Current Events > Bought a new computer and I'm hype. Rate?

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Yes it's a customized prebuilt. I need a good computer asap and my old good computer I had to return. So I went all out this time!

• GAMDIAS TALOS M1B ARGB Gaming Case
• 3x [RGB] Corsair ML120 PRO Premium Magnetic Levitation 120mm Fan
• Corsair RGB Lighting Node Pro - 4x Individually addressable RGB LED strips
• AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Processor (16X 3.4GHz/64MB L3 Cache)
• CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX 240mm Liquid Cooler
• 16 GB [8 GB X2] DDR4-4000 Memory Module - Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO (RGB LED)
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - 24GB GDDR6X (VR-Ready)
• GIGABYTE X570 AORUS PRO WIFI - WiFi 6, ARGB Header (2), USB 3.2 Ports (1 Type-C, 5 Type-A), M.2 Slot (2)
• 1000 Watt - CORSAIR RM1000X Power Supply - 80 PLUS Gold, Full Modular
• 1TB MSI M470 M.2 PCIe GEN4 NVMe SSD -- Gen4 Read: 5000MB/s; Write: 4400MB/s, Gen3 Read: 3300MB/s; Write: 3000MB/s
• 2TB Hard Drive -- 256MB Cache, 7200RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
• Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy FX [PCIE] -- 5.1 Channels, 192KHz/24-bit
• Windows 10 Home w/ Windows Recovery USB - (64-bit)
• Tuniq TX-2 High Performance Thermal Compound - The best interface between your CPU and the heatsinks

Rate? Thoughts?

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Can it play Tetris?

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The_Hat posted...

Liquid Cooler

2/10
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Heartomaton posted...

Can it play Tetris?

Probably!

MarthGoomba posted...

2/10

Why do you hate liquid cooling?

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I dont even want to know what this cost.

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I dont know all that much about computers, but isn't that a little low on RAM?

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chrono625 posted...

I dont even want to know what this cost.

It was a lot . . .

dj1200 posted...

I dont know all that much about computers, but isn't that a little low on RAM?

Oh you're right, I wanted 32gb damn. At least aftermarket ram is super cheap still.

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10/10, what will be it's primary purpose?

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RoseLuck2022462 posted...

10/10, what will be it's primary purpose?

Minesweeper

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RoseLuck2022462 posted...

10/10, what will be it's primary purpose?

Thanks!
Streaming VR, 3D modeling, gaming, and maybe some video editing.

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The_Hat posted...

Thanks!
Streaming VR, 3D modeling, gaming, and maybe some video editing.

Yeah 16 gb ram isn't going to be even close to enough

At least 32 gigs RAM TC

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The_Hat posted...

Oh you're right, I wanted 32gb damn. At least aftermarket ram is super cheap still.

true.

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Why the hell wouldn't you put at least 32GB in that?

Like don't get me wrong - 16GB is fine in and of itself, but when seeing the really high-end specs you've gone for elswhere, I'd expect at least 32GB if not 64GB RAM.

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0/10

No pics.

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I meant to put in 32gb of ram, I'm kicking myself for not catching my mistake.
They haven't started building it yet, I'll call them tomorrow and see if I can add that to the order.

Disengaged posted...

0/10

No pics

It's not here yet?

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I'm excited for you TC.

Definitely interested in seeing the build when it's all put together.

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how much?

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make sure you put those specs in your sig

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Also 2TB hard drive seems a bit small. Again, kind of a "you're going for overkill, and that's not overkill" deal - why not chuck a 5TB or more in there? Or even better, just go even more overkill on the SSD(s).

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The_Hat posted...

It's not here yet?

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of course TC doesn't mention the price

Wii_Shaker posted...

I'm excited for you TC.

Definitely interested in seeing the build when it's all put together.

Thanks!

Damn_Underscore posted...

how much?

A bit over 5k . . .

VeganCentrist posted...

make sure you put those specs in your sig

Na I'm good.

Trumble posted...

Also 2TB hard drive seems a bit small. Again, kind of a "you're going for overkill, and that's not overkill" deal - why not chuck a 5TB or more in there? Or even better, just go even more overkill on the SSD(s).

It's a 1tb m.2 and a 2tb hdd, I don't think I could fill 3tb unless I get really into video editing haha

fohstick posted...

of course TC doesn't mention the price

No one asked until a few posts above yours! In fact one person said they didn't want to know!

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The_Hat posted...

Thanks!
Streaming VR, 3D modeling, gaming, and maybe some video editing.

The 3090 is a much better value for workstation tasks than games so do the video editing as well.

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this isn't my area of expertise but damn that's expensive

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The_Hat posted...

It's a 1tb m.2 and a 2tb hdd, I don't think I could fill 3tb unless I get really into video editing haha

This is what I have and over a year later Ive only used like half of the SSD(most of it being like 3 games) and maybe a quarter of the HDD

Youll be fine for awhile and its easy to add storage which will be even cheaper by the time you start running out

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RoseLuck2022462 posted...

The 3090 is a much better value for workstation tasks than games so do the video editing as well.

I will!

Damn_Underscore posted...

this isn't my area of expertise but damn that's expensive

Yeah, yeah it is. It'd be cheaper if I bought the parts slowly and assemble it myself, I just don't have that time right now.

littlebro07 posted...

This is what I have and over a year later Ive only used like half of the SSD(most of it being like 3 games) and maybe a quarter of the HDD

Youll be fine for awhile and its easy to add storage which will be even cheaper by the time you start running out

My thoughts exactly, thanks!

