After 7 years of running Windows through Bootcamp on a 2016 MacBook Pro for gaming, I finally took the leap and built my first PC. Very proud of it and wanted to share!
Specs:
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
Corsair iCUE H100i RGB ELITE 240mm Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE ATX AM5 Motherboard
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory
Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVMe Solid State Drive
Gigabyte AERO OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card
Lian Li O11 Mini Snow Edition ATX Mid Tower Case
Asus ROG LOKI 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
ARCTIC BioniX P120 Case Fans
41 Comments
That must’ve been agony
As someone who gamed on a dual core macbook pro 13 intel hd graphics, I feel your pain. Enjoy having a computer that doesn’t suck!
Lookin’ clean, dude. I like it.
You have one strong heart for playing on a macbook for that long. Congrats on your new PC and enjoy!
Looks great dude! Enjoy it.
Noice! The 7800 X3D is such a fucking beast. I built mine weekend before last and it’s so nice.
congrats! welcome to the master race!
How you liking your 4070Super?? I got the dual asus oc one and it’s pretty solid imo.
I love the aesthetics
Apple gaming 🙂
[Le Nouveau Client – Bored Ep5 – YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYv3-HfRNcA)
Seriously, I also went back to playing on PC, and in 2009 I switched to Apple. Three years ago I returned to PC as a toy, Apple remained for more serious tasks.
At least you had options with your MacBook. Mine was from 2006.
Congrats on your first PC. It’s a huge upgrade from a MacBook. Enjoy it!
omg, you too?? congrats! looks rad! i’ve been gaming exactly on the same thing (Win bootcamp on 2016 MacBook Pro) and i’m just a few days away from my new, custom-built PC. (also a first one, never had my very own rig before.)
did you also use an USB-C universal docking station before? it’s such a pain, lol. and it gets so hot. looks like you upgraded for a lots of fans as well, huh 😀
Mac Book gaming? What were you playing? Candy Crush?
That’s so beautiful
Love the 011-Mini. I wish it can accommodate regular PSU like the Mini Air.
This card looks great in this case with the vertical mount btw. My wife has that setup.
Sag/10
I’m proud of you, I knew you could do it
Very nice setup!
As someone else mentioned, it might be worth getting a GPU brace to prop up the GPU as they can start to sag and then the rear U.I could be compromised from the potential bend and cause the ports to appear misaligned (among other things) after a while, what with how heavy they can be…just something to consider.
How did you even live for 7 years gaming on a MacBook. Im actually curious.
Lol! What the hell is MacBook gaming?!
Looks great and enjoy the gaming!
Niceeeeeee
Where do we find that pass mark performance test?
Welcome to reality Good Sir!
Price range all in?
Move aio fans up top…
Quick question, I have a similar build with the exact same brand of RAM, just a speed of 6000 with a CL of 30. My machine won’t launch with EXPO enabled for the RAM, did you have any problems with that?
How can you play on a MacBook? This one is better
I am not sure, but the CPU radiator fans look inverted, I think they’re supposed to push air outside of the case, not pull it in through the radiator into the case, correct me if I am wrong.
MacBook gaming…? What even is that
MacBook and gaming?!….. No that’s just…… no no no! 😉
congratulations
Nice! Congrats!
Beefy boy
Get some cable combs and it’s a 10, enjoy your new pc bro 💪
Nice upgrade
I have the same cpu and gpu. It’s a really good combination !!!
Best Big Mac yet!