Your PC ATM

lexluthermiester · Jun 9, 2022

sneekypeet said:
IDGAF what others do....lol

Nor should you! Buy what you want, do what you want. Someone has a problem with it, tell them to sod-off and get knotted.

freeagent · Jun 9, 2022

To me it doesn't matter what you run. We are all in this hobby together.. we all love hardware.

Frizz · Jun 10, 2022

sneekypeet said:
A little something I slapped together over the past week. (system specs for details)

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Oh baby the Evangelion components!

Frizz said:
Hurray for EOFY, got rid of my Legion Laptop to go back to a desktop in dreamy white .

I could not wait for the new RTX cards and AM5 socket

Sad times! T.T

Rithsom · Jun 10, 2022

Maintenance. Lots and lots of maintenance. I basically gutted my system in anticipation of a couple of key upgrades. Namely, a new CPU and a larger radiator.

I also plan on doing some solder work on my 2060 Super. My goal is to replace that weird pigtail connector with one of these:

There are some currently unused, "vestigial" through holes on the PCB that I believe I can solder this connector to. I've already done some testing with a multimeter, and everything looks good so far. And oddly enough, my water block already has a cutout for a connector in that exact area.

P4-630 · Jun 10, 2022

Rithsom said:
Maintenance. Lots and lots of maintenance. I basically gutted my system in anticipation of a couple of key upgrades. Namely, a new CPU and a larger radiator.

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I also plan on doing some solder work on my 2060 Super. My goal is to replace that weird pigtail connector with one of these:

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There are some currently unused, "vestigial" through holes on the PCB that I believe I can solder this connector to. I've already done some testing with a multimeter, and everything looks good so far. And oddly enough, my water block already has a cutout for a connector in that exact area.

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Didn't know they made waterblocks for 2060 supers.... :cool:

The red spirit · Jun 10, 2022

Tigger said:
Don't you feel dirty having a ADL setup. I always feel they get a certain amount of derision on TPU now it seems to me to be a bit AMD biased.

TPU isn't the nicest place. You just ignore some of its nonsense over time.

Blaeza · Jun 10, 2022

We are all PC enthusiasts, with varying knowledge and components. Why can't we all just get along?

ThrashZone · Jun 10, 2022

Hi,
x99 in current state until place is sold all other builds are off site.
Installed D15 instead of the darkrock 4 pro
Returned the darkrock 4 pro to amazon I did not like it
I couldn't use it's fans my memory was in the way on both sides and frankly putting a fan between the towers was way to tight.

sneekypeet · Jun 10, 2022

Last Pic.

freeagent · Jun 11, 2022

I just dusted the system and ditched my TY-147B and put it back on the cooler in the 5600X system and swapped in my TL-D14X. Summer is here so a little extra directed airflow is helpful. The iPPC fans idle at 5% so it’s nice and quiet.. sorta

The red spirit · Jun 11, 2022

sneekypeet said:
Last Pic.
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Nice Gundam /s

JC Denton · Jun 11, 2022

Here's my budget gaming PC I built so I could work from home during lockdown.

i5 10400F Stock
MSI PRO H410M-B Mobo
Inno3D GTX 1660 Stock
AData XPG 16GB @2666Mhz
MX500 1TB SSD
SilverStone 500W Fully Modular PSU
Generic RGB case
Stock Intel cooler

This is a super quiet build. I've set it up so the CPU and GPU fans turn off when they are below 40°c & when breached, they'll only ramp up to 55% maxmium speed. It's perfect for uninterrupted Netflix viewing.

Makaveli · Jun 13, 2022

My current build specs in sig.

Toothless · Jun 13, 2022

Veseleil · Jun 17, 2022

I wanted to share a brief history of my latest builds and their transformation into current state.
Not so long ago there was this thing called Phenom II X4 965 BE with GTX 550ti 1GB, 12GB RAM and indestructible Hitachi 7200rpm 500GB HDD. In 2017 came the Aorus 1060, mostly for cryptomining purpose (it was over 350eur back then, and Zcash was a thing), and Asus Vento A9 case (if i remember correctly) was modified:

Also modded stock cooler with the Delta fan:

Then came the Xeon, and I've used the same case. The Phenom was repacked into another case and eventually sold. I still regret that decision. It was a gift from a friend, and a fine piece of AMD engineering history.

Then I've decided to buy a more powerful GPU. Not too many choices really. It was between heavily used (cryptomining OFC) 1080ti or new 5700XT, for around 450eur. It was an easy one really. The scale comparison with 1060 which had overkill heat sink:

It was not too long until I've figured that my locked Xeon can't properly feed the 5700XT, so I've decided to build a whole new PC. Bought two new cases, the CM Q500L with intention of heavy modifications, and a generic RGB case. The Q500L was intended for the Ryzen, and generic one for the Xeon. Well, Dark Rock Pro 4 couldn't fit into Q500L (the front panel couldn't close), and there was some annoying static interference with MSI motherboard's audio which persisted even after board RMA (got a new board, it was the damn case's insane static apparently). So Xeon got the Q500L in the end.

