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| System Name | Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ryzen Threadripper 3970X |
| Motherboard | Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha |
| Cooling | Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component |
| Memory | Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :( |
| Video Card(s) | Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks |
| Storage | I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc... |
| Display(s) | 3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!! |
| Case | The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
| Power Supply | EVGA 1600W T2 |
| Mouse | Corsair thingy |
| Keyboard | Razer something or other.... |
| VR HMD | No headset yet |
| Software | Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!! |
| Benchmark Scores | I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :( |
Hi everyone 
I'm hoping to be able to grab at least one, or possibly two PSU's in the not to distant future for a couple of existing builds I have that I would like to get back up and running
I'm also considering a few new builds and I was hoping for a few suggestions and thoughts for them
I'm looking for a PSU for my SR-2 build, previously it had a pair of X5650's in but I'm hoping that I can put in some slightly different CPUs as the X5650's will be going in my Dell R710 server.. I'm hoping to use it a little bit towards the WCG crunching TPU does, so I was wondering if a 850w unit would be plenty for whats in there? I'm considering a 7970 or a RX 480 as a card to use.. Would that be enough and give me enough spare power in return? I was looking to take it from water cooling to air cooling, what sort of coolers would anyone suggest I could use with the board/setup? It'll be maybe overclocked if the power usage doesn't go crazy but crunching with an X58, I'm not sure is ever going to be efficient!
I've also a 4770k Z97 setup, but I was guessing that a 550w to 650w unit would be more than enough for that?? I was also looking at a Ryzen build or two (1700's I'm toying with) as well, but again a 550w to 650w for just crunching and the odd bit of gaming would be more than enough for that??
Now for the overkill build I'm really hoping to get finished...
I have an X99, 5960X, 32Gb of ram that I have had for over two years now that I have yet to get finished and built.. I was planning on making it a complete overkill build with two custom loops for cooling and hopefully, M.2/SSD only storage as it was going to be used as a gaming only rig. I bought a 1070 to start with but I'm ideally looking to run 3 4k panels (maybe 120Hz) as well but at the moment, I've just got 3 1080P panels that I'd use instead..
I've seen the 8 Pack SuperFlower unit, the 2000w model and I thought for a bit of overkill, that would fit the bill nicely.. Considering the price of the unit and what others are costing, I half wondered if it would fit the bill nicely but I think it might be a little bit much, even for a total overkill build...??
What might anyone suggest for PSU's, sizes and such?? I'm not so happy with Corsair AX i units, having had a few that have gone wrong (shall we say..) I'd like to avoid them... Looking forward to some suggestions Thank you in advance
I'm hoping to be able to grab at least one, or possibly two PSU's in the not to distant future for a couple of existing builds I have that I would like to get back up and running
I'm also considering a few new builds and I was hoping for a few suggestions and thoughts for them
I'm looking for a PSU for my SR-2 build, previously it had a pair of X5650's in but I'm hoping that I can put in some slightly different CPUs as the X5650's will be going in my Dell R710 server.. I'm hoping to use it a little bit towards the WCG crunching TPU does, so I was wondering if a 850w unit would be plenty for whats in there? I'm considering a 7970 or a RX 480 as a card to use.. Would that be enough and give me enough spare power in return? I was looking to take it from water cooling to air cooling, what sort of coolers would anyone suggest I could use with the board/setup? It'll be maybe overclocked if the power usage doesn't go crazy but crunching with an X58, I'm not sure is ever going to be efficient!
I've also a 4770k Z97 setup, but I was guessing that a 550w to 650w unit would be more than enough for that?? I was also looking at a Ryzen build or two (1700's I'm toying with) as well, but again a 550w to 650w for just crunching and the odd bit of gaming would be more than enough for that??
Now for the overkill build I'm really hoping to get finished...
I have an X99, 5960X, 32Gb of ram that I have had for over two years now that I have yet to get finished and built.. I was planning on making it a complete overkill build with two custom loops for cooling and hopefully, M.2/SSD only storage as it was going to be used as a gaming only rig. I bought a 1070 to start with but I'm ideally looking to run 3 4k panels (maybe 120Hz) as well but at the moment, I've just got 3 1080P panels that I'd use instead..
I've seen the 8 Pack SuperFlower unit, the 2000w model and I thought for a bit of overkill, that would fit the bill nicely.. Considering the price of the unit and what others are costing, I half wondered if it would fit the bill nicely but I think it might be a little bit much, even for a total overkill build...??
What might anyone suggest for PSU's, sizes and such?? I'm not so happy with Corsair AX i units, having had a few that have gone wrong (shall we say..) I'd like to avoid them... Looking forward to some suggestions
Thank you in advance 
