System Name | Ghetto Rigs z490|x99|Acer 17 Nitro 7840hs/ 5600c40-2x16/ 4060/ 1tb acer stock m.2/ 4tb sn850x |
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Processor | 10900k w/Optimus Foundation | 5930k w/Black Noctua D15 |
Motherboard | z490 Maximus XII Apex | x99 Sabertooth |
Cooling | oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block | Blk D15 |
Memory | Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb | Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb |
Video Card(s) | Titan Xp-water | evga 980ti gaming-w/ air |
Storage | 970evo+500gb & sn850x 4tb | 860 pro 256gb | Acer m.2 1tb/ sn850x 4tb| Many2.5" sata's ssd 3.5hdd's |
Display(s) | 1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series |
Case | D450 | Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench |
Audio Device(s) | Built in Realtek x2 with 2-Insignia 2.0 sound bars & 1-LG sound bar |
Power Supply | EVGA 1000P2 with APC AX1500 | 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U |
Mouse | Redragon 901 Perdition x3 |
Keyboard | G710+x3 |
Software | Win-7 pro x3 and win-10 & 11pro x3 |
Benchmark Scores | Are in the benchmark section |
Processor | R9 5950x |
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Motherboard | Asus x570 Crosshair VIII Formula |
Cooling | EK 360mm AIO D-RGB |
Memory | G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16gb (CL16@3800MHz) |
Video Card(s) | PNY GeForce RTX 3090 24GB |
Storage | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe | Intel 660p 2TB NVMe |
Display(s) | Acer Predator XB323QK 4K 144Hz |
Case | Corsair 5000D Airflow |
Audio Device(s) | Objective2 Amp/DAC | GoXLR | AKG K612PRO | Beyerdynamic DT880| Rode Pod Mic |
Power Supply | Corsair AX 850w |
Mouse | Razer DeathAdder Elite V2 |
Keyboard | Corsair K95 Platinum RGB "Cherry MX Brown" |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift |
Software | Window 11 Pro |
Processor | Ryzen 7 5700X |
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Memory | 48 GB |
Video Card(s) | RTX 4080 |
Storage | 2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe |
Display(s) | 30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024 |
Software | Windows 10 64-bit |
Processor | faster at instructions than yours |
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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 | White DJ in Detroit |
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Processor | Ryzen 5 5600 |
Motherboard | Asrock B450M-HDV |
Cooling | Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2 |
Memory | 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz |
Video Card(s) | XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319 |
Storage | Kingston A400 240GB | WD Black SN750 2TB |WD Blue 1TB x 2 | Toshiba P300 2TB | Seagate Expansion 8TB |
Display(s) | Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p |
Case | Fractal Design Define R4 |
Audio Device(s) | Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x v3 |
Mouse | Logitech G602 |
Keyboard | Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | Rimworld 4K ready! |
System Name | AlderLake |
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Processor | Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master |
Cooling | Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans |
Memory | 32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36 |
Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio |
Storage | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 |
Display(s) | 23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p |
Case | Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window |
Audio Device(s) | Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533 |
Power Supply | Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless |
Keyboard | RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless |
Software | Windows 11 |
Benchmark Scores | Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock |
System Name | Office |
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Processor | Ryzen 5600G |
Motherboard | ASUS B450M-A II |
Cooling | be quiet! Shadow Rock LP |
Memory | 16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200 |
Video Card(s) | Gigabyte RX 5600 XT |
Storage | PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB |
Display(s) | Dell S2719DGF |
Case | Fractal Define 7 Compact |
Power Supply | EVGA 550 G3 |
Mouse | Logitech M705 Marthon |
Keyboard | Logitech G410 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 22H2 |
System Name | RogueOne |
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Processor | Xeon W9-3495x |
Motherboard | ASUS w790E Sage SE |
Cooling | SilverStone XE360-4677 |
Memory | 128gb Gskill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs |
Video Card(s) | MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090 |
Storage | 1x 2TB WD SN850X | 2x 8TB GAMMIX S70 |
Display(s) | Odyssey OLED G9 (G95SC) |
Case | Thermaltake Core P3 Pro Snow |
Audio Device(s) | Moondrop S8's on schitt Modi+ & Valhalla 2 |
Power Supply | Seasonic Prime TX-1600 |
Mouse | Lamzu Atlantis mini (White) |
Keyboard | Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues |
VR HMD | Quest 3 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro Workstation |
Benchmark Scores | I dont have time for that. |
System Name | Ghetto Rigs z490|x99|Acer 17 Nitro 7840hs/ 5600c40-2x16/ 4060/ 1tb acer stock m.2/ 4tb sn850x |
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Processor | 10900k w/Optimus Foundation | 5930k w/Black Noctua D15 |
Motherboard | z490 Maximus XII Apex | x99 Sabertooth |
Cooling | oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block | Blk D15 |
Memory | Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb | Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb |
Video Card(s) | Titan Xp-water | evga 980ti gaming-w/ air |
Storage | 970evo+500gb & sn850x 4tb | 860 pro 256gb | Acer m.2 1tb/ sn850x 4tb| Many2.5" sata's ssd 3.5hdd's |
Display(s) | 1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series |
Case | D450 | Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench |
Audio Device(s) | Built in Realtek x2 with 2-Insignia 2.0 sound bars & 1-LG sound bar |
Power Supply | EVGA 1000P2 with APC AX1500 | 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U |
Mouse | Redragon 901 Perdition x3 |
Keyboard | G710+x3 |
Software | Win-7 pro x3 and win-10 & 11pro x3 |
Benchmark Scores | Are in the benchmark section |
Hi,Are you guys just not interested in old gear? Or just like it from brands you can find at Walmart? Serious question. 10G has been around far longer than 2.5/5 and you can get single mellanox cards far cheaper on something like eBay, than the fancy anodized red asus cards. Likewise you can get Cisco broadcom, HP, etc etc etc 10G sfp and Ethernet switches for a few hundred. Which is on par in price with most ubiquity or mikrotik stuff.
