Question Are there any extra components and/or cables etc that I need still?

MaGillio

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Hello.

I'm building my first gaming PC and I've ordered all my parts and waiting for them to be delivered. :)

I would just like to know if there's any extra components and/or cables I need to buy for my PSU or anything like zip ties, splitters, extensions, sleeves, Velcro ties etc that I need to buy because of my sound card and all the RGB stuff and fans in my build because I don't know if my PSU or the things I've bought will come with all the cables and stuff that I am going to need or if my motherboard/psu has enough slots/headers etc to power and control everything correctly without needing extra things and also to keep everything nicely organized and tidy hidden away.

I'd like to have all my RGB stuff linked up so I can control all the lighting effects either off my motherboards software or a controller thing, whichever is the best way to do it and to be able to control my fans etc whichever is the best way to do them both...?

I also still need to buy some thermal paste for the CPU but not sure what the best one to get is?

I also need to buy the tools to build my PC but not sure what tools I need apart from a screwdriver that is magnetized?

Thanks for taking the time to read through this and help me and sorry for so many questions and all the help I'm asking for it's just because this is going to be my first time building so just want to make sure I've got everything I need ready when I start putting it all together. I really do appreciate it allot! :)

Here's all my components:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For £169.98)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard (Purchased For £237.99)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (Purchased For £173.95)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (Purchased For £62.99)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (Purchased For £89.98)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB DUAL OC Video Card (Purchased For £0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £95.83)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased)
Sound Card: Asus STRIX RAID PRO 24-bit 192 kHz Sound Card (Purchased For £0.00)
Case Fan: Deepcool RF 120 (3 in 1) 56.5 CFM 120 mm Fans (£32.47)
Case Fan: Deepcool RF 140 (2-pack) 64.13 CFM 140 mm Fan (£24.98)
Custom: DEEPCOOL RGB CPU Cooler 4 Heat pipes 120mm RGB Fan Universal Socket Solution (GAMMAXX GT BK) (£36.99)
Total: £1018.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Looks good to me, I will warn you that never fail you will need some sata cable or power supply extension cable or zip tie or some random screw.
Happens all the time.

Only suggestion I’d give your cpu cooler might be better from a more well known vendor. I know nothing of the one you chose and I assume it is to fit the “theme” of the colored fans and such.
If it is a theme you are looking for go for it.
 

MaGillio

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Ok thankyou! I wanted to have all my rgb stuff white because i went for dark tintented tempered glass so wanted to go for a white theme to give it that flare inside the darkness haha

Oh ok uhmm well what about the Coolermaster MasterAir MA410M and can change all the case fans to coolermaster ones to match... Is that a good cpu cooler, is it better than the gammaxx gt? Will it be easier settuping up coolermaster cpu cooler and case fans and all the rgb stuff up?
 

MaGillio

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Ok change of plan, scrapping the RGB route it seems to complicated and finnicky for me i'll just get some white led strips and put them in my case instead.

I'm going with an ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler & 2 ARCTIC BioniX 104 CFM F140 mm Fans & 2 ARCTIC BioniX F120 69 CFM 120 mm Fans.

How do I connect all of these up to take advantage of the PWM PST Sharing Technology?
 
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I’m not the guy to help on the PWM issue, I think that case has a fan hub built into it but double check the specs I am not sure.
I had an arctic freezer (13?) on my old machine, it worked well for 10 years.