Motherboard question - need help

Ysko · Jan 19, 2020

Guys and girls!

Im building new and want to upgrade only proccesor when it gets old

For now i have:
Ryzen 3600
2070S gigabyte gaming oc
Corsair 750W gold

Still missing motherboard and RAM.
For the RAM part i wanna pick 3200 CL 14 32 GB
Still cant decide on motherboard.
Was thinking alot about ASUS Crosshair 7. Is this MB worth buying? Will it support new ryzens when they come out?
Or maybe i should get some new x570 board with that crappy chipset fan ?

Appreciate for all answers!

JackCarver · Jan 20, 2020

The Crosshair seems to be a decent mainboard. According to a list of hardwareluxx it has a 10 phase vcore vrm of International Rectifier 60A power stages. So should also be sufficient for the new Ryzen 4000 CPUs. According to AMD the am4 chipset should also support the new Ryzen 4000 CPUs, so yes this Board should support it.

Dixevil · Jan 20, 2020

you can't even hear "crappy chipset fan" working, so it's a bit exaggerated.

Zach_01 · Jan 20, 2020

FYI, Vcore phases count and power stage Amps dont mean a lot by their own. All this have a meaning in conjunction with the main power controller, the phase doublers (if are present) and the efficiency of each power stage.
My board has 12 Vcore phases (doubling 6x2) and 40A power stages but each stage has great efficiency. I've seen it in tests handling an OCed 3900X to a 225W configuration and it did very well (temps) while surpassing stronger (50/60A) power staged boards (same 6x2).

Im not saying the Crosshair VII is not a solid board for ZEN3(4000series). Just clarifing some facts.
If you want to see what those VRMs are capable of then search below...

Actually Hardcore Overclocking

www.youtube.com

As for the X570 chipset fan I also say that its has been exaggerated.
First of all the fan is silent enough even at high speeds. Starts at 1500 up to 5500~6000rpm, but second... I never use it. Its stopped by BIOS setting and I have a low (800~1000rpm) speed 120mm case fan close to PCH heatsink. The chipset now with ambient 22~23C is around 40C on idle low loads and 45C gaming. During summer (Aug) with 32C ambient the temp was 48~53C. Critical temp is 95 or 105C, I'm not sure.

EarthDog · Jan 20, 2020

Ysko said:
Or maybe i should get some new x570 board with that crappy chipset fan ?

They aren't crappy. On most you cannot hear it in the first place...

If you want next gen support, go X570 based mobo.

JackCarver · Jan 20, 2020

Sure they have a no meaning of their own. But the IR3555 are also used in many of the X570 Boards and they aren't crap. So I would prefer the 10*60=600 Amps of the Asus Board over your 12*40=480 Amps, but that's only my opinion. There are other facts too, seperate from vrm, why someone would prefer X570 over X470, but the vrm of the crosshair outperforms many cheap X570 Boards. They are doubled by 5 International Rectifier doublers and it's an Asus ASP 1405 5+2 PWM controller used. The same they use for some of their X570 STRIX Boards.

And by the way, your Board has also IR Stages, but smaller ones than the Asus Board, and the same doublers in use. Your PWM controller is also from IR, here is a diffrence to the Asus Board.

johnny-r · Jan 20, 2020

I'm very happy with my Msi B450 Gaming plus, almost 6 months now, had a couple of bios updates in the beginning and all working great now.

Zach_01 · Jan 20, 2020

JackCarver said:
Sure they have a no meaning of their own. But the IR3555 are also used in many of the X570 Boards and they aren't crap. So I would prefer the 10*60=600 Amps of the Asus Board over your 12*40=480 Amps, but that's only my opinion. There are other facts too, seperate from vrm, why someone would prefer X570 over X470, but the vrm of the crosshair outperforms many cheap X570 Boards. They are doubled by 5 International Rectifier doublers and it's an Asus ASP 1405 5+2 PWM controller used. The same they use for some of their X570 STRIX Boards.

And by the way, your Board has also IR Stages, but smaller ones than the Asus Board, and the same doublers in use. Your PWM controller is also from IR, here is a diffrence to the Asus Board.

Cant argue that at all... nor I was saying that my board's power delivery system is superior to the Crosshair VII. Wasnt clear enough and I apologize.
I was just saying that phase count and amps dont mean anything by the numbers. thats it...
Crosshair Hero boards are among the greatest ones, no doubt!

