2025 Built As One - Every Part. Every Choice.

[slate siren]

https://gleam.io/DAS6J/2025-built-as-one-every-part-every-choice

@analog jasper replaced link.

[spark smelt]

1. Winners will be selected randomly from all eligible entries submitted through the Gleam entry points. The two combination grand prizes are available only to residents of the United States.
2. Additionally, fifty (50) participants will be chosen to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card, for a total of $5,000 in prizes.

[oblique lichen]

amazon gift card are world wide*

[uneven turtle]

How on earth are you supposed to do the 1500 or even the 2700 budget builds with the constraints they have? You have to pick an MSI 50 series? I guess just throw together the cheapest builds possible until you do your $6000 build

[fathom sparrow]

5060(ti)

[analog jasper]

1500 example https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Nh9fWc

2700 example https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Kpr3xg

6000 example https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4HKyMC

I have to go in and edit them but it's a start

[obsidian merlin]

Not that hard

Also case wasn’t specifically stated to be msi

Just msi or anything compatible

[rare pawn]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FxY6wY

[fossil bobcat]

i just copy and paste the exampls from OP hahaha sorry i know is not that right but i am not that good of picking parts...

[rare pawn]

I copied the d%%n site link one 2 of the builds vs coping the build link lol fml site link had a totally different build lol no msi insight

[vestal thistle]

Yeah so I went with the new Corsair Frame 4000D

[supple lynx]

my lists 1500 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/w9DbJn 2700 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/v96cXR 6000 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/79gdkf

[waxen ferry]

you guys realize that the grandprices are US only

[limber ingot]

Honestly I have the opposite problems I can't get to 6000.

[limber ingot]

Nevermind I figured it out

Or well I kind of got close

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NYYP4p 6000ish

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8N7rkf 2700ish

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gh8FVF 1500ish

[uneven turtle]

5090 and sick monitors

Here's my $6k
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Pyroguy096/saved/FDHNgs

[uneven turtle]

Btw, your 6k build needs a bigger PSU. You've got a few hundred left to play with, so I say spring for a bigger one.and upgrade your CPU with what's left if you can

$1500
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZrkkNz

$2700
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bhfKjn

I cheesed my "cheap" lists since the rules don't actually say you have to hit those numbers. I just went as low as I could for the most part and then changed the CPU for the $2700

[fathom sparrow]

Pentium is crazy

[uneven turtle]

Lol, the $6k list is the only one that needs to be something I'd actually want

[vestal thistle]

Yeah, I kinda struggled with it lol. I added on like 3 monitors and a ton of fans lol

[vestal thistle]

Intel in the year of the lord 2025 is amazing

[vestal thistle]

True

[glad spoke]

I just put my 6k PC part picker link into the 1.5k and the 2.7k, now what

[supple lynx]

todays builds 1500 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RDv69C 2700 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/c6frKq 6000 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7wscwY

[vestal thistle]

Thats it

Do the other stuff

Jsut do it every day

Copy and paste your links so you dont build a new list every day

[glad spoke]

Alright thank you

[limber ingot]

Hm I made some minor modifications for my reposts but that's all I'll do.

[supple lynx]

Other than that 6K one which I'm slowly tweaking that's what I am doing

[limber ingot]

I do kind of wish I could go itx with this

[supple lynx]

you can probably

[limber ingot]

Hm ya your right just not the Fractal Ridge

hm or maybe I could mess around more and get that to work

[supple lynx]

the gpu is the hardest part to fit annoyingly they only make 2 5090s and both are massive same with fitting at a minimum a 240mm radiator for the cpu

[supple lynx]

my new 6k https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gGXHcx

[supple lynx]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Th3yh7

[waxen ferry]

think you made a mistake in your ram

cas latency is very high and its no samsung B die

then again, i would leave out all those hdd's as well because you could just use ssd's, my monitor would be much higher priority, motherboard would be different to considering dual gpu build and latency. Less pcie lane = less cross talk = less latency. i cant understand why you cheap out on the cooler when going with a ryzen 9 9950x3d. Did you look up the pollingrate of the keyboard and the switches they used. Those hall effect keyboards are much better

[supple lynx]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wcDqt3 new my plan is it to be kind of a nas as a side duty and its not a dual gpu build monitor its better than what I currently have and uses less budget keyboard im just removing it motherboard whats wrong with it? the gpu slot is pcie5 from the cpu

[waxen ferry]

so a nas with 5090. You want to also use it as sunshine host so you can game on there?