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My problem is why the hell they put a 240mm rad on this and not a 360mm. Your cpu is gonna run hot.

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FabIe posted...

My problem is why the hell they put a 240mm rad on this and not a 360mm. Your cpu is gonna run hot.

I admit that liquid cooling is something that I don't know much about, but with that and all the case fans I'm hoping it won't be an issue.

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Also you need like 6 more RGB fans

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Nice. I rate that beast a 10/10.

The_Hat posted...

Thanks!

A bit over 5k . . .

Na I'm good.

It's a 1tb m.2 and a 2tb hdd, I don't think I could fill 3tb unless I get really into video editing haha

No one asked until a few posts above yours! In fact one person said they didn't want to know!

Wow 5k. That 3090 definitely added a lot to the price...

You never know with the storage space. I have like 2 TB worth of games installed lol. Luckily, it's not hard to add more storage.

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littlebro07 posted...

Also you need like 6 more RGB fans

Lol noooo

NoxObscuras posted...

Nice. I rate that beast a 10/10.

Wow 5k. That 3090 definitely added a lot to the price...

You never know with the storage space. I have like 2 TB worth of games installed lol. Luckily, it's not hard to add more storage.

Personally I've never run into a storage issue, but we shall see!

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The_Hat posted...

I admit that liquid cooling is something that I don't know much about, but with that and all the case fans I'm hoping it won't be an issue.

Its simple geometry when you think about it. The 360mm radiator has 50% more surface area than the 240mm. That provides better cooling. Because the 5000-series ryzen chips run hotter already, it's a good idea to havr a bigger radiator with a triple fan setup to cool it.
I currently have a 240mm radiator cooling my Ryzen 7 5700x and it runs around 80C under load which isnt great.

It's my next planned upgrade and you might want to take note of your temperatures when you start multitasking since you're using this for streaming.

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FabIe posted...

Its simple geometry when you think about it. The 360mm radiator has 50% more surface area than the 240mm. That provides better cooling. Because the 5000-series ryzen chips run hotter already, it's a good idea to havr a bigger radiator with a triple fan setup to cool it.
I currently have a 240mm radiator cooling my Ryzen 7 5700x and it runs around 80C under load which isnt great.

It's my next planned upgrade and you might want to take note of your temperatures when you start multitasking since you're using this for streaming.

I appreciate the information, I hadn't thought about it, darn.


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That's a solid rig. I recently upgraded from a 2600x to a 5800x and a 2070 to a 3080ti. Got the 3080ti from the evga queue with the elite member discount so it came out to 1k.

What monitor are you using?

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BlameAnesthesia posted...

That's a solid rig. I recently upgraded from a 2600x to a 5800x and a 2070 to a 3080ti. Got the 3080ti from the evga queue with the elite member discount so it came out to 1k.

What monitor are you using?

Nice!

Uuuh 2 decent ones from a few years ago and a 40 inch TV as the main lol.


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@FabIe
I was able to upgrade to a 36mm and 64gb of ram.

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The_Hat posted...

@FabIe
I was able to upgrade to a 36mm and 64gb of ram.

That makes it a solid 10/10. This thing will probably carry you for 2 console generations.

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Nice! I hope you have fun with it
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I have a dumbass question. This is coming from someone who is kind of new to IT but just started going to school for computer science, so trying to figure stuff out

What made you pick the specs that you picked? Probably an idiot question, but did you look up what graphics card worked for what game you're playing? Or was it strictly based on price? Was there anything you knew you absolutely needed in order to build it? Like "oh, this has got to be an Intel processor" or "I need at least 16 GB of RAM".

Just curious lol.

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FabIe posted...

That makes it a solid 10/10. This thing will probably carry you for 2 console generations.

Thanks, I'm hype!

teep_ posted...

Nice! I hope you have fun with it

Thanks!

pojr posted...

I have a dumbass question. This is coming from someone who is kind of new to IT but just started going to school for computer science, so trying to figure stuff out

What made you pick the specs that you picked? Probably an idiot question, but did you look up what graphics card worked for what game you're playing? Or was it strictly based on price? Was there anything you knew you absolutely needed in order to build it? Like "oh, this has got to be an Intel processor" or "I need at least 16 GB of RAM".

Just curious lol.

Great question and I'd be happy to answer! And the only dumb question is the unasked one.

I am normally an Intel guy, but I read the latest 56chipset by amd happens to be better than the i9.

The graphics card is the best of the best because I play a lot of VR games I stream them 5 nights a week! And that requires a lot of graphics processing, plus I 3D model for fun and that can render off either the GPU or CPU depending on what you're doing.

You'll also notice everything I could is Corsair, I have good experience with that brand in the past and generally you run into less incapability issues if as many things as possible are the same brand.

I also have a great analogy about computer hardware a teacher told me in college I'll write up when I'm free.

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A computer is like a full service library where you sit down at a desk and the librarian brings you books.

The case is the building itself, it can be big and comfy and less cramped or small and compact. If it's bigger it's usually better for airflow, but often it doesn't matter much.

The RAM is the size of the desk you sit at. A bigger desk means you can have a lamp, stapler, several open books, a snack, and other useful things open on the desk at once.

The graphics card is how pretty the desk and everything on it is, a bad graphics card is a cheap Ikea desk, a good one is a mahogany desk.

The hard drive is how many bookshelves you have to store everything.

The processer is the librarian, if you have an old librarian it'll take her a while to go get your books and put them away. If you have a great one then you have a 20 year old on rollerblades.

That's my computer hardware analogy and I hope it helps @pojr !


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