And, as for the X570 vs X470/B450 debate I say if someone can afford it, go for X570. There are nice budget boards around 170$, but kinda stripped. From 200$ and up, one can find really nice and solid option for every taste and feature set. Not all of them make sense of course but some are. Just need to search... alot!
X570 is closer to 4000series support, beside that PCI-E 4.0 support (still not really usable for most users, but...)

EarthDog · Jan 20, 2020

Zach_01 said:
I was just saying that phase count and amps dont mean anything by the numbers. thats it...

They do, but it isn't the WHOLE picture. And while it is better to have things running without doublers, the difference for ambient users isn't much at all really. Of the three (controller, phase count, and amps), I would place a lot more faith in the count/amps/specs of the MOSFETs than I would the controller and how it gets the power there.

Controller specs (how many channels it has) are good to know and completes the picture, but I'd rather have beefier MOSFETs and a controller that needs doublers to reach the phases, than to have less beefy MOSFETs and non doubled parts (again for ambient cooling). The reality is, few using ambient cooling will notice a difference either way. These chips, both Intel and AMD, are limited more so by the heat than motherboards (that is, when not using a 3950x on a potato B350, lol).

Zach_01 · Jan 20, 2020

Crosshair VII has same power delivery with VIII? ...or just similar?

RYZEN 3950X "simulated": VRM Testing 11 X570 Mainboards

JackCarver · Jan 20, 2020

Zach_01 said:
Crosshair VII has same power delivery with VIII? ...or just similar?

View attachment 142695

RYZEN 3950X "simulated": VRM Testing 11 X570 Mainboards

They use both the same PWM controller (ASP 1405I) but as the Crosshair 7 Hero uses 5+2 configuration the Crosshair 8 Hero uses 7+1 configuration. Both use the same power stages IR 3555 60 Amps, the VII 10 of these stages, the VIII 14 vcore phases. But they are doubled at the Crosshair Hero VII, the Crosshair Hero VIII uses Twin configuration. Asus don't use doublers any more at their X570 Boards as they are worse in transient response, as Asus says. They measured that voltage spikes when system changes load (idle->load->idle) are worse using doublers than without. The reason is, that doublers put some delay in the whole circuit as the PWM signal is halved by them and there is an additional circuit needed. But I think, that efficiency with doublers should be better, as with Twin configuration, there are always two stages in use, where with doublers only one is in use. So 14 doubled phases should stay cooler than 14 twin phases.

In my opinion, the new Gigabyte Aorus Master has one of the best vrm of all X570 Boards, 12 real phases for vcore, no doublers or twin in use, so all the benefits you can have!!! It uses 50 Amps Infineon stages. Would be my X570 Board ;-)

Edit:
Here is a list of the vrms used in many of the X570 Boards:

[Übersicht] - AMD 3rd Gen AM4 Mainboards & VRM Liste (X570, PRO565, B550, A520)

Inhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort | Die Plattform | Die Chipsätze | Die Mainboards (nach Hersteller sortiert) | Ergänzende Informationen hier im Forum | Anhang: Weiterführende Links & Hinweise Vorwort Hier dürfen News und Produkte diskutieret, Informationen erfragt und zusammengetragen, technische...

www.hardwareluxx.de

WatEagle · Jan 20, 2020

Ysko said:
Guys and girls!

Im building new and want to upgrade only proccesor when it gets old

For now i have:
Ryzen 3600
2070S gigabyte gaming oc
Corsair 750W gold

Still missing motherboard and RAM.
For the RAM part i wanna pick 3200 CL 14 32 GB
Still cant decide on motherboard.
Was thinking alot about ASUS Crosshair 7. Is this MB worth buying? Will it support new ryzens when they come out?
Or maybe i should get some new x570 board with that crappy chipset fan ?

Appreciate for all answers!

For me all turns around your budget. If you have a tight one you can go with a B450, especially MSI or Asrock. But if you can afford a x570 go and get one decent, so in the future you will have yet PCIe 4 support and Ryzen 4000 support.
If you save up with mobo you can possibly get faster ram to get better performance.
Also if you plan to get a higher core count ruzen you surely will need better VRMs so if it so, go and buy a x570

JackCarver · Jan 20, 2020

WatEagle said:
Also if you plan to get a higher core count ruzen you surely will need better VRMs so if it so, go and buy a x570

That is no general rule, as there are X470 Boards with better vrm than X570 Boards, look at the Asus Crosshair VII Hero and compare it to nearly all Asrock X570 Boards, with the exception of Taichi, Creator or Aqua, I clearly would choose the Hero.