This PC is rarely used, and it's mostly for LAN gaming with my friend. I let the fans spin for 50% on that occasion.

The Gigabyte's BIOS fan settings are terrible, so i bought that little hub for pennies. No such thing like open source FanControl back then (i think). If i ever get a chance on 4790K for a fair price, there will be another cutout at the front, PSU turned around, fans orientation moved to form a negative pressure, and a better CPU cooler. Until then, it's a nearly silent or silent compact ATX box.

And my main rig:

I'll probably swap the RGB fans for a pair of P14s at the front, and P12 at the back for performance and noise. It's hard to take a proper photo of purple lights, it tends to be captured as blue in darker environment.

freeagent · Jun 17, 2022

Welp, got the CPU cooler on, but the M.2 still wont fit lol.. guess either a new platform or water cooling will be the only way to use it lol. Dammit.

Not sure how it performs yet, but it is smaller, and lighter than FC140, so no high hopes there.. on a positive note, the black cooler fans are pretty nice to the touch and have some beef to them. Quality goods right there. Oh I also put the little M.2 cooler on, it’s a little classier looking imo.

Veseleil · Jun 17, 2022

freeagent said:
Welp, got the CPU cooler on, but the M.2 still wont fit lol.. guess either a new platform or water cooling will be the only way to use it lol. Dammit.

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Not sure how it performs yet, but it is smaller, and lighter than FC140, so no high hopes there.. on a positive note, the black cooler fans are pretty nice to the touch and have some beef to them. Quality goods right there. Oh I also put the little M.2 cooler on, it’s a little classier looking imo.

You can fit 280mm rad on top? You could get an Arctic liquid freezer II 280. Good performer but damn ugly CPU block.

freeagent · Jun 17, 2022

Veseleilo said:
You can fit 280mm rad on top? You could get an Arctic liquid freezer II 280. Good performer but damn ugly CPU block.

Just say NO to AIO

Toothless · Jun 17, 2022

freeagent said:
Just say NO to AIO

Well your air cooling is saying no to your m.2. The only thing wrong with AIOs are misinformed people that refuse to bend.

tabascosauz · Jun 17, 2022

freeagent said:
Just say NO to AIO

They're still waiting on ya

oxrufiioxo · Jun 17, 2022

freeagent said:
Just say NO to AIO

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tabascosauz said:
They're still waiting on ya

That Optimus block is legit @freeagent should do it....

freeagent · Jun 17, 2022

Toothless said:
Well your air cooling is saying no to your m.2. The only thing wrong with AIOs are misinformed people that refuse to bend.

I had an AIO before.. performance started to taper off after 12-14 months, and after 2 years I had to dial back my settings. By the third year it was pretty much done for me. Plus it had a rattle can pump after the first week lol.

Performance was excellent when it was there. But once it started to taper off it was really no better than a heatsink. I was using 120x38s the entire time. Sometimes in push/pull.

Also, a lot of people say their AIO is better than their air coolers that did not get the same fresh air that their AIO gets.

Also, from what I have seen is that a lot of peoples temps with their AIO suck compared to mine. I don’t idle in the 40s or 50s, more like the 20s and low 30s.

tabascosauz said:
They're still waiting on ya

I honestly forgot about that.. I think I will take you up on that shortly

oxrufiioxo · Jun 17, 2022

freeagent said:
I had an AIO before.. performance started to taper off after 12-14 months, and after 2 years I had to dial back my settings. By the third year it was pretty much done for me. Plus it had a rattle can pump after the first week lol.

Performance was excellent when it was there. But once it started to taper off it was really no better than a heatsink. I was using 120x38s the entire time. Sometimes in push/pull.

Also, a lot of people say their AIO is better than their air coolers that did not get the same fresh air that their AIO gets.

Also, from what I have seen is that a lot of peoples temps with their AIO suck compared to mine. I don’t idle in the 40s or 50s, more like the 20s and low 30s.

Modern decent AIO are kinda pointless over Air coolers unless you are pushing 200 plus watts performance wise..... My 5950X sits in the low 60s under full load the same as any decent Tower cooler because it's stock I just wouldn't deal with a huge chunk of metal blocking access to stuff. A lot of AIO are designed with intel in mind you have to look at AMD performance to really compare Gamers Nexus does pretty good reviews on them another factor is unless someone has your identical setup.... Case/motherboard/cpu/ambient you can't compare temps. My buddy in Arizona with a 5800X same case, same cooler, same mobo runs about 10C warmer than my 5800X based system because his ambient is 8c higher.

