'Bippy'

Custom PC

Current Status: Working fine again!

Photo of my custom PC with it's (kinda) matching mouse and keyboard

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz (6c/12T)

GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 8GB (Rev 2.0)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H Wifi (m-ATX)

RAM: 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance

Storage: 500GB Crucial P1 M.2 NVMe SSD + 2TB WD Green SSD

PSU: Corsair CV650 650W

Optical: (External USB) LG Ultra Slim Portable DVD-RW

Case: Darkflash DLM22 MATX - Pink

Current OS: Linux Mint 22.1 + Xfce


I built this in 2020 after receiving some kind of covid related lump sum of money. My outlook on tech and how I spend money has changed significantly since then, I wouldn't ever build something like this for myself again. Building and maintaining this has taught me a lot about computer parts and compatibilty though. I think these parts are considered low-mid end for their time, which serves me perfectly. The most intensive/new games I would ever actually play have Unreal Engine 4 or similar. Personally I am not a fan of the look of 'ultra-realistic' raytraced games anyway, they kind of have an uncanny valley thing for me, or often that's the ONLY thing they focus on, leaving gameplay and story to the wayside. I'm jaded tho.


Not much to say regarding what I like or don't like with this PC. I built it, so it is tailored to my use. I have never really had any issues that weren't a quick fix, and as with most custom PCs it has taken to GNU/Linux well. I had Windows 10 on it originally (with a code from a random reseller site), and first installed Linux Mint 22 in mid 2024. Had it dual booting for a few months which made the performance difference between the two very stark. I guess more specifically, every time I would boot back into Windows it would be super slow downloading updates. This encouraged me to switch permanently.


Sometime in August 2025 it stopped turning on, I troubleshooted the parts as much as I could and it ended up being the motherboard. This was a pain because it's a more budget oriented one from five years ago, I could only find one other replacement still for sale that was compatible with all the other parts. I spent a couple weeks just trying to decide what to do and I ended up finding a local repair shop that was cheap. They fixed the motherboard short in like an hour lmao, so I got it back and it's working fine. This period has encouraged me to stick to using this only for heavier stuff like games and video editing, as I have been using my asus laptop for everyday web browsing and site management.


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Peripherals