Went to microcenter to start my new monster rig

dirtyferret · Feb 15, 2020

Picked up the following

Ryzen 2600x - $80 new
Gigabyte B450m ds3h - $50 open box
MSI R7 240 $35 - open box
I'll grab a cheap stick of 8gb RAM and 240gb SSD

I already have a spare WD 1TB HDD, Corsair P400r case and cx430 PSU

I'm thinking it will handle 8k video editing and 4k AAA gaming with ease

oxrufiioxo · Feb 15, 2020

dirtyferret said:
Picked up the following

Ryzen 2600x - $80 new
Gigabyte B450m ds3h - $50 open box
MSI R7 240 $35 - open box
I'll grab a cheap stick of 8gb RAM and 240gb SSD

I already have a spare Corsair P400r case and cx430 PSU

I'm thinking it will handle 8k video editing and 4k AAA gaming with ease

Jumping on that Ryzen train nice.....
Although not sure about the 4k gaming with that gpu......

dirtyferret · Feb 15, 2020

oxrufiioxo said:
Although not sure about the 4k gaming with that gpu......

I know it's a bit overkill but I figured it's better to be future proofed.

oxrufiioxo · Feb 15, 2020

dirtyferret said:
I know it's a bit overkill but I figured it's better to be future proofed.

makes sense, hopefully your psu can handle that beast....

Vayra86 · Feb 15, 2020

dirtyferret said:
Picked up the following

Ryzen 2600x - $80 new
Gigabyte B450m ds3h - $50 open box
MSI R7 240 $35 - open box
I'll grab a cheap stick of 8gb RAM and 240gb SSD

I already have a spare WD 1TB HDD, Corsair P400r case and cx430 PSU

I'm thinking it will handle 8k video editing and 4k AAA gaming with ease

Hehheh dayum son, careful you don't cause a blackout round the house.

Also yes, Minesweeper in 8K is certainly in the cards.

rtwjunkie · Feb 15, 2020

So, am I missing something? Is this thread in jest? I literally doublechecked the date, and then backed out to see if a new subforum called Prank Threads was created.

To be clear, I’m not making fun, but seem to be detecting sarcasm on all sides as if everyone is in on it except me. :confused:

Vayra86 · Feb 15, 2020

rtwjunkie said:
So, am I missing something? Is this thread in jest? I literally doublechecked the date, and then backed out to see if a new subforum called Prank Threads was created.

To be clear, I’m not making fun, but seem to be detecting sarcasm on all sides as if everyone is in on it except me.

Your sarcasm meter is showing the correct value, sir.

dirtyferret · Feb 15, 2020

Vayra86 said:
Hehheh dayum son, careful you don't cause a blackout round the house.

Also yes, Minesweeper in 8K is certainly in the cards.

I was thinking more like Assassin's Creed Odyssey with the extra cloudy mod.

oxrufiioxo said:
makes sense, hopefully your psu can handle that beast....

No worries, plenty of headroom from those Samxon caps on the secondary side to power even something like the Nvidia GT630 if I really wanted to go overkill in the GPU department.

rtwjunkie said:
So, am I missing something? Is this thread in jest? I literally doublechecked the date, and then backed out to see if a new subforum called Prank Threads was created.

To be clear, I’m not making fun, but seem to be detecting sarcasm on all sides as if everyone is in on it except me.

The wife had a PC (my old Phenom IIx4 gaming build with a SSD). Then she wanted a laptop so I got her a laptop and sold most of the parts of the old PC...now she misses the PC so I went bargain bin hunting at microcenter. Still I expect great things from this PC!

MaDhAtt3R · Feb 15, 2020

Could have picked up a AMD RX 550 for close to that price of the 240 (eBay) but it will be a fine little machine for your average user with those specs, maybe pick up a 120/240GB SSD as the OS drive instead of the 1TB HDD

dirtyferret · Feb 15, 2020

MaDhAtt3R said:
Could have picked up a AMD RX 550 for close to that price of the 240 (eBay) but it will be a fine little machine for your average user with those specs, maybe pick up a 120/240GB SSD as the OS drive instead of the 1TB HDD

dirtyferret said:
I'll grab a cheap stick of 8gb RAM and 240gb SSD

Waldorf · Feb 15, 2020

is the cx modular? if yes, replace as soon as possible..

dirtyferret · Feb 15, 2020

Fry178 said:
is the cx modular? if yes, replace as soon as possible..

