In an effort to get back in touch with my STEM skills, I designed and assembled a custom PC. I handled all the hardware installation, power delivery setup, cable routing, and cooling optimization. Additionally, I configured the BIOS settings and installed the operating system, plus I troubleshot any boot issues and performed system stress testing to confirm stability and performance.

This is a workstation I use for side projects such as video editing, photo editing, and running multiple high stress programs at once (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and 30+ chrome tabs dosent even cause this beast to break a sweat). As a media professional, building a PC is rarely necessary, but it is much cheaper to build it from scratch, plus I learned a ton!

Hardware Layout

Here are the parts I used for the build:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700x 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor
• Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI Motherboard
• RAM: 2x 16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (32 GB total)
• SSD: Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
• Graphics Card/GPU: Asus Dual GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition 12GB
• Power Supply: MSI MAG A650GL 650 W 80+ Gold Certified (Fully Modular)
• Case: Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case
• Operating System: Windows 11 Professional

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