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System Name | Rocinante |
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Processor | I9 14900KS |
Motherboard | EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS) |
Cooling | EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB |
Memory | 64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400 |
Video Card(s) | MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090 |
Storage | 1x 500GB 980 Pro | 1x 1TB 980 Pro | 1x 8TB Corsair MP400 |
Display(s) | Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC |
Case | Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White |
Audio Device(s) | Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e |
Power Supply | Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w |
Mouse | Lamzu Atlantis mini (White) |
Keyboard | Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues |
VR HMD | Quest 3 |
Software | Windows 11 |
Benchmark Scores | I dont have time for that. |
About 2 years ago this season my office roof collapsed. some of you know the story. Most of what I owned and attributed to the IT/Gaming world was destroyed. However that changed last night. After getting the roof replaced (we sealed off the room its been wet for a long time) and fixing the room. I paid down the cards enough to embark on the beginnings of my re-entry into the PC world.
Over the last few years iv been using my work laptop a macbook pro 2012 edition. great machine and lets me do my work but not much else. Thankfully though it did give me time to map out exactly what I wanted. However with funds limited I decided to do this in 2 stages.
First I would make absolutely certain no matter the cost that all cosmetics were what I wanted. No compromises. Why though? Thats like spending all your money on the looks of your car. You are right of course. There are reasons however.
Parts expected to start trickling in next week.
Keyboard: Duckyshine 6 (I wanted white but I cannot find it)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072PSNQ5K/?tag=tec06d-20
Fans: 3x set of 3 thermaltake ring fans (purple accent needed)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014QW98SC/?tag=tec06d-20
Chair: I do ALOT of sitting for both pleasure and work. So I got an open box herman miller
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K3759NW/?tag=tec06d-20
Monitors: 2x (Third coming soon) AOC 2K IPS displays (I like AOC and the quality is always great. Understand im not some hardcore FPS gamer and more importantly im going for a very modern look fancy steath edge looking asus gaming monitors are fugly to me)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N9F3MMW/?tag=tec06d-20
PSU: Seasonic 1050 Snow white (to match theme)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q6CAZ4M/?tag=tec06d-20
Case: Inwin 303 White (for theme and internal layout)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HHBY0JQ/?tag=tec06d-20
Mouse: roccat Tyon White (I love the tyon the one that was destroyed was black this one matches and allows the purple I am after)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826436023
Cooler: I am minding a budget and while its not great I got a phanteks single stack in the intrim for my loop
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709038
Mobo: I needed a cheap mobo to step into x299 I grabbed what looked ok
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145019
CPU: The CPU also needed to be cheap since ill be spending more $$ later it just needs to boot for now so I went with the I5
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117791
Memory: I want better speed and more capacity, but I decided these Mushkins will do fine.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226825
GPU: Finally a gigabyte 1080TI it matches-ish before I put full blocks on it. More importantly I thought it would be important to secure atleast one of the cards now (going to SLI later)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125989&cm_re=1080TI-_-14-125-989-_-Product
Thats it! I'm coming back! the water loop I will be getting last after I have gotten more memory a different board a different CPU and another GPU. I will be putting blocks on whatever takes it. The loop will consist of 100% EK blocks with the exception of the coolant which will be milk white.
Pictures of course in the coming days when I start getting it put together.
Over the last few years iv been using my work laptop a macbook pro 2012 edition. great machine and lets me do my work but not much else. Thankfully though it did give me time to map out exactly what I wanted. However with funds limited I decided to do this in 2 stages.
First I would make absolutely certain no matter the cost that all cosmetics were what I wanted. No compromises. Why though? Thats like spending all your money on the looks of your car. You are right of course. There are reasons however.
- I have mapped out my internal components however some of the parts have not yet been released.
- Some of the parts like my custom water loop are built specifically around the case its going into
- I dont want to rebuild into a new case all at once when I can instead replace parts slowly
- The internals are going to be very expensive I am finacially forced to buy in slow or go another year without a PC
Parts expected to start trickling in next week.
Keyboard: Duckyshine 6 (I wanted white but I cannot find it)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072PSNQ5K/?tag=tec06d-20
Fans: 3x set of 3 thermaltake ring fans (purple accent needed)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014QW98SC/?tag=tec06d-20
Chair: I do ALOT of sitting for both pleasure and work. So I got an open box herman miller
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K3759NW/?tag=tec06d-20
Monitors: 2x (Third coming soon) AOC 2K IPS displays (I like AOC and the quality is always great. Understand im not some hardcore FPS gamer and more importantly im going for a very modern look fancy steath edge looking asus gaming monitors are fugly to me)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N9F3MMW/?tag=tec06d-20
PSU: Seasonic 1050 Snow white (to match theme)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q6CAZ4M/?tag=tec06d-20
Case: Inwin 303 White (for theme and internal layout)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HHBY0JQ/?tag=tec06d-20
Mouse: roccat Tyon White (I love the tyon the one that was destroyed was black this one matches and allows the purple I am after)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826436023
Cooler: I am minding a budget and while its not great I got a phanteks single stack in the intrim for my loop
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709038
Mobo: I needed a cheap mobo to step into x299 I grabbed what looked ok
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145019
CPU: The CPU also needed to be cheap since ill be spending more $$ later it just needs to boot for now so I went with the I5
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117791
Memory: I want better speed and more capacity, but I decided these Mushkins will do fine.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226825
GPU: Finally a gigabyte 1080TI it matches-ish before I put full blocks on it. More importantly I thought it would be important to secure atleast one of the cards now (going to SLI later)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125989&cm_re=1080TI-_-14-125-989-_-Product
Thats it! I'm coming back! the water loop I will be getting last after I have gotten more memory a different board a different CPU and another GPU. I will be putting blocks on whatever takes it. The loop will consist of 100% EK blocks with the exception of the coolant which will be milk white.
Pictures of course in the coming days when I start getting it put together.