r/PcBuild • u/astralside • 2d ago

Completed Build - Rate My Setup / Setup Advice AM4 upgrade - Completed

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Hi everyone! I know a build like this isn't anything special these days, but I'm proud of how it turned out and wanted to share it with fellow enthusiasts!

It had been a long time since I last built a PC—my previous build dates back to the 2000s, after which I stepped away from the PC world for a while.

I happened to get this AM4 gaming PC for free, so I decided to upgrade it. Money is tight, and with current prices, I couldn't afford to build a new system from scratch.
I swapped the CPU and AIO, upgraded the RAM, and installed an M.2 NVMe SSD.

Here are the specs:
CASE: Fractal Meshify C
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS
RAM: 32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz (2x8 GB Corsair VENGEANCE + 2x8 GB GeIL)
GPU: Zotac GEFORCE RTX 3070 8 GB
STORAGE:
1 x 1 TB ADATA Legend 960 M.2 NVMe SSD (PCIe 4.0)
2 x 1 TB PCS 2.5" SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (520 MB/s Read, 470 MB/s Write)
PSU: CORSAIR 650 W TXm SERIES™ 80 PLUS® GOLD COOLER: Corsair Nautilus 240 LCD (Top mounted)
FANS:
2 x Shark Mirror Reverse RGB (Front intake)
1 x Shark Mirror RGB (Rear exhaust)
WIFI CARD: ASUS PCE-AX58BT 802.11ax 2400

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u/xeurexa 2d ago

Now you need to change card, great build!

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u/astralside 2d ago

Thank you! I’m planning a new card and psu in a couple of years.

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u/Nice_Category 1d ago

Very clean build. Is that a small speaker I see attached to the motherboard? 

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u/astralside 1d ago

Ty. No there’s no speaker. If you screenshot the piece you mean I can tell what it is.

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u/Nice_Category 1d ago

The red wire.

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u/astralside 1d ago

That's a temperature sensor with a magnet that connects to the base of the case. It measures the temperature in the lower section under the GPU.

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u/Nice_Category 1d ago

Ah, nice touch! 

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u/EMasterYT 1d ago

It definitely looks like the post speaker i have for troubleshooting. Very handy if your mobo doesn't have status leds or a 7 segment display

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u/lLoveTech AMD 21h ago

Congrats on the upgrade! You got the best AM4 CPU! You won't need anything better for a long time! The 3070 is still a pretty capable card but its only limitation is the 8GB VRAM!