So this is my second build, that came a bit earlier than expected. I was budgeting out an upgrade for my previous build, The ChristmasBox, which is an AMD FX series build. I was debating on either this an i5 8600k, an i5 8400 and waiting on a budget board to be released, or to see how Ryzen+ CPUs were gonna be with projected release start in April of 2018. The start of this upgrade happened when I purchased the CoolerMaster ML240L RGB to cool my FX 6350 CPU as i still had the stock cooler on there. When i tried to take off the stock cooler, it came off but with my FX still attached tot he heatsink ripping it out of the MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard i had. Not a good thing obviously. CPU pins were fine but wouldn't boot. So troubleshooting to no end ..... time to upgrade completely! The build was pretty simple but the cable management was a pain. The SATA cable were pretty hard to bend into the passthrough with my radiator sitting to the right of it so i may have to push that over slightly. the EZDIY Riser cable though, is perfect! Just the right length enough flex to curve to that vertical position but rigid enough not to get in the way if i need to get to any cables on the MOBO. Cooler is great, keeping CPU at 25~30 C at 4 GHz while running PUBG. Haven't tried any benches yet but will soon.

Few side notes: GTX 970 100ME is from previous build as is the Thermaltake TR2 700W PSU. Bother will be upgraded at some point but is a non issue ATM.

Let me know if you want to know anything else about the build!