I have seen an odd amount of hate on the forums for the better part of a year on 10G networking in general but I can’t help but wonder if it stems from simple ignorance, maybe unwillingness to believe it is a viable option, or maybe they just see a name like “Arista” and get nervous.
Processor | 9950x |
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Motherboard | Strix X870E-E |
Cooling | Kraken Elite 280 |
Memory | 32GB G.skill 6000mhz |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire 7900XTX Pulse |
Storage | 1X 1TB SN850X - 1 X 4TB SN850X |
Display(s) | Samsung Odyssey 49" OLED |
Case | Lian Li o11 Air Mini |
Power Supply | Corsair RM1000x |
Software | WIndows 11 Pro |
System Name | Quantumville™ |
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Processor | Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz |
Motherboard | Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D14 |
Memory | 16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz) |
Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio |
Storage | Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | WD Black 4TB | WD Blue 6TB |
Display(s) | ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) | Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible) |
Case | Cooler Master HAF 922 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe |
Power Supply | Corsair AX1600i |
Mouse | Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow |
Keyboard | Yes |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
System Name | Main PC |
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Processor | 13700k |
Motherboard | Asrock Z690 Steel Legend D4 - Bios 13.02 |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D15S |
Memory | 32 Gig 3200CL14 |
Video Card(s) | 4080 RTX SUPER FE 16G |
Storage | 1TB 980 PRO, 2TB SN850X, 2TB DC P4600, 1TB 860 EVO, 2x 3TB WD Red, 2x 4TB WD Red |
Display(s) | LG 27GL850 |
Case | Fractal Define R4 |
Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster AE-9 |
Power Supply | Antec HCG 750 Gold |
Software | Windows 10 21H2 LTSC |
For me its just that a few hundred on a switch is miles out of my budget and I consider that very expensive.Are you guys just not interested in old gear? Or just like it from brands you can find at Walmart? Serious question. 10G has been around far longer than 2.5/5 and you can get single mellanox cards far cheaper on something like eBay, than the fancy anodized red asus cards. Likewise you can get Cisco broadcom, HP, etc etc etc 10G sfp and Ethernet switches for a few hundred. Which is on par in price with most ubiquity or mikrotik stuff.
I have seen an odd amount of hate on the forums for the better part of a year on 10G networking in general but I can’t help but wonder if it stems from simple ignorance, maybe unwillingness to believe it is a viable option, or maybe they just see a name like “Arista” and get nervous.
System Name | "Icy Resurrection" |
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Processor | 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900KS Special Edition |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX ENCORE |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D15S upgraded with 2x NF-F12 iPPC-3000 fans and Honeywell PTM7950 TIM |
Memory | 32 GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB F5-6800J3445G16GX2-TZ5RK @ 7600 MT/s 36-44-44-52-96 1.4V |
Video Card(s) | ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB GDDR6X White OC Edition |
Storage | 500 GB WD Black SN750 SE NVMe SSD + 4 TB WD Red Plus WD40EFPX HDD |
Display(s) | 55-inch LG G3 OLED |
Case | Pichau Mancer CV500 White Edition |
Power Supply | EVGA 1300 G2 1.3kW 80+ Gold |
Mouse | Microsoft Classic Intellimouse |
Keyboard | Generic PS/2 |
Software | Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 |
Benchmark Scores | I pulled a Qiqi~ |
Yea i think that kinda sums it up, since gigabit gear now is cheap as chips, and sure if you could (can you?) get like a 16 port 10G switch for say $100 (which would be an awesome deal yea) you still need a 10G card for every machine too - which adds up.Ethernet seems to have hit a roadblock.