[supple lynx]

thats the plan

[waxen ferry]

i stream my pc a lot to my orangepi xd

[supple lynx]

I honestly would have preferred their air cooler but that's not being sold yet

[waxen ferry]

fair but 360 aio works fine

[supple lynx]

It's just gonna be incredibly tight fit in that case

[waxen ferry]

then you dont want to see my pc

[waxen ferry]

talking tight fit

[supple lynx]

it only has 60mm for the fans and Radiator before it will hit the blueray drive

[waxen ferry]

what do you need a blueray drive for?

[supple lynx]

ripping media

[waxen ferry]

yh but why would you need to, everything is online

[supple lynx]

not always and also not the case

[waxen ferry]

honestly i cant remember the last time i needed to inject any kind of blueray or cd drive

[waxen ferry]

wait, that thing is 120 euro. i have free ones laying around. They come out of 15 year old pc's

[supple lynx]

you can use MakeMKV(one of the best ways to rip 4k blue ray) with it unlike most drives

[waxen ferry]

ah ok, i just download everything so no need for ripping

[waxen ferry]

if buying is not owning, downloading is not stealing🤣

[fathom sparrow]

Real

[supple lynx]

what monitor would you recommend for the under 300 range

[waxen ferry]

Idk, would need to compare a lot before giving that answer

[supple lynx]

cos that's the best msi one i could find

[waxen ferry]

But for me refreshrate and responsetime are important for esports. But i actually consider a monitor of 1k

[waxen ferry]

Damn, you sure?

[supple lynx]

the next best was over 400

[waxen ferry]

I mean if i buy a new monitor it will probably be over 500hz or one with a nicer screen to look at

Like my current one is nano ips 180hz 2k

[supple lynx]

mine is 1080 60hz

[waxen ferry]

Yh that hurts

[waxen ferry]

Like a couple more hz makes it so much smoother

[supple lynx]

my laptop is 2k 60hz

[waxen ferry]

How do you live with 60hz. You can try overclocking the screen

[supple lynx]

its fine for what i do

[waxen ferry]

I mean for watching movies or single player games its fine

But even for work more hz means less gaps for your brain to fill in = you get less tired

[supple lynx]

that's mostly what i do the 5090 in the build isn't even necessary it just if I'm getting 6k to build I'm making it so upgrading is not a soon thing

[supple lynx]

that's why i did that one 180hz is a big enough improvement for me right now

[waxen ferry]

Fair, my work just gave me 2 34 inch 4 k 140hz screens to plug my worklaptop on🤣

[waxen ferry]

Cool. I am currently buissy turning my pc into a dual gpu build by using a egpu dock to plug in my 3070ti as secondary gpu for framegen so i get smoother single player experience

My main gpu is a 9070xt

So streaming and framegen goes through the 3070ti while rendering goes trough the 9070xt

[supple lynx]

You do have a tight build mini itx?

[waxen ferry]

No, i have full atx

But my case is to small

So i need to hook 1 gpu as egpu

[supple lynx]

It's not like the case I picked is any better. I just have half of it being used for hard drives.

[waxen ferry]

I actually need to hook the second one up trough my m.2 slot xd

[supple lynx]

That's better than through USB.

[waxen ferry]

Usb won't work

I don't have usb 4.0

But i ordered all the parts i need

[supple lynx]

Hopefully you don't run into signal integrity issues.

[waxen ferry]

Yh, i went with higher quality parts. On Amazon all those adapters are x4 gen 3

And not gen 4

And cables to

[supple lynx]

Slower than 4x gen 4 but good enough for a 3070

[waxen ferry]

Yh but if i can have double the speed its better

Like less performance loss

I ordered gen 4 adapter and cables though. The dock is gen 4 to

[supple lynx]

Gen 4 is a lot faster per lane and both has effectively no error correction in the first place so signal integrity loss will just make it not work or use a slower speed.

