SKL, my first DIY PC build! 🤍 I’ve had two PCs before, pero both were prebuilt. My partner gifted me a 1440p monitor, so gusto ko sanang i-match yung PC ko sa monitor. That’s when I finally decided to upgrade!

I decided to stick with AM4 kasi aabot ako ng over ₱100k if I went with AM5 and the parts I wanted. Anyway, gusto ko nga sana ng Ryzen 7 5700X3D, kaso wala na akong mahanap. Kaya 5700x nalang.

As a girly na mahilig magkalikot (involving screws ha! 😂) I really enjoyed building this PC! Surprisingly, it was therapeutic and nakakahappy siya super fulfilling talaga. Ang saya rin magresearch, mag-abang ng sales, at nakakaexcite pag nakikita mo unti unti na nacocomplete yung parts mo.

Anyway, what are your thoughts? Okay naman ba yung build ko, and sulit ba yung ginastos ko? Tsaka okay lang ba cable management ko? Haha. Would love to hear your opinions!

🖥️ MY PC BUILD SPECS

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
GPU: XFX SWFT RX 9060 XT 16GB White Triple Fan
Motherboard: MSI PRO B550M-P WiFi 6E
RAM: TeamGroup T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 White
SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe
PSU: MSI MAG 750W GL 80+ Gold
CPU Cooler: DeepCool AK400 SE
Case: DeepCool CH260 White
Case Fans: Coolman Drift Fury (Regular 4 pcs - Reverse 1 pc)
Monitor: Acer Nitro 27” 1440p 180Hz (FREE)

💰 Total PC Build Cost: ₱79k
💸 Total Price Without Vouchers: ₱96k

Custom build from PCExpress, picked the parts myself I hope okay nman po. I watched a lot of guides and tips from Zack's Tech Turf and UFDTech. Went with an B550M built in wifi cuz plan to upgrade to an X3D chip in the long run, and all AMD for better Linux support

ouldn't build the PC on my own so I asked them to build it

(sorry for my bad cable management)

GPU: Gigabyte Triple fan RX 7600

CPU: Ryzen 5500GT

Mobo: Pro MSI B550M-P Wifi6E

Ram: (2x) DATO 8gb 3200mhz

SSD: Dato DP700 Pro 512ssd

HDD: Samsung 1TB HDD

PSU: MSI MAG A550BN 550W

Case: MSI FORCE M100A

Monitor: AOPEN 23 inch 1080p

UPS: Secure 1000VA

Total: 52k PC only, 59k include monitor and UPS

I originally asked for 5600x pero the 3 CPUs they tested were all factory defect (I was standing next to the guy who built my PC for hours, swapping in the CPUs). Downgraded to a 5500GT because I had to wait 3 weeks to 1 month for the CPU, which was not worth it for me. As for the Ram and SSD, reliable ba po ba yung brand na ito? Never heard of them pa po ksi, I just picked the cheapest avai na Ram at SSD as I could not afford more pa po, they said tried and tested nman yung brand. So far okay nman po and I don't play heavy games nman (mainly MC with Shaders, Dead Cells, Roblox, and Geometry Dash). Bought this PC mainly to edit videos, coding and game on the side, I used Linux din since it's comfortable to me and I didnt want to spend 5k for their Windows option

As for the HDD, I got it from my Uncle's old laptop that I revived with Linux, I gave that Laptop to a friend in need and he replaced the HDD with an SATA SSD, so I got the 1TB HDD. Had some errors, 10 pending sectors but after some fixes on Linux it finally worked and passed the SMART test. Any thoughts po?

I purchased it online for 39,818 dahil sa vouchers. Feel ko steal na yung price kasi yung iba is 45k+ na. Even the receipt shows 46k. After ko i-purchase, I refreshed the page and bumalik siya to 45k.

I can now rest my RX 6600 who did not disappoint me for years, carrying a whole ass 1440p 180hz HDR + 1080p 60hz displays, barely hanging on 60fps natively when I play title games.

Hey Ka-PC! Just curious lang kung paano kayo nagpaplan ng builds ninyo.

Let's say nasa research/canvas phase pa kayo and currently picking out parts, then you choose one specific game as your main baseline/benchmark,

if your target specs can run that game smoothly at your desired resolution/FPS, then that’s the build you go for.

