So if you're all wondering where I've been, I've actually not been working on my RPG Maker project. Or my fighting game project. Or actually any of that. I've been working working. Like, real life job.

See, as a part time job (which I'm trying to get as full time, but lol the place I work at sucks), I do manual labor and help people out in case they can't lift any heavy stuff. And I push carts. Which literally an 11 year old can do. But that's besides the point. Over the last two or so weeks, I was working constantly, nailing down at least 40 hours a week and coming home completely exhausted, and then restarting the process over in the morning. It has been a hellish two weeks but when you get paid 12.50 (plus an extra 2.50 on weekends), it really adds up to a surprising paycheck.

All of that money has been going towards a new computer. It's one that I built recently with the help of my Dad. And let me tell you...I have never been more overjoyed to run Bayonetta at 60 FPS when this laptop (that I am currently typing on now) can barely handle it at 1 FPS.

Here are the specs for the computer:

CPU: AMD RYZEN 5 1500X 4-Core 3.5 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo) (so basically top of the line processor from AMD)

Motherboard: ASUS Prime X370-Pro (so basically the top of the line Motherboard that supports Ryzen)

Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Actually not terribly top of the line but still gets the job done)

RAM: G.SKILL FORTIS Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) (32 GB is way too much but 16 is the perfect amount)

Power Supply: EVGA 600 B1 100-B1-0600-KR (Probably not important because who cares)

Hard Disk Drive: WD Black 2TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Tower Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black Window Silent ATX Midtower Computer Case

Monitors: 2x AOC - 21.5" IPS LED HD Monitor - Black

Mouse and Keyboard: Some el cheapo Microsoft crap that was like $20

Headset: Logitech H390 USB Headset with Noise-Canceling Microphone - Black

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

And as part of the promotion with getting the Graphics Card, I also got the new Ghost Recon: Wildlands, which I've yet to play. Seems pretty exciting though.

All of this ran me close to $1500. The tower itself was almost $900, the two monitors were $129 each (they were on sale when I got them), the OS was $200, and then I had to fiddle around with cables for the monitors for a little bit, so that ran a bit extra. I'm also using a decent office chair that I got at Office Depot that was on sale for $70.

So if you want to steal my idea of a rig, there you go, you have all the parts needed to make a rig right here. If you take just the rig and the OS itself, it'll be close to $1,099, but I guarantee if you were to go into a store and try to buy the same thing, it would run close to $2,000. The reason is the case, most of the time. You never want to pay more than $60 for a tower case. And building it for yourself is much more efficient in terms of money and time than going out and buying a preset rig.

Oh, and the Graphics Card lights up whenever I play games. <3