Building a Computer?

Easy, just built a beast of a gaming computer.

Corsair 275 airflow case
MSI X570 Carbon gaming pro wifi
Ryzen 5 5600x
Corsair 120mm AIO cooler
RTX 3080 GPU
64gb Corsair 3600mhz ram
Corsair 750w power supply
1 x 1gb NVME storage
1 x 2gb SSD
1 x 4gb HDD

Research what you want to build, watch YouTube for hints at putting it together and take your time and do it
 
My old rig is circa 2012 or so. Moore's law is dead - and remarkably my system has held up quite well over the ages.

But it is long-in-the tooth and recently I spent a huge amount of time planning my new system.

I decided to go for a water-cooled system for the aesthetics. I like white cases and components so I decided to purchase white components wherever possible. And I decided to go mostly top-of-the-line since I don't plan on building another system for a decade or so.

Anyhow, this is what I eventually went with:

Case: Lian Li Dynamic XL - https://lian-li.com/product/pc-o11d-rog/

CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K - https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz/specifications.html

Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA - https://rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-maximus/rog-maximus-z690-formula-model/

Graphics Card: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 24G White - https://rog.asus.com/graphics-cards/graphics-cards/rog-strix/rog-strix-rtx3090-24g-white-model/

RAM: - 2x Trident Z5 RGB DDR5‑6000 MHz CL 36 2x16 metalic silver rgb - https://www.gskill.com/product/165/374/1636005425/F5-6000U3636E16GX2-TZ5RSF5-6000U3636E16GA2-TZ5RS

SSDs: https://shop.kingston.com/products/kc3000-pcie-4-0-nvme-m-2-ssd?variant=41041994940608
1 2GB for the OS
1 4GB for fast access to applications

I have a lot of network-attached storage so I'll probably just go with the above


Power supply: Corsair Axi Series AX1600i - https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categ...upply-Units/axi-series-config/p/CP-9020087-NA

Massive overkill - probably 1000 watts suffice. But I was put off by numerous posts against multiple vendors about the lack of quality in their power supplies. I decided to go with Corsair's top-of-the-line - hopefully this will withstand years of use.


Water blocks - various EKWB components

Radiators - Corsair 360mm

Fans - Corsair QL Series x9
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Most of my components have arrived and I'll begin putting together the system in about a week.

I'm planning on using Bitspower 16mm OD - brass! - white tubing to connect the water-cooled components along with white Bitspower fittings.

I'll post later on once the build is complete.
 
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Windows vs. Mac doesn't count as politics.
(Originally this thread was accidentally posted in "Off Topic/Politics" instead of "Off Topic.")

Oops - hopefully a moderator will move this post one level up :-)

Pretty sure that Windows v. Mac is politics though, lol!
 
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Easy, just built a beast of a gaming computer.

Corsair 275 airflow case
MSI X570 Carbon gaming pro wifi
Ryzen 5 5600x
Corsair 120mm AIO cooler
RTX 3080 GPU
64gb Corsair 3600mhz ram
Corsair 750w power supply
1 x 1gb NVME storage
1 x 2gb SSD
1 x 4gb HDD

Research what you want to build, watch YouTube for hints at putting it together and take your time and do it
Nice rig.
 
Nice rig.

As is yours and whilst I’m confident and happy to build just about anything, water cooling systems are about the only thing I won’t tackle lol.

I really should give it a go though as I want to go full size case and it might be the time to give it a go.
 
with the price of individual parts, worth looking at a system builder like SCAN (in Bolton) who may be another option

 
with the price of individual parts, worth looking at a system builder like SCAN (in Bolton) who may be another option

Agree.

If you try to purchase a high end graphics card you'll be paying way beyond MSRP due to bitcoin miners grabbing up all stock. Supposedly the bitcoin mining market might undergo a huge change later this year as mining companies adopt new policies making GPU mining obsolete - but who knows?

I decided to bite the bullet and overpay for my 3090 card.
 

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