A Semi-Custom Liquid Cooling and Power Gaming PC Build: A Closer Look at the Chassis and Component Level Features

This semi-custom gaming PC build is loosely based on Thermaltake's gaming PC design, featuring a unique combination of components that work together to deliver exceptional performance. The liquid cooling system is, of course, the star of the show, with a 360mm radiator and PWM RGB fans providing efficient cooling for the system's components.

The chassis itself is a sleek and modern design, with tempered glass side panels that showcase the build's inner workings. Chrome-covered thumb screws and stainless steel posts add to the build's premium feel, while rubber grommets keep the screws quiet. The cabling is also noteworthy, with custom sleeved TT mod red and black cable sleeves adding a touch of personality to the build.

Under the hood, the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 x6 core processor is strapped into the socket, delivering 12 threads of processing power at 3.8 GHz base clock and 4.4 GHz boost clock. This powerful CPU is capable of handling even the most demanding tasks, from gaming to content creation. Next to the CPU socket is 16 GB of ARS RGB 3200 MHz DDR4 memory, providing plenty of RAM for running multiple applications simultaneously.

Strapped into the M2 PCI Express slot is a Gigabyte ARS NVMe PCI Express Gen 4 1TB solid-state drive, offering blistering speeds of up to 5 GB/s. And powering it all along is AMD's Radeon VII, a Vega architecture GPU with 16 GB of HBM memory and a standard reference design. This card is capable of handling even the most demanding games at 4K ultra image quality settings, making it an ideal choice for gamers.

The motherboard that ties everything together is the Gigabyte X5 70 AM4 RS Elite, featuring a 12+2 phase digital VRM power solution and advanced thermal solutions throughout. This includes active cooling on the chipset heatsink and Intel Gigabit LAN, as well as USB Type-C RGB Fusion 2.0 lighting for a premium aesthetic.

The final piece of the puzzle is the Thermaltake Power Grand RGB 650W fully modular power supply, which provides plenty of clean power to the system's components. The cabling is also noteworthy, with custom sleeved cables adding to the build's premium feel.

Overall, this semi-custom gaming PC build is a showcase for AMD's latest and greatest components, delivering exceptional performance and style in equal measure. Whether you're a gamer or content creator, this build has something to offer.

Pulling Off the Tempered-Glass Side Panel

One of the most striking features of this build is the tempered-glass side panel, which allows us to get a glimpse into the system's inner workings. The thumb screws are chrome-covered and stainless steel posts add to the premium feel of the build. Rubber grommets keep the screws quiet, ensuring that the system remains cool and peaceful.

Inside the case, we see a closed-loop all-in-one liquid cooler from Thermaltake, featuring a 360mm radiator with PWM RGB fans. The liquid cooling system is set up in nice red and black accents, adding to the overall aesthetic of the build. The case also features a stylish RGB logo on the bottom right corner, which adds a touch of personality to the build.

The Power Grand RGB 650W power supply is nestled in the bottom left corner of the case, providing plenty of clean power to the system's components. The cabling is also noteworthy, with custom sleeved cables adding to the premium feel of the build. The entire system is cabled up nicely, with a focus on keeping things tidy and organized.

Component Level Features

Let's take a closer look at some of the component level features that make this build so exceptional. Under the hood, we see the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 x6 core processor, which delivers 12 threads of processing power at 3.8 GHz base clock and 4.4 GHz boost clock.

Next to the CPU socket is 16 GB of ARS RGB 3200 MHz DDR4 memory, providing plenty of RAM for running multiple applications simultaneously. This memory is also set up with RGB lighting, adding a touch of personality to the build.

Strapped into the M2 PCI Express slot is a Gigabyte ARS NVMe PCI Express Gen 4 1TB solid-state drive, offering blistering speeds of up to 5 GB/s. And powering it all along is AMD's Radeon VII, a Vega architecture GPU with 16 GB of HBM memory and a standard reference design.

The motherboard that ties everything together is the Gigabyte X5 70 AM4 RS Elite, featuring a 12+2 phase digital VRM power solution and advanced thermal solutions throughout. This includes active cooling on the chipset heatsink and Intel Gigabit LAN, as well as USB Type-C RGB Fusion 2.0 lighting for a premium aesthetic.

The final piece of the puzzle is the Thermaltake Power Grand RGB 650W fully modular power supply, which provides plenty of clean power to the system's components. The cabling is also noteworthy, with custom sleeved cables adding to the premium feel of the build.

Cable Management

One of the standout features of this build is its cable management. Custom sleeved TT mod red and black cable sleeves add a touch of personality to the build, while keeping things tidy and organized. The entire system is cabled up nicely, with a focus on minimizing visual clutter.

The result is a clean and premium-looking build that's both functional and visually appealing. Whether you're a gamer or content creator, this build has something to offer.

Conclusion

This semi-custom gaming PC build is a showcase for AMD's latest and greatest components, delivering exceptional performance and style in equal measure. Whether you're a gamer or content creator, this build has something to offer. With its powerful CPU, ample RAM, and blistering GPU speeds, this system is capable of handling even the most demanding tasks.

