“Santa’s” First Build

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Joshjrn

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Good job on the fully modular PSU, a lot of first time builders don't realize how much it helps.

Make sure your SSD heatsink is secured properly, not that you'd half arse it. Testing bears out that overheating can have a deleterious effect on SSD speeds.

I know you're not thinking about it yet, but consider how you're going to control all the LEDs, especially if it's going in his room. You would think it's simple to get LEDs to shut down after xx period of inactivity, but no. I'm sure OpenRGB is fully functional on some planet, but it's not the one I'm on. You can see my Glorious mouse, but not the Glorious keyboard, mmmkay.

I don't know if the Montech has both the solid and mesh option for the top of the case, but obviously use the mesh. If there's a cat in the house, you will have just created it's new napping spot.

“I just want 240fps dad”

I told him if he wants that, he’ll have to save his money and buy the parts to get there.

I’m looking forward to building it with him. Should I use a torque limited screwdriver?

Nah, no need. Just don’t bear down on anything, especially the motherboard. Fingertip grip tight is plenty.

He’s into Fortnite, College Football, and Siege on his Xbox.

Revised build:
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor

G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory

TEAMGROUP MP44L 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

PNY CS3150 RGB 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card (7600 won’t make it in time)

ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 Riptide WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard

ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 240 A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

ASRock SL-750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case

Jokes about drivers aside, if you don’t have one, getting a basic magnetic set for electronics is a good investment. There are bigger and smaller sets depending on your needs, but this is a good basic one. And if you have anyone in the family with glasses, I can tell you I blew my wife’s mind the first time I saved her a trip to the store to tighten the microscopic little screw on one of the hinges

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roblox

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But seriously, I feel like I need to pull a YouTube video or something, because to this day, I have no idea what the frick Roblox is, other than a game kids play and steal their parents’ credit cards to buy shite on

To make Imjustafatkid's description even worse, your avatar can work in someone else's fast food restaurant, in someone else's mall, and package fries for other avatars.

Usually parents get wise after the first 30 days or so and they see the repeated charges, but that's dumb parents without proper controls on the account.

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It's more like a gaming platform where people can make their own games, then "publish them" in Roblox and people can play them.

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There are a ton of fun games on that platform but my favorite is Shark Bite. Absolute arse graphics and controls but good lord it is fun.