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While true I don't think I can bring myself to part with it. She's a steady, 5.3GHZ, low temp, dream of a chip. Milled IHS and Liquid metal surely help.

Second place in the Port Royal test for all 4090s is currently held by someone with a 9900k so I suppose it cant be too bad.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 video card benchmark result - Intel Core i9-9900KS Processor,ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (3dmark.com) Honestly I'm quite Impressed, but I can't help but wonder how it would perform on a 12th Gen platform. Card is a Gigabyte Gaming OC 24G (Not my first card choice but they sold the Asus before I could make it to the store) The card has Thermal Grizzly paste and ThermalRight Extreme Odyssey thermal pads.

I have taken good care of her and kept fresh LM on it. No issues with temps at all and I run the ole bird HARD. 5.2GHz allcore with no AVX offset and temps during my premier renders are in the high 50s low 60s. I'd say she's doing fine. I do appreciate the advice and warnings though. But I did my research well in advance of this project as it was my first build. To be fair

Soft tube single loop kit from EKWB on a GTX 1080ti 2.090GHz stable, and an 8700k with a custom all copper IHS hand lapped and applied with liquid metal underneath and Kryonaut on top holding 5.2GHz stable. No AVX offset (Forget the voltage atm)What a fun build! MOBO is an Asus ROG MAXIMUS X Hero RAM is 4x8GB of Corsair vengeance LPX 3200 DDR4 running at 3600MHz (I don't know how to do RAM timings yet...) PSU is a Corsair RM850x Case is a Corsair Crystal 460x

What about cloning from an nvme drive to an nvme drive that is in a SATA adapter? Any potential issues here? Getting a bigger NVME M.2 as my 500gb is getting tiny.

Odd I seem to do OK other than the occasional YouTube image studdering when trying to watch on an "out of focus" window. This is with 4 different monitors with different refreshes and different resolutions on a single 1080ti.

Thanks for those links. I was hoping to be able to bury the media in a box as a time capsule for my kids in several decades so it seems I may have to reevaluate my plans as digging it up to rewrite isn't really going to work. I'll look into those optical archive discs also.

What are some good systems for long term data storage? Something that can hold for a few years. Tape is too expensive and my data size is relatively low at less than 10TB. I would prefer to have some form of EM protection also. I hear SSDs can have faults if powered down too long and HDDs just seem to fragile. Any ideas?

Any recommendations as to some good benchmark tests would also be appreciated. Thanks! Currently have an identical render file for Premiere, and Cinebench for the basics.

So my buddie and I just picked up two dell precision t3600 towers from and engineering firm that is upgrading their PCs. I do not yet have it as he is shipping it to me. From what I can tell there is a Xeon E-5 1620, a quadro k4000 and 16GB of DDR3 (not sure what speeds yet) Google reveals that they are 4X4GB matched sticks at 1866Mbs, and are in fact ECC. My question to you revolves around our little competition. We are going to see who gets the biggest boost in performance from the start point of these dirty old birds to whatever we can scrape out of them without installing any new parts. Do you think the Bios on these prebuilt towers will allow me any adjustment to the base clock? Would a small ram drive help squeeze any benefit out of the benchmarks? Would lapping the IHS be a worthwhile endeavor? What other tricks can I use to wring any performance this rig? (Besides just cleaning it) The only upgrade we can make is adding new thermal paste to the heatsink.

Good to hear, Thanks!

Not quite sure the exact part number just picked the case and power supply up last night. It's EVGA semi modular, and 80+ GOLD i belive. What about overclocking headroom?

So I am making my first dive into PC gaming/video editing. I decided building my own system would be the best/cheapest way to get exactly what i want. so with reguards to the components below, i was looking for recommendations and advice on my build. Any help/tips would be greatly appriciated! I have these parts now: Digital Storm VANQUISH 7 case (from a friend) ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-H MOBO I7 8700k Corsair H115i GTX 1080ti (on the way) 16gb DDR4 Corsair Vengence LPX 3200 (2x8) 500gb Samsung 960 EVO PCIE M.2 (OS) 3TB seagate HDD (mass storage, lightly used) Power supply (here is the big question) I have a 650W EVGA semi-modular power supply also from the case my friend gave me. (do i need more power?) I am sure i will be OC'ing in the future and i hear the 8700k can really suck down the watts at higher clocks. Edit: Main purpose of the build is to game (VR?) And to host my ps4 streams with OBS as well as edit videos for my youtube channel (Tired of sharefactory...)

