Way back in the mists of time (1982) I came across my first computer, it was a n Apple II and alongside were a smattering of Vic 20s probably running CP/M of sorts. In 1985 we moved from Ireland to the UK and I got my first computer, an Amstrad 464. Happy days playing Elite followed. Early 90s and an Amstrad 1512 landed in the house and my brother and I attempted to play Wolfensten 3D on its EGA graphics, not pretty. So I decided to build my own PC, well kind of. I went to the local PC shop which was owned by an Irishman called Jerry and I asked him if I could put down a 100 quid a week until I had built up enough and could he guide me into building the PC... He said yes and in Christmas 92 a real pc landed, an Intel 486SX25, 4MB Ram, 40MB Hardrive and an S3 Trio graphics card which powered a 14" CTX Svga monitor. Keyboard was by Cherry. 30 something years later and its time for my daughter to have her own PC to learn with, play on and explore from.
It must be purple..
It must be able to use the Rift S
It should be quiet
And if it can use a console controller, all the better
Parts in the attic I have to hand..
Be quiet Pure Base 500 case
Be quiet Straight Power 11 750W
Be quiet Pure Rock 2
TechN AM4 Waterblock
Asus Crosshair VIII X570 Hero
2 x 500GB Samsung 970 EVO's
Abit X300 AX WiFi 6 / BLE card
A couple of med fat 240mm rads (XSPX RX V2.0)
Aquacomputer Aqualis 150mm Res with D5 Pwm
Aquacomputer Aquaero 6LT
Some Noctua industrials..
New bits
A boxed brand new Ryzen R5 5600
A boxed brand new Asus Radeon RX6650XT Strix
2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB
Self Etching Primer
Purple paint
Still unsure of going water or not. My daughter is 7 after all so it's a step up but it may need to go water if she gets my 6800.
It must be purple..
It must be able to use the Rift S
It should be quiet
And if it can use a console controller, all the better
Parts in the attic I have to hand..
Be quiet Pure Base 500 case
Be quiet Straight Power 11 750W
Be quiet Pure Rock 2
TechN AM4 Waterblock
Asus Crosshair VIII X570 Hero
2 x 500GB Samsung 970 EVO's
Abit X300 AX WiFi 6 / BLE card
A couple of med fat 240mm rads (XSPX RX V2.0)
Aquacomputer Aqualis 150mm Res with D5 Pwm
Aquacomputer Aquaero 6LT
Some Noctua industrials..
New bits
A boxed brand new Ryzen R5 5600
A boxed brand new Asus Radeon RX6650XT Strix
2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB
Self Etching Primer
Purple paint
Still unsure of going water or not. My daughter is 7 after all so it's a step up but it may need to go water if she gets my 6800.
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at least with the bits I have to hand. On the face of it you'd think it'd be great, space for 140mm fans front, top and side which it does.. But then throw a radiator (a fairly slim one at that - I was watching Jay2C on the tube last night and he called 30mm rad medium? What is is 60mm+ rad defined as these days?) in and you can't fit the gpu in or fit memory or where do you put the pump (to be fair, my D5 has a clunky top on it).. Sooo
) - I've dumped the HDD cage and the pump and res live there with the pump top just proud of the PSU cover desk. The Airplex 240 is mounted on the roof with 1 Noctua Industrial pushing air out - the blingy Corsair Dimms are nearly double height so the 2nd fan had to go. I drilled a couple of holes in the crossbeam that the HDD cage screwed into to mount the D5 and I'm looking forward to the tubing gymnastics I'll be performing tomorrow as the pump is below the GPU so I'll have to plan a route around the overly large GPU. It might be a case of pump to rad, rad to cpu, cpu to pump or pump to cpu, cpu to rad rad to pump - I'll figure it out eventually 