[waxen ferry]

Yh, i want no performance loss

[supple lynx]

If loss it will revert to gen 3 speeds and if that doesn't work, it will revert to Gen 2

[waxen ferry]

Yh but x4 gen2 is asss

[supple lynx]

Yes, but the same thing will happen with Gen 3 if it loses signal integrity. It will revert to Gen 2.

[waxen ferry]

I know, thats why i made sure to make all 3 parts high quality

DELOCK 64106, aoostar ag02, adt-link f9934 0.5m

[fathom sparrow]

These giveaways are fun bc they actually take thought

Not just follow their socials for a slim chance

Also the 50 $100 Amazon gift cards is cool

I got one of them last time they did that

Only thing I’ve won from one a giveaway

[misty stream]

hey guys . can anyone tell me if this is a worldwide or US only giveaway?.. i couldn't find it

mvm i found it 🥹🥹

[supple lynx]

US only for the actually interesting stuff

[supple lynx]

I've not won anything from a giveaway yet.

[supple lynx]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W4jnzP

[vestal thistle]

Fr

Heres my $1500 build
Then the $2700 build
And finally the $6000 build

[fathom sparrow]

If it lets you enter then you can win something

[misty stream]

@fathom sparrow yeah . found out .. thanks tho

[supple lynx]

todays builds https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WHWrKq https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8yx9gn https://pcpartpicker.com/list/t9wqt3

[warm gyro]

That being said , just incase you didn’t know .

The two combination grand prizes are available only to residents of the United States.

[misty stream]

gc are world wide

[warm gyro]

Ah ye I understand that 🙂
though incase anyone here knows , when it does say you need to be a resident for the 2 main prizes .

Does that mean if you have an American passport and don’t live in the states , you aren’t allowed to enter?

[misty stream]

after reading that second part i need to sleep.. i thought to hard

[vestal thistle]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WRWnfd
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mfz8VF
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wGBvrM

[supple lynx]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/thedirepack/saved/#view=Bznn8d https://pcpartpicker.com/user/thedirepack/saved/#view=c37hmG https://pcpartpicker.com/user/thedirepack/saved/#view=hnxYQ7

[tribal wave]

wait im confused, is the grand prize the doom pc with the specs listed in the giveaway? or the custom pc you sent in for 1500/2700? im confused why they want the lists for 2700/1500 builds

[finite nebula]

The DOOM PC is the grand prize there is also a second grand prize that is a custom $6000 PC Build not sure if that is based on your $6000 pcpartpicker list or what considering you can give them a new list every day.

[tribal wave]

and does each build have to have a mouspad as well?

[vestal thistle]

To get the grand prize i think you have to submit the 1500 and 2700 PC, if you dont win the grand prize you win the 6000 PC list you made

And then theres also 50 people who will get $100 Amazon gift cards on top of that

So there is 52 prizes

[tribal wave]

also what is "slightly higher or lower than the price" $100? 10% $10

?

[fathom sparrow]

No one knows tbh

[misty stream]

my first build doesn't.. the rest do

idk tho

[tribal wave]

how did you add a mousepad to the pcpartpicker list? just a custom part or something?

[misty stream]

it should be near the end of the list.. right above the price.. it's not written as big as the core parts . a lot of peripherals can be added from there.. and it is around the custom parts area

[tribal wave]

i saw it for mouse/keyboard/headset but not mousepad

[obsidian merlin]

Don’t think peripherals are required but can definitely fit in a monitor or 2

[vestal thistle]

Thats what I went with

[tribal wave]

.....which one

[vestal thistle]

$100

[dense egret]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jY7JKq

[supple lynx]

am5 has a problem with quad channel memory it looses a lot of performance verses dual channel

[slate siren]

AM5 does not support quad channel as far as I am aware

do you mean 4 DIMMs / 2DPC?

[fathom sparrow]

Yeah it’s only double channel, but 4 sticks is what he meant I think

[slate siren]

assume so

[supple lynx]

That is what I meant

[vestal thistle]

Quad channel is Threadripper stuff

Byeah Ik like everyone says to use two sticks not four

Also means more future room to upgrade

[supple lynx]

And its not that much more expensive

[summer hazel]

Unless you want to spend $200 on dummy sticks just so it looks like you have 4 sticks lol

[supple lynx]

True

[limber ingot]

Hm something I have started wondering is if they build the 6000 PC for you or if they just send you the parts.

