Build Report - #58

Sale Notes

I listed this build on 10/20 and someone reached out the same afternoon via Facebook Marketplace. The buyer thought this would be the perfect gaming PC for their younger brother’s 15^th birthday and we arranged to meet that evening. Unfortunately, by the time I received a meeting confirmation it was too late at night, so we arranged to meet up the next day at 6:30PM.

The next day, I sent my customary reminder/confirmation message at 4PM, but it remained unread until 6:20PM, when the buyer apologized for being kept late at work and proposed 6:50PM instead. With that solid confirmation, we were able to meet up during a battering rainstorm (note to find a covered public meeting location), where I did the usual demo of the PC and sold for the asking price of $550 - a net profit of $277.

Build Notes

Nothing really eventful of note for this build. I was able to use the XFX RX 5600 XT RAW II PRO that had proved too large for the H210 case. For RAM, I was able to use the G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000MHz pulled from my HTPC.

Since there is no ARGB header on the ASUS PRIME B450M-A, I used the usual combo of DS Mini ARGB controller along with the Thermalright Assassin King 120 SE ARGB and Thermalright TL-C12C-S 120mm ARGB fan 3-pack. I used a 1-to-2 fan splitter on the single motherboard CHA_FAN2 header so that the fan cables wouldn’t be stretched. One thing to note is that the splitter had a touchy connection, and so I had to make sure the plugs were solidly connected and cables weren’t stretched, otherwise the fans would run at max speed (points to the 4^th PWM pin connection being the culprit).

Like most NZXT cases, the NZXT S340 is a really easy case to work in, with ample room in the back for cable management.

There’s also plenty of room to upgrade, with 5000-series Ryzen processors being compatible, as well as a more powerful GPU and faster RAM.

Performance was great, with my usual test of Overwatch 2 on competitive settings at 1080p getting between 200-300+ FPS.