Zach_01 · Jan 20, 2020

JackCarver said:
In my opinion, the new Gigabyte Aorus Master has one of the best vrm of all X570 Boards, 12 real phases for vcore, no doublers or twin in use, so all the benefits you can have!!! It uses 50 Amps Infineon stages. Would be my X570 Board ;-)

Yes I know this one... I wanted it too but it was too expensive for me and I'm not really into OC. As the video is showing the X570 Aorus Pro is doing fine (temp wise, transient response is another story) even up to 200+W draw with normal airflow around it of course, so...

I'm having this one... but surely, having it at my disposal, it does not mean that I can interpet all the info on it...

AM4 Vcore VRM Ratings v1.4 (2019-11-07)

docs.google.com

WatEagle · Jan 20, 2020

JackCarver said:
That is no general rule, as there are X470 Boards with better vrm than X570 Boards, look at the Asus Crosshair VII Hero and compare it to nearly all Asrock X570 Boards, with the exception of Taichi, Creator or Aqua, I clearly would choose the Hero.

I was assuming mataining pcie4 support, but you're right

EarthDog · Jan 20, 2020

Zach_01 said:
Yes I know this one... I wanted it too but it was too expensive for me and I'm not really into OC. As the video is showing the X570 Aorus Pro is doing fine (temp wise, transient response is another story) even up to 200+W draw with normal airflow around it of course, so...

I'm having this one... but surely, having it at my disposal, it does not mean that I can interpet all the info on it...

AM4 Vcore VRM Ratings v1.4 (2019-11-07)

docs.google.com

I've posted that several times at this site for the past few months. It's a solid reference for the parts, no doubt!

JackCarver said:
That is no general rule, as there are X470 Boards with better vrm than X570 Boards, look at the Asus Crosshair VII Hero and compare it to nearly all Asrock X570 Boards, with the exception of Taichi, Creator or Aqua, I clearly would choose the Hero.

Correct... however the floor is raised compared to X470.

JackCarver · Jan 20, 2020

Zach_01 said:
Yes I know this one... I wanted it too but it was too expensive for me and I'm not really into OC. As the video is showing the X570 Aorus Pro is doing fine (temp wise, transient response is another story) even up to 200+W draw with normal airflow around it of course, so...

I'm having this one... but surely, having it at my disposal, it does not mean that I can interpet all the info on it...

AM4 Vcore VRM Ratings v1.4 (2019-11-07)

docs.google.com

Yes unfortunately it's expensive, a german retailer requests 384,90€ for it

. But if you compare it to for example the MSI MEG X570 ACE, this costs 373,70€, so not that much cheaper, and uses 12 doubled vcore phases. Or the MSI MEG X570 Godlike for 688,90€(!!!), it uses 14 doubled phases with 70 Amps infineon stages. So definitely worse in transient response than the Gigabyte Board. Sure the MSI Godlike has 980 Amps together (!!) but the 600 Amps of the Gigabyte Board should be sufficient also for really high OC.

After reading another article to the Asus VIII Hero, the Asus ASP 1405I PWM controller is a renamed IR 35201 PWM controller which can control 8 real phases. So not an Asus controller.

Edit:
The Aorus Pro is definitely a very good Board. The whole vrm (Controller, power stages and doublers) are infineon parts. Way better than my MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon with 8 twin phases and even this poor vrm can do 5 GHz with my i7 8700K.

oxrufiioxo · Jan 20, 2020

Every $300+ X570 board is good it really just comes down to feature set and if you want your vrm to run slightly cooler.

I really like the Aorus Master but the Crosshair 8 is just as good and the Msi Unify is excellent as well. The Taichi is also great as well especially when it's on sale.

The chipset fan never comes on with the Master except during startup I doubt it will come on with a Crosshair 8 as well.

JackCarver · Jan 20, 2020

Yes the Taichi is also a nice board. I think the IR power stages that the Master uses are a little better than the SIC p-stages the Taichi uses. Interesting is, that the Asrock Aqua uses Infineon parts for the whole VRM, but that's way too expansive. At CaseKing 959,90€...

TheoneandonlyMrK · Jan 20, 2020

Ysko said:
Guys and girls!

Im building new and want to upgrade only proccesor when it gets old

For now i have:
Ryzen 3600
2070S gigabyte gaming oc
Corsair 750W gold

Still missing motherboard and RAM.
For the RAM part i wanna pick 3200 CL 14 32 GB
Still cant decide on motherboard.
Was thinking alot about ASUS Crosshair 7. Is this MB worth buying? Will it support new ryzens when they come out?
Or maybe i should get some new x570 board with that crappy chipset fan ?

