Project Shiro Nisshoku - The Ryzen Fueled PC
What Is It About?
This computer, interestingly enough was built for another person, versus my own personal rig, Vocadream. Built in 2017 of December, this was a surprise birthday gift for my brother, who was graciously asking for one. So a few sleepless days, a few magnetic screwdrivers, and absolutely raw hands by the end of everything, this was the final product. Yes yes, I didn't build the best PC for the money, and yes I could've done this that and the other, but I'm happy with how it ended up. And honestly, if he's happy with it, then that's the final verdict.
Now with the partlist! The only need he really wanted was that it needed to be a 1080P gaming machine, and with the further increasing prices of Intel processors, I decided to go with something a bit more lax, and something that would work now, and continue working for the future. That, and allow further upgrading if he ever decided he needed more CPU oomph. The Ryzen 1200 was the part of choice here, a overclockable quadcore with enough horses to keep up with the next component.
Yes, the graphics card, the piece that makes everyone go mental and makes every kid dream of having so many more than they need. The RX 580 was decided on, as both me and many others agree that it is the best single 1080P card at the moment for any AAA title, and thanks to Sapphire having an absolutely fantastic cooler design, I couldn't say no. Although I was worried when I was purchasing, as the prices were insane at that time thanks to the Cryptocurrency rush and all AMD cards were being bought up faster than a Bugatti Veyron guzzles fuel, I managed to snag the Sapphire RX 580 PULSE, which with a can of paint and a bit of elbow grease, transformed the card.
In 2017. the case market was an interesting, tempered glass RGB light strip filled one, but interesting nonetheless. While I was gunning for the Phanteks P400S for it's fantastic interior layout and pricing, there was one problem with it. It really does look like Iron Man once someone mentions it to you (I'm not sorry), and it's not a very pretty looking case in most applications. So instead of pulling out the dremel, I decided to instead pull out the wallet. I purchased an InWin Alpha 330, an entirely steel and glass large mid-sized ATX chassis. Trading beauty for user experience, I wouldn't exactly recommend building in the case as it left me with many, MANY small problems which took a little too much time to solve, although once the side panels slide on, it is a very, VERY good looker. If you want to buy one, just be sure you know what you're getting into.
As for other components I want to mention, the Cryorig H7 is a fantastic, quiet little cooler with a removable top (of which I painted silver) the fans are nothing special other than the Noiseblocker ELoop in the back, the other three are leftover 140mm Phanteks fans from my EVOLV ATX, the storage is relatively simple with a Sandisk 120GB SSD and a Seagate Barracuda 2TB. And the PSU is nothing remarkable as it's a 620W Seasonic 80+ Bronze unit. The RAM is an older kit of G.skill RIPJAWS 4, 16GB 2133 Mhz, the motherboard is a MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic, and the custom cables are Phanteks' all white ATX PSU extension kit. As for paint, everything I used was either MTN Colors or Rustoluem, and no gloss was used.
Now with the partlist! The only need he really wanted was that it needed to be a 1080P gaming machine, and with the further increasing prices of Intel processors, I decided to go with something a bit more lax, and something that would work now, and continue working for the future. That, and allow further upgrading if he ever decided he needed more CPU oomph. The Ryzen 1200 was the part of choice here, a overclockable quadcore with enough horses to keep up with the next component.
Yes, the graphics card, the piece that makes everyone go mental and makes every kid dream of having so many more than they need. The RX 580 was decided on, as both me and many others agree that it is the best single 1080P card at the moment for any AAA title, and thanks to Sapphire having an absolutely fantastic cooler design, I couldn't say no. Although I was worried when I was purchasing, as the prices were insane at that time thanks to the Cryptocurrency rush and all AMD cards were being bought up faster than a Bugatti Veyron guzzles fuel, I managed to snag the Sapphire RX 580 PULSE, which with a can of paint and a bit of elbow grease, transformed the card.
In 2017. the case market was an interesting, tempered glass RGB light strip filled one, but interesting nonetheless. While I was gunning for the Phanteks P400S for it's fantastic interior layout and pricing, there was one problem with it. It really does look like Iron Man once someone mentions it to you (I'm not sorry), and it's not a very pretty looking case in most applications. So instead of pulling out the dremel, I decided to instead pull out the wallet. I purchased an InWin Alpha 330, an entirely steel and glass large mid-sized ATX chassis. Trading beauty for user experience, I wouldn't exactly recommend building in the case as it left me with many, MANY small problems which took a little too much time to solve, although once the side panels slide on, it is a very, VERY good looker. If you want to buy one, just be sure you know what you're getting into.
As for other components I want to mention, the Cryorig H7 is a fantastic, quiet little cooler with a removable top (of which I painted silver) the fans are nothing special other than the Noiseblocker ELoop in the back, the other three are leftover 140mm Phanteks fans from my EVOLV ATX, the storage is relatively simple with a Sandisk 120GB SSD and a Seagate Barracuda 2TB. And the PSU is nothing remarkable as it's a 620W Seasonic 80+ Bronze unit. The RAM is an older kit of G.skill RIPJAWS 4, 16GB 2133 Mhz, the motherboard is a MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic, and the custom cables are Phanteks' all white ATX PSU extension kit. As for paint, everything I used was either MTN Colors or Rustoluem, and no gloss was used.