Design the PC of your Holiday Dreams and Enter to Win a $1000 gift card!

gsgustav

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=ea131355-d3fa-41ad-b66d-b870270ff44f

I love white builds! And I'll invest in this, because of my work as mechanical engineer and the aesthetics!
I'm currently working with a laptop that doesn't even work properly haha.

PCB

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder-amd.aspx?load=11d72a7c-9819-4974-8a8b-c7efc2aec6e8

Dream PC Build for Gaming and Video Editing! Team Red!

toadfrog

I have a computer that is on its last legs and that needs a huge ungrade for sure.   this is the way.

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=c291533f-6dd4-47b0-9321-f908f17d0d33

ariannas

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder-intel.aspx?load=12a74b74-c12a-4edc-a926-f664c67396e0
This is my dream build.

tarektanas

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=d4620266-6f82-4404-8d7a-66ff9e589c7d
While many parts I chose are currently out of stock, it is worth the wait. The 3080 is an excellent GPU and will run any game thrown at it!

BlazerBuddy

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=b0e0b966-256b-4b6a-8bf3-29f3ed79a588

Since this is a dream pc contest, I decided to go all out with a Amd/Nvidia combo. With the most powerful gaming cpu and gpu, I will be able to play games with my friends at smoother frame rates as well as enjoy the nice rgb😀.
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=0ec632ec-e6b1-40af-a649-e6a1457a8917

I also made a more subtle pc with a lower cost but still beast at gaming. Same Amd/Nvidia combo😃.

tbkizzle

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=27806cd5-07cc-4aa5-8497-c8d75f5350d6
This Computer is going to be a modern monster. I am decently young and I have to save my money for a few months for just one of these parts. I entered this contest to expedite the process of obtaining these parts. I want a very good gaming pc for when I'm not working or doing schoolwork. I haven't used microcenter much, but it seems much easier to use than Best Buy or even Newegg.(I'm not trying to suck up to them I am just stating what I feel.) I enjoy participating in these contests, even though I don't win, it is fun seeing others pc builds and enjoying the competition with others. 
Good Luck Friends!

Zero3ffect

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=0a2add93-190d-4ca5-922e-77becf522be8

As someone still rocking an i5-2500k from 2011, I have been trying to put together a new system for a few months.  While some peoples dream PC's include every top-of-the-line component possible, my build is more about what components I would upgrade to a higher tier if I had the extra money.  My main use for my PC is gaming.

CPU:
In my original build I intended to use a Ryzen 5 5600x but with extra money I would upgrade to a Ryzen 7 5800x to future proof for when games inevitably start to require more cores.

CPU Cooler:
I'm a bit disappointed in Micro Center's selection of air coolers.  Maybe I'm just too old school but I still prefer air coolers to AIO's.  In my original build I intended to use a Scythe Mugen 5 Rev. B but with extra money I would upgrade to a Noctua NH-D15 even though it is not offered by Micro Center.

Motherboard:
The MSI B550 Gaming Edge is the only component I have already purchased because the deal was too good to pass up.  I decided against an x570 board because I felt full PCIe Gen 4 support was not worth it.  Also, by the time PCIe Gen 4 NVMe's come down to acceptable prices we will have moved to Gen 5.

RAM:
In my original build I intended to only have 16 GB of RAM but with extra money I would upgrade to 32 GB.  Overkill?  Probably but you never know when it may start to become the new norm plus apparently AMD 5000-series CPUs run better with full RAM slots.

Case:
I prefer a case with great airflow and this is one of the best.  I could go with the RGB version, which is apparently the same price now, but I'm not really into that.

GPU & PSU:
In my original build I really hadn't settled on a GPU yet, mainly because the prices of the new GPUs are a bit ridiculous.  I mean, what happened to mid-range GPUs?  I probably would have ended up with a 3060 Ti but with extra money I'd upgrade to a 3080.  I had also intended to keep my current PSU, a Corsair HX650, but with the GPU upgrade I felt an 850-watt Corsair RM850 would be a worthwhile upgrade.