No, it's the v3 that actually uses a Japanese main cap if I recall. I've had it running two different PCs off and on for five years.

Edit. It is a Matsushita (aka Panasonic) for the primary and Corsair found a few extra pennies in the couch cushions to spring for a few teapos on the secondary side....or they robbed the pick a penny leave a penny register tray at the local 7-11

Darmok N Jalad · Feb 17, 2020

I have that motherboard as well, paired with the 2600X's big brother. Not a bad board by any means.

ap4lifetn · Feb 17, 2020

i also scourge the microcenter open box bins, couldn't be lucky enough to get a gpu like you though!!

Jetster · Feb 17, 2020

Well Fry's is done. Hows Microcenter's shelves looking

Darmok N Jalad · Feb 17, 2020

Jetster said:
Well Fry's is done. Hows Microcenter's shelves looking

My local store is always busy, even during the middle of a workday. They even remodeled the store and put in taller shelves.

dirtyferret · Feb 17, 2020

Jetster said:
Well Fry's is done. Hows Microcenter's shelves looking

I have two within an hours drive of me. I've visited both the past month and both are fully stocked. In fact one had so much inventory they were placing it all on the floor and made it impossible to get the cart through most of the aisles.

SL2 · Feb 17, 2020

dirtyferret said:
Ryzen 2600x - $80 new

I dunno, four cores ought to be enough for anyone, this isn't the year 2020!!!1

theonek · Feb 17, 2020

Happy April fools day though

Waldorf · Feb 17, 2020

@Mats
good enough reading facebook messenger on your pc then.
sarcasm mode: off

Processor	faster at instructions than yours
Motherboard	more nurturing than yours
Cooling	frostier than yours
Memory	superior scheduling & haphazardly entry than yours
Video Card(s)	better rasterization than yours
Storage	more ample than yours
Display(s)	increased pixels than yours
Case	fancier than yours
Audio Device(s)	further audible than yours
Power Supply	additional amps x volts than yours
Mouse	without as much gnawing as yours
Keyboard	less clicky than yours
VR HMD	not as odd looking as yours
Software	extra mushier than yours
Benchmark Scores	up yours

System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R9 5950X Stock
Motherboard	X570 Aorus Master/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	32 GB 4x8GB 4000CL15 Trident Z Royal/ 32 GB 3200 CL14 @3800 CL16 Team T Force Nighthawk
Video Card(s)	Evga FTW 3 Ultra 3080ti/ Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090
Storage	lots of SSD.
Display(s)	LG G2 65/LG C1 48/ LG 27GP850/ MSI 27 inch VA panel 1440p165hz
Case	011 Dynamic XL/ Phanteks Evolv X
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro + gaming Dac/ Corsair sp 2500/ Logitech G560/Samsung Q990B
Power Supply	Seasonic Ultra Prime Titanium 1000w/850w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed/ Logitech G Pro Hero.
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB Platinum/ Logitech G Pro

Processor	faster at instructions than yours
Motherboard	more nurturing than yours
Cooling	frostier than yours
Memory	superior scheduling & haphazardly entry than yours
Video Card(s)	better rasterization than yours
Storage	more ample than yours
Display(s)	increased pixels than yours
Case	fancier than yours
Audio Device(s)	further audible than yours
Power Supply	additional amps x volts than yours
Mouse	without as much gnawing as yours
Keyboard	less clicky than yours
VR HMD	not as odd looking as yours
Software	extra mushier than yours
Benchmark Scores	up yours

System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R9 5950X Stock
Motherboard	X570 Aorus Master/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	32 GB 4x8GB 4000CL15 Trident Z Royal/ 32 GB 3200 CL14 @3800 CL16 Team T Force Nighthawk
Video Card(s)	Evga FTW 3 Ultra 3080ti/ Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090
Storage	lots of SSD.
Display(s)	LG G2 65/LG C1 48/ LG 27GP850/ MSI 27 inch VA panel 1440p165hz
Case	011 Dynamic XL/ Phanteks Evolv X
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro + gaming Dac/ Corsair sp 2500/ Logitech G560/Samsung Q990B
Power Supply	Seasonic Ultra Prime Titanium 1000w/850w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed/ Logitech G Pro Hero.
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB Platinum/ Logitech G Pro

