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[SCP2000]

What your plan for the upcoming project?

Pending approval of my S.O, it would involve a mora420 😎

The rad will be outside on the balcony.

 

[Peter Ferrari]

Since the start of the year I have replaced:
GPU - 2070 super to 7900XT
CPU - 3600xt to 5800x3d
HDD - replaced storage drive with 4tb ssd
AIO - H100i with a Arctic Liquid Freezer ii 360
PSU - Seasonic 750watt with a Corsair RMX1000
Keyboard - K70 rgb mk2 replaced by a Nuphy Halo96
Mouse - Next week probably replace Steelseries Rival 600 with a Logitech G502 X Plus
Ram - not really a replacement but I added 2 corsair Ram enhancement packs... 2 of my ram sticks aren't real, just rgb

I think I have spent enough for one year. I hadn't intended to do all that. It just sort of happened.
Only things left I haven't replaced are:

1. Motherboard
2. RAM
3. Case
4. Speakers
5. I can't think of anything else?

So no, I won't be getting the RGB frames. I like how it is now. I had already run out of things I wanted before the AIO was necessary. Now my mouse is acting up.

new heaphones just arrived, right ? 😉

 

[SyCoREAPER]

System downgrade for safety. Removed my no name 180 GPU adapter 🫤

 

[farhan14]

What your plan for the upcoming project?

The combination of high-end components like the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, Radeon 7900XTX Red Devil, and DDR5 G.Skill Z5 RGB RAM showcases top-tier performance. Clever modifications for optimal cooling make it a standout.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

just finally sold off my secondary system for a decent price
[Z370-E / 8700K + 1080 Ti / 16GB 3200Mhz]:

guess it's just about time to start on a new build and move my current(signature) system to the secondary spot:

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Got my 4070Ti Super delivered today, my build is complete!

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

Got my 4070Ti Super delivered today

is that a smaller than average case or is that card just really that huge?

 

[Lucky_SLS]

is that a smaller than average case or is that card just really that huge?

The case supports gpu upto 350mm. My Jetstream OC is 329mm long

 

[Best-Yogurtcloset513]

Thank you to everyone on this thread who helped make this build possible. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/need-some-ideas-or-good-alternative.3806650/

PC SPECS
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB DDR4-3600 CL18
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB
Storage: ADATA LEGEND 960 MAX 2 TB
Video Card: Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB
Case: Asus TUF Gaming GT301
Power Supply: FSP Group Hydro Ti PRO,Gen 5 1000 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular
Monitor: LG 27GP850-B 27.0" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Monitor
Keyboard: HP HyperX Alloy Origins RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Razer Basilisk V3
Headphones: Razer BlackShark V2

Considering that it was bought in pieces, the project turned out quite good. Not so much for cable management, but I'll get it eventually!

https://imgur.com/35pZAHd

 

[CelicaGT]

Thank you to everyone on this thread who helped make this build possible. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/need-some-ideas-or-good-alternative.3806650/

PC SPECS
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB DDR4-3600 CL18
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB
Storage: ADATA LEGEND 960 MAX 2 TB
Video Card: Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB
Case: Asus TUF Gaming GT301
Power Supply: FSP Group Hydro Ti PRO,Gen 5 1000 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular
Monitor: LG 27GP850-B 27.0" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Monitor
Keyboard: HP HyperX Alloy Origins RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Razer Basilisk V3
Headphones: Razer BlackShark V2

Considering that it was bought in pieces, the project turned out quite good. Not so much for cable management, but I'll get it eventually!

https://imgur.com/35pZAHd

Nice rig, and a fine choice in CPU ;-)

I wish mine looked as good! (In sig)

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

the project turned out quite good.

I wish mine looked as good!

definitely would be removing all of the rainbow effects!

