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    WikiForce reacted to Valovica in Hey Linus, think you can overclock this?   
    This is what $450 got you in 1996, kids. 


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    WikiForce reacted to Levent in Which CPU   
    Depends on my use case.
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    WikiForce reacted to Sow12333 in Which CPU   
    i9 10900k, 10 core 20 thread should be more then enough for next 5+ years EASLY
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    WikiForce reacted to LogicalDrm in pls give me scammer numbers   
    How about no.
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    WikiForce reacted to fuzz0r in Internet doesn't download at full potential on games   
    There is a difference between Mbps And MB/s 🙂
    Your speed is as it should be.
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    WikiForce reacted to GorujoCY in An eBay seller has sold an engineering sample Ryzen 3 5300G, this may be one of the best Budget APUs for budget gamers?   
    According to Tom's hardware, AMD has it's Zen 3 desktop APUs under wraps Untill a chinese ebay seller started selling an Ryzen 3 5300G engineering sample, here's the ebay link for proof but It is currently out of stock. 
    Besides that, the report goes on to say that of course those chips are based on the TSMC 7nm like the other predecessors from the 5600X to the 5950X and:
    but of course without AMD's confirmation, we can't actually tell whenever this chip will actually be launched either to the market or OEMs or as a Ryzen 3 pro 5350G, just like the Zen 2 APUs
    For the APU Performance, the seller seems to have done a brief review (https://youtu.be/P1YthiKLsJI) of this engineering sample but in summary, One of the games he tested with this APU, Battlefield V gives around 40-50 FPS at 1080p low settings, which is an improvement over last gen so far and the cpu itself is slightly more powerful than the Ryzen 3 3300x with around a 1-2% margin and with a total of 2985.12 in CPU-Z multi threading benchmark but that's just the tip of the iceberg so far.
     
    Let's not forget that availability matters too, if those APUs manage to launch to the market, it'll most likely be out of stock earlier 
     
    Summary
    The Ryzen 3 5300G was leaked but it is still in engineering sample, an eBay seller started selling one of these engineering samples and now they are out of stock, no confirmation from AMD so far, Performance on the table seems to be great but official pricing or launch has to follow in order to tell and while it beats the Ryzen 3 3300X CPU, it is so slightly with around 1-2% margin. Also gaming performance for an APU only does seem promising so far.
     
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    I'm just hoping that if this is true and If AMD actually launches these APUs at a good price to the market and the CPUs/GPUs shortages are gone, I think this is going to be a really great budget APU for budget gamers who are looking to build an APU based PC in 2021 or so or have a budget CPU with a great dedicated GPU. This should be really cool alltho AMD should have just launched Ryzen 3 Zen 3 CPUs rather than APU but assuming it launches in the market, that's the right step of the direction, especially again for budget gamers.
     
    Sources
    https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-3-5300g-zen-3-cezanne-apu-1080p-gaming
     
    https://www.pcgamer.com/unreleased-amd-ryzen-3-5300g-chip-pops-up-on-ebay-for-dollar177/
     
    https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-3-5300g-cezanne-desktop-apu-spotted-on-ebay
    I'll edit this post if I find more sources 🙂
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    WikiForce reacted to Downkey in Z490 motherboards and Rams   
    Most ATX Z490 boards can, but why do you need that much RAM?
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    WikiForce reacted to Pudsey The Bear in i9-10900K Golden Sample Build   
    For anyone wondering where the golden sample 10900k's from LTTs giveaway are, here is my build with it!
     
    CPU: 10900k Golden Sample (92 of 200)
    Cooler: Noctua NH-U12s (ML360 sub zero is too loud for daily use)
    MB: Z490 Aorus Elite AC
    PSU: EVGA superNOVA G3 750W
    GPU: Gtx 1070 (Waiting on a 3080, whenever they are back in stock...)
    Case: Fractal Design Meshify C
    Ram: 3200Mhz Corsair Vengeance 16GB
    Fans: Antec Prizms w/Controller
    SSD: 500GB SN750
    HDD: 1TB WD Blue
     
    Big thank you to LTT and Intel for doing the giveaway😄
     
     

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    WikiForce reacted to Fasauceome in Gamer Girl A E S T H E T I C   
    Your first PC should be something special, something that you never really forget. For my girlfriend, there was no other option. Never a gamer, but always seeing clean white and pastel setups on social media, she knew exactly what she wanted it to look like.
     