We went from 100mbit to gigabit to the point that now gigabit is standard and obtainable at similar costs to what 100mbit was, but 2.5gbit and 10gbit have a price premium that wont go away.
The problem of course to upgrade you have to upgrade both endpoints, and any intermediate switches, I analysed the cost and felt it was too expensive for little practical gain. Most of my transfers to my NAS would be bottlenecked by the HDD on my PC only slightly above gigabit capacity. I also only very recently setup my NAS. So 10gbit wouldnt offer me much of a practical improvement. Hence I voted indifferent, its an upgrade I would have done if the prices dropped to reasonable levels.
For me its just that a few hundred on a switch is miles out of my budget and I consider that very expensive.
My Archer C7 cost me £20 used, my second managed switch is an old Asus N16 I dug out of the cobwebs a couple of years ago. So going from £20 to a few hundred in terms of % is a considerable increase in expense. I expect I am not alone in this line of thought.
System Name | RogueOne |
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Processor | Xeon W9-3495x |
Motherboard | ASUS w790E Sage SE |
Cooling | SilverStone XE360-4677 |
Memory | 128gb Gskill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs |
Video Card(s) | MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090 |
Storage | 1x 2TB WD SN850X | 2x 8TB GAMMIX S70 |
Display(s) | Odyssey OLED G9 (G95SC) |
Case | Thermaltake Core P3 Pro Snow |
Audio Device(s) | Moondrop S8's on schitt Modi+ & Valhalla 2 |
Power Supply | Seasonic Prime TX-1600 |
Mouse | Lamzu Atlantis mini (White) |
Keyboard | Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues |
VR HMD | Quest 3 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro Workstation |
Benchmark Scores | I dont have time for that. |
For me its just that a few hundred on a switch is miles out of my budget and I consider that very expensive.
My Archer C7 cost me £20 used, my second managed switch is an old Asus N16 I dug out of the cobwebs a couple of years ago. So going from £20 to a few hundred in terms of % is a considerable increase in expense. I expect I am not alone in this line of thought.
System Name | Work Computer | Unfinished Computer |
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Processor | Core i7-6700 | Ryzen 5 5600X |
Motherboard | Dell Q170 | Gigabyte Aorus Elite Wi-Fi |
Cooling | A fan? | Truly Custom Loop |
Memory | 4x4GB Crucial 2133 C17 | 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600 C26 |
Video Card(s) | Dell Radeon R7 450 | RTX 2080 Ti FE |
Storage | Crucial BX500 2TB | TBD |
Display(s) | 3x LG QHD 32" GSM5B96 | TBD |
Case | Dell | Heavily Modified Phanteks P400 |
Power Supply | Dell TFX Non-standard | EVGA BQ 650W |
Mouse | Monster No-Name $7 Gaming Mouse| TBD |
Wouldn't that be nice.Yeah, that would be nice. As for cost balancing, I would rather have motherboards with dual-port and/or 10GbE NICs than any form of criminally bad integrated audio. I'd happily buy a motherboard that doesn't have any integrated audio whatsoever but a higher-quality NIC instead. The past three motherboards I've owned never had anything plugged into their audio jacks throughout their entire lifetime.
Processor | 9600k |
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Motherboard | MSI Z390I Gaming EDGE AC |
Cooling | Scythe Mugen 5 |
Memory | 32GB of G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600MHz CL16 |
Video Card(s) | MSI 3080 Ventus OC |
Storage | 2x Intel 660p 1TB |
Display(s) | Acer CG437KP |
Case | Streacom BC1 mini |
Audio Device(s) | Topping MX3 |
Power Supply | Corsair RM750 |
Mouse | R.A.T. DWS |
Keyboard | HAVIT KB487L / AKKO 3098 / Logitech G19 |
VR HMD | HTC Vive |
Benchmark Scores | What's a "benchmark"? |
System Name | Space Heater MKIV |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | ASRock B550 Taichi |
Cooling | Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s |
Memory | 2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL) |
Storage | 2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE |
Display(s) | Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz) |
Case | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M |
Audio Device(s) | Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850 |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Glorious GMMK 2 96% |
Software | Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint |
Processor | Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz |
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Motherboard | AsRock Z470 Taichi |
Cooling | Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans |
Memory | 32GB DDR4-3600 |
Video Card(s) | RTX 2070 Super |
Storage | 500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache |
Display(s) | Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28" |
Case | Fractal Design Define S |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard is good enough for me |
Power Supply | eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro x64 |
System Name | His & Hers |
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Processor | R7 5800X/ R7 7950X3D Stock |
Motherboard | X670E Aorus Pro X/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero |
Cooling | Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum |
Memory | Trident Z5 Neo 6000/ 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) | A whole bunch OLED, VA, IPS..... |
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 | Logitech - G915 LIGHTSPEED / Logitech G Pro |