SSD:
In my original build I intended to upgrade my 250 GB SATA SSD to a 500 GB NVMe but with extra money I would upgrade to a 1 TB instead.

Monitor:
I'm currently still in the 60 Hz gang (well actually 75 Hz) when it comes to monitors.  In my original build I intended to upgrade to a 1080P 144 Hz monitor but with extra money I'd move to 1440P with an LG-27GL850.  I chose this monitor because it is an IPS display, has a borderless bezel much like my current monitors, and it is not curved because I'm just not a fan of curved monitors.

Thank you all for reading my blog .  Hope everyone has a happy holidays!

bbnaz

Here's my build but I can't afford it!    https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=4dca850c-28bb-4254-809c-3512fdd8dbfa

Only_Matt76

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=1a938568-c52d-4668-99f7-8b966ee9fc02
This will be my first PC build, given a few slight changes here or there. I am a college freshman majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Graphic Design, so I want my PC to handle coding and adobe applications well. I am also into gaming. In fact, I want to become a game developer someday. Anyways, the PC should be able to handle AAA games with a high refresh rate at 1440p. I plan to build it at the end of my spring semester. I can't wait!

salj3

This system costs as much as my first car!   https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=f26faf79-51d1-4ab0-ba29-9b24104261e3

Mike2Hodge

Here's my idea of a decent ITX rig for some living room couch-gaming. I hadn't made my mind up to go this route, or Series X... until the Xbox sold out seconds after they went on sale. PCMR it is!
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=e0a81533-cc0e-413d-8ff5-8974d0e20426

Jeff_L_96

Data Scientist's Dream PC
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=8d738811-c3ba-4b37-9892-a548d75885cc

Despite popular belief, you can train accurate deep learning models on very inexpensive hardware. It's just going to take you a very long time (pic related).

However, since time = money, if you want to make data science your career, a capable PC is a wise investment. For this build, I tried to bring a bit of price:performance sanity to a use case that often completely ignores price. Unfortunately for my wallet, both CPU and GPU improvements greatly reduce the time required to train machine learning algorithms. Simply put, this is because models are trained both forwards and backwards. The forward pass takes a set of variables (inputs) and spits out a single predicted value (output). The backward pass updates the weights that different output nodes receive in order to increase the overall predictive ability of the model. Think of it as a very complicated sequence of trial-and-error that eventually teaches the model to be a really good guesser. To bring it back to why you need GPU and CPU power: cards like the 3090 have tons of cores (3090 has 10,496 CUDA cores!), and as such are really good at performing the simple calculations required by the forward pass, where as processors like the 3960x have fewer cores (only 24... lol) but much higher clock speeds, which makes them better suited to performing the multi-layered calculations of the backwards pass.

Anyways - here's the build. I went for a no-nonsense blacked out aesthetic that brought the total price to just under $5,000. The highlights of the system are the 24-core 3960x, the RTX 3090, and the 128GB of RAM running in a quad-channel configuration.

Ryzen Threadripper 3960x
Enermax Liqtech TR4 360 AIO
TRX40 Aorus Master
128GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4-3600 CL16
GeForce 3090 XC3 Ultra
Seasonic Prime Ultra 1000 80+ Titanium (MC tool only had 850)
500GB Samsung 980 Pro Gen 4.0 NVMe SSD
2x2TB Inland Platinum Gen 3.0 NVMe SSD
Corsair 400D Mid-Tower

D1ZZY

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx#selector_92
I chose this build because it would look good-ish, i would be really happy with this!

Blue323

Dreaming of a itx build for Christmas and could use a gaming system for living room for the family, good luck to everyone that enter.
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=dfb56e22-3ea2-4cbd-8203-423c79269cd8

Johnnybeegood1234

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder-amd.aspx?load=6e10bdf9-24d9-4432-9bd3-507795ee79da

My gift for my Dad, He's never had a gaming PC in his life

AllenMP

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=ea41793c-5815-4707-a7fc-0a46824176a2

This would be my dream build for this holiday. I just recently graduated from university and thought it would a great way to treat myself by buying a completely new setup. This setup revolves around the combination of Ryzen 3600 for great processing speeds along with the RTX 3080 to handle any AAA title for my ultrawide monitor. This would be my most expensive set up but it's a great way to reward myself for staying strong the past 4 years. I would then take apart my old build to help finance some parts for my GF so I can teach her how to build her own personal computer. 