The combination of custom sleeved cables, RGB lighting, and premium aesthetics make this build a standout in the world of gaming PCs. So if you're looking for a premium build that delivers exceptional performance, look no further than this semi-custom liquid cooling and power gaming PC build.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey there it's de volta Villa for hot hardware believe it or not we are celebrating our 20th year in business at hot hardware calm we started back in 1999 if you can believe that we're talking Stone Age like when the internet was stringing a tin cup essentially thankfully things have evolved nicely since then and we've celebrated all sorts of innovation and to celebrate and give back to the community on our 20th anniversary we've been giving away some pretty cool prizes this year as well last month we gave away an all AMD risin and Radeon killer gaming rig with the folks at Falcon Northwest this month we have this bad boy to give away it is a custom-built all AMD risin and Radeon powered killer gaming rig in concert with our good friends at Thermaltake and gigabyte and of course AMD under the hood let me take you on a quick tour of this thing and we'll tell you how you can enter to win next first let's talk about the chassis cooling and power supply of this beastly all AMD risin and Radeon gaming rig this configuration is based loosely on thermal takes L CGS race liquid cooled gaming PC and as you can see it as an open-air style chassis with a tempered glass side panel here for thumb screws at each corner that do remove and the panel will come off but you've got some custom edging here as well some custom glass edging that Thermaltake does in-house AMD logo love down the bottom here gigabyte ARS and of course the thermal take liquid cooled gaming system logo in the bottom right corner and so this is a semi custom configuration loosely based on that gaming PC by Thermaltake also on board in terms of cooling you've got a water 3.0 360 a RGB sync liquid cooler right here 360 millimeter radiator with PWM RGB fans and nestled down the bottom here behind the AMD glass h2 logo is Thermaltake stuff power grand RGB 650 watt fully modular power supply and the cabling to the entire system is also sleeved with custom TT mod red and black cable sleeves so a really slick setup from a chassis cooling and power standpoint let's talk about some of the component level features next all right so let's pull off the tempered-glass side panel and show you what is inside a little bit closer for thumb screws here chrome covered thumb screws looks like stainless steel posts in the chassis nice rubber grommets here keep those thumb screws quiet alright so there you have it this is what you call an all AMD risin and Radeon affair here as you can see the Thermaltake closed-loop all in one liquid cooler here to its 360 millimetre radiator with triple fans RGB all set up in nice red and black accents here to go with the rest of the build but let's talk about the components that this cooling system and power some are energizing here first under the hood here is an AMD risin 5 3,600 x6 core processor with 12 threads of processing power a base clock of 3.8 gigahertz and a boost clock of 4.4 gigahertz max boost and that is a pretty powerful gaming processor for sure will get the job done and pretty much any triple-a title you'd need and certainly do quite a bit of content creation as well next strapped into the dim sockets next to the CPU socket is 16 gigabytes of ARs RGB 32 hundred megahertz ddr4 memory and nestled into its onboard m2 PCI Express slot is a gigabyte ARS nvme PCI Express Gen 4 1 terabyte solid-state drive and this baby is capable of 5 gigabytes per second of bandwidth and of course pump in the pixels is none other than AMD's Radeon 7 this is a vague a class 7 nanometre GPU the latest iteration of the Vega architecture with 16 gigabytes of HBM to memory and this bad boy is a standard reference design Radeon 7 card and really looks nice in our config I would say as well check out the glowing Radeon logo cube there in the corner this is going to game pretty much any triple-a title you can throw at it today at 4k ultra image quality settings a nicely powerful GPU to light up the pixels for you and this killer all AMD risin and Radeon gaming rig and of course what might be difficult to see underneath all of that gear is none other than gigabytes AMD x5 70 a RS elite motherboard with 12 + 2 phase digital vrm power solution advanced thermal solutions throughout including active cooling on the chipset heatsink intel Gigabit LAN USB type-c RGB fusion 2.0 lighting I mean this thing is setup loaded for bear it is a top notch motherboard and what you're looking at there is a PCI Express by 16 riser slot cable that allows us to set up the AMD Radeon 7 in a vertical fashion for showcasing in this fabulous case all told the components list for our all AMD infused custom liquid-cooled gaming desktop pc powerhouse retail for around 1,800 to 1,900 dollars depending on the deals you may find at the time we'll leave links in the description below so you can check out the build in full detail along with pricing but how does this beauty in red perform let's look at Cinebench our 24 starters on that AMD rise in 5 3600 x6 core CPU or scoring 30 706 Cinebench points sounds pretty snappy moving on to 3d mark time spy we see our 20th anniversary red Radeon rise and powered baby chalking up 80 410 3d mark points and that's better than 73% of all results in the future mark database and finally how about gears 5 cranked up to 4k ultra settings for yes a buttery smooth 64 frames per second just what you need that take down the hoard and again no joke you could win this stunning example of horizon and Radeon gaming prowess we're taking entries right now at hot hardware calm so check the link in the description to learn how to enter for a chance to win a few