**Building a Gaming PC with Custom Sleeved Power Supply Cable Extensions**

The build process is underway, and today we're going to power up this system and see exactly how it performs. As I'm installing the custom sleeved power supply cable extensions, I want to take a moment to talk about these extensions. These are Cooler Masters custom sleeved power supply cable extensions that work with any power supply and can be paired with good options from other manufacturers such as Silverstone. The extension cables will help prevent GPU sag and keep our system looking its best.

The power supply itself is the Corsair CX-650F, a fully modular 80 Plus Bronze certified unit with RGB capabilities. As I'm installing the power supply extension, it's clear that this is going to be a great addition to our build. The CPU cables don't need extensions because they will be out of sight, but the GPU cables do. To prevent GPU sag and ensure our system stays looking its best, we'll need to extend these cables upwards.

With the power supply extension installed, it's time to move on to the front panel cables and wiring. I'll pop each cable onto your screen now, so you can follow along at home if you'd like. Installing these cables will complete our build, but before we do that, let's take a moment to boot up our system and see how it looks.

**Booting Up the System**

As we power on the system, we're greeted with a beautiful display of lights and a gentle hum from the power supply. The RGB lighting on the Corsair CX-650F adds a touch of elegance to the case, making it look even more impressive. Now that our system is up and running, let's take a closer look at its performance.

To test our system, we'll be using a series of benchmarking tools to push the hardware to its limits. We've got 15 AAA titles lined up, including GTA V, Watchdogs: Legion, Call of Duty: Cold War, Apex Legends, Cyberpunk, and Fortnite. These games will help us determine how well our system can handle high frame rates and resolutions.

**Gaming Benchmarks**

We'll be starting with GTA V, a great way to test any system's performance. In the game's built-in benchmarking mode, we saw an average of 175 frames per second at 1440p high settings, with 90th percentile results of 168 and 160. Watchdogs: Legion is next up today, and the title also looks fantastic at 1440p very high settings, with an average of around 151 frames per second.

Apex Legends is a personal favorite of mine, and it's clear that this system can handle it well. At 1440p with our unlocked frame rate in the Origin launcher, we saw some great results: high settings gave us 190 frames per second on average, with 145 and 140 for the 90th and 99th percentile results. Unfortunately, a game that doesn't give you quite such high frame rates is Cyberpunk, but it's still a great title to play.

Cyberpunk was tested at 1440p high settings, and we saw an average of 82 frames per second, with 66 and 48 for the 90th and 99th percentile results. Tuning things down to 1080p high settings, we got 96 frames per second on average, with 69 and 57 for the 90th and 99th percentile results. In Fortnite, we tested at 1440p high settings with RTX off and DLSS enabled with NVIDIA's Reflex technology set to on, and saw an average of 175 FPS on average.

