What do you do when you have parts left over from a main computer upgrade? You build another with the parts.

A quick list of goodies

• Gigabyte Aorus Elite X570 (from Ghost upgrade)
• G Skill DDR4 ram – 16GB (from Kyle’s old computer)
• Themaltake 850W power supply (from Ghost upgrade)
• Toshiba 4TB Performance HDD (from Ghost upgrade)
• nVidia RTX-3070 FE graphics card (new)
• Seagate Firecuda NvME SSD (new)
• Cougar Conquest case (new)
• Arctic Liquid Freezer II A-RGB AIO CPU cooler (new)
• Ryzen 7 5700G (new) – footnote: I have a Ryzen5 1600 but wanted a bit more power

CPU	Intel	i7-10700K
Motherboard	MSI	MEG Z490I – Unify
Memory	Crucial	Ballistix Gaming RGB 32GB (2x16GB)
Case	Hyte	Revolt 3 (white)
Boot Drive	Samsung	970 EVO Plus SSD – 1TB
Video Card	MSI	GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X OC
CPU Cooler	Lian Li	Galihad 240 RGB
Data Drive	Seagate Inland	Barracuda 2TB 2.5″ Professional 1TB SSD Sata III
Power Supply	SilverStone	SST-SX650-G 650W
OS	Microsoft	Windows 11

Had a few spare parts laying around so decided to pick up a few things and finish out the build. Turned out okay but the case was pretty tight. I actually had to buy a new PSU since I used a full ATX motherboard and the standard 750 and up power supplies I had would not bolt down to the chassis and blocked the SATA ports on the MB.

Hooked up to a HiSense 65″ 4K TV
Keyboard and mouse are my old Corsair K70 RGB and Nightsword RGB

Here are the specs:

CPU	AMD	Ryzen 9  3900XT
Motherboard	ASUS	ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming
Memory	Gskill	TridentZ RGB DDR4 3000 4x8GB
Case	Cougar	Blazer Essence Mid Tower – Open Frame
CPU Cooler	ASUS	ROG Ryuo 240 AIO
Case Fans	Gamdias	AEOLUS M2-1204R RGB fans (4pk with controller)
Graphics Card	nVidia	GeForce RTX 3060
Power Supply	Thermaltake	Smart BX1 RGB 750W
Boot Drive	Crucial	MX300 525GB M.2 SSD
Data Drive	Seagate	Barracuda 2TB HDD
Game Drive	Toshiba	X300 Performance 8TB HDD
OS	Microsoft	Windows 10 Home

Had some left over parts so decided to buy a new motherboard and build it out. Unfortunately the old case must have had a short in the PCIe extension cable because it killed the motherboard. So a replacement board was ordered, a new case and ended up biting the bullet and got a new CPU and cooler while I was at it. There were issues getting that big damn cooler in place and motherboard completely fastened to the case but I prevailed. Turned out pretty nice!

CPU	AMD	Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	Gigabyte	X570 Aorus Pro Wifi – ITX
Memory	Crucial	Ballistix Sport AT 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200
Case	SSUPD	Meshlicious (white)
Boot Drive	Western Digital	WD-Black SN750 M.2 NVMe SSD 500GB
Video Card	nVidia	GeForce RTX-3070 FE
CPU Cooler	Razer	Hanbo Chroma 240 RGB
Data Drive	Seagate Toshiba	Barracuda 1TB – 5400RPM (2.5″) X300 4TB – 7200RPM (3.5″)
Power Supply	EVGA	SuperNOVA 650GM, 80 Plus Gold 650W SFX Full Modular
OS	Microsoft	Windows 11