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Featured Guide
Excellent Gaming Build
by manirelli
Intel Core i5-6600K
Parametric Video Card (Chipset: GeForce GTX 1070)
Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower
$1241.92
192
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- $537.91 Entry Level Gaming Build
- Intel Core i3-6100
- Parametric Video Card (Chipset: Radeon RX 470)
- Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower
- 175 26 by ThoughtA
- $996.02 Great Gaming Build
- Intel Core i5-6500
- Parametric Video Card (Chipset: GeForce GTX 1070)
- NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower
- 149 40 by ThoughtA
- $1588.91 Enthusiast Gaming Build
- Intel Core i5-6600K
- Parametric Video Card (Chipset: GeForce GTX 1080)
- NZXT H440 (Matte Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower
- 100 18 by ThoughtA

Completed Builds

Featured Build

The Red Emperor
by TSD45
Intel Core i5-6600K
Radeon R9 380
63
$903.04+
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$1681.85 i5 6600k GTX 1070 Full AIO CPU and GPU (First ever build)
Intel Core i5-6600K
GeForce GTX 1070
13 14 by ccku00

$924.14 First time build
Intel Core i5-6600K
Radeon RX 480
1 3 by NarcissisticFox

$1785.33+ First Ever Build
Intel Core i7-6700K
Radeon RX 480
10 8 by rich.cooper

$631.72+ New gaming PC
Intel Core i5-6500
GeForce GTX 1070
2 1 by Malacore

$190.00 Josie's Rig
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black
GeForce GTX 650
1 3 by Vairfoley

$939.51+ My First Build!
Intel Core i5-6600K
GeForce GTX 960
0 2 by Nacco

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Blog

Pick Your Favorite MSI Components Giveaway

Posted Aug. 31, 2016 by BoyScout

MSI is giving away two PCPartPicker part lists, based around their motherboards and video cards, valued up to $2500 (US). What parts will you pick?
(Updated: Winners Announced!) ...

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$1750 Fractal Design Node 804 Build

Posted Aug. 26, 2016 by BoyScout

In our latest video, the staff learn the results from our recent giveaway with Fractal Design, and then build the winning system).

$850 Gaming PC Build

Posted Aug. 5, 2016 by BoyScout

In our latest video, we assemble a PC based on our Modest Gaming Build Guide, featuring an Radeon RX 480 video card. We've also lined up some combo deals to help you make this build your own! ...

FreeNAS Live Build / Q&A

Posted July 27, 2016 by philip

Join us Thursday, July 28th at 2pm CST on Twitch for a live FreeNAS build and Q&A. We'll be assembling a small rack-mount FreeNAS build for internal use.

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