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Building A Budget Gaming PC (2024)

I have a long history with building personal computers for productivity and gaming purposes.

The plan was to make a new system for my son during the holidays and I wanted to do it on a budget (and kind of failed on keeping the costs down).

But I had a really good time making it, which was the point of this project at this time.

PARTS:

  • Case – be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ATX
  • CPU – AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700X
  • CPU Fan – Noctua NH-U12S black
  • Graphics Card – XFX RX 6600
  • Power Supply – Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 (850W)
  • SSD – WD_BLACK 1TB SN750
  • Hard Drive – Crucial G3 2TB
  • Motherboard – MSI B550-A PRO
  • Memory – Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 32GB
  • OS – Windows 11 (Home)
  • Case Fans – be quiet! Shadow Wings 2 120mm

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What Is Wrong With My Google Nest WIFI?

I have been a long time supporter of Google products (Phones, Smart Speakers, Tablets, etc.) and I was a happy owner of their Nest WIFI Mesh system until two months ago.

Suddenly my WIFI went from strong and stable to a constant headache. I had to unplug and reset one of the mesh nodes AT LEAST once per day.

I finally had enough and purchased a TP LINK DECO XE75 to see if the problem was my house or the Google system.

I also share some other networking issues that popped up this month like rebuilding my #qnap TS-431+ storage array.

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