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Looking back, my build has been through many upgrades. There is barely anything left from my original build. I want to go back through time and look at my build through the years. I did my original build in April 2019.
Here are the specs of my original build:
CPU: Ryzen 5 2400G
Motherboard: MSi B450M Gaming Plus
CPU Cooler: Stock Cooler
RAM: 8GB Patriot Viper (Red)
Storage: Adata SU800 128GB 2.5” SSD (OS)
Mass Storage: WD 1TB 3.5” HDD
PSU: Corsair VS650 PSU replaced by Enermax Revolution II 750W PSU
GPU: No graphics card
Case: Raidmax Neon Case
V1 (April 2019)
This is version 1 build. A new version occurs when I change cases.
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My desk. Yes, a shoe box as a monitor riser and a TV as a monitor.
V1.1 (April 2019) LED Fans – Red White and Blue. I’m patriotic.
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V1.2 (June 2019) I got a graphics card – a Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX580. Plus a new CPU cooler.
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V1.3 (June 2019) New RAM. Upgraded to 16GB.
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V2 (December 2019)
Version 2: New Case – Gamdias Talos
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V2.1 (January 2020) GameMax CPU Cooler. Fun fact: The new cooler fan was RGB but I had no headers on my motherboard. This is foreshadowing …
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V2.2 (May 2020) Changed to liquid cooling using the MSi CoreLiquid 240mm. Since my motherboard does not have aRGB, I needed to have an aRGB controller.
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V2.3 (July 2020) Updated Star Wars theme. I never liked the Gamdias logo on the case so I printed something to overlay the logo.
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V3 (December 2020)
New case. This is my current case. The NZXT H510 (White). I built in it a few times at Fry’s and I said if I ever built a PC, I’d have that case. It took a while, but I finally got it. I probably won’t be changing anytime soon.
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V3.1 (December 2020) Upgraded video card. This to the ASUS Dual AMD RX5600XT which is my current card. This may be updated again next. GPU prices are a little high at the moment, though.
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V3.2 (March 2022) Upgraded CPU. From the Ryzen 5 1600X (I upgraded from the Ryzen 5 2400G somewhere along the way… I got one from Fry’s for $15 as it was a few years old at that time…) to the Ryzen 5 5600X. This is my current CPU.
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V3.3 (April 2022) This is the current version of my build. Upgraded the motherboard to a full ATX B550 motherboard with features that my MSi didn’t have. Like 2 M.2 slots instead of 1. aRGB headers. More fan headers. 4 DIMM Slots instead of 2. Better VRM solutions for overclocking. PCIe 4.0 over PCIe 3.0.
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After all of that, here are my current specs.
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus B550 Elite V1
CPU Cooler: MSi CoreLIquid 240mm AIO (V2)
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX (White)
Storage: Crucial 1TB P5 Plus PCIe 4 SSD (OS)
Mass Storage: WD 250GB NVMe PCIe 3 SSD
Mass Storage: Adata SU800 128GB 2.5” SSD *
Mass Storage: WD 1TB 3.5” HDD *
Mass Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5” HDD
PSU: Enermax Revolution II 750W PSU *
GPU: AMD RX 5600XT GPU (Asus Dual)
Case: NZXT H510 Case
*indicates hardware that I still have
This the full evolution of my system
This is what makes PC building so exciting. How you can take a build from good to great.
CPU: Ryzen 5 2400G -> Ryzen 5 1600X -> Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard: MSi B450M Gaming Plus -> Gigabyte Aorus Elite V1
Cooler: Stock AMD -> Enermax Tower -> GameMax -> MSi CoreLiquid 240mm AID
RAM: 8GB Patriot Viper -> 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX
Storage: AData SU800 + 1TB WD Blue 3.5” HDD -> add 2TB Seagate Baracuda 3.6” HDD -> add WD 250GB NVMe SSD -> add Corsair 1TB NVMe SSD
PSU: Enermax Revolution II 750W
Graphics Card: None -> Sapphire RX580 -> ASUS RX5600XT
Case: Raidmax Neon -> Gamdias Talos -> NZXT H510