As someone who is primarily a console gamer and looking to get into pc gaming this would be a perfect first step into that area. I have limited space and budget available so adding the necessary components and os rather than a full build would be more simple and affordable. Plus it just looks cool! Thanks Zotac and heres hoping!

Congrats bro!

The M.2 will use x4 PCIe as far as I can tell with the SM951 on RVE.

So I am about to do my first build and I was wondering about the benefits to cost of the 5930k vs the 5820k I plan to have a 980ti, m.2 boot drive, and pci capture card on an Asus rampage v extreme mobo. Will I be taxing the 5820k for pcie lanes? Will I be limiting my ability to eventually run sli with 2 980s? Any help appriciated thanks! http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WD6sTW The build will mostly be for streaming ps4 and editing video though I will be gaming on it also.

I have verified with part picker for compatibility.

1. Budget & Location Budget is not a huge issue though im not building a $10,000.00 pc. The more it costs the longer I have to wait and save to get it. 1k for me is about 2 months heavy saving. I am located in the US 2. Aim Primary function is to create and manage content for a Youtube channel which includes audio mixing, 3d rendering, and video rendering. A close second would be gaming on system and streaming from a ps4 console. 3. Monitors As of now I have two 144hz Phillips 242g monitors but am planning on upgrading to 4k monitors some time after this build. 4. Peripherals I have all the necessary devices for gaming/recording so they are not to be factored into the build budget. 9 various usb 2.0 and 3.0 devices. (Dac, keyboard, mouse, razor tartrous, external mass storage, Logitech c920, audio interface...) 5. Why are you upgrading? Haha, I am working with a 2013 dell laptop at the moment... So I will list my proposed components below with some questions and concerns that I currently have. Feel free to make any comment you feel relative to the system. This will be my first personal pc as well as my first build. I have spent many hours researching and learning as of late but am by far no expert. Thanks in advance for your feedback! Case: NZXT Phantom (original) this is the only component I can not change since I already have it. I have provided a link due to confusion with all the phantoms out there. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003WE9WR8/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1 MOBO: Asus rampage v extreme e-atx chosen for expandability in the future... and maby the looks too. Memory: 32gb corsair vengeance LPX (4x8) 3000Mhz c15 Is the difference between 16gb and 32gb worth the premium for a serious multi-tasker. No really.. like crazy ammounts of windows and inputs and outputs and multiple games running together. OS: Win 10 home USB PSU: Corsair HX1000i fully modular. Overkill on purpose, but is it too overkill? CPU: I7-5930k 6core / Gelid gc extreme thermal compound Is this a good balance for gaming multi-tasking and rendering? Good stable OC? Or is quad core higher GHZ better for me? How about pcie lanes? CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i GTX all-in-one. Are there larger rads on all in one coolers that still fit in this case? I am not against a little modding. GRAPHICS: GTX 980Ti Hybrid 6gb Eventually 2 cards sli? two cards brings 820W power for the whole system hense the 1000i Optical: Asus 24x dvdrw Is this even necessary these days?? Capture Card: Elgato pcie card? Any recommendations here for a good CC? Storage: Ok here is where I have the most trouble coming to a decision. I would like to use a samsung 750 series 400gb pcie ssd or sm951 512gb m.2 gen3 x 4 for a boot drive with maby a choice game or two, then have two hybrid 4tb drives from seagate for all the remaining files. If I use the 750 series I will have it, a graphics card, and a capture card leaving me with 1 slot for a potential second GTX 980. But will it all fit? Is m.2 gen3 x 4 as good as the pcie card? Should I ignore both and get 2 850 evo drives in raid? Yes I do perform large file transfers and photo collection indexing. Fans: 2 Fans on cpu rad on the top of the case. 1 fan on the 980 rad on the back. 1 200mm fan on the side and 2 140mm front fans. This pc will be sitting on a hard wood floor in a cool but small room with sound dampening materials on all walls. This list may change if I forgot something or make any switches. Thank you for your help. Edit 1: Pc Part Picker was used to confirm compatability with all listed parts. I am more looking for things like "Dude that PSU is WAY OVERKILL" or "That processor is good but this one is better for like $30.00 more" haha. thanks again. part picker link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KFRmt6 note only one of the SSDs will be bought and only 1 Graphics card at first.

Actually in the market for some peripherals as I am working on a 5930k rampage v build at the moment. I have a feeling that those headphones may be a bit better than my current ones... headed over to the site now for specs. Good luck everyone and thanks Feenix!