TLDR: traded an Xbox series s for an x570 r5 2200g and a 580 in the Corsair case. Sold the old and upgraded all the hardware except the motherboard and psu. Had thermal issues so I swapped cases, thought it was ugly and still too hot. Got all black everything and turned off the rgb on my ram to get the look I wanted.
Specs:CPU-R7 3700x overclocked to 4.4ghz ($83)
Aio-Montech hyperflow silent ($58)
Mb-Msi x570 gaming edge (came in the trade)
Ram- 32gb Corsair rgb pro 3600 8×4 ($75 in august)
Gpu-Radeon 7600 ($180)
Storage-1 Klevv 2tb 1 Wd black 2 tb ($~200 in both)
Psu- 750w Powerspec 80+ gold (came in the trade)
Case-Rosewill Aca 501 ($33.33 on Black Friday)
Fans- 6 Arctic P12 slims ($44.34)
$673.67 in total
My whole build is second hand other than my case and fans, my goal was to build a 1080p 240hz pc for as cheap as possible. Aesthetic got to me a bit so I ended up swapping to all black and getting a more uniform pc. I sold my old ram (16gb of ripjawz), gpu (3060 12gb vision) and aio (id cooling frost flow) to my best friend for $265 and we’re building him an all white pc to get him off the Xbox series S. Just an overall win for everyone and expanding the gaming pc community.
$673.67- $265 =$408.67
My total build cost.