    Prices below are not necessarily representative of what I paid. I didn't get ripped off, don't worry.
    PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $168.99 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard $229.99 @ Amazon Memory OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $94.99 @ Newegg Storage Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $59.99 @ Adorama Case In Win 101 ATX Mid Tower Case $79.00 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair CXF 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $84.99 @ Newegg Case Fan upHere NT1207-5 86.34 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack   Monitor AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $194.88 @ Amazon Keyboard E-element Z88RGB81WRZ Wired Mini Keyboard $48.99 @ Amazon Mouse Logitech G203 Lightsync Wired Optical Mouse $29.99 @ Amazon Speakers Logitech Z200 0 nW 2.0 Channel Speakers $24.99 @ B&H Custom Vetroo V5 $24.91   Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts     Total $1041.71   Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-27 16:56 EST-0500    
    The memory miraculously appears to be running at the rated 3600 despite the first gen Ryzen memory controller. The X570 motherboard helps a lot, as they generally have nice thick memory traces.
     

     
    My biggest unknown was the case. I had hands on experience with almost every other part in some capacity, but the case was something I'd never personally seen. Typically not a problem, but unusually this case was listed with two versions on the Inwin site. One with LED lighting on the front logo, one with RGB "depending on regional availability." Sadly no mention of what regions get the RGB version, but in a stroke of luck the US appears to be one of those regions.
     

     
    The RGB front logo is real nice, and the really wide motherboard tray is a treat for any E-ATX aspirants.
     

     

     
    Pic under blanket for nice color poppin
     

     
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    WikiForce reacted to SPARTAN VI in Zero Budget Gamer - Building My Best Friend's PC for $0   
    Prelude
    My best friend of nearly 30 years is in dire need of a new PC. He was recently married so he and his wife are saving up for a home. My buddy is not a PC gamer at all, I kinda force it upon him... so his PC's have been 100% supplied by me for nearly the past decade. As a console gamer, he usually gets last dibs on PC component hand-me-downs; that was until COVID-19 hit and we started playing WWZ together online. Modern games run on his PC at relatively playable performance (lowest settings of course) but it's really rough, at best. So I'd like to gift him a relatively modern gaming PC, but without spending (much) of my own money. Which leads us to...
     
    The Zero Budget Build Challenge
    I am NOT allowed to spend even 1¢ of my own money directly on components for this build.  I am allowed to trade used PC components & accessories for parts needed in this build. I am allowed to hand-me-down used PC components from my personal PCs to harvest parts for this build.  I am allowed to incur expenses from purchasing hardware for my personal builds and traveling costs for trades. I am allowed to sell or trade components harvested from my buddy's current system. I am allowed to spend money from harvested components (above) to purchase parts for this build.   
    I'll be updating the OP as I go along so you don't need to read the entire thread to find its current progress:
     
    Day 0
    His current "gaming" PC is a mish-mash of my hand-me-downs from over the years. So this is the benchmark to beat, and the bar is pretty low.
     
    CPU: Intel Core i5-750 2.66 GHz 4c/8t (Lynnfield)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
    Motherboard: MSI P55-CD53 ATX LGA1156 Motherboard
    Memory: 8GB (4 x 2 GB) Kingston KVR DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333 CL7 Memory 
    Storage: 1TB Seagate Momentus XT SSHD
    Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 360 2 GB Core Edition Video Card 
    Case: NZXT H230 ATX Mid Tower Case 
    Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply 
    Optical: Lite-On DVD\CD Drive
    Other: USB 3.0 Internal PCIe AIC
     
    I don't presently have interior shots of his current dinosaur rig, but I have an exterior shot of when it was originally (re)built around 2013:

     
    Day 1
    So right away I looked at the CPU and knew that Lynnfield relic would be a problem, especially at 1080P (his monitor's resolution). Browsed OfferUp and briefly considered making a trade offer for an Intel Core i7-870 listed for $15. Of course, even that would choke the GPU I had in mind for this build, so I aimed a little higher.
     
    Haswell prices are still way too high and I knew that would hurt my chances at making a trade with my relatively worthless stuff, so Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge would have to do. Minutes later, I fired off a trade offer for an Intel Core i7-3770 (non-K) and H61 motherboard combo in exchange for an old GTX 750 Ti that was sitting in a drawer. Seller accepted! Considering a used GTX 750 Ti goes for $40-70 USD, and the i7-3770 is closer to $70-90, I definitely traded up.
     