likes a couple of shares and this holiday gift prize could be yours i'm david sevilla for hot hardware calm thanks for 20 years of good times and thanks for stopping by youhey there it's de volta Villa for hot hardware believe it or not we are celebrating our 20th year in business at hot hardware calm we started back in 1999 if you can believe that we're talking Stone Age like when the internet was stringing a tin cup essentially thankfully things have evolved nicely since then and we've celebrated all sorts of innovation and to celebrate and give back to the community on our 20th anniversary we've been giving away some pretty cool prizes this year as well last month we gave away an all AMD risin and Radeon killer gaming rig with the folks at Falcon Northwest this month we have this bad boy to give away it is a custom-built all AMD risin and Radeon powered killer gaming rig in concert with our good friends at Thermaltake and gigabyte and of course AMD under the hood let me take you on a quick tour of this thing and we'll tell you how you can enter to win next first let's talk about the chassis cooling and power supply of this beastly all AMD risin and Radeon gaming rig this configuration is based loosely on thermal takes L CGS race liquid cooled gaming PC and as you can see it as an open-air style chassis with a tempered glass side panel here for thumb screws at each corner that do remove and the panel will come off but you've got some custom edging here as well some custom glass edging that Thermaltake does in-house AMD logo love down the bottom here gigabyte ARS and of course the thermal take liquid cooled gaming system logo in the bottom right corner and so this is a semi custom configuration loosely based on that gaming PC by Thermaltake also on board in terms of cooling you've got a water 3.0 360 a RGB sync liquid cooler right here 360 millimeter radiator with PWM RGB fans and nestled down the bottom here behind the AMD glass h2 logo is Thermaltake stuff power grand RGB 650 watt fully modular power supply and the cabling to the entire system is also sleeved with custom TT mod red and black cable sleeves so a really slick setup from a chassis cooling and power standpoint let's talk about some of the component level features next all right so let's pull off the tempered-glass side panel and show you what is inside a little bit closer for thumb screws here chrome covered thumb screws looks like stainless steel posts in the chassis nice rubber grommets here keep those thumb screws quiet alright so there you have it this is what you call an all AMD risin and Radeon affair here as you can see the Thermaltake closed-loop all in one liquid cooler here to its 360 millimetre radiator with triple fans RGB all set up in nice red and black accents here to go with the rest of the build but let's talk about the components that this cooling system and power some are energizing here first under the hood here is an AMD risin 5 3,600 x6 core processor with 12 threads of processing power a base clock of 3.8 gigahertz and a boost clock of 4.4 gigahertz max boost and that is a pretty powerful gaming processor for sure will get the job done and pretty much any triple-a title you'd need and certainly do quite a bit of content creation as well next strapped into the dim sockets next to the CPU socket is 16 gigabytes of ARs RGB 32 hundred megahertz ddr4 memory and nestled into its onboard m2 PCI Express slot is a gigabyte ARS nvme PCI Express Gen 4 1 terabyte solid-state drive and this baby is capable of 5 gigabytes per second of bandwidth and of course pump in the pixels is none other than AMD's Radeon 7 this is a vague a class 7 nanometre GPU the latest iteration of the Vega architecture with 16 gigabytes of HBM to memory and this bad boy is a standard reference design Radeon 7 card and really looks nice in our config I would say as well check out the glowing Radeon logo cube there in the corner this is going to game pretty much any triple-a title you can throw at it today at 4k ultra image quality settings a nicely powerful GPU to light up the pixels for you and this killer all AMD risin and Radeon gaming rig and of course what might be difficult to see underneath all of that gear is none other than gigabytes AMD x5 70 a RS elite motherboard with 12 + 2 phase digital vrm power solution advanced thermal solutions throughout including active cooling on the chipset heatsink intel Gigabit LAN USB type-c RGB fusion 2.0 lighting I mean this thing is setup loaded for bear it is a top notch motherboard and what you're looking at there is a PCI Express by 16 riser slot cable that allows us to set up the AMD Radeon 7 in a vertical fashion for showcasing in this fabulous case all told the components list for our all AMD infused custom liquid-cooled gaming desktop pc powerhouse retail for around 1,800 to 1,900 dollars depending on the deals you may find at the time we'll leave links in the description below so you can check out the build in full detail along with pricing but how does this beauty in red perform let's look at Cinebench our 24 starters on that AMD rise in 5 3600 x6 core CPU or scoring 30 706 Cinebench points sounds pretty snappy moving on to 3d mark time spy we see our 20th anniversary red Radeon rise and powered baby chalking up 80 410 3d mark points and that's better than 73% of all results in the future mark database and finally how about gears 5 cranked up to 4k ultra settings for yes a buttery smooth 64 frames per second just what you need that take down the hoard and again no joke you could win this stunning example of horizon and Radeon gaming prowess we're taking entries right now at hot hardware calm so check the link in the description to learn how to enter for a chance to win a few likes a couple of shares and this holiday gift prize could be yours i'm david sevilla for hot hardware calm thanks for 20 years of good times and thanks for stopping by you\n"