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you've been doing a lot of waiting in 2017 waiting for rise in 7:00 to launch waiting for am bizzle to address the issues that plagued the aforementioned rise and launch and then waiting again for rise in five and that wasn't even the end of it let's face it there has been a rise in learning curve for everyone for developers for AMD themselves and especially for consumers if only someone would make an easy step by step build guide so you could build the best possible rise in gaming rig at a great price Corsairs light lube fans feature 16 independent LEDs in every fan and are engineered for low noise operation without sacrificing performance check them out at the link below to start with a safe static free workstation with an anti-static ankle strap is a must then with me as always are my multi-bit screwdriver my magnetic parts tray a pair of side cutters a pair of needle nose pliers and a pair of pants I'm just kidding about that last one I don't wear pants when I build computers and you don't have to either next whether you're wearing pants or not verify that your system posts or outputs to the display using your motherboard box as a free non conductive test bench and your screwdriver to short out the power button pins like so we've identified the Rison v 1600 non ex variant as the best performance per dollar cpu in the Rison lineup for gaming you'll be able to play most modern titles with slick settings without the CPU being a bottleneck and right now it costs 20% less than the 1600 X while performing only 10% worse once you factor in the value of the included cooler and Oliver Eisen chips are unlocked for overclocking so we can also show you how to get some extra mileage out of it if you're into that sort of thing hold the CPU by the edges and identify the corner with the gold triangle align back corner with the corner of the socket that also has a triangle lift up the retention arm place the CPU into the socket with no force at all it should just drop in then check to ensure the CPU is all the way in and lower the retention arm again now the Rison v 1600 does come with an included Wraith cooler which will be enough for anyone who's looking to run at stock speeds but for the best overclocking experience we recommend something a little beefier our master liquid light 120 from coolermaster was only 40 bucks it comes with an AM 4 mounting bracket and it should give us a little bit more overclocking Headroom start by removing the rear case fan and setting it aside then use these long screws put them through the back of the case through the included fan blowing towards the back and with the fan lead pointed up and then screw them into the radiator this way it's easier to clean your rad if it gets clogged up with dust next remove the plastic film keeping an eye out for any residue that will need to be removed with alcohol before proceeding then attach these a.m. for compatible brackets to the block like so before placing a brown rice green sized dollop of the included thermal paste on the top of the CPU finally hook each end over the motherboards included mounting heads firmly tighten the thumbscrews and plug the fan lead into the white header here your pump can go into the optional black header that's right next to it the RAM decision is a little more complicated on rise than than you might be used to but to sum it up you can expect the best results when running a dual channel configuration that means 2 or 4 dims and at frequencies of at least 26 66 megahertz with 3200 mega Hertz recommended for the best performance as for the cast latency there are no special considerations for rise in here but lower is better we chose 2 8 gig sticks of course there's vengeance lpx 3000 megahertz Ram which is a good balance of price and performance and happens to be on AMD's list of supported memory pull back the tabs on the 2 grey Ram slots then position each dim so the notch on the bottom lines up with the notch in the socket then press firmly until the tabs on the ends snap back into place on their own you can repeat this procedure if you have an additional kit but as always a to dim configuration is recommended for better stability for our case we chose the ever-popular p400s from fan Texas Eclipse line the p400s is $10 more than the P 400 but comes with S sound dampeners on all of the panels a 3-speed fan controller button on the front and top covers should you choose not to exhaust air at the top of the case another 10 dollars can be saved by issuing the sexy tempered glass as acrylic window and solid body designs are also available but everyone knows tempered glass gives you more FPS okay I'm sorry I'll stop that now pull the tempered glass side panel off and use two hands to stash it back in the box for safekeeping you can set the thumbscrews aside with the rest of the included hardware next remove the opposite side panel by removing these two screws and sliding the panel towards the rear this case offers lots of options for air flow with air filters on the top front and bottom panels but we're gonna focus on pulling air in from the front of the case and exhausting it out the back the front panel has space for three 120 millimeter fans or two 140 s so we're gonna use both of the cases included fans to draw air in here an AMD rising CPU can be paired with any one of four chipsets X 370 is the top-end one with support for SLI and is the one used by the Asus X 370 Pro our motherboard of choice but - this is a bang for your buck build why didn't you get a performance tear be 350 board like the Asus prime B 350 for half the price it would still be overclockable and only has two fewer PCIe lanes than this one well my friends that was a very long question but you definitely could do that the thing is we wanted to benchmark our system in both single graphics card and SLI configurations to see how they stack up from a performance per dollar standpoint so we'll provide parts lists for both options