Buildapc

Completed (pending moderation at time of posting): https://pcpartpicker.com/b/hXFgXL

Parts list: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/yakko_at_feddit.uk/saved/#view=dcMhmG

Built this to keep me doing anything I want until computing gets cheap again, riding out the AI bubble and all. Wanted to build something for decades, always ended up compromising with prebuilts. No more!

Runs on Linux Mint (basic b to my core), does everything I ask. Renders video 10x as fast as you can watch it, plays anything.

The mobo is actually a Sapphire B850M Wifi but that wasn't in the list. Sorry!

Getting everything to fit was a nightmare. I had to use a low-profile fan for part of the AIO's length due to a piece of the motherboard's radiators extending into that area:

I also had to get an extender to make the GPU fit vertically, since it's the size of a freaking cereal box. But I've got the GPU sipping directly on ambient air, and I've configured the rear fan as an intake so the motherboard gets plenty of cool air too. Everything vents out the top. So far not much dust inside, I think I've got the positive air pressure neatly dialed in.

The LCD cap is running my own handmade graphic. Pretty happy with that, vid: https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/cce310aa-58f0-4867-b444-14d225a627bb.mp4

I also built a custom phone cradle for the USB retro phone I make work calls with. The stone is lapis lazuli.

Named this one Twinkling Titanite for the colours. All of my computers are nicknamed some variation of Titanite, this might be the end of that trend. Nowhere to go from here unless I build a data centre (Demon Titanite lmao).