Appreciate for all answers!

I have one, and I would not buy one now personally, too expensive for its age, the 570 boards will get better support for longer too and have better features.

One year on from purchase Bios updates have slowed to a crawl, it took ages for asus to bring 1.0.0.4 to the board and in general they tend to stop support after a year ie drivers etc.

Im waiting on 670 boards ,then ill swap perhaps, it's tricky for me since i have little to gain but im tempted.

plus ASUS are complete assholes when it came to pciex4 support, low end to mid got some degree of gpu or nvme support ie one or the other MIGHT work as it should, on my board they have it so pciex4 is out of the question for anything, hardly lines up well with buying a premium board when lower end ones get upgraded better via bios is it.

Zach_01 · Jan 20, 2020

oxrufiioxo said:
Every $300+ X570 board is good it really just comes down to feature set and if you want your vrm to run slightly cooler.

I really like the Aorus Master but the Crosshair 8 is just as good and the Msi Unify is excellent as well. The Taichi is also great as well especially when it's on sale.

The chipset fan never comes on with the Master except during startup I doubt it will come on with a Crosshair 8 as well.

MSI Unify is also a VRM "overkill" and above the Taichi. If those 2 are close at price the choise is Unify obviously, as not only has better power delivery but feature wise I think too. Taichi X570 once was the 300$ point king but now the Unify has this place. Taichi on sale day worth it.

Isnt the Aqua more of a bragging rights board?

oxrufiioxo · Jan 20, 2020

Zach_01 said:
MSI Unify is also a VRM "overkill" and above the Taichi. If those 2 are close at price the choise is Unify obviously, as not only has better power delivery but feature wise I think too. Taichi X570 once was the 300$ point king but now the Unify has this place. Taichi on sale day worth it.

Isnt the Aqua more of a bragging rights board?

Sure the msi is better from a vrm perspective but if someone prefers the look or the feature set of the Taichi 8 vs 4 sata for example there is nothing wrong with it.

JackCarver · Jan 20, 2020

Unify and Aqua have both the same vrm, as far I can see. Aqua can watercool the vrm which is a nice feature if you get really high amps at the power stages. But you can also buy a waterblock for cpu and vrm, EK has several of them in their shop. But don‘t think it‘s necessary...

eidairaman1 · Jan 20, 2020

Better vrms dont need cooling from buildzoids videos

JackCarver · Jan 20, 2020

eidairaman1 said:
Better vrms dont need cooling from buildzoids videos

If you do really high oc I think they will need some cooling

Processor	Core i7 8700K@5 GHz
Motherboard	MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon
Cooling	2xEKWB Rads, EKWB Reservoir 250, Aqua Computer Kryos Next CPU Cooler, Phanteks Glacier GPU Cooler
Memory	16 GB DDR4 GSkill Trident Z 3200
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG STRIX RTX 2080 O8G (GPU@2115 MHz/VRAM@7800MHz)
Storage	1x Samsung Evo 840 SSD 256, 1x WD Blue 1 TB HDD
Display(s)	Asus ROG Swift PG248 1080p Display/144Hz/G-Sync
Case	Fractal Design R6 with Window
Audio Device(s)	Realtek onboard
Power Supply	be quiet 650W Straight Power
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Cherry KB
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	FireStrike: 25953/Extreme: 13141/Ultra: 7099/TimeSpy: 11426/Superposition: 7667/CinebenchR20: 3916

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Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4 2x16 3600MHz
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080 GameRock
Storage	Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 1TB
Display(s)	LG 27GL850-B 27" IPS 144Hz + LG 65" C3 OLED 120Hz
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	iFi Audio Zen DAC V2 + Hifiman Sundara
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	X Box Elite2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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Processor	Ryzen 7 9700X (March 2025), 140W PPT limit, 85C temp limit, CO -25, +100MHz (up to 5.65GHz)
Motherboard	Asrock X870E NOVA, BIOS v3.2, AGESA PI 1.2.0.3a Patch A
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420mm Rev7 (Jan 2024) with off-center mount for Ryzen, TIM: Kryosheet
Memory	2x32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB (March2025) 6000MT/s 1.40V CL30-36-36-36-68-104 1T, tRFC:500, Hynix-A
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Audio Device(s)	Astro A50 headset
Power Supply	Corsair HX750i, ATX v2.4, 80+ Platinum, 93% (250~700W), modular, single/dual rail (switch)
Mouse	Logitech MX Master (Gen1)
Keyboard	Logitech G15 (Gen2) w/ LCDSirReal applet
Software	Windows 11 Home 64bit (v24H2, OSBuild 26100.3915), Install March 2025