Tuning down to 1080p high settings, the frame rate kind of skyrockets: 196 FPS on average, with 1080p low setting competitive results at 246 FPS. That's 246 frames per second on average in Fortnite, which is ridiculous and a testament to this system's capabilities.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's time to build an rtx 3070 and ryzen 5600 based gaming pc build for 2021. in today's video i'm going to run you through all the parts i chose and why the build process from start right to the finish and then boot this machine up to see how it performs in a load of the most popular aaa titles let's jump into it though after a quick word from today's video sponsor this video is made possible by today's video sponsor antlion's mod mike wireless antlion audio is a global audio brand dedicated to improving consumers communication experience achieved by using antlion's modmic detachable boom microphones you can use it with an existing pair of headphones or other wearable surface the modmite wireless is a great way of using your high-end headphones as a headset to stay in touch to your friends while you're you know say gaming compared to generic headsets which tend to have poorer quality mics the modmite wireless is crisp and clear we're recording this voiceover on it right now so let me know what you think in the comments below plus the fact it's wireless and attaches to nearly any surface means it's never been easier to get going pack away safely or use for traveling or simply move it out the way when it's not required with 12 hour battery life low latency easy quick mute functionality and great sound quality there's not much more to ask for upgrade your audio now with incredible audio from modmic the world's first ever attachable mics head to antlion.com forward slash geeka or click the first link in the description below and use code geeka to get 15 off your order as with all of the builds we're going to kick things off by installing as many components into the motherboard as possible this is the asus rog strix b550f gaming and it's a great b550 motherboard not only is this a great looking motherboard it's got wi-fi built in and supports our cpu choice today which can easily be installed by lining up the golden triangle on the chip with the golden triangle on the motherboard socket lift the retention arm up drop the cpu very gently into place and that really is all there is to it this ryzen 5 5600 x chip is brand new with six cores and 12 threads and the best single threaded performance on the market at this price point which most of our games today are going to love i'm going to couple the cpu up with 16 gigabytes of adator's spectryx d50 rgb ram any 16 gigabyte 3600 megahertz kit is gonna work well and is installed in this motherboard in the second and fourth ram dimm slots simply slide the gold contact strip into the ram dim slot itself and clip the ram in from either side do the same for as many randoms as you've got in our case just the two we're also going to install our m.2 ssd our storage drive today before we move the motherboard and stuff into the case specifically i've gone for this adata's spectrx s40g you can pick up a one terabyte drive for pretty good value actually and it's rgb which is gonna look awesome in our system today in order to do this we just need to remove the m.2 heatsink and for this we need a teeny tiny little screwdriver we are organized today ladies and gents i haven't got to go and find it and you can just use this to actually remove the m.2 heatsink cover these screws are more delicate than most the screws we will uninstall today so make sure you use a small screwdriver in all seriousness to protect them we can then go ahead and slide the m.2 drive in you may want to do this at a little bit of a 45 degree angle and then we're just going to secure it down with a teeny tiny screw that's even smaller than the other screws a little something like this oh dear finally then the last step is actually to install the cpu call out and then we can go ahead and move this whole thing into our case today which i'm really quite excited about for the cooler though i've gone for the cooler master hyper 212 rgb black edition the 5600x is a great cpu but it does run just that little bit hotter than the 3600x and as such a cooler like this from cooler master is going to be a great choice it's pretty simple it's got a good metal gray heatsink a 120mm rgb fan and really you can't ask for much more in order to install the cool app we want to take these included brackets which go onto the bottom of the heatsink as well as this included back plate which is going to go through the rear of our motherboard and allow the cooler to clamp itself into place let's pop the back plate through first off you can see that back plate now poking through the motherboard itself and onto this we're going to add these screws and to begin with at least these are going to stop the back plate from falling basically off the back of the motherboard and those included brackets we talked about earlier and then just going to screw into the actual heatsink itself one on this side and the other one on that side a little something like this before we install the cooler the last thing we need to do is just pop some thermal paste on the processor you will get this included uh with your cooler itself but i actually happen to have ran out so i've got this fancy cooler master master gel pro what a name this is weird and then the call-out will screw in a little something like this take it one screw at a time do it bit by bit and make it nice and easy for yourself all right then we can now go ahead and install that motherboard assembly into our case but first i need to go and grab it specifically this is the case we have gone for it's the corsair 4000 d airflow it's a great value airflow oriented case and while it does like a couple of rgb fans that you can get on the higher end model it's got loads of airflow to keep our temperatures nice and low this is one of my favorite cases of 2021 so much so it's featuring in like a top case roundup video that's due out on the channel very soon so make sure you're subscribed with notifications on if you aren't already so you never miss not only that video but any gigawatt upload polystyrene be gone and all we really