will see this in my hands. So I tend to stick with msi products as they have never let me down. I specifically went with intel bcause their oc capabilities have always been top notch while maintaining excellent temps and if im pushing for extra frames this would be perfect. The 3080 oc would be perfect along with the g-sync monitor I've chosen for games and graphic designing. The corsair case along with the Vengenace rgb ram and the water cooling aio have always been personal favorites, so in my dream build this case, ram, and aio is apart of it. The red mouse and keyboard combo along with red extensions cables replicates my intense firey desire to acquire this build. I went specifically with nvme ssd memory they are lot faster and use less power than your typical ssd sata drives. I chose an 850w power supply to make sure that I maintain the power I need when Overclocking, if needed. Anyways, enough about this. I hope you guys will find my entry one of the more intriguing choices and chose me to be your sponsor for this amazing prize and also in turn making a hard working man's dream come true. Thank you for this opportunity Microcenter. -
My last build was 6years ago when VR was just starting to take off. Now I'm looking forward to upgrading the whole setup for my new place!
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I've begun to purchase parts for this build, and I intend on using it primarily for media consumption, a bit of online school, and some gaming at 1080p. I mostly will be playing on my homebrew Minecraft server, which I created out of an old Optiplex machine I bought for like 30 bucks.
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Happy Holiday!
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I am trying to build my first ever gaming pc. Learned a lot about different parts and what all those specs mean. Hope everything ends up working well haha. -
Would love to build my first gaming PC ever, since helping my cousins out as a kid -- a reasonable mid-tier gaming/rendering build that's relatively compact but still with decent cooling!
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I choose this build, this built was my project of this year. I already have all parts except RTX3080.
I really want this build for my work and my hobby which is game and youtube.
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This is the build I chose to make (excluding Windows 10 and peripherals). I will primarily be using this PC for school work and to game, and maybe start streaming or YouTube. I chose the Ryzen 5 3600 as it is a good 6 core processor for both gaming and streaming. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 will go great with this cpu for gaming, as it will get good frame rates on medium to high settings on almost any game. I chose 2*8 3200 mhz ram as 16gb is pretty much the minimum for gaming/intensive workloads. A 650 watt power supply will be good enough for this build. Because I game in my room and the wifi box is in the living room downstairs, I decided to go with a b550m motherboard with wifi. The case I chose looks like it is good for air flow as it comes with four included fans, as well as a lot of USB ports and audio ports. Finally I chose to go with a 1tb ssd as there will be plenty of space for games, software, and other things.
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I went to Micro Center November 2020 to build a new custom built gaming and workstation computer. However, I was not able to purchase all the parts I wanted. Certain parts were out of stock. Other parts were out of my budget. This is my wish list and dream list of my custom built gaming computer.
The AMD Ryzen 5900X is my choice for a fast multicore processor and they made upgrades with the memory arrangement with AMD 4th Generation Ryzen. The Corsair 64 GB 3200Mhz offers enough Random Access Memory (RAM) for years to come. The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 TI, 3070 or 3080 offers enough graphical performance for modern day video games also for years to come. The Corsair Power Supply 850 Watt provides enough power to drive the gaming components. The Samsung EVO 2TB Non Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Solid State offers blazing fast speeds for the operating system and my most important video games. The SanDisk 4TB Solid State (SSD) offers enough storage for my documents, photos, games and more. It is still the more affordable mass storage. The NZXT H510 Elite has the most case fans and they are RGB. Plus, it had the front panel and side panel tempered glass displaying everything. The Elgato 4K60 capture card offers capturing my Xbox One X screenshots and videos as a hobby to post to Twitter and YouTube. The Viewsonic XG2530 25 inch 1080p 240hz offers the 1080p experience I know however it increases the frame limit to 240 frames per second potential. I wish the Viewsonic XG2760 27 inch 1440p 165hz Nvidia G-Sync monitor was still available at Micro Center.
That means for games like PlanetSide 2 and MechWarrior Online that I will have the most possible frames in my online multiplayer games! As Nvidia marketing states “More Frames Win Games” and I agree totally! I also play the Watch Dogs franchise including Watch Dogs, Watch Dogs 2 and coming someday to Steam Watch Dogs Legion. Antigraviator and Pacer (formerly Formula Fusion) are my favorite futuristic racing games. Battlefield Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Need for Speed (2015), Need for Speed Heat and The Sims 4 are some of my favorite Electronic Arts titles that I play on my new custom built gaming computer.