Processor	i7 8700k 4.6Ghz @ 1.24V
Motherboard	AsRock Fatal1ty K6 Z370
Cooling	beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200/C16
Video Card(s)	ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 830 256GB + Crucial BX100 250GB + Toshiba 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440)
Case	Fractal Design Define R5
Audio Device(s)	Harman Kardon AVR137 + 2.1
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	XTRFY M42
Keyboard	Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II
Software	W10 x64

System Name	Bayou Phantom
Processor	Core i7-8700k 4.4Ghz @ 1.18v
Motherboard	ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6
Cooling	All air: 2x140mm Fractal exhaust; 3x 140mm Cougar Intake; Enermax T40F Black CPU cooler
Memory	2x 16GB Mushkin Redline DDR-4 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 Ti Xc
Storage	1x 500 MX500 SSD; 2x 6TB WD Black; 1x 4TB WD Black; 1x400GB VelRptr; 1x 4TB WD Blue storage (eSATA)
Display(s)	HP 27q 27" IPS @ 2560 x 1440
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black w/Titanium front -windowed
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Seasonic X-850
Mouse	Coolermaster Sentinel III (large palm grip!)
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion mechanical (Cherry Brown switches)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Start10 & Fences 3.0 installed)

System Name	Main
Processor	R7 5950x
Motherboard	MSI x570S Unify-X Max
Cooling	D5 clone, 280 rad, two F14 + three F12S bottom/intake, two P14S + F14S (Rad) + two F14 (top)
Memory	2x8 GB Corsair Vengeance bdie 3600@CL16 1.35v
Video Card(s)	GB 2080S WaterForce WB
Storage	six M.2 pcie gen 4
Display(s)	Sony 50X90J
Case	Tt Level 20 HT
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar AE, modded Sennheiser HD 558, Klipsch 2.1 THX
Power Supply	Corsair RMx 750w
Mouse	Logitech G903
Keyboard	GSKILL Ripjaws
VR HMD	NA
Software	win 10 pro x64
Benchmark Scores	TimeSpy score Fire Strike Ultra SuperPosition CB20

System Name	Budget Box
Processor	Xeon E5-2667v2
Motherboard	ASUS P9X79 Pro
Cooling	Some cheap tower cooler, I dunno
Memory	32GB 1866-DDR3 ECC
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 5600XT
Storage	WD NVME 1GB
Display(s)	ASUS Pro Art 27"
Case	Antec P7 Neo

System Name	Main PC \\ Plex Server \\ MacBook Pro 14
Processor	Ryzen 7950X \\ i5 12400
Motherboard	B650E PG-ITX \\ DeskMini B660
Cooling	C14S \\ IS-40X
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000C30 \\ 32GB DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	3080 FE \\ Intel HD
Storage	2TB 850X, 2TB 980 Pro \\ 4x2TB SSD
Display(s)	AW3423 \\ 77” OLED
Case	NR200P \\ DeskMini B660
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	SF750
Mouse	G403 Wireless
Keyboard	TH66
Software	Windows 11

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Gaming PC/ EDU PC/ HFS PC
Processor	Intel i9-9900KF/ Dual Ryzen 7 2700X
Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate/ Dual Asrock X370 Proffesional Gaming
Cooling	Noctua NH-C14S/ Arctic Xtreme Freezer/ Ryzen Wraith Prysm RGB
Memory	64GB Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB 3200/ 32GB Corsair Dominator 3000/ 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra / MSI RTX 2080Ti Ventus / EVGA GTX 1060 SC Gaming
Storage	Dual 970 EVO Plus 1TB + 6Tb 860 EVO/ 960 EVO 500GB + 18Tb R0/ 840EVO 250Gb + 16Tb R0
Display(s)	Samsung 32" U32R590 Curved 3480x2160 / Samsung 32" LC32H711 Curved 2560x1440 Freesync
Case	Cooler Master Stacker 830 NV Edition/ Dual Cooler Master 690 Advance II
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Surround 5.1 SBX/ Creative X-Fi Titanium Pci-E/ On-board Realtek
Power Supply	Triple Corsair Platinum HX850i
Mouse	Logitech G7 WL / Logitech G903 Lightspeed / MS BT 8000
Keyboard	Dual Logitech G19s
Software	Win10 Pro

Went to microcenter to start my new monster rig

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