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Built it today however I am using a vega 64 8gb card from my old pc. Hopefully picking up a 7900XTX on 12/13 at microcenter.

For the first time ever a PC I built worked on the first power up.

Saved $70 on MOBO due to microcenter issue with damage on the original board I bought.
$60 off on the i7 at microcenter as well. ($380)
$18 off on the corsair AIO.

Ordered the Lian Li Strimers as well, which I didn't know we're disgustingly overpriced...


Also to those who recommended I get the K series for the built in CPU graphics it was a huge help in setting up the new computer using my old one, as I only had the one video card right now. Great advice!
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4nWkyK
 
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Darkbreeze said:
WHAT torture test and what settings? Did you enable XMP in the BIOS? Do you have the latest BIOS version?
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I had to update the bios for the i7 on a z690 but i didn’t do anything XMP wise, I’ll have to look into that?


ohio_buckeye said:
Might run memtest86 on the ram. It looks fine to me. One thing you might consider is pick up a 2tb ssd drive for game storage.

For example

https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP002TBSS3A55S25/dp/B07Q37V1C9/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=39C4B5KUSMFXB&keywords=2tb+ssd&qid=1668254668&sprefix=2tb+,aps,125&sr=8-3

If you have a microcenter nearby grab this on sale for 80 bucks.

https://www.microcenter.com/product...2-2280-3d-nand-qlc-internal-solid-state-drive



In actuality the 1tb will be ok for a while but as ssd drives come down you may pick one up later.
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yah i actually came to realize yesterday the average game is like 100gb now, and it only gets Higher so i might buy another one
 
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This is only my opinion, but I seriously try avoid using Inland, Adata, Silicon Power, Eluktro, and a few others when it comes to storage devices unless the person I am building or buying for absolutely insists on using them.

Preferably, I try to 100% stick to storage devices sold by Samsung, Crucial, Micron, Seagate, Western digital, SK Hynix, Corsair, Patriot or Intel. In a pinch I WILL occasionally go with something from HP, Teamgroup, Mushkin, Sabrent, SanDisk, OCZ or Kingston.

Aside from those names, at least in the markets I mainly deal with (And I understand that many of those names and options will possibly be somewhat different in some other European and Asian markets including most of the Middle Eastern countries), I pretty much avoid anybody else as not worth the risk or trouble. Many of those not in my go to list are not there because myself and others have seen significant problems and premature failures on their products. Sandisk, for example, while still on my "will use in a pinch" list, used to be a go to, but I've had several early failures with a few different products from them, as have others here, as have some of my clients/customers, and especially since being bought out by Western digital, who I WILL use from time to time if the price and quality of the specific device is worth entertaining and whom I think might have simply bought Sandisk for access to some of their tech and to eliminate a main competitor, just isn't the same company they used to be when they sold very reliable products.

So, it can be somewhat fluid, but for the most part, Samsung, Crucial, Seagate, WD, Corsair, SK Hynix, Patriot or Intel are the companies that you can pretty much count on to provide reliable products that will usually be at or near the top of the performance list for a given type and price range. Obviously, depends on what you're looking for, but usually hard to go wrong with one of those brands.
 
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Darkbreeze said:
This is only my opinion, but I seriously try avoid using Inland, Adata, Silicon Power, Eluktro, and a few others when it comes to storage devices unless the person I am building or buying for absolutely insists on using them.

Preferably, I try to 100% stick to storage devices sold by Samsung, Crucial, Micron, Seagate, Western digital, SK Hynix, Corsair, Patriot or Intel. In a pinch I WILL occasionally go with something from HP, Teamgroup, Mushkin, Sabrent, SanDisk, OCZ or Kingston.

Aside from those names, at least in the markets I mainly deal with (And I understand that many of those names and options will possibly be somewhat different in some other European and Asian markets including most of the Middle Eastern countries), I pretty much avoid anybody else as not worth the risk or trouble. Many of those not in my go to list are not there because myself and others have seen significant problems and premature failures on their products. Sandisk, for example, while still on my "will use in a pinch" list, used to be a go to, but I've had several early failures with a few different products from them, as have others here, as have some of my clients/customers, and especially since being bought out by Western digital, who I WILL use from time to time if the price and quality of the specific device is worth entertaining and whom I think might have simply bought Sandisk for access to some of their tech and to eliminate a main competitor, just isn't the same company they used to be when they sold very reliable products.

So, it can be somewhat fluid, but for the most part, Samsung, Crucial, Seagate, WD, Corsair, SK Hynix, Patriot or Intel are the companies that you can pretty much count on to provide reliable products that will usually be at or near the top of the performance list for a given type and price range. Obviously, depends on what you're looking for, but usually hard to go wrong with one of those brands.
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I am just going to stick with my 1tb 980 pro for now.

I don't really need to spend $80 just in case, I can literally buy another any time its so easy to add an m.2 ssd.

that said, I did spend $120 on the lian Li strimers and I am returning them. I want to love them, but they're too bulky for the 4000d case.
 
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ohio_buckeye said:
I was meaning the other drive as a secondary I think. As far as some of the brands, I've used quite a bit of inland stuff with no major issues.
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Right. Which is WHY I said "In my opinion". Everybody tends to have different experiences with things and they make decisions accordingly. For me, I've used Inland products exacts twice and in both cases, which were separate cases, I had failures on those products within a few days to a week. After that, I tend to say no more of that product unless it's a brand or product that I know I've used with good success in the past and I can just chalk it up to maybe a bad batch or production run or something. But when it's one I've never used before and that happens, it gets a big fat NOPE from me going forward. LOL.
 
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