Hopefully the new AMD cards deliver because it's a nightmare finding a 30xx card. When I got my 1080 it wasn't nearly this bad. No need to explain that 32gb of RAM either. I think that will become more common soon enough, certain poorly optimized games have gone over 16gb for me, it's been worth buying 32gb just to not have to deal with all these new games with their memory leaks.

Mobile VR setup

MSI GS65 stealth thin with Oculus Rift S

Decided to go vertical with the new 3080 once I found a block for it.

Just cleaned it out yesterday so I figured I'd post while she is shiny. I still want to get another monitor, I need to add another m.2, and I want to modify the desk for some better cable management.

My shit is always a mess:
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Got an RX6800 from Newegg to replace my old 1080 FE:
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5900x
LianLi Galahad 240 AIO
MSI MEG X570 ACE
2x16GB Gskill
Corsair MP600 1TB
Aorus RX6800 Master
Inland 1TB nvme drive (hidden by video card)
Micron 1100 2TB 2.5" SSD (on backside of mobo tray)
LG WH16NS60 UHD/bluray drive (hidden behind lower mesh panel)
Corsair hx750i
bunch of Corsair fans
LianLi Lancool II Mesh

Corsair Scimitar mouse
Cloudnine C989M keyboard (ergo split w/ CherryMX brown switches)

Dell S2716DG (left)
Dell U3011 (right)
Onkyo TX-SR607
Paradigm CC-370 center, Mini Monitors, ADP-170 surrounds, PS-1000 sub
Sennheiser HD-598SE + Antlion Modmic

Edit;  Forgot to quote..

Totally saw this on jaytwocentz video yesterday

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Edit for component list:

Ryzen 7 3700x CPU
Asus Dual 3070 (bottom)
Asus ROG Strix 3060 (Top)
16x2 Corsair Dominator 3600mhz
Corsair H100x AIO
Asus ROG Strix B500-F motherboard
Thermaltake RIING 12 fans
EVGA Supernova G+ 1000W Gold PSU
Rosewill S500 Case

@Beyond_The_Berm gotta ask, why a 3070 and a 3060 in one system?

The 3070 mines 24/7 and I game on the 3060 ;)

Just finished adding a second 360 rad and 3080Ti to my system, had to get creative with the top mounts for the rad. Just finished leak testing and took this picture at first boot, still need to work on hiding some wiring but will need to order some cable extensions to do it since my fan controller is mounted at the bottom of my case.
The EK block on the 3080 cards is HUGE, I had to remove some of the mounting screws for my radiator and the card is actually pushing the radiator about 1/8" away from the case on one side, will have to drill some new mounting holes for the radiator later and relocate.
Not shown is a 7in HDMI display mounted inside the glass side panel of the case that displays all system information by way of AIDA64, will be mounting a Samsung Odyssey G9 to my desk as soon as the bracket arrives.

Thermaltake core p3 snow
9900k w/ EK block @5.0
Gigabyte Designare Z390
EVGA 3080Ti FTW3 hybrid w/EK Quantum block and nickel backplate @2160 core, 1282 mem
32g G Skill Ripjaw 3200
2x Corsair Force MP600 2tb M.2
EVGA G5 1000 PSU
2x EK XE 360 rads
EK Quantum Kinetic FLT 360 Reservoir with D5 pump
8x EK Vardar 120mm fans
Phanteks digital fan controller
Razer Chroma RGB controller
EK CryoFuel solid electric purple and solid azure 2 to 1 mixture
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please buy a better desk.

nah, I like this one.
Nothing like $8k sitting on a 25 year old desk I got for free.

Ah.

I got myself a new monitor, an LG 48C1.
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Looks killer so far; 4k, 120hz, oled.

Think I might move the other monitor I have to be portrait mode, the Dell 27" is VA and kinda looks meh when sideways.

Nice! Just put Electric purple in my Spectre build as well, when I swapped in a 3090

Or at least go to the hardware store and spend a couple bucks on edging.

That's a good looking setup.

Nah, its a piece of wood that I put my stuff on, works perfectly for this purpose.

My setup:

• AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor


• Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero ATX Motherboard


• 64 GB DDR4 3200 RAM


• 2 TB Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus


• EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card


• 6-year-old EVGA P2 1200W (No idea why I ever bought this thing)


• Sennheiser HD 800s headphones


• Shure SM7B microphone with Rode PSA1 arm


• Dual LG - 27” UltraGear UHD Nano IPS 1ms 144Hz 4K Monitor


• Logitech PRO X SUPERLIGHT Wireless mouse - White


• Vortex Race 3 75% keyboard


• Steelcase Leap V2 chair


• Razer RGB socks

I will show pics if anyone cares.

Haven't cared to stay on the bleeding edge over the last year, but I'll probably do an upgrade again eventually. To those who say you can't buy skill, 1v1 me in CSGO br0.

Fold up tables unite!

@Jakezor what server(s) are you on I can't tell?

One good nerdrage and that's all on the floor.

EVGA’s queue came through again, replaced my XC3 3080 for a FTW 3080ti, and sold the old card for more than the ti cost. Weird market that lets you upgrade and make money doing it.

My free Alienware laptop…

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What games are best to play with children? For example I found such online games https://www.topspeed.com/car-games/car-games/madalin-stunt-cars-2-ar181403.html What do you think about it? Is it safe?

Redid my loop using QD fittings and black tubing. Got tired of draining everything for maintenance.

Also you can change the home button color of the Elite Series 2 controller in Steam controller settings now.

my son (8) has been asking for a gaming PC and i would like to get him one for christmas. I've never used or built one before so I'm not sure what parts to buy. can anyone help me with what i need to get? I'm thinking $1500 with monitor. i can delete and make my own thread if I'm asking in the wrong place.