[warm gyro]

I guess with these things they give the winner some options on what to do 🤷‍♂️

[misty stream]

i guess I'll never know

[limber ingot]

Ya well its not over yet

[limber ingot]

I'm assuming you submit a final $6000 pcpartpicker list

then they would ether send you the parts or build the pc and send you that. I doubt they give you the money unless the restrictions are lifted

[fathom sparrow]

fyi referral links are not allowed and you'll likely get a warn (learned the hard way)

[tawdry geode]

Opps sorry my bad

[hallow flower]

all yall lists goofy, check these out
1500 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d2cpC8
2700 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Kzf4cx
6000 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RZqbb2

[slate siren]

@hallow flower removed your post as it was both a duplicate and contained your promo code, which is against the rules

[hallow flower]

oh my bad

[slate siren]

original one is here

[hallow flower]

are my lists good

[slate siren]

i mean, I'd replace those 5070/Tis with 9070 XT's :P

[hallow flower]

Too bad it requires msi 50 series

[slate siren]

lol

[hallow flower]

it actually ends on my birthday

or like the day before i think

imagine i win, best bday ever

[rare pawn]

Warning compatibility 👎 lol

[rare pawn]

I was praying no got the one that ended on my bday last month on the 19th 😭…. Good luck

[slate siren]

@fickle plaza already posted here

[fickle plaza]

oh sry didnt see

[amber sleet]

Ends in 37 hours.

[supple lynx]

9 hours

newest 6k build https://pcpartpicker.com/user/thedirepack/saved/#view=Bznn8d

[hallow flower]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rCBqC8

[supple lynx]

msi has a good cpu bundle that would make it $575

[hallow flower]

i read ur message

what bundle

cpu and what

[supple lynx]

https://us-store.msi.com/Motherboards/AMD-Platform-Motherboard/AMD-X870/MPG-X870E-EDGE-TI-WIFI?sort=p.price&order=ASC if you add the cpu its 575 more

[hallow flower]

says out of stock

[supple lynx]

they haven't restocked there site in a bit

[hallow flower]

how they gonna buy the cpu then

i think you should just get a normal deal

[supple lynx]

its the mobo thats out of stock

[limber ingot]

Welp its offical over and now we just wait till someone finds out who the winner is

[misty stream]

i bet it's you

[pliant island]

why mot a 5070ti and a 5080

[urban flame]

Fingers crossed, good luck to all

[supple lynx]

Same

[hallow flower]

where they gonna post the winner

news article said this but i aint see nothing https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1nhvp0d/msi_x_pcmr_giveaway_time_two_incredible_pcs_win_a/?sort=new

[misty stream]

tell me when you find out brother

[amber sleet]

Ended

[hallow flower]

It’s been ended

They still haven’t announced winner

[limber ingot]

I can't wait to win.

[bold acorn]

you must be mistaken

[hallow flower]

I can’t wait for the winner to BE ANNOUNCED

[rare pawn]

Terms and conditions say winners was picked on the 16th so if no email you most likely didn’t win

Gotta read

[hallow flower]

I did read

atp i just wanna see who won

[fringe rover]

yeah and they said they post the winners on the article or the x account

[vestal thistle]

fr

I try and always send terms and conditions when I can

helps prevent a lot of easily answerable questions

[alpine isle]

Winners have been announced on X

For you guys who are wondering

[hallow flower]

finally

[fathom sparrow]

Not me

Well time to get my hopes up for the next ones

[celest crescent]

gonna wait a little longer, they're still gonna hand out $100 amazon gift cards which are at least better than nothing

[misty stream]

so that list is gonna be announced later?

[alpine isle]

No it wont be announced

They said they emailed the winners for the giftcards

[crude dagger]

How do ya'll ever find out if ya won tho?

[misty stream]

they email the winners

[upper raft]

Just check email

Sometimes it may be announced on the server like here with amd, not even all the time

Email is the truly 100% reliable option

[crude dagger]

How do u ever find out the correct email tho

[upper raft]

i mean

it should say gleam i guess

i never won a giveaway

[crude dagger]

Neither have I hmm