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General Technical / First new rig in eight years (back to AMD)
« Last post by Wooster on May 28, 2020, 08:34:49 PM »1 x MSI Radeon RX 5700 GAMING X 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AM4 CPU/ Processor with Wraith Prism RGB Cooler
1 x Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE AM4 DDR4 ATX Motherboard
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB 3600 MHz DDR4 Dual Channel Memory Kit
1 x Antec P7 Silent Mid Tower Case
1 x Be Quiet! Pure Wings 2 140mm Case Fan 1 x Be Quiet! Pure Wings 2 120mm Case Fan
(Using my old SSD and HDD storage drives & XFX 850W PSU)
Pro's are obvious:
That's me future proofed for a while.
..and it doesn't sound like a hoover when running games.
Cons:
Building the fucker is a bit of a chore right off the bat.
The Antec case isn't a patch on my old one, feels a bit cheap, but has more space.
The Aorus MB only has three fan headers (but like five LED headers)...seems off balance.
And #1...it's reinstalling everything I normally use for work and play.
You see a lot of comments about how easy it is to do a clean install of windows and 'start fresh' (gamers usually), but it takes days to get every work app you use installed, registered and configured correctly. Even the gaming launchers can be a bit funny about detecting games you have installed on different drives.
Mostly done now anyway.
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AM4 CPU/ Processor with Wraith Prism RGB Cooler
1 x Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE AM4 DDR4 ATX Motherboard
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB 3600 MHz DDR4 Dual Channel Memory Kit
1 x Antec P7 Silent Mid Tower Case
1 x Be Quiet! Pure Wings 2 140mm Case Fan 1 x Be Quiet! Pure Wings 2 120mm Case Fan
(Using my old SSD and HDD storage drives & XFX 850W PSU)
Pro's are obvious:
That's me future proofed for a while.
..and it doesn't sound like a hoover when running games.
Cons:
Building the fucker is a bit of a chore right off the bat.
The Antec case isn't a patch on my old one, feels a bit cheap, but has more space.
The Aorus MB only has three fan headers (but like five LED headers)...seems off balance.
And #1...it's reinstalling everything I normally use for work and play.
You see a lot of comments about how easy it is to do a clean install of windows and 'start fresh' (gamers usually), but it takes days to get every work app you use installed, registered and configured correctly. Even the gaming launchers can be a bit funny about detecting games you have installed on different drives.
Mostly done now anyway.