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[QwerkyPengwen]

OK. As promised, here's my update.
Here's the before:

And here's the after:

I had yet to hook up all my consoles to the TV when I took the pics. But I've done that already. Everything looks nice.

That's my newest upgrades so far is the desk with a triple monitor mount, and the 8 cubby hole thing I'm using as an entertainment center.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

YAAAYYY!!!! Another update folks.

Upgrading from this....

To this....

The EVGA isn't as pretty as my STRIX, but it's a better card regardless and I'm gonna miss my STRIX when I sell it, but that's life yo. Got the 1080ti for $475 so worth it.

 

[The Paladin]

for my birthday (nov 7th) upcoming my wife bought me... a Keyboard and wireless headset
got to love a woman that understands...

 

[The Paladin]

this isn't a question and answer forum page this is a show your stuff page... and get compliments. sometimes anyways

 

[WildCard999]

Just upgraded my EVGA GTX 750 ti 2gb FTW to the Asus RX 580 4gb Dual (got it for $169.99 at a local Microcenter).


Next upgrade (11/23/18 or whenever it's easier to travel to Boston) will be the LG 34WK650-W (Freesync!).

 

[RememberThe5th]

Some may call this downgrade, but i call it upgrade. Just converted old DIN5 keyboard by soldering it, since my old as you might see up has issues with keys being too sensitive and another died out of nowhere

 

[Vic 40]

this isn't a question and answer forum page this is a show your stuff page... and get compliments. sometimes anyways

You've got a lovely wife it seems.

 

[jankerson]

Just got this in a few mins ago, haven't even opened it yet. Will install it sometime this week, no hurry as I am running a i7 8086K now.

 

[WildCard999]

@Jankerson, Nice! Is that replacing your 8086K?

 

[jankerson]

@Jankerson, Nice! Is that replacing your 8086K?

Yeah, going to swap it out this week and then use the 8086K in my other machine eventually. (Changing out the 8700K I have in that one)

Already have the new BIOS for it, will update that before installing it.

 

[WildCard999]

@Jankerson, Nice! Is that replacing your 8086K?

Yeah, going to swap it out this week and then use the 8086K in my other machine eventually. (Changing out the 8700K I have in that one)

I'm jealous! I'm getting a 9600K on 12/7/18 to replace my G5400 so the difference should be pretty significant.

 

[jankerson]

@Jankerson, Nice! Is that replacing your 8086K?

Yeah, going to swap it out this week and then use the 8086K in my other machine eventually. (Changing out the 8700K I have in that one)

I'm jealous! I'm getting a 9600K on 12/7/18 to replace my G5400 so the difference should be pretty significant.

Yeah, that will make a massive difference.

Are you still running that CX550M?

Or are you planning on changing that out?

Watch for deals on PSU's, should be some good ones coming up on good units.

 

[WildCard999]

@Jankerson, Nice! Is that replacing your 8086K?

Yeah, going to swap it out this week and then use the 8086K in my other machine eventually. (Changing out the 8700K I have in that one)

I'm jealous! I'm getting a 9600K on 12/7/18 to replace my G5400 so the difference should be pretty significant.

Yeah, that will make a massive difference.

Are you still running that CX550M?

Or are you planning on changing that out?

Watch for deals on PSU's, should be some good ones coming up on good units.

I still have the CXM but I may be changing it out as every once in awhile I hear a sound that sounds like a HDD spinning yet there's none in the system and a system I built for a friend has the same PSU and no noise. If it's the PSU then I'm going to RMA it and grab a G3 550W or Seasonic Focus, last thing I need is a PSU damaging my new system. Then once it's RMA'd I'll sell it to my friend as he wants me to build a school system for his kids, was going to use the G5400 for that system as well. Another semi mistake I made was buying the Cryorig M9i, it works great for the G5400 but I doubt it'll do too well for the 9600K, at least once overclocked but I'll probably leave it stock for now.

 

[jankerson]

@Jankerson, Nice! Is that replacing your 8086K?

Yeah, going to swap it out this week and then use the 8086K in my other machine eventually. (Changing out the 8700K I have in that one)

I'm jealous! I'm getting a 9600K on 12/7/18 to replace my G5400 so the difference should be pretty significant.

Yeah, that will make a massive difference.

Are you still running that CX550M?

Or are you planning on changing that out?

Watch for deals on PSU's, should be some good ones coming up on good units.

I still have the CXM but I may be changing it out as every once in awhile I hear a sound that sounds like a HDD spinning yet there's none in the system and a system I built for a friend has the same PSU and no noise. If it's the PSU then I'm going to RMA it and grab a G3 550W or Seasonic Focus, last thing I need is a PSU damaging my new system. Then once it's RMA'd I'll sell it to my friend as he wants me to build a school system for his kids, was going to use the G5400 for that system as well. Another semi mistake I made was buying the Cryorig M9i, it works great for the G5400 but I doubt it'll do too well for the 9600K, at least once overclocked but I'll probably leave it stock for now.

Yeah, I would hate to see your system get cooked due to the PSU.

Good call on the Seasonic Focus or EVGA G3 (I think the G2 is a better unit though).

That cooler will struggle with the 9600K, likely one of the Dark Rock 3 or 4's or a Cyborg H7 or even one of the Noctua's.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I would take the Focus over both , the G2 and G3.

 

[WildCard999]

@Jankerson, Nice! Is that replacing your 8086K?