     
    Yeah boyos, that's a PCI slot. The dust was included at no charge. Also RIP USB 3.0... no headers for it, but not really important. Drove there and back (1+ hours in LA traffic), got her home, dusted her off, and hooked her up to a spare Corsair CX500 (to be traded later) and it booted right up. Was pleasantly surprised to be greeted with a familiar UEFI considering how dated the rest of this board's components are. 
     
    As of now, the Zero Budget Build specs:
     
    CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.9 GHz 4c/8t (Ivy Bridge)
    CPU Cooler: Intel Stock Cooler / TBD
    Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM R2.0 LGA1155
    Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) Kingston DDR3-1333 Low profile
    Storage: TBD
    Video Card: TBD
    Case: TBD
    Power Supply: TBD
    Optical: TBD
     
    Day 2
    While we like the elegant minimalism of the NZXT H230, modern designs with mesh front panels are objectively better for thermals. Having struggled with thermals with the H230 when it was my father's case, I started the hunt for mATX mini-tower or ATX mid-tower case on OfferUp. The only requirements were:

    A. Mesh front panel that supported 2x 120mm (or larger) intake fans.
    B. Support for at least one 5.25" optical bay (friend uses the CD\DVD drive).
    C. Support for modern cable management features
    D. Support for mATX.
     
    There were virtually zero cases on OfferUp that checked all these requirements... until by some miracle, there was actually someone selling/trading a brand new Cougar MX330-G case. I pinged him an offer to trade for my spare Corsair CX500 or my spare EVGA 700B power supply, and he accepted the CX500. The trader was local, so I was there and back within 20 minutes!
     

     
    My buddy's current PC (the i5-750 rig) is not at my house, so with a new case a good chunk of the core components, I'm now able to begin a substantial portion of his build without harvesting any components from his current PC. Since we traded the Corsair CX500, the spare EVGA 700B will be his new-ish PSU. Tossed in some spare 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1333 low profile memory, a stock Intel cooler (from my i7-6700), spare Fractal Design 120mm fans, and my spare Asus PCE-AC68 WiFi NIC, then we were basically ready to rock.
     

     
    As of Day 2, the Zero Budget Build specs.
     
    CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.9 GHz 4c/8t (Ivy Bridge)
    CPU Cooler: Intel Stock Cooler / TBD
    Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM R2.0 LGA1155
    Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) Kingston DDR3-1333 Low profile
    Storage: TBD
    Video Card: TBD
    Case: Cougar MX330-G
    Power Supply: EVGA 700B 80+ Bronze
    Optical: TBD
     
     
    Day 3
    My buddy dropped off his current/old computer so I could begin backing up / cloning his drives. I also needed to harvest some parts from this thing, such as the 2x 120mm Antec fans, the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, and the LG DVD/CD RW drive.
     

     
     
    Next I formatted his new OS drive, which was my OCZ TR150 480GB SATA SSD that I no longer needed due to getting a 2TB WD Blue SATA SSD this past July:
     

     
    The cloning source was his current/old 1TB Seagate Momentus XT. Had to shrink the partition down enough so it would fit the OCZ TR150, and it was quite a learning experience: it took up all of day 3. Basically uninstalled some old games, defragged the drive, disabled system restore and paging, which finally would allow me to shrink the partition down to 460GB. Defragging took most of the evening, so I let that run through the night. 
     
    As of Day 3, the Zero Budget Build specs.
     
    CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.9 GHz 4c/8t (Ivy Bridge)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
    Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM R2.0 LGA1155
    Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) Kingston DDR3-1333 Low profile
    Storage: OCZ TR150 SATA SSD 480GB
    Storage: Seagate Momentus XT SATA SSHD 1TB
    Video Card: TBD
    Case: Cougar MX330-G
    Power Supply: EVGA 700B 80+ Bronze
    Optical: LG DVD/CD RW Drive
     
    Day 4
    Cloned the Seagate drive first thing in the morning, then migrated the OCZ SSD to the Zero Budget build along with the Hyper 212 EVO (fricken annoying installation). Greeted with no video / no POST. WTF. I had tested the i7-3770 and motherboard barely a few days ago! Installed my buzzer, tried again. No POST, no beeps. I removed the RAM, got the "RAM error" beep code as expected. Installed 1 stick of RAM, POSTed fine. Moved the 1 stick to slot 2: no POST and no beeps. Well shit. Looks like slot 2 got screwed somehow. 
     
