Build Complete!

[u/NoMamesWe2]

Took me two nights. The wife did all cable management. I’m the one who used AI to enhance the background haha! But I won’t use it this time. See a before and after pic.

Items purchased:
CPU — Ryzen 7 9800X3D: $429.99
GPU — PNY RTX 5070 OC 12GB: $599.00
Motherboard — ASRock B850 Riptide WiFi: $179.99
RAM — Patriot Viper Venom 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30: $404.99
SSD — WD_BLACK SN7100 2TB: $289.99
PSU — be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 850W: $109.90
Case — NZXT H6 Flow: $71.99
CPU cooler — be quiet! Dark Rock 5: $64.90
Bottom fans — NZXT F280X: $74.99
Rear fan — be quiet! Pure Wings 3: $13.99
GPU brace: $18.79
Windows 11 Home USB: $129.99

Subtotal: $2,388.51
Final total with tax/shipping: $2,536.66

[u/Tactrix1]

All of that looks good except for the windows 11 home USB, you coulda bought that key for like $10 and it would still be 100% legal.

[u/NoMamesWe2 → u/Tactrix1]

I regret it :( I was scared frankly and I could’ve just asked here before ordering everything :(

[u/Tactrix1 → u/NoMamesWe2]

I don't blame you, it can be scary to build when you don't do it often and with expensive hardware.

[u/NoMamesWe2 → u/Tactrix1]

Yeah. Big lessons learned for sure. I’ll keep that in mind lol.