Toothless · Jun 17, 2022

freeagent said:
I had an AIO before.. performance started to taper off after 12-14 months, and after 2 years I had to dial back my settings. By the third year it was pretty much done for me. Plus it had a rattle can pump after the first week lol.

Performance was excellent when it was there. But once it started to taper off it was really no better than a heatsink. I was using 120x38s the entire time. Sometimes in push/pull.

Also, a lot of people say their AIO is better than their air coolers that did not get the same fresh air that their AIO gets.

Also, from what I have seen is that a lot of peoples temps with their AIO suck compared to mine. I don’t idle in the 40s or 50s, more like the 20s and low 30s.

I honestly forgot about that.. I think I will take you up on that shortly

I've got a Kraken x60 from someone from TPU and it's still running. It really depends on the brand and as always, luck of the draw.

tabascosauz · Jun 17, 2022

oxrufiioxo said:
That Optimus block is legit @freeagent should do it....

And I can personally vouch for the Foundation block. The 3070 Ti forced me back to the C14S or else I would still be using it. But, to be honest I don't miss it that much at 142W, it is a big difference thermally but you know how these CPUs are, no real diff

The TechN is as good if not better.

System Name	RGB Bling Bling
Processor	AMD R7 5900X
Motherboard	Asus Strix B550-XE
Cooling	Thermalright Frost Commander 140 White
Memory	2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 Ultra
Storage	WD SN850 1TB, SN750 1TB, SN750 500GB, Asus Hyper M.2, 2x Intel 545S 256GB, 1TB Toshiba spinner
Display(s)	LG 50UP7100
Case	Fractal Torrent Compact RGB
Audio Device(s)	JBL 2.1 Deep Bass
Power Supply	EVGA G+ 750, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Zowie EC2 Evo
Keyboard	Logitech G213
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	White Theme
Processor	Intel 12700K CPU
Motherboard	ASUS STRIX Z690-A D4
Cooling	Lian Li Galahad Uni w/ AL20 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3200 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	ASUS STRIX RTX 3080 White 10GB
Storage	2TB Samsung 980 Pro PCIE 4.0
Display(s)	Alienware 38" 3840x1600 (165Hz)
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO White
Audio Device(s)	2i2 Scarlett Solo + Schiit Magni 3 AMP
Power Supply	Corsair HX 1000 Platinum

System Name	Desktop PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Motherboard	MSI B450I Gaming Plus Max Wi-Fi
Cooling	Corsair Hydro X Series Custom Loop
Memory	32 (2x16) GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 MHz
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super FE
Storage	1 TB Samsung 970 EVO PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Vizio 1080p TV Screen (Temporary)
Case	Fractal Design Define Nano S
Audio Device(s)	Razer Kraken X Headset
Power Supply	Corsair RM650x 650W
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder V2 Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Razer Cynosa Lite Gaming Keyboard
VR HMD	HTC Vive Cosmos
Software	Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy: 8706 (Stock)

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
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 / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	Shizuka
Processor	Intel Core i5 10400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B460M Aorus Pro
Cooling	Scythe Choten
Memory	2x8GB G.Skill Aegis 2666 MHz
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Red Dragon V2 RX 580 8GB ~100 watts in Wattman
Storage	512GB WD Blue + 256GB WD Green + 4TH Toshiba X300
Display(s)	BenQ BL2420PT
Case	Cooler Master Silencio S400
Audio Device(s)	Topping D10 + AIWA NSX-V70
Power Supply	Chieftec A90 550W (GDP-550C)
Mouse	Steel Series Rival 100
Keyboard	Hama SL 570
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise

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System Name	My first new build
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Motherboard	MSI B450M mortar max
Cooling	Deepcool AK620
Memory	32gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200@3800mhz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 6900XT Toxic Air Cooled
Storage	Samsung 870 QVO 1tb x 2, Lexar 256 GB, Western Digital 500 GB nvme
Display(s)	32" LG GN600
Case	Aerocool Eclipse
Audio Device(s)	Razer Kraken 2019/Edifier M201BT
Power Supply	MSI MPG AGF 850 watt gold
Mouse	Glorious Model D
Keyboard	Dell KB212-B
Software	Windows 10 pro

