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| System Name | Rainbow |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i7 8700k |
| Motherboard | MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC |
| Cooling | Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM |
| Memory | G. Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR) |
| Video Card(s) | ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity |
| Storage | 2x Samsung 950 Pro 256GB | 2xHGST Deskstar 4TB 7.2K |
| Display(s) | Samsung C27HG70 |
| Case | Xigmatek Aquila |
| Power Supply | Seasonic 760W SS-760XP |
| Mouse | Razer Deathadder 2013 |
| Keyboard | Corsair Vengeance K95 |
| Software | Windows 10 Pro |
| Benchmark Scores | 4 trillion points in GmailMark, over 144 FPS 2K Facebook Scrolling (Extreme Quality preset) |
Case: I bought a NZXT Phantom that while I don't actually have anything in it yet, I'm quite impressed with. I managed to nab it when it was on sale ($100-ish?)
HDD/SSD: Hard drive prices are still pretty high from the Thailand flooding. If your 320GB drive is still doing you fine, I'd keep it. I'm using two Barracuda 7200.10 250 GB drives in raid and they're still holding their own. If budget is bigger issue, I wouldn't worry about that right now.
Motherboard: You mentioned wanting PCIe 3.0. Keep in mind that the motherboard is "PCIe 3.0 Ready", but Sandy Bridge doesn't support it. You'll need to drop in an Ivy Bridge processor (or, according to Google, a Sandy Bridge E) to enable it. It might not be too long of a wait for Ivy. If you're still saving up, you'll probably see it hit by the time you buy. In a nutshell, PCIe 3.0 just improves things like OpenCL. The actual bandwidth increase does bumpkis since PCIe 2.0 isn't stressed for bandwidth.
GPU: In addition to the above, your GTX 560 doesn't support PCIe 3.0. It's still going to be a decent card for games, but you're not going to be maxing out every setting you can find. My 4870/4850 combo is still doing pretty well for me. Again, if budget is a concern
Cooling: Watercooling is fine and dandy, but it's not like your proc won't run on the stock cooler. It's easy enough to stick with stock and swap it out with watercooling later.
I'm looking at buying an Ivy Bridge when it hits (unless AMD can pull something out of their hat) and I just going for CPU and motherboard. Everything else can be swapped over and upgraded later (except my Xiggy S1283, sadly).
HDD/SSD: Hard drive prices are still pretty high from the Thailand flooding. If your 320GB drive is still doing you fine, I'd keep it. I'm using two Barracuda 7200.10 250 GB drives in raid and they're still holding their own. If budget is bigger issue, I wouldn't worry about that right now.
Motherboard: You mentioned wanting PCIe 3.0. Keep in mind that the motherboard is "PCIe 3.0 Ready", but Sandy Bridge doesn't support it. You'll need to drop in an Ivy Bridge processor (or, according to Google, a Sandy Bridge E) to enable it. It might not be too long of a wait for Ivy. If you're still saving up, you'll probably see it hit by the time you buy. In a nutshell, PCIe 3.0 just improves things like OpenCL. The actual bandwidth increase does bumpkis since PCIe 2.0 isn't stressed for bandwidth.
GPU: In addition to the above, your GTX 560 doesn't support PCIe 3.0. It's still going to be a decent card for games, but you're not going to be maxing out every setting you can find. My 4870/4850 combo is still doing pretty well for me. Again, if budget is a concern
Cooling: Watercooling is fine and dandy, but it's not like your proc won't run on the stock cooler. It's easy enough to stick with stock and swap it out with watercooling later.
I'm looking at buying an Ivy Bridge when it hits (unless AMD can pull something out of their hat) and I just going for CPU and motherboard. Everything else can be swapped over and upgraded later (except my Xiggy S1283, sadly).
you sure you can drive to one of them? there are 2 in cali
