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Every month we build a gaming PC with the latest components and cases—it’s good to get stuck in and build something regularly in our opinion. If you’re looking for inspiration for your next build, or you’re new to the hobby, you can check out our picks below. You can easily make changes to these too, and in some cases, we hope you do. We’re building and testing every PC we highlight, and if we run into any issues, we’ll explain them here.
We’re back with another build. This time, a compact white gaming PC, powered by AMD’s top gaming CPU, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and a Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti Eagle OC Ice SFF. I’ve tried to gain a few style points with the Cooler Master Hyper 612 Apex and Cooler Master Sickleflow Edge 360 fans—three fans combined into a single unit. That’s more of a time-saver than you’d think and makes for fewer cables.
All of which has been stuffed inside a surprising affordable chassis: Thermaltake’s S100 Tempered Glass Snow Edition. This budget case looks better than it should, considering its price tag, and altogether brings this white PC build together nicely.
Quick list
- Case: Thermaltake S100 Tempered Glass Snow Edition – $73/£40
- Motherboard: ASRock Phantom Gaming B850I Lightning WiFi – $210/£198
- Graphics card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Eagle OC Ice SFF – $900/£610
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D – $472/£420
- RAM: Crucial DDR5 Pro 64 GB – $228/£171
- SSD: Solidigm P44 Pro 2 TB – $240/£187
- Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 612 Apex – $80/£55
- PSU: Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W – $130/£110
- Fans: Cooler Master Sickleflow Edge 360 ARGB White Edition – $75/£53
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Parts list
Performance
We put every build through its paces, testing the latest games and putting the CPU under pressure to ensure stability.
This PC is ‘Custom PC #10’ in the charts below.
Best PC build 2025