Where Tech Isn't So Technical…
I think what makes this one unique is that the customer chose an AMD video card. The vast majority of builds I did were Nvidia cards. The card is an RX 5700 (reference card) which is still a decent card. I should know, my card is an RX 5600XT which is the card right below…
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 2400GMotherboard: MSi B450M…
This is another of the different type of cases that I built in during my years at Fry’s. I call it the “AmmoBox Case”. Its official name is the Vengeance C70. I didn’t get a picture of the final product here. I am not sure why, but let’s move on with the build. The parts…….
I chose this one because of the unique nature of the case. I did not think to do all of the testing that YouTube channels like Gamers Nexus does when I was building at Fry’s and thinking… “That’s a cool case.” Chances are: GN would tell me that “it’s a hot case.” 🙂 So, I…
There were good times and there were bad times, and now it’s gone. I did have some good memories working at Fry’s, but it was supposed to be a year stop-gap until I got on my feet but it turned out to be 3+ years and so much experience building gaming rigs, repairing gaming rigs,…
I affectionately call this the “popcorn machine” build. This the largest case I have ever built in. The Quadstellar was quite large, but it had for chambers. This is just one big case. I mean, this sucker is HUGE. Complete set of parts Themrltake TheTower 900 Intel Core i7-7700k Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM 32GB (2×16)…
This build was in a SFF (Small Form Factor) case and was a challenge in a different way that the big gaming case builds. Trying to get these components in the case and make it look good… The parts… Intel Pentium G4620 MSi B250M PRO-VD Motherboard SPI TX 300 SFF power supply PacSun 8GB DDR…
Introduction For part 2, we are going to break down the high-level stats that I went over in part 1 and see what actual products were I built with… Case Any surprises? Look at all of the different Thermaltake models. I was a bit surprised by that. CPU No real surprises here. Intel was still…
So, I have been working on indexing my builds I did while I was at Fry’s and these are some data points that are pretty neat. Keep in mind that for the majority of that time, customers were not allowed to bring in outside parts and get the same labor price, so most opted to…
This is a look back at my favorite build of 2019 from working at Fry’s. None of these parts were purchased at Fry’s and most of them are not carried there, anyway. Look at these parts… the customer who put these parts together did his homework. Not just because these are quality parts but: He…