Processor	Core i7 8700K@5 GHz
Motherboard	MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon
Cooling	2xEKWB Rads, EKWB Reservoir 250, Aqua Computer Kryos Next CPU Cooler, Phanteks Glacier GPU Cooler
Memory	16 GB DDR4 GSkill Trident Z 3200
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG STRIX RTX 2080 O8G (GPU@2115 MHz/VRAM@7800MHz)
Storage	1x Samsung Evo 840 SSD 256, 1x WD Blue 1 TB HDD
Display(s)	Asus ROG Swift PG248 1080p Display/144Hz/G-Sync
Case	Fractal Design R6 with Window
Audio Device(s)	Realtek onboard
Power Supply	be quiet 650W Straight Power
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Cherry KB
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	FireStrike: 25953/Extreme: 13141/Ultra: 7099/TimeSpy: 11426/Superposition: 7667/CinebenchR20: 3916

System Name	Zen2
Processor	AMD Ryzen - 3600
Motherboard	MSi B450m Gaming plus
Cooling	Stock Wraith Spire CPU Cooler, Armageddon 120mm RED Led Case fan
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ribjaws V, 3200Mhz (XMP), stable at 3466Mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI Armour Radeon RX-580 O/C
Storage	Primarily: WD - 500GB SSD
Display(s)	Dell 27" IPS
Case	ANTEC P7, Red line
Audio Device(s)	JBL E-55 BT Headphones
Power Supply	Antec V700P - Modular PSU
Mouse	Gigabyte Ghost, Logitech MX-518
Keyboard	Coolermaster Devestator 3, Logitech Wave
Benchmark Scores	SOTTR Benchmark 1080p ultra - 95fps

Motherboard question - need help

Ysko

New Member

JackCarver

Dixevil

Zach_01

Actually Hardcore Overclocking

EarthDog

JackCarver

johnny-r

Zach_01

EarthDog

Zach_01

JackCarver

[Übersicht] - AMD 3rd Gen AM4 Mainboards & VRM Liste (X570, PRO565, B550, A520)

WatEagle

JackCarver

Zach_01

AM4 Vcore VRM Ratings v1.4 (2019-11-07)

WatEagle

EarthDog

AM4 Vcore VRM Ratings v1.4 (2019-11-07)

JackCarver

AM4 Vcore VRM Ratings v1.4 (2019-11-07)

oxrufiioxo

JackCarver

TheoneandonlyMrK

Zach_01

oxrufiioxo

JackCarver

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

JackCarver

System Name	The Worker/ Laptop
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600/ i5 1035g1
Motherboard	MSI b450 Tomahawk Max / Lenovo proprietary
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 33 eSport One
Memory	16Gb DDR4 3200 Mhz Corsair vengeance LPX / 12gb ddr4 3200Mhz (4gb are soldered :( )
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte gtx 1660 Ti OC @2030Mhz core and 7400Mhz memory / Intel G1 UHD
Storage	1 970Evo plus 500gb, 2x250Gb Samsung 850 Evo,3 TB HDD / 250gb WD SN530
Display(s)	Asus mx259h / 15.6 FHD TN
Audio Device(s)	Onboard / Onboard
Power Supply	CoolerMaster G750M
Software	W10 64bit

System Name	His & Hers
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

System Name	RyzenGtEvo/ Asus strix scar II
Processor	Amd R5 5900X/ Intel 8750H
Motherboard	Crosshair hero8 impact/Asus
Cooling	360EK extreme rad+ 360$EK slim all push, cpu ek suprim Gpu full cover all EK
Memory	Gskill Trident Z 3900cas18 32Gb in four sticks./16Gb/16GB
Video Card(s)	Asus tuf RX7900XT /Rtx 2060
Storage	Silicon power 2TB nvme/8Tb external/1Tb samsung Evo nvme 2Tb sata ssd/1Tb nvme
Display(s)	Samsung UAE28"850R 4k freesync.dell shiter
Case	Lianli 011 dynamic/strix scar2
Audio Device(s)	Xfi creative 7.1 on board ,Yamaha dts av setup, corsair void pro headset
Power Supply	corsair 1200Hxi/Asus stock
Mouse	Roccat Kova/ Logitech G wireless
Keyboard	Roccat Aimo 120
VR HMD	Oculus rift
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	laptop Timespy 6506

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Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
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Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
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Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64