    Took a compressed air can and blew out DIMM slot 2, and still no POST, no beeps. No signs of corrosion or damage on the board. Figured there was no harm in checking the CPU, so I popped off the Hyper 212 and the CPU to get a good look at the LGA socket. Bingo. A dust bunny had somehow made its way into and behind the CPU. Mind blown. Socket cleaned out with air can. Reinstalled CPU, cooler, both RAM DIMMs. POSTed right up. 
     
    And now for the crown jewel of the Zero Budget Build. Due to upgrading my sister's build, I re-inherited my old Asus GTX 1070 Ti Cerberus, which was a video card originally marketed toward internet cafe builders. While I was upgrading my sister, I grabbed a kit of 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 from an old build she doesn't use anymore, and installed the Kingston low profile kit in exchange. 
     

     
    Compared to his Radeon R7 360...
     

     
    The GTX 1070 Ti created a new problem since it blocked every single PCIe port, except the PCI port at the very bottom. So to retain WiFi on this machine, I had to put away my Asus PCE-AC-68U WiFi NIC and went to dig out a PCI WiFi NIC.
     

     
    The ketchup and mustard is strong... None of the colors make any sense. But that's what you get in a Zero Budget build! Booted up WWZ, maxed out its settings at 1080P and ran the benchmark. Killed it at 90 fps average. Dropped shadows to High instead of Ultra and the benchmark jumped to over 100fps average. Very pleased!
     

     
    Day 4 specs of the Zero Budget Build:
     
    CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.9 GHz 4c/8t (Ivy Bridge)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
    Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM R2.0 LGA1155
    Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600
    Storage: OCZ TR150 SATA SSD 480GB
    Storage: Seagate Momentus XT SATA SSHD 1TB
    Video Card: Asus GTX 1070 Ti Cerberus
    Case: Cougar MX330-G
    Power Supply: EVGA 700B 80+ Bronze
    Optical: LG DVD/CD RW Drive
     
     
    Day 5
    The Zero Budget build is going to my buddy this Sunday, December 6th, so I'm putting the finishing touches on things that have been annoying me, aesthetically. I designed and 3D printed an IO shield out of black PETG, and simply hot glued it to the top, bottom, and along the VGA out. I'm not much of an engineer so I don't really have the wit or time (takes 1 hour to print each prototype) to figure out how to design something that could just snap into place.
     


    The above IO shield didn't quite fit, so I edited the model a little bit and the 2nd one was nearly perfect. 

     
    Next I gutted and stripped the motherboard down the barebones so that I could go after the blue plastics with some matte black acrylic paints. I want the theme to be the typical (pre-RGB) black/red gamer aesthetic. I was worried about bricking the board the entire time, but I was careful and slow. It's definitely a 10 footer, if you look at just the right angles you can find blue areas where my brush could not reach. 
     

     
    IMO, it looks much better without the blue peeking through on the DIMM and 24-pin slots. I wish the 24-pin connector could be red instead, but white is fine. 
     
    Day 6
    I know I said that this was supposed to be delivered this past Sunday, but my entire family (kids and all) caught the flu. Even though we were relatively well by Sunday, we felt it was best to avoid potential spread by waiting another week. Our new pick-up date is December 19. This allowed me some extra time to sell of the old Radeon R7 360 and the old 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1333 to upgrade his memory. Found this 16GB (2x8GB) kit on ebay for $47 after tax, bought it, and it just arrived today.
     

     
    Just passed Memtest86 as I typed this post, so I'm just about ready to wrap this thing up and give it to him. I already have a buyer for the R7 360 2GB for $40 and I can probably flip the 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 kit for $30, which brings me back "under budget." If the RX 5700 XT ever gets added, I'll just reclaim the GTX 1070 Ti and sell it for a fat profit.
     
    Final Zero Budget build specs:
     
    CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.9 GHz 4c/8t (Ivy Bridge)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
    Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM R2.0 LGA1155
    Memory: 16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1866 CL10
    Storage: OCZ TR150 SATA SSD 480GB
    Storage: Seagate Momentus XT SATA SSHD 1TB
    Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Cerberus
    Case: Cougar MX330-G
    Power Supply: EVGA 700B 80+ Bronze
    Optical: LG DVD/CD RW Drive
     
    Day 7
    Due to some major Windows issues or a potential virus, we were up til midnight reinstalling Win10 and his games. Ended up dropping in the 3060 then ran Superposition just so I could get home and into bed. The previous score was ~3800, and the new score:
     


    Current specs:
    CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.9 GHz 4c/8t (Ivy Bridge)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
    Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM R2.0 LGA1155
    Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600
    Storage: OCZ TR150 SATA SSD 480GB
    Storage: Seagate Momentus XT SATA SSHD 1TB
    Video Card: EVGA RTX 3060 XC 12GB
    Case: Cougar MX330-G
    Power Supply: EVGA 700B 80+ Bronze
    Optical: LG DVD/CD RW Drive
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    WikiForce reacted to Eschew in Show off your latest purchases   
    ASUS Prime X570-PRO Motherboard
     [Da-da-da-daaah!] 
    Open Box purchase, nabbed it off eBay.
     