need to do then is just remove all of the cases side panels including this one and this one that makes the chassis super easy to access and allows us to install the motherboard in this instance all the standoffs are pre-installed in exactly the right places so we simply want to go ahead and slide the motherboard in the motherboard has a built-in rear i o shield so we haven't got to worry about that either and the center raised standoff will hold it in place at least for a second and then around the back of the case you'll find this brown included box with all the screws we need to screw the motherboard into place fasten down the eight standoffs a little something like so and the motherboard is all installed all right then with the motherboard in the case we can now go in and install the graphics card after we've actually just popped the cpu caller fan back on i left this off to make screwing the motherboard in that little bit easier so let's let's fix that now let there be rgb anyway in terms of the graphics card specifically this is the asus tough rtx 3070 and this is a great looking card with some really great performance figures and also availability pending a really great value choice now i know 30 series stock is still really rubbish and you know i really hope nvidia can make more and more of these units some people in the comments get quite angry with me it's like nothing i can do i'm sorry but this is a great card and when you can eventually buy them i could absolutely recommend this in terms of 1440p and even 4k gaming it's 60 to 100 plus frames per second but hold out for the benchmarks on that one now installing the graphics card's pretty simple we need to line it up with the corresponding slot on the motherboard in our case the top one push the retention clip back and then remove the relevant two pcie covers the graphics card is then gonna slide into that pcie slot and just clip into place use the same screws you use for your motherboard or thumb screws they're both the same thread size to actually go ahead and fasten the gpu into place we're then going to go ahead and give this power and do the rest of the cables and the wiring for today's system but i do have a trick up my sleeve and that is these these are cooler masters custom sleeved power supply cable extensions they work with any power supply and you can also buy some good options out there from silverstone and other manufacturers but i'll link those alongside all the parts today down in the description below for latest pricing and availability i'm going to be coupling them with this power supply from corsair the cx-650f is a fully modular 80 plus bronze certified power supply and it has a bit of rgb which is going to underglow our system really quite nicely today as you can see here the power supply extension is already starting to go in i think the gpu ones might have to go upwards to help prevent gpu sag and make sure today's build stays looking its best the cpu ones don't need extensions though because these are going to be firmly out of sight you know what they say out of sight out of mind and with that done all that's left to do before we boot this machine up to see how it looks and more importantly exactly how it performs is to install our front panel cables and wiring i'll pop each of these on your screen now if you'd like to follow along at home but i think it's about time we boot this system up play some games and do all that fun stuff first though roll the montage all right then now we've seen just how good this system looks when it's all powered up let's see exactly how it performs on your screen now is a snapshot view with 15 of the latest aaa titles and our setting and frame rate results so you can find your favorite game and see just how well this system copes i'm going to be taking a deeper dive into six of these titles in just a second but if you'd like to see any of the full 10 minute gaming benchmark runs with all those frame rate numbers and all their glory check out the playlist in the card section now on our new youtube channel called benched anyway let's take a look at our focus titles today kicking things off with gta 5 and ending on cyberpunk and fortnite the grand theft auto 5 in-game benchmarking mode is a great way of testing any system and i'm happy to report that here we saw 1440p high settings results of around 175 frames per second on average you see really positive numbers for the 90 and 99th percentile results 2 168 160 and the game looked great watchdogs legions is next up today then once again the title also looked absolutely fantastic at 1440p very high settings with rtx off 111 frames per second to be precise tested in the game's inbuilt benchmarking mode call of duty's cold war specifically the zombies mode is next up today and here at 1440p high settings you see an average of around about 151 with 90 and 99th percentiles of 142 and 138. apex legends is a personal favorite of well mine and everybody and at 1440p with our unlocked frame rate in the origin launcher we saw some great results high settings gave us 190 frames per second on average with 145 and 140 for the 90 and 99 percentile results unfortunately a game that doesn't give you quite such high frame rates is cyberpunk but it's still a really nice title to play and this machine performed really well 1440p at high settings we're looking at 82 66 and 48 frames per second which is actually not a bad result and tuning things down to 1440p at 1080p high settings we saw 96 69 and 57. so here 1080p is definitely going to be the better resolution for you high frame rate gamers out there but it could definitely still hold its own at 1440p fortnite is a pretty similar story first tested at 1440p high settings with rtx off and dlss enabled with nvidia's reflex technology set to on and here you get a 175 fps on average tuned down to 1080p and the frame rate kind of skyrockets really at both high and competitive settings 1080p highs are 196 fps on average and 1080p low so competitive settings with everything tuned down but the render distance set to far sees 246 fps that's 246 frames per second on average in fortnite which is ridiculous and with that being said that pretty much wraps it up for not only the gaming benchmarks today but for the whole video if you enjoyed it you know