KungFutse81

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=8041dcaa-4729-4457-a47f-126922d1ba2a

Zen 3 just came out and I finally decided to make the switch to Team Red after sticking with team Blue/Green (Intel/Nvidia) for ten years.

Bluenotebacker

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=79345f6d-d08b-4d49-82a4-4e9369e9128e
I picked my parts to build the kind of rig I won't have to change much any time soon. I've always had to build 3-4 generations behind due to prohibitive (for me) costs, and so I've managed to tweak and slightly upgrade my homemade boxes in the past, I'm running on one that's elderly and dragging down my gaming and work performance. This Custom Build would pretty much make me set for life, allow me to hand down my current rig to my 12yo AND have something to give the (now) 5yo in the future

boothman

Looking to get some upgrades for my aging (and underpowered) Ryzen 1200 build. 

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=26a88f3a-d0ba-4735-9afd-3e35be9fb771

Thanks for the opportunity MC!!! Good luck to all.

Jordan_X04

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=c9e8cbb3-e5ac-4cd2-ad97-5d6482b5dd86 i chose this build because it is the best for the money and the performance is good and it can stream and play games really good

dannsterr

I chose this build because it is very powerful and a significant improvement to my current system.
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=f99b4566-60b5-4c93-b0b7-a7a30ae9ae37

Lauretta

Hey, here's my dream build Styx (Goddess of the River Styx) . I chose the 5950x for my CPU because of all its cores and threads. It will make my life when video editing and rendering so much easier. Also, the 5950x is fully capable of feeding the RTX 3080 plenty of frames while gaming! I'm looking to target 1440p, so I know I'll be getting at the very least 144fps in all my games to match monitors refresh rate. I chose Razer peripherals because its what I've always used and I love them. Also, since I do a lot of video editing, I decided to put in a ton of mass storage, as well as a very beefy main/scratch drive for high speed read/writes while editing! Let me know what you guys think!
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=056596ea-a18a-41f4-a2ce-c9d5c36621c5

Jesse_Viramontes

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=a88babc0-3f50-42ad-9869-ba254381be80

My Dream Build 

Cpu: I chose the Ryzen 9 5900x because 

1. It has 12 cores and 24 threads which will be great for streaming and content creation 

2. It is a very fast gaming cpu 

3. It will allow me to play at 1440p 144hz more easily while streaming 

Motherboard: I chose the ASUS B550 Rog Strix F Gaming for a few reasons 

1. It has flash bios which means I can safely update its bios so its ready for Vermeer cpus

2. It has PCIE gen 4 support which will allow support for the 3000 series gpus and pcie gen 4 ssds

3. Its heat sinks are high quality and look good and they will help keep components on the motherboard cooled

4. It is overall a great looking board and is one I would recommend to anyone going team AMD.

Ram: For Ram I am going with the G.SKill Trident Z neo 16gb 3600mhz cl 16 ram 

1. It is very fast for the price 

2. It looks great especially with its white/ silver accent that will match the case

3. It will be great for AMD Cpus

Case: I decided to go with the Corsair ICUE 465x Rgb White Mid Tower case 

1. I love the over all look of the case it is white with black accents which will allow for black components to still go with the build 

2. It comes with three LL120 fans which look great and have great airflow 

3. It has quite a bit of room for cable management 

Power Supply: I chose the Asus Rog Strix 850w 80 Plus Gold White PSU for a couple of reasons 

