{"id":25142,"date":"2019-08-07T22:41:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T05:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/?p=25142"},"modified":"2021-01-14T11:51:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T18:51:45","slug":"year-8-week-41-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/2019\/08\/07\/year-8-week-41-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 8 – Week 41 – Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very exciting day finally is here! We have ordered and accumulated parts and now we are going to build two new computers!<\/p>\n

I haven’t put together a PC in a long time. There is a lot more emphasis put on the beauty of the parts today, and cases are made to see inside. So much for green circuit boards and rainbow IDE cables!
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The trend also has lots of RBG lights. We picked only lighted case fans and Brendan helped me to install.
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With everything visible, wire management is key. It took a good deal of time to get everything connected AND looking pretty.
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This side will be out of view, but order is still important
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Successful first boot! Brendan has orange LED fans
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Trevor has red.
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My Steam game tester giving it a trial run. These things are fresh and speedy!
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For nerds who care (Or me in a few years when I am trying to upgrade, or me in 10 years when I look back and laugh), here are the system specs.<\/p>\n

ASRock MicroATX Motherboard (B450M PRO4)
\nAMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler
\nCrucial Ballistix Sport LT 3000MHz DDR4 DRAM 16GB
\nEVGA 550 B3 80+ Bronze 550W Modular 150mm Power Supply
\nEVGA GeForce GTX 1660Ti XC Black Gaming 6GB GDDR6 HDB Fan Graphics Card
\nADATA SU800 512GB 3D-NAND 2.5 Inch SATA III 560MB\/s Solid State Drive
\nCougar MX330-G Tower with Tempered Glass Side Panel
\nCONISY 120mm Super Silent LED High Airflow Cooler Fans
\nDell Gaming LED-Lit Monitor 27″ Black (D2719HGF) FHD 1920×1080 at 144 Hz 2 ms
\nWindows 10 64bit Home Edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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