what to do you get a big old light rain make sure to get subscribed if you aren't already thank you for watching and as always we will see you in the next oneit's time to build an rtx 3070 and ryzen 5600 based gaming pc build for 2021. in today's video i'm going to run you through all the parts i chose and why the build process from start right to the finish and then boot this machine up to see how it performs in a load of the most popular aaa titles let's jump into it though after a quick word from today's video sponsor this video is made possible by today's video sponsor antlion's mod mike wireless antlion audio is a global audio brand dedicated to improving consumers communication experience achieved by using antlion's modmic detachable boom microphones you can use it with an existing pair of headphones or other wearable surface the modmite wireless is a great way of using your high-end headphones as a headset to stay in touch to your friends while you're you know say gaming compared to generic headsets which tend to have poorer quality mics the modmite wireless is crisp and clear we're recording this voiceover on it right now so let me know what you think in the comments below plus the fact it's wireless and attaches to nearly any surface means it's never been easier to get going pack away safely or use for traveling or simply move it out the way when it's not required with 12 hour battery life low latency easy quick mute functionality and great sound quality there's not much more to ask for upgrade your audio now with incredible audio from modmic the world's first ever attachable mics head to antlion.com forward slash geeka or click the first link in the description below and use code geeka to get 15 off your order as with all of the builds we're going to kick things off by installing as many components into the motherboard as possible this is the asus rog strix b550f gaming and it's a great b550 motherboard not only is this a great looking motherboard it's got wi-fi built in and supports our cpu choice today which can easily be installed by lining up the golden triangle on the chip with the golden triangle on the motherboard socket lift the retention arm up drop the cpu very gently into place and that really is all there is to it this ryzen 5 5600 x chip is brand new with six cores and 12 threads and the best single threaded performance on the market at this price point which most of our games today are going to love i'm going to couple the cpu up with 16 gigabytes of adator's spectryx d50 rgb ram any 16 gigabyte 3600 megahertz kit is gonna work well and is installed in this motherboard in the second and fourth ram dimm slots simply slide the gold contact strip into the ram dim slot itself and clip the ram in from either side do the same for as many randoms as you've got in our case just the two we're also going to install our m.2 ssd our storage drive today before we move the motherboard and stuff into the case specifically i've gone for this adata's spectrx s40g you can pick up a one terabyte drive for pretty good value actually and it's rgb which is gonna look awesome in our system today in order to do this we just need to remove the m.2 heatsink and for this we need a teeny tiny little screwdriver we are organized today ladies and gents i haven't got to go and find it and you can just use this to actually remove the m.2 heatsink cover these screws are more delicate than most the screws we will uninstall today so make sure you use a small screwdriver in all seriousness to protect them we can then go ahead and slide the m.2 drive in you may want to do this at a little bit of a 45 degree angle and then we're just going to secure it down with a teeny tiny screw that's even smaller than the other screws a little something like this oh dear finally then the last step is actually to install the cpu call out and then we can go ahead and move this whole thing into our case today which i'm really quite excited about for the cooler though i've gone for the cooler master hyper 212 rgb black edition the 5600x is a great cpu but it does run just that little bit hotter than the 3600x and as such a cooler like this from cooler master is going to be a great choice it's pretty simple it's got a good metal gray heatsink a 120mm rgb fan and really you can't ask for much more in order to install the cool app we want to take these included brackets which go onto the bottom of the heatsink as well as this included back plate which is going to go through the rear of our motherboard and allow the cooler to clamp itself into place let's pop the back plate through first off you can see that back plate now poking through the motherboard itself and onto this we're going to add these screws and to begin with at least these are going to stop the back plate from falling basically off the back of the motherboard and those included brackets we talked about earlier and then just going to screw into the actual heatsink itself one on this side and the other one on that side a little something like this before we install the cooler the last thing we need to do is just pop some thermal paste on the processor you will get this included uh with your cooler itself but i actually happen to have ran out so i've got this fancy cooler master master gel pro what a name this is weird and then the call-out will screw in a little something like this take it one screw at a time do it bit by bit and make it nice and easy for yourself all right then we can now go ahead and install that motherboard assembly into our case but first i need to go and grab it specifically this is the case we have gone for it's the corsair 4000 d airflow it's a great value airflow oriented case and while it does like a couple of rgb fans that you can get on the higher end model it's got loads of airflow to keep our temperatures nice and low this is one of my favorite cases of 2021 so much so it's featuring in like a top case roundup video that's due out on the channel very soon so make sure you're subscribed with notifications on if you aren't already so you never miss not only that video but any gigawatt upload polystyrene be gone and all we really need to do then is just remove all of the cases side panels including this one and this one that makes the chassis super easy to access and allows us to