Specs:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $169.99)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9a-AM4 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $39.90)
Ram: G.SKILL Aegis 16 GB(2 x 8 gb) DDR4 3000 mHz (Purchased For $129.00)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B350-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($142.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 1.1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (Purchased For $270.99)
Storage: XPG SX7000 PCIe NVME Gen3x4 M.2 512GB SSD (ASX7000NP-512GT-C) (Purchased For $154.99)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card (Purchased For $350.00)
Other: ASUS Impresario SBW-S1 PRO USB 7.1 Sound Card / DAC with Blu-ray (Purchased For $190.98)
Other: NFC Skyreach 4 Mini (Purchased For $199.99)
Power Supply: Dell Alienware M18x 330W AC Adapter XM3C3 (Purchased For $99.00)
Power Supply: HDPLEX 400W HiFi DC-ATX (Purchased For $95.00)
Other: StarTech.com USB3SPNLAFHD 2 Port Panel Mount USB 3.0 Cable - USB A to Motherboard Header Cable F/F (Purchased For $14.19)
Total: $1857.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-14 18:45 EST-0500
Current problems:
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So, I was going to do a build log now that I've got it built. Two problems:
1. The frosted acrylic bezel I ordered bows out at the middle because the screw holes at the top do not match with the case. I'm thinking of drilling holes at the usb screw holes since I'm currently using washers to mount the usb ports. The bolts that came with the usb ports are not flat head, so they won't be flush with the case, making it impossible to have a flat bezel without changing the bolts(I can't use the bolts that came with my case as they are a different thread size). I went to my local hardware store, and they had the correct size threaded bolt, but were longer than the provided ones(they don't have any shorter length ones).
As stated before, I am currently using washers to make up for the extra length in the bolt, but if I drill into the acrylic bezel at the same points for mounting the usb ports, I should be able to take out the washers and just screw the bezel and the ports directly together with the new bolts I acquired. I'm tempted to just take the original bezel and have someone just laser cut it with the same design.
2. My NVME drive failed 2 days after I installed windows. Waiting on the RMA form so I can get me a new drive. In the meantime, I reinstalled windows on a spare HDD I had lying around.
I fixed the bezel by filing down the screw holes with files that @Josh | NFC sent me. Thanks Josh!
The new m.2 drive came in yesterday, so I was able to remove the tethered 3.5" drive and cloned it on the new drive.
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