Yeah, going to swap it out this week and then use the 8086K in my other machine eventually. (Changing out the 8700K I have in that one)

I'm jealous! I'm getting a 9600K on 12/7/18 to replace my G5400 so the difference should be pretty significant.

Yeah, that will make a massive difference.

Are you still running that CX550M?

Or are you planning on changing that out?

Watch for deals on PSU's, should be some good ones coming up on good units.

I still have the CXM but I may be changing it out as every once in awhile I hear a sound that sounds like a HDD spinning yet there's none in the system and a system I built for a friend has the same PSU and no noise. If it's the PSU then I'm going to RMA it and grab a G3 550W or Seasonic Focus, last thing I need is a PSU damaging my new system. Then once it's RMA'd I'll sell it to my friend as he wants me to build a school system for his kids, was going to use the G5400 for that system as well. Another semi mistake I made was buying the Cryorig M9i, it works great for the G5400 but I doubt it'll do too well for the 9600K, at least once overclocked but I'll probably leave it stock for now.

Yeah, I would hate to see your system get cooked due to the PSU.

Good call on the Seasonic Focus or EVGA G3 (I think the G2 is a better unit though).

That cooler will struggle with the 9600K, likely one of the Dark Rock 3 or 4's or a Cyborg H7 or even one of the Noctua's.

I like the G2's as well but I don't know if the Cambridge Microcenter carries them. As for the cooler I think I'm going to try the Cryroig M9i first as I'll already be buying the 9600K & more then likely a newer PSU and I'm on a somewhat strict budget. As long as it can keep the CPU under 70C in gaming loads then I'll be happy with it, plus I got some MX4 which should be slightly better then the stock stuff. Then another day will be the Dark Rock 4 and 5ghz+ OC .

 

[WildCard999]

I would take the Focus over both , the G2 and G3.

Sounds good!

 

[jankerson]

@Jankerson, Nice! Is that replacing your 8086K?

Yeah, going to swap it out this week and then use the 8086K in my other machine eventually. (Changing out the 8700K I have in that one)

I'm jealous! I'm getting a 9600K on 12/7/18 to replace my G5400 so the difference should be pretty significant.

Yeah, that will make a massive difference.

Are you still running that CX550M?

Or are you planning on changing that out?

Watch for deals on PSU's, should be some good ones coming up on good units.

I still have the CXM but I may be changing it out as every once in awhile I hear a sound that sounds like a HDD spinning yet there's none in the system and a system I built for a friend has the same PSU and no noise. If it's the PSU then I'm going to RMA it and grab a G3 550W or Seasonic Focus, last thing I need is a PSU damaging my new system. Then once it's RMA'd I'll sell it to my friend as he wants me to build a school system for his kids, was going to use the G5400 for that system as well. Another semi mistake I made was buying the Cryorig M9i, it works great for the G5400 but I doubt it'll do too well for the 9600K, at least once overclocked but I'll probably leave it stock for now.

Yeah, I would hate to see your system get cooked due to the PSU.

Good call on the Seasonic Focus or EVGA G3 (I think the G2 is a better unit though).

That cooler will struggle with the 9600K, likely one of the Dark Rock 3 or 4's or a Cyborg H7 or even one of the Noctua's.

I like the G2's as well but I don't know if the Cambridge Microcenter carries them. As for the cooler I think I'm going to try the Cryroig M9i first as I'll already be buying the 9600K & more then likely a newer PSU and I'm on a somewhat strict budget. As long as it can keep the CPU under 70C in gaming loads then I'll be happy with it, plus I got some MX4 which should be slightly better then the stock stuff. Then another day will be the Dark Rock 4 and 5ghz+ OC .

Sounds like a good plan.

 

[jankerson]

I would take the Focus over both , the G2 and G3.

Same here, but I lean towards the Prime Series personally.

Still running an X-650 in one system, the Prime took the place of the X-Series.

 

[Rogue Leader]

I would take the Focus over both , the G2 and G3.

Same here, but I lean towards the Prime Series personally.

Still running an X-650 in one system, the Prime took the place of the X-Series.

+1 on the Focus over especially the G3. The G2 for the right price it would be a tossup but I feel the quality went down on the G3.

And yeah i prefer Prime too but budget wise they can be excessive (I love mine though).

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I would take the Focus over both , the G2 and G3.

Same here, but I lean towards the Prime Series personally.

Still running an X-650 in one system, the Prime took the place of the X-Series.

Both of my former X650's died , the fans quit.

 

[WildCard999]

I've noticed that there are two versions of the Seasonic Gold, one fully modular and the other one semi, are they both the same quality?

Edit: Apparently there the same quality.

 

[jankerson]

I would take the Focus over both , the G2 and G3.

Same here, but I lean towards the Prime Series personally.

Still running an X-650 in one system, the Prime took the place of the X-Series.

Both of my former X650's died , the fans quit.

Strange...

 

[jankerson]

I've noticed that there are two versions of the Seasonic Gold, one fully modular and the other one semi, are they both the same quality?

Quality is the same, one is Semi-Modular while the other is full modular.

 

[Rogue Leader]

I've noticed that there are two versions of the Seasonic Gold, one fully modular and the other one semi, are they both the same quality?

The FOCUS Gold is semi-modular, the FOCUS Plus Gold is fully modular. They are based on the same platform but the Plus has a better warranty (10 vs 7) and hybrid fan.