 

[CentralCal]

My latest build
i7-13700k
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT 16 GB DDR5
Gigabyte Z790 UD AC
32 GB Corsair DDR5
2 Samsung 1 TB 980 SSD 1 for system/ 1 for games
1 Crucial 1 TB MX500 SATA drive for pictures, media, music
Corsair RM850x ps
beQuite 250w Dark Rock Pro CPU cooler
AOC 24" monitor curved gaming monitor 1920x1080 1ms 144 HZ
Asus 24" monitor 1920x1080
Logitek G600 gaming mouse
beQuite 500 DX ATX ARGB Black Tempered Glass Window Case

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

Logitek G600 gaming mouse
beQuite 500 DX

G600 is definitely the best mouse i've ever used out of ~20 different "gaming" mice i've tried.

who did the custom glass pane for the 500 DX?
is that some special edition be quiet! was offering?

 

[Lucky_SLS]

G600 is definitely the best mouse i've ever used out of ~20 different "gaming" mice i've tried.

it is the Rival 700 for me. Has the haptic feedback vibration motors which reminded me of my broken PS2 controllers

 

[CentralCal]

G600 is definitely the best mouse i've ever used out of ~20 different "gaming" mice i've tried.

who did the custom glass pane for the 500 DX?
is that some special edition be quiet! was offering?

My neighbor did the logo and i used some spray on glaze for the glazed glass look.

 

[CentralCal]

G600 is definitely the best mouse i've ever used out of ~20 different "gaming" mice i've tried.

who did the custom glass pane for the 500 DX?
is that some special edition be quiet! was offering?

No I dont think it was a special edition, I bought the case from NewEgg and modified the glass panel myself

 

[CentralCal]

Heres a video clip of my build.

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/YB0_iDiESE4?feature=share

 

[SyCoREAPER]

G600 is definitely the best mouse i've ever used out of ~20 different "gaming" mice i've tried.

who did the custom glass pane for the 500 DX?
is that some special edition be quiet! was offering?

Really liked the G600, my hand did not, RSI within a week or two of heavy gaming. Had to return it 😐

 

[Darkbreeze]

I like the DX 500 case. I've used it on a couple of builds and it's one of the few BQ cases that I don't feel like looks funky at all or has any weird angles to it.

 

[Phil_33]

Bit of a story here.
Beginning (used to have):
I always had financial difficulties. So I had to be carefull of what I picked.
As a result, I used this system for 8 years and it still would work (case and psu were even from 2013):
https://ibb.co/ck33vNb (click on picture to see)

Specs (I didn't know back then what I was doing: look at the CPU-mobo combo and the configfan of the case):
CPU: i7 6700 non k (2015)+stock cooler
Motherboard: Z170 gaming a msi (2015)
RAM: 16gb ram ddr4 2100 speed (2015)
Storage: 1,5tb hdd (2012 but not in use anymore), 240gb ssd (for windows) (2015)
GPU: XFX rx590 8gb VRAM (downvolted, had too cause it ran too hot) (2018) (my 770GTX died in 2017)
PSU: CMX 750w bronze
Case: Aerocool GTA white: 1 120mm frontfan intake, 1 120mm backfan exhaust, 2 120mm topfans exhaust
Display: LG 24GM79G 24inch 1080p 144hz (2019) (before that I used a tv 😛 ...)

Middle:
Because, I finally realised what I was doing (after asking so many questions), because my PC wasn't in the ideal airflow and mainly because my PSU was actually bad, my components even suffered from 2015 till 2022. But I kept my components clean and it still worked. 2022 was the year I finally changed my case and PSU resolting in giving the components a bit more lifespan+WAAAY better easthetics:
https://ibb.co/PzqVW73 (click on picture to see)

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PSU: Corsair RMX 750w 80+gold
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 (2 140mm front intake fans+1 140mm back exhaustfan)

Ending:
With a CPU from 2015 and a GPU which was even the worst part of my pc since it made so much noise, was running hot when I didn't want to make it so much noise and was the worst possible card I could have bought, I knew I wouldn't survive very long, eventhough I changed my case and psu.
So the next year 2023 became the year that I did an overhaul and changed everything inside.
I consider myself lucky in the first place that I kept the components alive for so long, but mainly I congratulate myself for taking good care of my components eventhough they had suffered for so long with not an ideal airflow+not ideal power (which could even have potentially killed some components) to begin with. It was VERY expensive but had to do it because now I can try and survive for another 5 years and maybe 10 years if I do it correctly (only changing the cpu and maybe storage).
Pictures:
https://ibb.co/yFWmYkN (click on picture to see)

