It's been 5 years, and while it's been fun, my 8th generation i7 Intel build is in need of a refresh.
Since I'm now 61 years old, I've decided to go all out on this rebuild, and go bleeding edge for a change.
CPU will be the AMD Ryzen 9 7950x3d edition.
Motherboard.
Ram.
Water Cooler System.
All going into this nice big case
I will be re-using my 2gb SSD (corsair) and my 800-watt power supply (also corsair).
You are probably wondering why I'm not getting a video card? It has to do with the fact I need to get this thing stable before I even remotely THINK about dropping in a video card. So I'm going to use the knowingly lame onboard potato with an HDMI port attached for now just to de-bug the whole thing (and maybe go on a couple of vacations first to see family) before I plunk down the serious out of control coinage I know I will need to secure a good video card for this rig.
Here's the thing: it's been a good 5 years since I last did this, and this time around I'm an early adopter, so I need advice from people who have already dealt with the growing pains I know I will run into with this particular build.
All tips are welcome, wish me luck!
Since I'm now 61 years old, I've decided to go all out on this rebuild, and go bleeding edge for a change.
CPU will be the AMD Ryzen 9 7950x3d edition.
Motherboard.
Ram.
Water Cooler System.
All going into this nice big case
I will be re-using my 2gb SSD (corsair) and my 800-watt power supply (also corsair).
You are probably wondering why I'm not getting a video card? It has to do with the fact I need to get this thing stable before I even remotely THINK about dropping in a video card. So I'm going to use the knowingly lame onboard potato with an HDMI port attached for now just to de-bug the whole thing (and maybe go on a couple of vacations first to see family) before I plunk down the serious out of control coinage I know I will need to secure a good video card for this rig.
Here's the thing: it's been a good 5 years since I last did this, and this time around I'm an early adopter, so I need advice from people who have already dealt with the growing pains I know I will run into with this particular build.
All tips are welcome, wish me luck!