What game would that be for you right now?

Also, a few side questions:

1. What’s the most PC-demanding game you’ve played lately on your current rig? Did its performance make you realize it's time for an upgrade, or is your build still holding up fine?

2. Do you still factor in heavy Ray Tracing / Path Tracing when choosing specs, or do you strictly prioritize raw rasterization performance per peso?

Just wanna hear out kung ano na majority preferences ng iba, if may changes considering the state of things... TIA

ADD: do you guys just keep it simple in making your criterias? Ano po ba what matters to you when you game? Is it the graphics? High FPS? that you can crank everything to ultra? Ultrawide gaming ba?

First time builder. Hindi pa kumpleto, need a couple of fans pa and need pa ng OS( wala akong USB stick). BIOS is all setup na daw noong binili ko ung mobo but dont have a clue kung ano un and ano ginawa nila😅

Nagpatulong lng ako sa chatgpt kung pano ung wirings, san ikakabit and all. Hassle pla mag cable management😂. Now ko na realize na it looks cleaner pla pag AIO ung gamit, natakot kasi ako sa liquid, kabado pa nga nung iniistall ko ung cooler hahaha. Pagtapos ng build, hopefully walang issue.🤞🤞

So far, ito yung choice ko para sa pc/ps5/switch2 ko. Aside dito, may mas okay ba na miniled 1440p monitor na pwede Iconsider? Kung may 4k mini led 27 inch, pwede din thanks!

Salamat

Before I decided that too much neck twisting is bad 😂 😂 😂

After a few months, I opted to have the left and right monitor as verticals. Having 3 monitors helps with alt tabbing. What windows are usually on my screen? Code editors, multiple cloud infra windows, Proxmox VE hypervisor and home lab infra terminal windows, and more.

Having the vertically adjustable table helps with those long working hours and of course gaming on weekends.

Looking for upgrade ako. Ang use is for extra storage ng games and baka ilipat ko Windows OS dahil around 65%-70% na lang health ng SSD SATA ko.

okay na ba tong range of price ng used? Considering the price hike and if 100% health. Also baka buying na lang sa mga may stars yung profile. Open for suggestions or tips

Got a 9070 XT before it went up to 64k. A 10k price increase.

Bale sa OBS Recording and Light Video editing gagamitin. or if possible help me build a PC worth 10k-15k, may nvme m2 ssd naman na 500gb yung laptop ko rn. thank you po.

Hi, I am planning to upgrade my current setup to AM5 and planning to either buy the CPU, MOBO, RAM and PSU bundle first or the GPU upgrade first.

The reason for this partial upgrade is I want to be able to play the games I want on better conditions this coming Christmas while on annual leave. And also because I can only save up around 60-65k until December so the rest of the upgrade would only be finished next year.

Upgrade purpose: Heavily modded Minecraft with shaders (priority), AAA games and game development.

Current Specs:

Ryzen 5 3600
4060 ti 8GB
16gb RAM
B450 s2h
1TB m.2 and 1tb HDD
generic 650w psu
1080p 144hz monitor

Upgrade plan:

Ryzen 7 7800x3D
16x2 RAM
9070xt
B650 mobo
750/850w psu

Would this be viable or would it be better to just wait until next year to complete the budget for the whole build?

Are there anyone who owns the same gpu as mine? I was just curious if this is considered normal or should i really push this for RMA or some sort of fix incase my gpu really has a problem. If you did a furmark test, how did it go for your gpu guys? Inputs would really help

Hello, Can Xpanse standing desk 160x60 hold 2 27" monitor and System unit? Currently ang setup ko now is nakalagay lang 1 laptop (for Work + 2 monitor) medyo nasisikipan kasi ako sa current setup ko gusto ko na tangalin yung drawer ko sa gilid na pinag lalagyan ng system unit ko now tapos balak ko pag sama samahin nalang sila sa table. Anyone currently using Xpanse Desk?