System Name	Ghetto Rigs x299 & z490 & x99
Processor	9940x w/Optimus Foundation & 10900k w/Black Noctua D15 & 5930k w/Reg-Noctua D15
Motherboard	X299 Rampage VI Apex & z490 Maximus XII Apex & x99 Sabertooth
Cooling	D5 combo/280 GTX/ VRM copper water block/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ 1080ti FTW3
Memory	Trident-Z 3600C16 4x8gb & Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb & Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb
Video Card(s)	1080ti FTW3-On Loop & Titan Xp-w/ Only GPU loop & evga 980ti gaming-w/ air
Storage	Many sammy 2.5" ssd's 850 Pro/ 860 pro's for os & WD BLK's hdd's storage
Display(s)	1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series
Case	D450 second floor for 2nd rad x2/ 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 1200P2 & 1000P2 with APC AX1500 & 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U & a 750P2 unused
Mouse	Redragon Perdition x3
Keyboard	G710+x3
Software	Win-7 pro x3 and Linux Cinnamon 20.2x2 & win-10 & 11pro x3
Benchmark Scores	Are in the benchmark section

System Name	EVA-01
Processor	Intel i7 13700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z690 HERO EVA Edition
Cooling	be quiet! PURE LOOP 360
Memory	KLevv CRAS XR5 RGB @7000 CAS 40
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 24GB OC EVA Edition
Storage	Addlink S95 M.2 PCIe GEN 4x4 2TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG SWIFT OLED PG42UQ
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 TG
Audio Device(s)	Realtek on board > Sony Receiver > Cerwin Vegas
Power Supply	be quiet DARK POWER PRO 12 1500W
Mouse	ROG STRIX Impact Electro Punk
Keyboard	ROG STRIX Scope TKL Electro Punk
Software	Windows 11

Processor	i5 10400F Stock
Motherboard	MSI PRO H410M-B
Cooling	Stock Intel cooler
Memory	AData XPG 16GB @2666Mhz
Video Card(s)	Inno3D GTX 1660 Stock
Storage	1TB MX500 SSD
Display(s)	Samsung 24"
Case	Generic RGB case
Audio Device(s)	Harmon Kardon 2.0
Power Supply	SilverStone 500W Fully Modular PSU
Mouse	MX518 Original

System Name	The Expanse
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570-Pro BIOS 4602 AM4 AGESA V2 PI 1.2.0.8
Cooling	Corsair H150i Pro
Memory	32GB Gskill Trident RGB DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34-1T
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB
Storage	Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe 4 / Samsung 860Evo 1TB x2 Raid 0 / Asus NAS AS1004T V2 14TB
Display(s)	LG 34GP83A-B 34 Inch 21: 9 UltraGear Curved QHD (3440 x 1440) 1ms Nano IPS 160Hz
Case	Fractal Design Meshify S2
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi + Logitech Z-5500
Power Supply	Corsair AX850 Titanium
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB SE
Keyboard	Corsair K100
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 22H2
Benchmark Scores	3800X https://valid.x86.fr/1zr4a5 5800X https://valid.x86.fr/2dey9c

System Name	Veraltet
Processor	5950x
Motherboard	Asus x570 Crosshair VIII Hero Wifi
Cooling	CoolerMaster PL360 Flux
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill TridentZ
Video Card(s)	XFX RX6950XT
Storage	2 NVME + 2 HDD
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx + 2x AOC 2425W
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Snowball ICE / Samsung T400
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 10 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

System Name	Purple Haze & Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 4125, 4100MHz 1.3V & Intel i7 3930K 4.5GHz, 1.4V single - 1.36V all core load
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max & Gigabyte G1.Assassin 2
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, Arctic P14 and P12 case fans & NH-D14, Arctic F14 and F12 case fans, 2x 45x10mm VRM
Memory	16GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) 3733MHz 15-20-16-36-58 ~67ns & 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XT ASRock OC Formula & AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB (original internals), Toshiba P300 3TB x2 & Kingston A400 120GB
Display(s)	AOC 24G2U & Fujitsu P24W-6
Case	MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB & Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs & Bloody M550
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M & Enermax Revolution X't 730W
Mouse	Logitech G305 & Bloody A91
Keyboard	Redragon K530 & Bloody B930
Software	W10 LTSC 21H2

Processor	5800X3D \| 5700G
Motherboard	ROG Impact \| B550I Aorus AX
Cooling	FC140 x T30 \| Big Shuriken 3
Memory	32GB 3733CL14 \| 16GB 4333CL16
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Ti Eagle \| Vega 8
Storage	8TB of SSDs \| SN550
Case	Caselabs S3 \| Lone Industries L5
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 \| HDPlex 200W
Software	11 Pro \| 11

System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R9 5950X Stock
Motherboard	X570 Aorus Master/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	32 GB 4x8GB 4000CL15 Trident Z Royal/ 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)	LG G2 65/LG C1 48/ LG 27GN850/ MSI 27 inch VA panel.
Case	011 Dynamic XL/ Phanteks Evolv X
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro + gaming Dac/ Corsair sp 2500/ Logitech Z 625
Power Supply	Seasonic Ultra Prime Titanium 1000w/850w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed/ Logitech G Pro Hero.
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB Platinum/ Logitech G Pro