at the end of the video press firmly on the four corners of the motherboard shield until they snap into place then our case has integrated ATX motherboard standoffs so all we need to do is hold the motherboard by the heatsink and set it in place like so before using the cases included m3 screws to fasten it down pro tip if you went with a modular power supply plug the eight pin power connector in now to make your life a little easier later on also now's the time to do the front power and reset switches and the drive activity LED here as well as front USB 3 here and audio over here to power our rig we chose the EVGA supernova 650 g2 it's fully modular for a clean look it's gold certified and you can find one for under a hundred bucks if you're opting to use just one graphics card though instead of SLI you could get away with a 500 watt non modular power supply like this one for just over half the price the power supply basement in our case is a little cramped so we're going to connect all of our cables while the power supply is still free you'll need the 8 pin connector that you ran before the 24 pin connector that goes in here one or two VGA cables that you'll route through here and a SATA cable that you can leave hanging out the back here slide the power supply into its cage with the fan facing down it'll draw fresh air in through the bottom air filter and exhausted out the rear of the chassis then fasten the power supply in place using the included 632 screws when it comes to storage there are a couple of different approaches to getting the best value on the lower end hybrid solutions can be great but a Seagate hybrid drive is a little basic for the budget that we targeted here and obtained is not available for AMD at this time so we went with a Western Digital blue internal SSD this one here happens to have a terabyte of space but it's for illustrative purposes only the 250 gig SKU at under a hundred bucks is probably your best then for another $50 you can get another terabyte of hard drive space for your Steam library if that spins your platters slide the SSD sled upward to detach it from the case then mount the SSD by screwing four of these fasteners through the side of the sled connect the SATA power cable that you left hanging before and then route the data cable through this grommet attaching the right angle end to the motherboard for graphics we're using one or two EVGA superclocked two gtx ten 70s now you wouldn't know it by the confusing name but is in the middle of EVGA s product line up with higher bass and boost clock frequencies compared to stock and they're smarter icx cooler to save some power so if you're into overclocking a higher bin card like this will tend to overclock a touch better so start by removing the cases PCI Express slot covers and aligning the first graphics card carefully with both the motherboards PCIe slot and the slots on the case making sure that the tab on the PCIe slot is open push the card in firmly until the tab snaps shut then put the case screws back in do this again for the second card if applicable and plug the PCI Express power connectors that we cable managed earlier now we chose to run two cables one to each card to avoid using unsightly adapters if this is a huge concern for you and you went for the modular power supply option you could get a cable mod cable kit but it would add some cost finally again if applicable grab the sli bridge from your motherboard box and connect the two video cards together orientation doesn't matter if you have an extra 35 bucks in your pocket you can give your rig a facelift by investing in a high bandwidth sli bridge like this one just don't expect much of a performance bump cable management shouldn't be a big problem here the motherboard tray and the side panel are both completely opaque so whatever mess you make will be in the case comes with velcro straps to pin everything down inline clips to hold your fan leads and you can even use the SSD sled to pin cables to the inside edge for the keyboard and mouse we're showing off our system with the wallet-friendly neon k 51 and M 57 from Rosewill but realistically you can use any keyboard and mouse you want maybe check out one of our recent budget peripheral roundups right up there for more options as for the monitor we're suggesting something along the lines of the Acer xf a 240 it's a 144 Hertz so you'll be able to take advantage of one or even two of these graphics cards also it's only around 200 bucks now on any newer platform it's important to download the latest UEFI bios from the manufacturers website and flash your motherboard using a USB drive our next step then is to use Microsoft's tool to create a bootable USB Drive and then reboot the system while mashing f8 immediately my keyboard is invisible to get to the boot device selection menu where you'll pick your drive once the Windows setup process has begun it's basically just a matter of hitting next until you land on the desktop once there you can get the latest drivers for your chipset audio networking etc off the Asus website then head over to invidious page for the latest graphics drivers speaking of graphics how does she game well pretty darn well except I may have lost the like I'm not gonna use the word argument let's go with debate that I had with James when I said we should include SLI if we're trying to get the absolute best FPS per dollar because barely any of our test titles benefited in any significant way though it should be noted that scaling was better at 4k resolution so ultimately whether 1 or 2 is best for you is going to depend on what you're playing and how most people are gonna stick with the cheaper version of the build so putting it all together though we're coming at just over $2,000 for the SLI version including everything all the peripherals and all that and 1430 for the non SLI version on account of the cheaper motherboard and power supply and of course one less 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