Aurora (Not actually An Aurora, Sorry)

[EsDee]

Despite being a bit on the RGB side initially, this build started as a humble replacement to my previous rig that died due to CPU failure way back in 2015. This set off a long series of events that I cover somewhat in this reddit post but tl;dr I became obsessed with cooling the whole system, made some unnecessary purchases, ended up donating most of the parts I had at one point to my brother (this is its own heartache, as included in the list of parts I gave him was an AMD R9 290X that was eligible for the "Never Settle - Space Edition" promotion, but he lost the packaging, so I missed out on a Mustang Omega!) but after years of waiting and saving, it all came together RIGHT before COVID-19 went full swing, and I had almost all parts excluding some nickel fittings for the custom loop before the lockdown in Italy delayed importing directly from EKWB to finish it all. Luckily, by March of 2020 everything was here and I got to complete the build!

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor ($380.00 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut 3.9 g Thermal Paste ($11.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula ATX AM4 Motherboard ($449.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card
Case: Lian Li O11D XL-X ATX Full Tower Case ($272.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM750x 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($171.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair ML120 PRO 47.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack
Case Fan: Corsair ML120 PRO 47.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack
Case Fan: Noctua P12 redux-1700 PWM 70.75 CFM 120 mm Fan ($14.95 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua P12 redux-1700 PWM 70.75 CFM 120 mm Fan ($14.95 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua P12 redux-1700 PWM 70.75 CFM 120 mm Fan ($14.95 @ Amazon)
Monitor: BenQ EX3203R 31.5" 2560 x 1440 144 Hz Curved Monitor
Total: $1943.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-12-11 18:35 EST-0500

And here's an album of the assembly!
Final Result!
http://i.imgur.com/cxL1Q8j.gifv

 

[EsDee]

Now that it's finally complete and I'm nearly done making additional pledges, I'm planning on waiting until the next series of AM5 CPUs and RDNA 3 GPUs (8000 series?) to commit to any upgrades, unless I can find an absolutely phenomenal deal on a 5900x and & 6900xt liquid devil. I also wasn't really happy with how that specific kit of Corsair memory was performing, and I'm well past the point of caring about the RGB, so I'd trade it in for a better die kit of 3600 DDR4 again if I could find a great deal.

EDIT:
And I forgot, the Corsair MP600 actually failed on me a few months back and I ended up replacing it with 2 WD Black SN850s and put them into a RAID just for fun.