Update post a million hours later with pricing 

After 27 restarts 

500 rewires

Screws disappearing to the shadow zone

Cable management was like rubbing a thorn bush

4000 you tube tutorials ( they do a great job )

6000 software and driver installations 

And a couple of “ If Johnny had 5 apples “ lol

Took so long to get these exact components basically sold out everywhere but it’s finally done

This is my first pc in over two decades 

Just had a MacBook Pro for work and lost it traveling so that was a major factor to get me started

Been an Xbox guy for years and PlayStation before that

Had a stint with pc gaming in the 90s but nothing crazy 

Just had the itch to do something different, play some different games, get the best graphics possible especially since consoles want to take a million years to come out with any new hardware 

Which is my second biggest reason

So here I am 

I went to school for electronic engineering in 2004 but this is my actual full pc build 

Went to mc to get the final piece which was the CPU Ryzen 9 9950x3D forgot to take another box pic but it’s in there I promise  

The components I picked of course Asus Rog which is just a premium box opening experience. Minus the Gpu which was most expensive, they could do a lot better with that one for the money like they did for the matrix. yea it’s expensive but Asus ROG components hold their value for years ! And this baby should run for a decade. was gonna go GR701 for the case but something about the Y70 TI in Panda with that contrast and touch screen just got to me

Parts list -

CPU - Ryzen 9 9950x3d $649.99

GPU - ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition $ 3423 ( Open Box Deal )

Motherboard - Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme $999.99

CPU Cooler - ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB $380

Ram - G.Skill Trident Z5 Royal Neo 64 GB $954

Memory - Samsung 9100 Pro 4T + 1T $605

PSU - Asus Rog Thor Titanium III 1600w $1,097

Case - Y70 Touch HYTE Y70 Touch Infinite Panda $399.99

Extras - Thermal Grizzly Cryonaught, Thermal Grizzly AM5 Contact Sealing Frame, 10 Lian Li UNI Fan TL Wireless 120mm ARGB Infinity Mirrors, LINKUP PCIE 5.0 Riser Cable $300ish

What do you guys think of the final product ?!

Building My First PC ( Update )