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Two Builds run by you guys - 1 Gaming and 1 Media

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System Name Bad Moon Ryzen
Processor Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard Asrock B450M Pro4-F
Cooling Vetroo V5
Memory Crucial Ballistix 32Gb (8gb x 4) 3200 MHz DDR 4
Video Card(s) 6700 XT
Storage Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb, Samsung 860 Evo 500Gb,WD Black 8Tb, WD Blue 2Tb
Display(s) Gigabyte G24F-2 (180Hz Freesync) & 4K Samsung TV
Case Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact w/Dark Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply MSI MPG A850GF (850w)
VR HMD Rift S
First the media -

Antec 300 with 2 Front Scythe S-Flex 120mm Ultra Quiet Fans - 1600RPM
Corsair450w VX
Abit A-S78H 780G Board
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4850e 2.5GHz
2xOCZ 2GB Kit PLATINUM
HD3470 to enable Hybrid Crossfire X with the integrated HD3200
1x Samsung Spinpoint F1 Terrabyte 32MB Cache
LG Electronics Blu-Ray & HD-DVD-Rom Combo
Vista Home Premium 32bit


and the gaming rig -

Antec 1200
Corsair 1000W HX PSU
ASUS Rampage Formula Republic of Gamers X48
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
Thermalright Ultra-120 EXTREME CPU Heatsink with additional Scythe S-Flex 120mm Ultra
2x OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHzPC2-8500
Reaper Memory HPC Edition Dual Channel
2x Western Digital 16MB Cache WD500AAKS in RAID 0 Configuration
1x Samsung Spinpoint F1 Terrabyte 32MB Cache
Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM SATA Drive
1x 4870X2 with a view to adding a second later (Possible on this board?)
Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Also, Reccomend a good 1920x1200 resolution monitor.

So any improvements? Or compatibilty issues? Let me know guys, thanks.
 
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Video Card(s) nvida 260 gtx
Storage segate baracuta 500 GB , western digital blue 1TB
Display(s) asus 23.6 vh242h
Case lian-li pc-a70 full tower
Power Supply 650 watt Antec Earth Watts
Software windows 7 and lots of other titles
they are looking good i wish i had that money to buy something like that
 

freaksavior

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Cooling NZXT Kraken / Noctua NH-L12 / Apple
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Video Card(s) Powercooler ATI vega 64 / GT 7300 / ARM
Storage Samsung 970 512 Evo NVMe / A lot. / 256 + 512 External TB3
Display(s) Acer Predator X34 / Headless / Acer X34 Non predator
Case NZXT H630 |Rosewill 8bay 4u server chasiss / MMM1
Audio Device(s) Onboard / Onboard / Onboard
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Mouse g502 proteus core / Headless / g502 proteus core
Keyboard Corsair K95 Cherry Blue / Headless / K65 Cherry Red
Software Windows 10 / ESXI / Big Sur 11.2.2
i agree with dr. deather. they do look good.

dont care for the case. and personally not a fan of wd.

1920x1200? samsung :) or a dell (not the cheapo's though) :)
 

Eternal

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Id definitely go for a Samsung, always been really impressed with them. Never used a Dell before though.
 
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Yeah they look good. But if you plan on overclocking the second rig, get the e8600, it's a monster...
 
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