New/Old rig update

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I decided to upgrade my old rig by adding some old parts and putting them in a new case ideally it's good to buy everything new for a build but if it's working well not a huge deal. After meany headaches dealing with the CPU the cpu pins are so fragile that I accidentally bent my 2700x CPU which would be a costly $300 mistake. Eventually though replaced it with a 3700x. I suppose they bent when I lifted off the CPU block not realizing the CPU would stick to the bottom of it.

Anyway after all said and done I finally got it put together. Yes the SSD is free dangly at the front, am I too lazy to screw it into an enclosed? Yes I am. Since gpus are hard to come by right now I just transferred over my 7950 which still runs today games at medium 1080p fine.

Specs:
MSI ProSeries (B450MPM2MAX)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
TEAMGROUP T-Force Dark Z 16GB Kit
Samsung Evo 240GB SSD (Main os)
Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe m.2
Gigabyte 7950 gpu (can't remember exact model)

[Wesley2005]

Jun 18, 2021 10:03:02 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

I decided to upgrade my old rig by adding some old parts and putting them in a new case ideally it's good to buy everything new for a build but if it's working well not a huge deal. After meany headaches dealing with the CPU the cpu pins are so fragile that I accidentally bent my 2700x CPU which would be a costly $300 mistake. Eventually though replaced it with a 3700x. I suppose they bent when I lifted off the CPU block not realizing the CPU would stick to the bottom of it.

Anyway after all said and done I finally got it put together. Yes the SSD is free dangly at the front, am I too lazy to screw it into an enclosed? Yes I am. Since gpus are hard to come by right now I just transferred over my 7950 which still runs today games at medium 1080p fine.

Specs:
MSI ProSeries (B450MPM2MAX)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
TEAMGROUP T-Force Dark Z 16GB Kit
Samsung Evo 240GB SSD (Main os)
Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe m.2
Gigabyte 7950 gpu (can't remember exact model)

That is a thing of beauty! Mine recently crapped out and it was around 1200 dollar tower alone, however, I have needed to upgrade it so buying a new one is just as good.

May I ask what retailer you used? I usually use tigerdirect.com

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Jun 20, 2021 6:51:10 GMT -8 Wesley2005 said:

Jun 18, 2021 10:03:02 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

I decided to upgrade my old rig by adding some old parts and putting them in a new case ideally it's good to buy everything new for a build but if it's working well not a huge deal. After meany headaches dealing with the CPU the cpu pins are so fragile that I accidentally bent my 2700x CPU which would be a costly $300 mistake. Eventually though replaced it with a 3700x. I suppose they bent when I lifted off the CPU block not realizing the CPU would stick to the bottom of it.

Anyway after all said and done I finally got it put together. Yes the SSD is free dangly at the front, am I too lazy to screw it into an enclosed? Yes I am. Since gpus are hard to come by right now I just transferred over my 7950 which still runs today games at medium 1080p fine.

Specs:
MSI ProSeries (B450MPM2MAX)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
TEAMGROUP T-Force Dark Z 16GB Kit
Samsung Evo 240GB SSD (Main os)
Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe m.2
Gigabyte 7950 gpu (can't remember exact model)

That is a thing of beauty! Mine recently crapped out and it was around 1200 dollar tower alone, however, I have needed to upgrade it so buying a new one is just as good.

May I ask what retailer you used? I usually use tigerdirect.com

Most of my parts came from Amazon directly

[Wesley2005]

Jun 20, 2021 14:30:03 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

Jun 20, 2021 6:51:10 GMT -8 Wesley2005 said:

That is a thing of beauty! Mine recently crapped out and it was around 1200 dollar tower alone, however, I have needed to upgrade it so buying a new one is just as good.

May I ask what retailer you used? I usually use tigerdirect.com

Most of my parts came from Amazon directly

I am telling you hahaa, it is a very nice looking machine! With stats like those you can play whatever you want.. are you doing dual monitor? Or just a single?

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Jun 21, 2021 2:36:34 GMT -8 Wesley2005 said:

Jun 20, 2021 14:30:03 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

Most of my parts came from Amazon directly

I am telling you hahaa, it is a very nice looking machine! With stats like those you can play whatever you want.. are you doing dual monitor? Or just a single?

Single I just use a 40" LG HDTV the 7950 is a good 8 years old so it won't be able to really do 4k gaming probably modern games at 1080p medium. I mostly use them as media streamers or whatever file that needs to be downloaded. The SSD/m.2 combo makes it alot easier.

Also got a external HDD dock for it so I can swap through hdds without needing an enclosure. I'm not huge into gaming that much anymore just wanted a more modern rig.

[Wesley2005]

Jun 21, 2021 5:15:13 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

Jun 21, 2021 2:36:34 GMT -8 Wesley2005 said:

I am telling you hahaa, it is a very nice looking machine! With stats like those you can play whatever you want.. are you doing dual monitor? Or just a single?

Single I just use a 40" LG HDTV the 7950 is a good 8 years old so it won't be able to really do 4k gaming probably modern games at 1080p medium. I mostly use them as media streamers or whatever file that needs to be downloaded. The SSD/m.2 combo makes it alot easier.

Also got a external HDD dock for it so I can swap through hdds without needing an enclosure. I'm not huge into gaming that much anymore just wanted a more modern rig.

I completely understand! I wish I had an old TV to use, I do have a dual monitor at the moment but do not game much at all...

I use mine primarily for my video/youtube channel.