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midnight raven

02.01.2022
Specs

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

32GB Crucial Ballistix RGB DDR4 3200 (2x16GB)

Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX 6700 XT

MSI MPG B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi

WD SN850 1TB PCIe4 NVMe SSD

SeaSonic Focus GX750 PSU

Corsair 5000D Case

Story

had the idea of building this one for a long time, now I had an excuse. The experience would have been gr8 if not for the case. The Corsair 5000D claims to support 3 360mm rads and yeah, I believed them - BIG mistake - if you use the side intake for a rad, you'll have 55mm for the rad itself and fans before you're unable to fit the front insert thingy and if you thought you'll still fit a rad in the front - forget it - you have 'bout 25mm space between the front of the case and the side mounted rad. OK, just one rad in front, use as second one as top exhaust - got idea BUT, if that one's taller than 50mm (fans+rad), it'll hit the mainboard, fixed that one by making some adapter plates which then let me move the top rad to the side by using the mounting holes for 140mm fans on the left. Once done with the case, it was a fun to build and play around a bit and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out in the end

BellaDonna

02.02.2021
Specs

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

32GB (2x16) DDR4 3600 CL14 Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro

Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti Aorus Xtreme Waterforce WB

Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro V2

WD SN850 1TB PCIe4 NVMe SSD

SeaSonic Prime PX850 PSU

Fractal Design Meshify 2

 

Story

I don't know words to give this one justice... so I won't

QD

15.01.2021
Specs

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3200 (2x8GB)

Reference RTX 2080 Ti (Asus)

MSI B550 Gaming Edge WiFi

16GB (2x8) DDR4 3200 CL16 Corsair Vengeance RGB

Phanteks Eclipse P400 Digital

Story

This one was fun, no weird stuff, just plain open loop... a classic

QD_2

15.01.2021
Specs

Ryzen 5 3600XT

16GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4 3200 CL16 (2x8) 

Asus ROG STRIX RX 5700XT

Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite 

Seasonic Focus GX 650W PSU

Fractal Design Meshify 2

Story

The second one, build something as great as possible with as few resources as possible... I rly don't know which one turned out better, but I definitely dig the green/black aesthetic this one's got. I looked at the budget and what I would be able to deliver - suddenly I thought "green" - now if I only could have bundled it with that Razer Toaster, and this would have been the real deal :p

Hot Rod

02.01.2022
Specs

Ryzen 9 3950X

32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo

2x reference Nvidia RTX 2080 (Asus, MSI)

Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme

Corsair AX1200i

Thermaltake Core P3

Story

You remember those movies where they kept working and working on some car.... this was the same with a PC. It may have been a chore wo build, it worked and, boy was I relieved when I got to disassemble the thing; no worries, All the hardware found a home with a loving gamer ;)

NightLife

15.03.2021
Specs

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

32GB G.Skill Trident Z neo DDR4 3600 CL14 (2x16GB)

Reference Radeon RX 5700 XT (PowerColor)

MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk

1TB Gigabyte Aorus PCIe4 NVMe 

Story

the idea was for a monochrome build where just the RGB and the coolant give color accents. I think it worked out gr8!

Arctic Dawn

02.01.2022
Specs

Ryzen 7 3700X

32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB (2x16GB)

Reference AMD Radeon RX 5700XT (Sapphire)

MSI B450 Mortar Titanium

Seasonic Prime SnowSilent 750W

InWin 303 - MSI Dragon Edition

Story

First build for the YT channel... fond memories indeed

Example Build

11.12.2025
Specs

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4090

RAM: 64GB DDR5 6000MHz CL30

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero

Storage: 2TB Samsung 990 PRO NVMe

PSU: Corsair HX1500i 1500W

Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO

Cooling: Custom Water Loop

Story

This is an example build to demonstrate the automated build import system.

The build features a powerful Ryzen 9 7950X paired with an RTX 4090 for maximum performance.

Custom water cooling keeps everything cool and quiet under load.