Hello guys! i just wanted to ask kung magkano inaabot ng pinakamurang price ng sihoo m57 pro

PROCESSOR (CPU) : AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6 Cores | 12 Threads 3.7GHz (4.6GHz) AM4 Processor OEM Tray (NO RETAIL PACKAGING)

MOTHERBOARD (MB): MSI A520M-A PRO AM4 DDR4 Motherboard m.2 NVME PCle 3.0 DVI HDMI (NO WIFI)

MEMORY (RAM1): 16GB (1 x 16GB) GSkill Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 Desktop Memory Single Stick F4-3200C16S-16GVK - Black

MEMORY (RAM2): NA

STORAGE 1: Lexar 500GB NM610 Pro M.2 2280 PCie Gen 3x4 Nvme SSD

STORAGE 2: NA

VIDEO CARD (GPU): MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 SHADOW 2X OC 8GB Video Card (Dual Fan)

CPU COOLER: IDCooling FROZN A410 TD CPU Air Cooler (Black) 127x78x152mm (LxWxH)

POWER SUPPLY (PSU): FSP HV PRO 85+ 550W 80+ Bronze ATX Power Supply All black cables PSU

CHASSIS (CASE): Tecware Timber M ASH High Airflow Black TG mATX Case (pre installed 4 x 120mm fans)

ALL BRAND NEW PARTS WITH 1 YEAR HARDWARE WARRANTY

SRP / VAT INC: 68,700

CASH / VAT EX: 65,050

More is better if you can afford it, I know. But I wanted ideas on a baseline build to fully take advantage of this GPU. Gonna be used for AI/LLM/automation work.

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For reference as to my base expectations, my current PC is has:

-- 64GB DDR4 Ram

-- AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

-- AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics

-- 2.2 TB total storage

-- Asrock B450M Steel Legend mobo

-- Corsair CX650

Thank you!!

P.S.

All were bought pre-pandemic except for the GPU (secondhand) and the PSU. 🤓

helloo! i've recently come across with an issue sa pc ko. whenever i would open my pc, my bios would reset and it would ask me to either configure or continue then sometimes the time and date would also reset or even put me to year 2626. at first i didn't mind it kase wala namang naapektuhan but recently when i tried doing what i usually do sa pc ko whenever booting it up. i would turn on tpm, set the bios from legacy + uefi to uefi so that i can enable secure boot. my pc won't boot up anymore. its turned on yes but i noticed that it doesn't go to the loading screen or wtv my pc goes through when opening up. it just goes black.

i've noticed that even though my pc is set to tpm and put on uefi mode it still turns on. the problem is that whenever secure boot is enabled, my pc won't boot up and will just be stuck on black screen. some apps that i use require secure boot to be enabled. someone mentioned that i just need to replace the cmos battery and reset the bios completely. if ever someone knows a store online that would sell this, i can't seem to find any.

also it might be worth mentioning that this all happened a few weeks after i upgraded to windows 11.

I got this on fb marketplace for around 2500, is it worth the price or not?

I search the model of this SSD and it has DRAM cache integrated into a single package (Package-on-Package).

TLDR; Received two faulty aio fans in a row. And now I'm paranoid that there could be a possible issue with the mobo fan header or its just that their QA sucks.

So I built this pc for my partner, and she decided to go with TRYX panorama 360 se aio. No issues with the display, in fact it's gorgeous to look at.

Out of the box the first unit was fine at first then as soon as the AIO fans ramped up it made this grinding mechanical noise. Isolated the problematic fan and contacted TRYX support for replacement and at the time I thought there was only one faulty fan out of the original three so they sent a single replacement. As soon as I tested it again with the replacement another fan went faulty, contacted support again so they recommended a full RMA instead.

Went to IT World where we bought the AIO, okay naman si IT World no issues with them in fact they're very accomodating with the RMA process. Provided them all the proof and they also confirmed there is really an issue with the two fans, kapag paikutin mo yung fan by hand it's not so smooth as the normal ones. After a month, finally received the replacement but encountered the same issue again, I just end up using the replacement fan TRYX support originally sent and replaced the single faulty fan on the new unit. So far okay naman sya been testing for 3 days now and haven't encountered that grinding noise.

Now I just wanna know if this is a common issue or maybe I'm just being paranoid thinking there could be an issue on my end.

So far ok naman with the current games in playing but im thinking maybe sa upcoming games mas demanding na. Just wondering if its worth it to those who has a 5080?