I was extremely happy with my purchasing experience at Micro Center for the build I was actually able to build with AMD Ryzen 3900X, ASUS X570 Hero Non-WiFi, Corsair 64GB 3200Mhz, Samsung 500GB NVMe, SanDisk 2TB SSD, Corsair 750 Watt White PSU, Elgato 4K60 Pro and NZXT H510 Elite White. Thank you to all the Micro Center employees that helped me with my purchase. The Micro Center Build Service for assembling it. I cannot wait to go back again in the future!
If I won the $1000 gift card I would upgrade to both a Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 and Viewsonic XG2530 25 inch monitor 240 frames per second. The monitor would be the most important for currently upgrading my new custom built gaming computer with the ability to see more frames with my MSI GeForce RTX 2060. It is a first generation RTX card and was the only one available the night I was building and assembling the setup.
Happy custom built gaming computer building everyone!
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I have never built a PC before, but I have recently gotten to a place where I think I can finally give it a go. I have been gaming on a laptop for about four years now with a GTX 1060 and I7 7700k. It has been reliable and given me good experiences with most games thus far. However, I would love to build a PC like the one I put together in the Custom PC Builder. I understand something like this realistically is way out of my budget, but I think I can still put together a great "future proof" machine, especially if I manage to get any of the contest prizes.
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I chose this build as it would be my dream build. The only thing missing from this build is a RTX 3060 Ti due to high demand.
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White Christmas
The definitive white build to end all white builds. This build is called white christmas because every component has been painstakingly selected to be as white as possible and run as cool as possible in the theme of a bright snowy christmas morning.
The Lian LI O11D XL White case was selected due to its white painted inner chassis and spectacular glass greenhouse, perfect for a build like this that one would want to flaunt like a piece of expensive modern furniture.
It features a 5950x paired with the new ROG STRIX AIO cooler white edition. One of the few AIO white coolers on the market made by ASUS ROG, nothing less. The GPU is a GIGABYTE 3080 VISION. Since the 3080 Vision was not available in the PC builder, I chose its very close sister the 3080 EAGLE which shares similar parts, specs, and design cues. It also claims the title of the only white RTX 3000 series card available, and has an absolutely gorgeous minimalist cooler design that matches the motherboard.
As for the motherboard, there is only one minimalist white am4 motherboard on the market. That's the Gigabyte B550 VISION. The breathtaking minimalist design does not grab the attention of your eye away from the main attractions of the build, the CPU and GPU while offering uncompromising board features.
Of course for a white build you have to go with the crucial ballistix white RGB sticks. 64gb of it. When uncompromising performance is important the crucial sticks provide unmatched value due to their excellent overclocking potential. A close second choice is the corsair Vengeance white RGB ram which is rated out of the box for even higher memory speeds.
And now for a component that few have ever been able to get in white until very recently: the newly launched ASUS ROG STRIX 750w PSU white edition. Featuring even white PSU cables! Although you will never see this part of the build inside the lian li 011D where the PSU is behind the motherboard, you can sleep well at night knowing that every nook and cranny has been color matched. But just to add a little bit more spice to the build, I've also decided to throw in the Lian Li Strimer RGB PSU cables!
To add the finishing touches to the tower, I selected 6 corsair sickleflow 120 RGB white edition fans to add even more RGB flare while providing excellent intake air flow. And finally I selected the cablemod 600mm rgb led strip kit for more ambient case lighting.
But of course matching all the tower components isn't quite enough, we also need to get all the peripherals! It features the Samsung G9 ultrawide which features a stunning white back. As for the Keyboard & mouse, I have selected the Logitech G915 and G305 wireless keyboard and mouse to maintain the minimalist white theme. But wait, there's more. Why not get white audio peripherals while we're at it!? For this I've selected the ASUS ROG gaming headphones in white as well as the Kanto-Living YU2 speakers for uncompromising Hi-fi audio while also matching the theme.
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I made this PC list for streaming and video editing, and while the stuff may seem "overkill", this is a dream PC. This PC list is made for actual workstation usage, hence why I have an odd combination of CPU and GPU, because this has (mostly) all the parts it needs, nothing that it doesn't.
