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Posted By: ArgonV

Building a new gaming machine - 02/20/21 02:11 AM

Howdy all!

Managed to snag a few good deals on computer parts. I still can't get a hold of a decent graphics card, or the very latest AMD kit at a decent price - so I'm going to use the gcard I still have and go with another Intel platform. Here will be the specs:

-Intel i9 10900k 10-core CPU

-Corsair Hydro H100X CPU liquid cooler

-Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Elite AC motherboard

-32GB Corsair DDR4 2933 Vengeance RGB Pro

-AMD 295x2 8GB graphics card (from current system)

-500GB Samsung 970 EVO M.2 2280 PCIe x4 NVMe (for OS and apps)

-Two 2TB Samsung 860 EVO Sata3 SSDs (for games and data)

-Creative Sound Blaster ZxR (from current system)

-Internal all-in-one media card reader

-LG Super Multi Blue 16x bluray rewriter

-Corsair HX1200 modular power supply

-Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition full tower case (finally ditching my circa 2004 Thermaltake Kandalf full tower case)

-Corsair iCUE LED Node Core controller and Commander Pro with two SP140mm RGB intake fans
Posted By: ArgonV

Re: Building a new gaming machine - 02/20/21 02:32 AM

To follow-up: I've been on my X58 platform for quite some time. Over the years I have bought some gently used parts to max out its mem and CPU, but it has still been an X58 era machine from circa 2010/2011. I'm excited to see what performance boosts I might see. More interesting still, for my AMD 295X2 to actually run on PCIe v3.0 vs PCIe v2.0
Posted By: ArgonV

Re: Building a new gaming machine - 02/26/21 06:40 AM

I'm slowly getting it all up and going, after moving my data over. I do hate the Win10 Start Menu...
Posted By: DBond

Re: Building a new gaming machine - 02/26/21 01:43 PM

Looks good Argon, that should blaze.

Which video card are you using?
Posted By: ArgonV

Re: Building a new gaming machine - 02/28/21 04:45 AM

Thanks! Right now the only one I have: A 6 year old AMD 295X2. I am on the EVGA list for a NVidia 3080 though.
Posted By: DBond

Re: Building a new gaming machine - 03/03/21 08:03 PM

Sounds good, congrats on the new box. Nothing quite like new build boot smile
Posted By: ArgonV

Re: Building a new gaming machine - 03/03/21 09:43 PM

Thanks! My new USB 3 hub from Orico came in, as well as my Corsair LED strips.
Posted By: DBond

Re: Building a new gaming machine - 03/05/21 03:48 PM

Finish line in sight. Good luck with the build.
Posted By: ArgonV

Re: Building a new gaming machine - 04/06/21 12:54 AM

Also picked up the Corsair Nexus LCD screen and got a hold of an XFX AMD 6700 XT. Getting that all in place this eve!
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