-Post pics of your computer-

[Evileh]

whats the case?

[KAC]

Xigmatech Trident extra RGB edition.

[Evileh]

why do all these cases not support lots of hard drives.. ugh.

[KAC]

You can throw in 3 SSD and 2 NVME. Not sure what else one can want. It is a compact case. Not even real mid tower.

[Evileh]

i got 5 standard hdd's lol.

[Seyiji]

i got 5 standard hdd's lol.

Time to build a file server :3

[Crawdaddy79]

When 1 HDD can hold 8 TB for $200, I have a hard time understanding why anyone needs 5 HDDs.

https://www.newegg.com/seagate-ironw...82E16822179003

[KAC]

Same issue I had. I decommissioned 5 HDDs and just bought 4 SSD and 2 NVMe for larger space and less clutter.

[Silent-Runner]

HDDs like the ironwolf are for NAS and similar stuff, i'd be surprised if they did well for stuff like gaming, but i might be wrong. Also there's of course a huge gap pricewise between HDDs and SSDs/NVMe. If money is no concern then of course you should go the SSD/NVMe route, but not everyone is shitting money, so there's that

[KAC]

The trick for me was to replace HDDs one by one and not of course buy 6 SSD/NVMe in a single day. I believe I phased out my HDDs over 3-4 years.

[andino]

Time to build a file server :3

This.

The main reason that I have a home server was because I had so many extra HDD's. Pooled those bad boys and slapped some movies and TV shows on them and I have my own file server.

[Evileh]

Haven't decommissioned any of them yet lol

[KAC]

Added a 3090 to my main rig.





Also added a 240 AIO to my son’s rig.

[Meteor_of_War]

[acroig]

There was money to be spent and headaches to be gained.

[andino]

Added a 3090 to my main rig.

Looks like the RGB is out on that middle VGA power cable.




Also, be sure to change your specs!

[Meteor_of_War]

There was money to be spent and headaches to be gained.

I'm not sure he even has the ability to ever be content with his current system.

[KAC]

Hey the net cost of this upgrade is still about 770 bucks. (From 2080 to 3090). So it isn't all that bad.

[Evileh]

sexy

[CurrentlyPissed]

After selling my 3700x/3080 PC and trying to convice myself I didnt need a desktop and relied on my i7/2060 laptop. It got really frustrating having to hook it up and unhook it every day for work.

I ended up taking back the H100i and went with the H150i since I needed another fan anyways, rather than buy another fan, figured the money in the bigger cooler was the better play.

I didn't want to spend too much on a PC, as I 95% of the time play league of legends. I ended up just trading my PS5 and a few games for the 3060 straight up. So all in, I was right at about 1k for everything.

[demo]

[KAC]

That’s tight.

[logical]

Super clean Im feeling it

[aRandomRobot]

Well, I finally replaced my i5 2500k. It served me well for almost 10 years but there was just too much stuttering in newer games to ignore anymore. I also ditched full ATX for micro ATX. My previous CM Storm Trooper case has gone through 5 moves across 2 states and I was getting real f***ing tired of having a 40lb computer. This new build is literally half the weight and much less bulky. I don't think I'm going to miss having fewer expansion slots: my old mobo had 3 legacy PCI slots which I never once used so it's barely different now. I didn't like how loud my old Corsair AIO was so I decided to go with a Cooler Master Silencio s400, an old school tower cooler, and some Noctua case fans. Temps are fine, it's quieter at full power than the fridge and completely silent at idle, so mission accomplished there. RGB and tempered glass was completely out of the question, my 3 year old daughter would have gotten it shattered in no time (somehow).


New Parts:

• AMD 5800X
• ASRock B550m Steel Legend
• G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16GB
• be quiet Dark Rock Pro 4
• Seasonic gx-850
• Cooler Master Silencio s400
• Some Noctua case fans
• A blu-ray drive, lmao

Recycled Parts:

• MSI RX580 Armor 8GB
• Samsung 870 SSD and a couple spinner drives

[CurrentlyPissed]

Never satisfied.

New build.
11600k
MSI Z590 Gaming Carbon WiFi
MSI 6900 XT Gaming X Trio (managed to snag an open box at microcenter today for $1400)
16GB Crucial 3600 CL16 memory
EVGA 850 GA
Bitspower Titan 1.2 Intel custom loop w/ lian li case.
500GB WD black SN850
1TB WD black SN750

[Megaman]

That's awesome!

[KAC]

Looks great. Pissed didn’t you have multiple 3080s. What happened or was it some other forum member. I could’ve sworn that I contacted you to sell me a 3080 but I could be wrong.

Also did the Lian Li fans come with the Titan X?

[Greasy]

Looks amazing!

[acroig]

That's awesome!

Looks great.

Looks amazing!

Another vote for looks great here.

[Silent-Runner]

Parts:.....

the dark rock pro 4 is a monster and get its job flawless done.

[CurrentlyPissed]

Looks great. Pissed didn’t you have multiple 3080s. What happened or was it some other forum member. I could’ve sworn that I contacted you to sell me a 3080 but I could be wrong.

Also did the Lian Li fans come with the Titan X?

Yeah had a founders edition, was holding it for my brother, then he ended up not wanting it, ended up selling it for like $800 (not joking), swift kick in the balls there.

I had the Aorus 3080, which I sold with my PC complete because someone offered me $2800 for it, was kinda hard to pass up. Plus I wasn't really using it much at the time, only played league, but now playing some other things.

The lian li fans came seperate, the Lian Li case is actually sold by Bitspower, it comes with the distro block, pump, tubes pre-cut, block, radiator, fans, and all the fittings. Also comes with the PSU, and a strix Z490 board.

They also come with a FTW Ultra 3080, so people have been buying them, and dumping the rest cheap, so I picked it all up for only $600, and sold the board for $250. So I basically got the Case, psu, distro block, pump, tubes, fittings, etc for $350 NIB. Was a steal.

This is normally the kit.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/631826/bitspower-titan-x-12-intel

[demo]

Nice build dude

[Hapatingjaky]

There are some ****in ugly ass cases showing up in this thread lately.

Not as bad as KAC's, but still...

[Nunz]

I can't believe Microcenter is scalping cards now too. Unbelievable. $1400 open box?? For a $1100 card at best? The **** man..

[Hapatingjaky]

I can't believe Microcenter is scalping cards now too. Unbelievable. $1400 open box?? For a $1100 card at best? The **** man..

[CurrentlyPissed]

I can't believe Microcenter is scalping cards now too. Unbelievable. $1400 open box?? For a $1100 card at best? The **** man..

Listed MSRP for it is 1599 on multiple sites. Not really Microcenters fault. Granted it is a gaming trio x (oc). But I understand your point. Shitty time for us all.

[Nunz]

Listed MSRP for it is 1599 on multiple sites. Not really Microcenters fault. Granted it is a gaming trio x (oc). But I understand your point. Shitty time for us all.

Yeah apparently it's $1549 MSRP. MSI is smoking crack. There's nothing about that card that warrants a $549 price hike over the 6900XT from AMD.

These companies are committing highway ****ing robbery. What a joke.

[KAC]

There are some ****in ugly ass cases showing up in this thread lately.

Not as bad as KAC's, but still...

Call me when you fix the rad mount and wires on yours.

[demo]

[KAC]