1.  The power supply will be sufficient enough to power every component and future upgrades 

2.  The power supply comes with white braided cables which would match the build completely 

3. Also since all the cable are white it would blend in with the case more where I can't hide them 

4. Also It is 80 plus Gold so it won't blow up 

Graphics Card: I chose the Asus Tuf Gaming Rtx 3080 

1.  It is a great bang for the buck for 1440p 144hz gaming and even 4k gaming if I wanted to 

2. It is a great looking card and will match the cases black accents 

3. It has some rgb which we all know increases frames

M.2 SSD: for this I went with the Samsung 980 pro 1 TB ssd 

1.  It is PCIE 4.0 which means it is super fast

2. It is 1tb which would be plenty of storage for games 

Cooling: I went with the Corsair Hydro Series H100i Platinum 240 Rgb Aio along with a three pack of LL120s

1. The aio has great performance and is white so it will mach the build perfectly 

2.  The LL120s have great airflow performance and look great also the three pack comes with the commander pro which will allow me to control fan speed and rgb all in one place.

Operating system: Windows 

1. Reasoning Its Windows 

Peripherals: I went with a Asus 1440p 165hz monitor along with 4 other corsair peripherals

1.  The monitor I went with is the ASUS VG27wq1b TUF Gaming 27 inch Wqhd 165hz mointor 

2. The keyboard I went with is the Corsair K70 RGB 

3. The mouse I chose is the Corsair IronClaw wireless RGB 

4. The headset I decided to go with is the Corsair Void Rgb Elite Wireless headset 

5. I also went with a Corsair Extended mouse pad  

6. Overall I am a big fan of Corsair products which is why the majority on this list is corsair parts and peripherals 

Things I would have changed: If these two were available at microcenter I would have chosen to change the case and ram. For the case I would have chosen the Phanteks P500a white which looks really nice and its airflow performance is great. I would have changed the g.skill ram to some Corsair vengeance 3600mhz white ram if it was available at microcenter. 

Now I would like to take a moment to Thank Microcenter for hosting this contest and hope that you guys consider me to win.

Also I did post an entry earlier but it got deleted for some odd reason so I remade it again so if there is a chance there are two of mine it's because of that.

 

C00kieduster

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=0e5df9c0-abe3-4d5a-868e-4f09ef7f4824

I just recently stated streaming. I’m on a single pc setup right now. It does okay but my dream is to create a dual PC set up so I can really create something awesome. This PC build will function as my gaming pc with my current pc filling the role of the streaming rig. The build isn’t the most high end build humanly possible but it’s a pretty incredible build I could only hope to build! 

chocobocardist

I chose these parts for its affordability without sacrificing performance. I'm also a fan of dragons, as you can see from the parts chosen. 
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=5a504ae3-5a20-4a25-ba2c-549d18dcf16f

EpicLord

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=b0237d3a-7931-4fb7-99c1-42f3fa8123fa

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, there's a land that I heard of, with a 3080 to buy.

PC build that I can almost build, aside from the GPU. I'm running a 2700K and 1060 3GB, so literally almost anything would be a huge upgrade.

Daniel_Todd

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder-amd.aspx?load=61d6834f-7d01-4d56-b9db-a8183341ec6d

This would be my first build. Pretty much everything in there is exactly what I want, with small exception is having either a rtx 3080 card or RX 6800xt video card from one of the third party manufacturers. I really look forward to building my first unit. Fingers crossed!

JMcCaskill

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=d4da2cfe-5a91-4ded-9c2d-347874de9c14
Some friends who play on PC recently enlightened me on what I have been missing out on (I've been on console my whole life) and I am extremely excited to get my first ever build underway!  Hoping to build something that is capable but not absolute overkill for what I hope to be doing (playing Call of Duty, Cyberpunk, GTA, Farming simulator, as well as some potential rendering for my engineering Master's degree). I'm still new to the PC community so please don't judge my PC parts  

Yuppee

Affordable PC for gaming and daily use why not? Lets get real you are not a PRO gamer (E-sport gamer) why would you drop 4-5k grands on a PC then 2-3 years later you move on to another?. 
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=e34112a6-2740-4ef8-a939-44fd4d99ee43