Finding a graphics card may still be an issue.  Due to this a lot of people have gone to companies offering a pre-built product since they're the only ones who can get their hands on GPU's.  

Either way though, Newegg would be a good place to start.  They have a "PC Builder" tool that helps select compatible products, or you could just pick from a list of their prebuilt ones as well.

https://www.newegg.com/tools/custom-pc-builder?cm_sp=Head_Navigation-_-Under_Search_Bar-_-PC+Builder&icid=623090


Or this could be a good prebuilt to start with.  Decent specs, might need more memory for some of the newer games but overall not terrible.

https://www.newegg.com/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gm60070/p/N82E16883230564R

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NZXT H510 Elite
Ryzen 7
Asus ROG Strix B550
RTX 3070FTW
Samsung SSD x 2
Kraken X63 Cooler
16g G Skillz Trident Z
Corsair power

MOBO: Asus ROG Strix Z690-F
CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K
CPU COOLER: Noctua NH-D15 black
GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 12GB GDDR6X
RAM: Crucial 32GB (2c16GB) DDR5 4800MHz
SSD (boot): Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB
HDD (storage): Seagate BarraCuda 6TB
PSU: Seasonic Prime PX-850 80+ Platinum
CASE: Fractal Design Torrent
KEYBOARD: Logitech MX Keys Wireless
MOUSE: Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless
MONITOR: Samsung Odyssey G5 34" Curved Ultra-Wide
SPEAKERS: Sanyun SW208
HEADPHONES: Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum Wireless

No pics. My rig doesn't have any RGB lighting or liquid cooling or anything like that.

CPU: Intel i5 Core 12600k
Motherboard: MSI Z790 MAG Tomahawk WiFi DDR4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 32Gb DDR4 3600MHz 18CL
Boot: Samsung 980 Pro 2Tb SSD
GPU: XFX Swift AMD RX 6700 XT 12Gb GDDR6
Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin RGB
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow RGB w/6 total RGB fans
PSU: Power Supply 850w 80+ Gold Modular

Peripherals: Razor Naga Trinity mouse, Logitech 120 keyboard(freebie) and cheap 1080p Koorui 24" 165Hz monitor

I'm waiting for my CPU and GPU to be delivered today, so assembly can be finished. Once I have it all up and running, I'll add photos.

FIRST BOOT!!!!
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Tested the start of Baldur's Gate 3 and hit 165fps peak, so the setup is definitely performing.

First Cinebench test of the CPU, no overclock
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After enabling XMP
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Auto-overclock of the GPU via AMD Adrenaline
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Overclocked the GPU using AMD's software to auto-overclock and with XMP enabled I ran a 15838 in Cinebench on my next multi-core stress test. Temperatures never exceeded 67°C on the CPU, nor 50°C on the GPU(doing the AMD stress test in their app). CPU frequency hit over 4600MHz on both the single and multi core tests. Voltage exceeded 1.3v on single core and 1.2v on multi core.

Looking at the performance and temps,I don't see a reason to risk instability with further tuning.

I'd say it's ready for gaming!

ETA 11AUG2023:
Learned more about overclocking. Set my personal goals at slightly undervolted, max load temperatures under 80C and hopefully over 5GHz P-core and 4GHz E-core

After a few hours, I finished at what I consider good for my air-cooled setup.

CPU Voltage: 1.259v
Max Watts: 181.6W
P-cores: 4989 MHz (5GHz)
E-cores: 3991 MHz (4GHz)
Highest Temp at 100% load: 78C package, 78C P-cores, 54C E-cores
Cinebench 30-minute (stability) multi-core score: 18983 (quick test), 18033 (10-minute) and 18056 (30-minute)

I'm also still getting great FPS, too. Still way over 100FPS on most games that aren't 60FPS locked.

Cinebench scores:
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So it's been a little while. I've now doubled-up on RAM and storage.

I've added two more 32gb 3600 CL18 DDR4 Corsair Vengeance Pros, so now I'm at 64gb 3600 CL18 DDR4.

I needed and installed a second Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD for media storage as I've now decided to get into content creation and I'm planning to add another for game storage and overflow.

I tried out the Corsair H100x AIO, but it is less efficient than my dual fan, air-cooled Peerless Assassin cooler, so I've gone back to that.

Cinebench is scoring between 17400-17500 still overclocked so really good for an Intel i5 12600k processor and AMD 6700XT graphics card.

I've added a second ASUS 1080p 165Hz monitor, dual-monitor mount, Blue Yeti mic and mic arm, LED scene light and fancy mousepad. All is mounted to my new computer desk.

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Edit: In the middle of October 2023 and I've upgraded from my XFX AMD 6700XT GPU to an XFX AMD 7900XTX GPU. I also went from a no-name Chinese 850w PSU to a Corsair RM1000x 1000w PSU, but the fan is constantly running, so that's an issue I'm working on (75-79°F ambient at the tower).

With the GPU on HyperX and Adrenaline overclocked, I'm getting over 17k on Cinebench (my Intel i5 12600k is also overclocked at 4.9Ghz P-core/3.7Ghz E-core with 1.26v and XMP-enabled). I'm getting between 60-110 FPS on Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty (2.02 version and Raytracing:Ultra graphics preset at 1080p).

The CPU is drawing a max voltage of 187v and the GPU 640v, so the PSU upgrade was needed to prevent Cyberpunk from crashing with the new card.

Update Feb 2024:

Added an Elgato 4K60 Pro capture card and hooked-up my PS5 so I can stream Playstation games. YouTube channel is slowly growing.

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