install the motherboard in this instance all the standoffs are pre-installed in exactly the right places so we simply want to go ahead and slide the motherboard in the motherboard has a built-in rear i o shield so we haven't got to worry about that either and the center raised standoff will hold it in place at least for a second and then around the back of the case you'll find this brown included box with all the screws we need to screw the motherboard into place fasten down the eight standoffs a little something like so and the motherboard is all installed all right then with the motherboard in the case we can now go in and install the graphics card after we've actually just popped the cpu caller fan back on i left this off to make screwing the motherboard in that little bit easier so let's let's fix that now let there be rgb anyway in terms of the graphics card specifically this is the asus tough rtx 3070 and this is a great looking card with some really great performance figures and also availability pending a really great value choice now i know 30 series stock is still really rubbish and you know i really hope nvidia can make more and more of these units some people in the comments get quite angry with me it's like nothing i can do i'm sorry but this is a great card and when you can eventually buy them i could absolutely recommend this in terms of 1440p and even 4k gaming it's 60 to 100 plus frames per second but hold out for the benchmarks on that one now installing the graphics card's pretty simple we need to line it up with the corresponding slot on the motherboard in our case the top one push the retention clip back and then remove the relevant two pcie covers the graphics card is then gonna slide into that pcie slot and just clip into place use the same screws you use for your motherboard or thumb screws they're both the same thread size to actually go ahead and fasten the gpu into place we're then going to go ahead and give this power and do the rest of the cables and the wiring for today's system but i do have a trick up my sleeve and that is these these are cooler masters custom sleeved power supply cable extensions they work with any power supply and you can also buy some good options out there from silverstone and other manufacturers but i'll link those alongside all the parts today down in the description below for latest pricing and availability i'm going to be coupling them with this power supply from corsair the cx-650f is a fully modular 80 plus bronze certified power supply and it has a bit of rgb which is going to underglow our system really quite nicely today as you can see here the power supply extension is already starting to go in i think the gpu ones might have to go upwards to help prevent gpu sag and make sure today's build stays looking its best the cpu ones don't need extensions though because these are going to be firmly out of sight you know what they say out of sight out of mind and with that done all that's left to do before we boot this machine up to see how it looks and more importantly exactly how it performs is to install our front panel cables and wiring i'll pop each of these on your screen now if you'd like to follow along at home but i think it's about time we boot this system up play some games and do all that fun stuff first though roll the montage all right then now we've seen just how good this system looks when it's all powered up let's see exactly how it performs on your screen now is a snapshot view with 15 of the latest aaa titles and our setting and frame rate results so you can find your favorite game and see just how well this system copes i'm going to be taking a deeper dive into six of these titles in just a second but if you'd like to see any of the full 10 minute gaming benchmark runs with all those frame rate numbers and all their glory check out the playlist in the card section now on our new youtube channel called benched anyway let's take a look at our focus titles today kicking things off with gta 5 and ending on cyberpunk and fortnite the grand theft auto 5 in-game benchmarking mode is a great way of testing any system and i'm happy to report that here we saw 1440p high settings results of around 175 frames per second on average you see really positive numbers for the 90 and 99th percentile results 2 168 160 and the game looked great watchdogs legions is next up today then once again the title also looked absolutely fantastic at 1440p very high settings with rtx off 111 frames per second to be precise tested in the game's inbuilt benchmarking mode call of duty's cold war specifically the zombies mode is next up today and here at 1440p high settings you see an average of around about 151 with 90 and 99th percentiles of 142 and 138. apex legends is a personal favorite of well mine and everybody and at 1440p with our unlocked frame rate in the origin launcher we saw some great results high settings gave us 190 frames per second on average with 145 and 140 for the 90 and 99 percentile results unfortunately a game that doesn't give you quite such high frame rates is cyberpunk but it's still a really nice title to play and this machine performed really well 1440p at high settings we're looking at 82 66 and 48 frames per second which is actually not a bad result and tuning things down to 1440p at 1080p high settings we saw 96 69 and 57. so here 1080p is definitely going to be the better resolution for you high frame rate gamers out there but it could definitely still hold its own at 1440p fortnite is a pretty similar story first tested at 1440p high settings with rtx off and dlss enabled with nvidia's reflex technology set to on and here you get a 175 fps on average tuned down to 1080p and the frame rate kind of skyrockets really at both high and competitive settings 1080p highs are 196 fps on average and 1080p low so competitive settings with everything tuned down but the render distance set to far sees 246 fps that's 246 frames per second on average in fortnite which is ridiculous and with that being said that pretty much wraps it up for not only the gaming benchmarks today but for the whole video if you enjoyed it you know what to do you get a big old light rain make sure to get subscribed if you aren't already thank you for watching and as always we will see you in the next one\n"