    ASUS Prime X570-PRO Motherboard
    Seems to be in good visual condition... 
    Must install into Hoshī (PC) later. あああ、面倒くさい、(笑)。
     

    ASUS Prime X570-PRO Motherboard I/O Shield
    Convenient. Also, me likey. 👀
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    WikiForce reacted to Dedayog in Show off your latest purchases   
    With the used market so ridiculous right now ,I sold my truck and scored an even more ridiculous price for this...
     
    2021 Volvo S60 Recharge hybrid - Polestar Engineered edition... because we all need electric motors and Brembo brakes 🙂
     
     

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    WikiForce reacted to FmPhenom in Show off your latest purchases   
    A little something for my mom.

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    WikiForce reacted to Moonzy in Show off your latest purchases   
    Finally bought 32gb of RAM!!!
    Generic RAM but it's good enough for me

     
    Hmm? What's on the back? Don't worry about it, I definitely didn't buy another PC
     
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    WikiForce reacted to ccRicers in Show off your latest purchases   
    A mini 7" IPS screen for a mini project
     

     

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    WikiForce reacted to Eschew in Show off your latest purchases   
    File Cabinet!
    "Ashford File Cabinet" for $139.99 (w/Free Shipping)!
    Pretty sweet deal, IMO, it usually retails for $300 - $350? 
     

    Hoshī + UPS + File Cabinet
    Nice and compartmentalized. 😘👌
    Makes a difference, having the PC and UPS sit at the edge of a long table versus having them on a separate level.
     

    Current Desk Setup
    I.
    Really.
    Really.
    REALLY.
     Like this. 
     
    A Closelier Look
    More pics n' lil' details below! (Trigger Warning: Cable Management Gore, lol. )
    Current Mood: 
     
    [Stomach growls.]
     
    ...Current Mood: 
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    WikiForce reacted to Moonzy in Show off your latest purchases   
    Say hello to the new member of my collection
     

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    WikiForce reacted to Moonzy in Show off your latest purchases   
    It arrived!

     
    Deja vu? I bought another one because the first one was decent overclocker for VRAM *-*
     
    And I like the color
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    WikiForce reacted to snortingfrogs in Show off your latest purchases   
    Picked up my new GPU yesterday.
     

     

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    WikiForce reacted to GrockleTD in Show off your latest purchases   
    Didn't technically buy this but since it's the replacement I'm gonna count it anyway

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    WikiForce reacted to Tristerin in Show off your latest purchases   
    A new home for the TR system:
    EDIT - yet to arrive but in transit is 4 more drive caddies (they sell them in packs of 2, only room for 3 more caddies in the case unfortunately). 
     

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    WikiForce reacted to KiddoTech in How's your day?   
    Fine
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    WikiForce reacted to WoodenMarker in Black Box   
    With a UHD monitor and a bunch of photos to store, my high school friend was ready for a gaming PC upgrade.
    Did you read the title? It's time for black, gray, and maybe some silver.
     

     
    Besides overkill cooling, nothing much to note.
     
    CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F
    CPU Cooler: Scythe Kotetsu w/Noctua NF-S12B Redux PWM
    Motherboard: MSI MAG Mortar Intel B460M
    Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3000mhz CL15 (2666mhz)
    SSD1: Samsung 860 Pro 256GB
    SSD2: Inland Platinum 2TB SSD
    HDD1: WD Green 3TB
    HDD2: Barracuda Green 3TB
    Graphics Card: EVGA FTW3 Ultra RTX 3080 10GB
    Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini
    Case Fans: 3x Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-15, 1x Noctua NF-S12B Redux PWM
    Power Supply: EVGA Super Nova 750 G5, ABNO1 PSU Cable Kit 3.0 Gray/White 11 4/5 inch Length with Cable Combs
    LEDs: Phanteks RGB LED Strip
     




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