I believe this is what they would call a "Budget Baller Plus", solid performance at an entry price with a touch of visual flair. The GPU is a blower-style model so the fan gets loud under load, and blower cards tend to run hotter with an 18-20°C hotspot delta, but it stays within spec and doesn't throttle. The RAM is a mixed kit with RGB heatspreaders that's been manually overclocked and stability tested. The PSU cables are basic but functional – no extensions needed here.

With a B550 and the BIOS already updated, you're ready to drop in any AM4 CPU up to the 5000 series. PCIe 4.0 capability means you won't be bottlenecking any 8GB GPUs in the future, and you can take full advantage of the SN770's Gen 4 speeds. The 750W ATX 3.1 PSU gives you serious headroom for future GPU upgrades, note that this 12VHPWR cable supports up to 450W (not the full 600W spec, but still plenty for most cards).

The ID-COOLING SE-214-XT keeps thermals in check, though it can get a bit spicy under pure CPU workloads. PBO is enabled on this build for a slight performance boost at the cost of higher power consumption; feel free to disable it if you prefer cooler temps. ARGB lighting is controlled through MSI Center, you can also use case presets (just press the LED button, long press to go back to motherboard control).

Specs:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (6C/12T - Arctic MX-6 Paste)
• GPU: MSI AERO GeForce RTX 2070 8GB (Repasted with PTM7950)
• RAM: 32GB DDR4-3000 CL18 (Mixed Kit¹)
• Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD
• Motherboard: MSI PRO B550M-VC WIFI Micro ATX
• PSU: Raidmax Cobra 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX 3.1
• Case: Okinos Aqua 3 ARGB MicroATX MidTower
• Cooling: ID-COOLING SE-214-XT ARGB
• Connectivity: Built-in WiFi 6E+ Bluetooth 5.2
• Extras: 4x DS RGB RAM Heatspreaders², 2x Black ID-COOLING Fans, Fan Mounted GPU Sag Bracket, 3D Printed IO Shield, Arctic M2 Pro SSD Heatsink, Additional Accessories³

This system comes with a fresh Windows 11 Home installation (other than preinstalled apps⁴) and will require initial setup on first boot.

¹RAM has been manually overclocked from stock 3000 CL22 to 3000 CL18 and has passed extensive stability testing. Further overclocking possible but may require CMOS jumper resets on failed attempts. 3x8 HP 3000 CL22 1x8 KLEVV 3200 CL?? (I forgot)
²RGB has inconsistent lighting on these, most visible on the 3rd image.
³Wifi Antenna (uninstalled for shipping, not pictured), PSU Cable (cable pictured is for testing only, comes with original), HDD housing (pulled from case for more cable space)
⁴Preinstalled apps include MSI Center, NVIDIA APP, Steam, and SanDisk Dashboard.