CPU: I intentionally chose a 3970X as I would use this as a dedicated streaming/editing PC. The 3970X has 32 cores and 64 threads, which maxes out the limits of Windows. Yes you could get a 3990X and disable HT just to get around that limitation, but that just means you have a lot higher power consumption and only barely more performance, NTM it is double the price. I would use this for x264 encoding for streaming, and this would be a killer CPU for video editing as well!
CPU Cooler: Enermax Liqtech II 360 TR4 is one of the only AIOs specifically designed for TR4, and can actually handle 500W+ of heat output that the 3970X, when overclocked, will produce. Therefore, this is one of the only AIOs that would even be advisable for Threadrippers.
Thermal Compound: I have used IC Diamond numerous times, it has been my go-to thermal compound since it is one of the best compounds out there, and it allows for extremely low idle temperatures, as well as low heat transfer rate acceleration, so temperatures don't spike nearly as high as typical thermal compounds.
Motherboard: I chose the Asus Zenith Extreme II really because it is 300$, and the only difference between this and the Alpha version is the 90A power stages (the original has 70A, which is still plentiful for the 3970X). Also, it has an incredible selection of I/O ports, as well as a lot of possible PCIe lane configurations.
Memory: I chose 2 kits of 4x16GB 3600 MHz CL18 Ripjaws V RAM since I would need the capacity (total 128GB) and the high bandwidth for video editing. Also, it does NOT have RGB, which is a plus for me because I am not aiming for RGB everything, just subtle RGB accents here and there.
Case: The Thermaltake View 51 looks amazing, and can handle a 360mm radiator in the top, but mainly I am choosing this for the overall aesthetics this case provides.
Graphics Card: The RTX 3060 Ti because, it wasn't that much more than an RTX 2060; I only needed the minimum GPU with tensor cores (for NVIDIA broadcast and other AI functions), and while the 2060 is cheaper, RTX 3060 Ti would be the more sensible out of the two since it is only like 50$ more but has much better performance.
Storage: The SN850 1TB would be for the boot drive and since it is PCIe 4.0, I would be able to feasibly use part of it as a page-file since video editing can take a bunch of memory. The 860 Evo 4TB was chosen because it has the DRAM cache, and I would use this mainly as the editing drive. And the 10TB WD Purple was chosen because it is a CMR drive, and I would use that for recording and storing finished videos. Because this particular hard drive has CMR, and not the gruesome SMR (which will drop your transfer speeds to like 15MBps, which is unacceptable for my use), it can actually handle a whopping 250MBps+ of sustained transfer rates!
Power Supply: The Corsair RM850 is one of the best power supplies Micro Center offers (at least the one I had selected), and while I would have liked to see a 1000W or 1200W option, the 850W actually should be fine since I only put a 3060 Ti and not something super power heavy. My calculations show that this system can take a peak power draw of ~950W, but that estimate is mainly for what power supply to choose, and an 850W will be perfectly fine for this system.
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Balls to the walls, best workstation for the highest price. Only for people who are famous, rich, lucky. I dunno, they said dream pc without a price range sooo... Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, Evga RTX 3090, 8x16 Dominator Corsair, Asus Zenith II extreme, all custom water-cooled.
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Some of y'all are dreaming BIG and I love it! I think $15,000 is the most expensive build I've seen so far, and that's the definition of a dream PC.
But also, respect for all the legit builds. There's some really cool ideas floating around if you're looking to start working on a new PC! -
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I chose this combination as it would likely be decent for my goals. I want to work towards a PC around this spec to be able to use it for 3D rendering and also be able to play some more intense games. This budget is still fairly high for me, but I'm working towards it. -
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These are the parts I would really like to have in my pc. I chose these parts for vr gaming and 1440p normal pc gaming. I also edit videos so I put 32 gbs of ram. -
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I would like to use the money to upgrade my current PC, its not too flashy but definetly good for what I like to play)
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I chose this pc because it was a good pc for gaming/ video editing and it would be a good Christmas present for my sister.
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I actually put together this parts list for my Dad! Him and my Mom have had a really hard year financially and the never complain, and they remain generous through it all. I would love to bless him this Christmas! He's a big gamer, but his current computer is like 10 years old.. I actually bought him Red Dead Redemption 2 for his birthday, but he has to play it in 800 x 600 to even run it well. So this would be huge for him. Thanks for considering!
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