Ultimate Vortex III

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 5, 2020

Hey All,

Chaoticatmosphere here and it's been a while since I posted my Ultimate Vortex II build 10 years ago. Well safe to say I needed an upgrade, so I ripped out my Crosshair IV Extreme, RAM, cooler, FX-8150 CPU and installed a Core i7-9700k with an Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE and an Asus RX5700-8G Radeon reference card GPU. It's amazing how quiet the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition Cooling Fan is compared to the Zalman 9900 was. It's like night and day.

Totally cool upgrade.

xtreemchaos · Jun 5, 2020

very nice build there mate, well done.

Vario · Jun 5, 2020

Nice to see a HAF case, wish they still made those.

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 5, 2020

Vario said:
Nice to see a HAF case, wish they still made those.

It sure is a gem. Though the mATX ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE makes it look like overkill lol.

Vario · Jun 5, 2020

ChaoticAtmosphere said:
It sure is a gem. Though the mATX ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE makes it look like overkill lol.

Really nice case and overall really nice build.
Hopefully after we all get tired of RGB and glass, manufacturers will go back to high airflow designs.

Vayra86 · Jun 5, 2020

Vario said:
Really nice case and overall really nice build.
Hopefully after we all get tired of RGB and glass, manufacturers will go back to high airflow designs.

They have high airflow designs too, they're those naked bike equivalents you see out there, ie dust collectors.

But yeah, return of practicality would be a great thing.

@OP nice build and that is a LONG time since the last one then, or did we skip on a few here on TPU?

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 5, 2020

Vayra86 said:
@OP nice build and that is a LONG time since the last one then, or did we skip on a few here on TPU?

No, I didn't skip. Went straight from AMD BD FX-8150 built in 2011-2 to the i7-9700k. My previous one served me well. It's going to go into a mid tower with a new CMOS battery then handed down to my better half's daughter for her Minecraft gaming. The Radeon HD7970 still has a lot of kick to it!

Chrispy_ · Jun 5, 2020

I haven't used one yet but the new brushed darksteel look on the updated Hyper 212 looks really classy. Much better than the RGBLED rainbow vomit that most people are going for these days

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 5, 2020

Chrispy_ said:
I haven't used one yet but the new brushed darksteel look on the updated Hyper 212 looks really classy. Much better than the RGBLED rainbow vomit that most people are going for these days

It is. Believe it or not, I didn't even purchase everything based on aesthetics, it just worked out that way. I wanted something ASAP so it had to be in stock (I work as an account manager for an IT VAR so I have access to IT products at our cost in the distribution channel). Believe it or not the MAXIMUS XI GENE was the only LGA1151 mobo in stock and it turns out the Hyper 212 matches that brushed metal look. The Asus RX5700-8G reference GPU does too

System Name	Ultimate Vortex III
Processor	Intel Core i7-9700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8Gb) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16
Video Card(s)	Asus RX5700-8G Radeon RX 5700
Storage	2 x WD Blue SN550 1Tb NVMe in RAID 0 Striped Set
Display(s)	TUF Gaming VG279QL1A 165 Hz
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Pro 5 ARGB
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	Coolermaster Silent Pro 850W
Mouse	Corsair RGB
Keyboard	K70 Rapidfire with Cherry MX Speed
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

System Name	1.FortySe7en VR rig 2. intel teliscope rig 3.MSI GP72MVR Leopard Pro .E-52699, Xeon play thing
Processor	1.3900x @stock 2. i7 7700k @5. 3. i7 7700hq
Motherboard	1.aorus x570 ultra 2. z270 Maximus IX Hero,4 MR9A PRO ATX X99
Cooling	1.Hard tube loop, cpu and gpu 2. Hard loop cpu and gpu 4 360 AIO
Memory	1.Gskill neo @3600 32gb 2.hyperxfury 32gb @3000 3. 16gb hyperx @2400 4 64GB 2133 in quad channel
Video Card(s)	1.GIGABYTE RTX 3080 WaterForce WB 2. Aorus RTX2080 3. 1060 3gb. 4 Arc 770LE 16 gb
Storage	1 M.2 500gb , 2 3tb HDs 2. 256gb ssd, 3tbHD 3. 256 m.2. 1tb ssd 4. 2gb ssd
Display(s)	1.LG 50" UHD , 2 MSI Optix MAG342C UWHD. 3.17" 120 hz display 4. Acer Preditor 144hz 32inch.z
Case	1. Thermaltake P5 2. Thermaltake P3 4. some cheapo case that should not be named.
Audio Device(s)	1 Onboard 2 Onboard 3 Onboard 4. onboard.
Power Supply	1.seasonic gx 850w 2. seasonic gx 750w. 4 RM850w
Mouse	1 ROG Gladius 2 Corsair m65 pro
Keyboard	1. ROG Strix Flare 2. Corsair F75 RBG 3. steelseries RBG
VR HMD	rift and rift S and Quest 2.
Software	1. win11 pro 2. win11 pro 3, win11 home 4 win11 pro
Benchmark Scores	1.7821 cb20 ,cb15 3442 1c 204 cpu-z 1c 539 12c 8847 2. 1106 cb 3.cb 970

