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System Name | WAZAAM! |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 3900x |
Motherboard | ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Pro Gaming |
Cooling | Kraken x62 |
Memory | G.Skill 16GB 3200 MHz |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC |
Storage | Micron 9200 Max |
Display(s) | Samsung 49" 5120x1440 120hz |
Case | Corsair 600D |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard - Bose Companion 2 Speakers |
Power Supply | CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 |
Keyboard | Corsair K95 RGB |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
[WIP => COMPLETE] New Gaming rig in time for Skyrim
Final Config
Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA ...
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Tu...
HSF: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DD...
SSD (cache): Intel 311 Series Larsen Creek 20GB 2.5" SATA II SL...
SSD (apps): OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III...
HDD (RAID10): Recertified: Western Digital Caviar Blue RFHWD6400...
GPUs: 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III PE/OC Radeon HD 6950 2GB ...
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 85...
Case: Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 Black Aluminu...
Intake Fans: Noctua NF-P12-1300 120mm CPU Cooler and Case Fan
Exhaust Fans: Noctua NF-S12B FLX 120mm, 3 Speed Setting, Beveled...
Short Story: Everything is working! Yaa!!
Original Post
Hey Folks,
I'm in the process of putting a new system together.
Here's what I've already settled on:
Case: (Antec P183) Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 Black Aluminu...
PSU: (Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold) SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 ...
Memory: (2x4GB @ 1866 MHz & CAS 9) G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR...
Mobo: ASUS Crosshair V Formula
CPU: TBD
GPU: 6950 or 7000 series if available before November.
SSD: OCZ Agility3 120GB
HDD: 2x Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB in RAID1
DVD: Gearhead DVD +/- RW
HSF: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
So here's the short story: I have the case, I am 100% on the PSU, SSD & HDD. I don't care about the optical drive and memory will be best available when I get CPU and Mobo (though I have a preference for G.Skill)
CPU and Mobo: I'm 95% sure I'll be going bulldozer. That last 5% is in case AMD screws something up royally. I don't expect the same performance as i7 but I'm expecting the i5 Sandy Bridge range with AMD needing to drop the price to be competitive. I'm ok with that.
UPDATE:
I've added links as I've made decisions.
Update 2
So I'm about 99% sure on going Intel at this point. And it's not even due to performance considerations but to the SSD caching on the new Z68 chipset. I like the convenience factor. Using a very expensive computer should be easy.
So here's the component list:
Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA ...
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Tu...
HSF: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DD...
SSD (cache): Intel 311 Series Larsen Creek 20GB 2.5" SATA II SL...
SSD (apps): OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III...
HDD (RAID10): Recertified: Western Digital Caviar Blue RFHWD6400...
GPUs: MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III PE/OC Radeon HD 6950 2GB ...
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 85...
Case: Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 Black Aluminu...
Intake Fans: Noctua NF-P12-1300 120mm CPU Cooler and Case Fan
Exhaust Fans: Noctua NF-S12B FLX 120mm, 3 Speed Setting, Beveled...
Router: ASUS RT-N16 Wireless Router 802.11b/g/n up to 300M...
WiFi Card: ASUS PCE-N15 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI...
Some background:
As I said in the first post, I own the case and DVD drive already. I'd originally been planning to use a couple of the Samsung 2TB drives in RAID1 for the primary array. After some though I decided to upgrade my file server with 2TB drives and use 4 of the 640 drives in a RAID10 setup.
I'll use the 20GB Intel SSD to accelerate that drive. Additionally, I'll use the 120GB Agility SSD that I already own to install applications/games on. This has the benefit of giving consistent great performance to the programs I know I'll use, and giving a boost to everything else that I use somewhat frequently.
I'm pretty well set on all of the hardware but I'd appreciate any feedback. I obviously can't think of everything and if it looks like I missed something, please point it out.
Final Config
Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA ...
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Tu...
HSF: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DD...
SSD (cache): Intel 311 Series Larsen Creek 20GB 2.5" SATA II SL...
SSD (apps): OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III...
HDD (RAID10): Recertified: Western Digital Caviar Blue RFHWD6400...
GPUs: 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III PE/OC Radeon HD 6950 2GB ...
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 85...
Case: Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 Black Aluminu...
Intake Fans: Noctua NF-P12-1300 120mm CPU Cooler and Case Fan
Exhaust Fans: Noctua NF-S12B FLX 120mm, 3 Speed Setting, Beveled...
Short Story: Everything is working! Yaa!!
Original Post
Hey Folks,
I'm in the process of putting a new system together.
Here's what I've already settled on:
Case: (Antec P183) Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 Black Aluminu...
PSU: (Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold) SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 ...
Memory: (2x4GB @ 1866 MHz & CAS 9) G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR...
Mobo: ASUS Crosshair V Formula
CPU: TBD
GPU: 6950 or 7000 series if available before November.
SSD: OCZ Agility3 120GB
HDD: 2x Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB in RAID1
DVD: Gearhead DVD +/- RW
HSF: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
So here's the short story: I have the case, I am 100% on the PSU, SSD & HDD. I don't care about the optical drive and memory will be best available when I get CPU and Mobo (though I have a preference for G.Skill)
CPU and Mobo: I'm 95% sure I'll be going bulldozer. That last 5% is in case AMD screws something up royally. I don't expect the same performance as i7 but I'm expecting the i5 Sandy Bridge range with AMD needing to drop the price to be competitive. I'm ok with that.
UPDATE:
I've added links as I've made decisions.
Update 2
So I'm about 99% sure on going Intel at this point. And it's not even due to performance considerations but to the SSD caching on the new Z68 chipset. I like the convenience factor. Using a very expensive computer should be easy.
So here's the component list:
Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA ...
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Tu...
HSF: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DD...
SSD (cache): Intel 311 Series Larsen Creek 20GB 2.5" SATA II SL...
SSD (apps): OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III...
HDD (RAID10): Recertified: Western Digital Caviar Blue RFHWD6400...
GPUs: MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III PE/OC Radeon HD 6950 2GB ...
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 85...
Case: Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 Black Aluminu...
Intake Fans: Noctua NF-P12-1300 120mm CPU Cooler and Case Fan
Exhaust Fans: Noctua NF-S12B FLX 120mm, 3 Speed Setting, Beveled...
Router: ASUS RT-N16 Wireless Router 802.11b/g/n up to 300M...
WiFi Card: ASUS PCE-N15 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI...
Some background:
As I said in the first post, I own the case and DVD drive already. I'd originally been planning to use a couple of the Samsung 2TB drives in RAID1 for the primary array. After some though I decided to upgrade my file server with 2TB drives and use 4 of the 640 drives in a RAID10 setup.
I'll use the 20GB Intel SSD to accelerate that drive. Additionally, I'll use the 120GB Agility SSD that I already own to install applications/games on. This has the benefit of giving consistent great performance to the programs I know I'll use, and giving a boost to everything else that I use somewhat frequently.
I'm pretty well set on all of the hardware but I'd appreciate any feedback. I obviously can't think of everything and if it looks like I missed something, please point it out.
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