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Specs:
CPU: R5 7600 no pbo
Motherboard: MSI B650 tomahawk wifi
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 32gb 6000mhz cl30
Storage: Kingston KC3000 1tb
GPU: Sapphire 7700xt Nitro+
PSU: Corsair 750w rmx
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2
Display: LG 24 inch 1ms 1080p 144hz
Keyboard: HyperX Origin Core RGB
Mouse: Logitech G Pro Hero

 

[Lucky_SLS]

I had the RX 480 myself back in uni (2017 i think) but i moved place for job and left my PC back home. Been using gaming laptops since and finally made the jump back to PC this year!

 

[maestro0428]

My two main rigs.

Gaming rig: Windows 11 Pro, Intel 12700k, 32GB 3600mhz, Asrock Extreme z690, Nvidia RTX 3090 FE, Intel Optane 900p OS drive, Intel 900p COD:MW drive, SK Hynix p41 Plat. game drive, EVGA platinum 1300w psu, custom cables, Artic Cooling Freezer 420, Noctua/Artic fans- all in a Phanteks Evolv X case with Bill Own Billet grilles.
https://ibb.co/GCMJKgp

Editing rig: Windows 10 Pro, Intel 12700k, 64GB 3200mhz bdie/Asrock Steel Legend z690, Intel ARC a750 gpu, Intel Optane 900p OS drive, Intel 900p cache/scratch drive, Sk Hynix p41 Plat Storage drive, Seasonic 850w Plat psu with cable mod cables, CoolerMaster 280L with ducts and Noctua fans, Noctua/Artic Fans- All in a Phanteks G500a case.
https://ibb.co/1sjQV2Q

 

[Dj0gany]

https://imgur.com/a/JK9Kqor

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/JK9Kqor


A true dream come true for me.
Always been big on customization, RGB, and just the looks of a machine.
It all started as a office pc with a 3rd gen i3 back in 2019, slowly built it up to what it is today, and its only gonna get better from here. The only thing that remained unchanged in my PC is the HDD, everything else was replaced at some point of time. All parts are bought "used" from a second hand market, you just gotta know who and what you are buying from. I have a few ideas, such as buying another CM SickleFlow 200 and put it below the one thats already in the front, possibly some RGB strips, definitely upgrade the CPU to a 5800X soon. Before this H500P mesh i bought a CM HAF X , to serve as a project case, but i've given up on it as it takes to much money and time to make it look as i want it to look, so i decided to go for something more modern, with a tempered glass side panel ofc.
If you are wondering the vertical GPU mounting bracket is custom made by a guy i know, i really really like it, and since i love the franchise, i told him to make a need for speed themed one. Only problem was that i had to bend/destroy the pcie brackets at the back of the case in order to make connect video cables.
If u have any suggestion as to what you would upgrade/do to this built, feel free to let me know.

https://imgur.com/a/gDmF8c5

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/gDmF8c5

^ This was what it looked like 3-4 months ago, imo i did a huge visual upgrade of the case.

https://imgur.com/a/2i8VkJR

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/2i8VkJR

^ This is what i started with, back in 2019, just took pics of it in 2021.

https://imgur.com/a/kvfIdjn

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/kvfIdjn

^ This was when the HAF X arrived, made some upgrades after i bought it.
So yeah thats my PC's journey, drop some tips, opinions, recommendations, whatever u want )

Edit: sorry for just throwing pics in here without any sort of order, just had to put them out somehow xd

 

[stonecarver]

All parts are bought "used" from a second hand market, you just gotta know who and what you are buying from.

Everything looks awesome. I even like the tree on the desk 😀

 

[Dj0gany]

Everything looks awesome. I even like the tree on the desk 😀

thanks, ill probably buy more plants when i move to a new place soon.