System Name	Computer of Theseus
Processor	Intel i9-12900KS: 50x Pcore multi @ 1.18Vcore (target 1.275V -100mv offset)
Motherboard	EVGA Z690 Classified
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S, 2xThermalRight TY-143, 4xNoctua NF-A12x25,3xNF-A12x15, 2xAquacomputer Splitty9Active
Memory	G-Skill Trident Z5 (32GB) DDR5-6000 C36 F5-6000J3636F16GX2-TZ5RK
Video Card(s)	EVGA Geforce 3060 XC Black Gaming 12GB
Storage	1x Samsung 970 Pro 512GB NVMe (OS), 2x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB (data 1 and 2), ASUS BW-16D1HT
Display(s)	Dell S3220DGF 32" 2560x1440 165Hz Primary, Dell P2017H 19.5" 1600x900 Secondary, Ergotron LX arms.
Case	Lian Li O11 Air Mini
Audio Device(s)	Audiotechnica ATR2100X-USB, El Gato Wave XLR Mic Preamp, ATH M50X Headphones, Behringer 302USB Mixer
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000W 80+ Platinum White
Mouse	Zowie EC3-C
Keyboard	Vortex Multix 87 Winter TKL (Gateron G Pro Yellow)
Software	Win 10 LTSC 21H2

System Name	Ultimate Vortex III
Processor	Intel Core i7-9700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8Gb) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16
Video Card(s)	Asus RX5700-8G Radeon RX 5700
Storage	2 x WD Blue SN550 1Tb NVMe in RAID 0 Striped Set
Display(s)	TUF Gaming VG279QL1A 165 Hz
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Pro 5 ARGB
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	Coolermaster Silent Pro 850W
Mouse	Corsair RGB
Keyboard	K70 Rapidfire with Cherry MX Speed
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

System Name	Computer of Theseus
Processor	Intel i9-12900KS: 50x Pcore multi @ 1.18Vcore (target 1.275V -100mv offset)
Motherboard	EVGA Z690 Classified
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S, 2xThermalRight TY-143, 4xNoctua NF-A12x25,3xNF-A12x15, 2xAquacomputer Splitty9Active
Memory	G-Skill Trident Z5 (32GB) DDR5-6000 C36 F5-6000J3636F16GX2-TZ5RK
Video Card(s)	EVGA Geforce 3060 XC Black Gaming 12GB
Storage	1x Samsung 970 Pro 512GB NVMe (OS), 2x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB (data 1 and 2), ASUS BW-16D1HT
Display(s)	Dell S3220DGF 32" 2560x1440 165Hz Primary, Dell P2017H 19.5" 1600x900 Secondary, Ergotron LX arms.
Case	Lian Li O11 Air Mini
Audio Device(s)	Audiotechnica ATR2100X-USB, El Gato Wave XLR Mic Preamp, ATH M50X Headphones, Behringer 302USB Mixer
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000W 80+ Platinum White
Mouse	Zowie EC3-C
Keyboard	Vortex Multix 87 Winter TKL (Gateron G Pro Yellow)
Software	Win 10 LTSC 21H2

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	Bragging Rights
Processor	Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard	It has no markings but it's green
Cooling	No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory	2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s)	Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage	32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s)	10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case	Veddha T2
Audio Device(s)	Apparently, yes
Power Supply	Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse	MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard	Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD	Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software	W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores	I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.

Ultimate Vortex III

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