I got my hands on the guts of a stripped out Alienware Aurora R4, and decided to clean them up and make a budget gaming computer.
Starting Parts:
Z87 Motherboard
Intel i7 3820 Socket 2011 CPU
16gb DDR3 RAM
Nasty AIO water cooler (tossed in the trash)
GTX 660 GPU
Added:
Thermaltake Versa H18TG Case - https://amzn.to/3LyojDO
TeamGroup Vulkan Z 1 TB SATA SSD - https://amzn.to/3JnO9Yg
Termaltake 500W Power Supply - https://amzn.to/3lpoQ08
UpHere S5BK CPU Cooler - https://amzn.to/40gTdV4
EVGA GTX 1060 6GB GPU
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00:00 Introduction
00:53 Parts I'm Starting With
02:55 Parts I'm Adding
06:34 Populating the Motherboard
08:29 Installing the New Cooler
14:05 First Boot
17:49 Filling the Case
25:18 Booting with the GTX 660
27:36 Swapping to the GTX 1060
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