bionicgeekgrrl

Looks a good call on the Pro Max. I've no particular brand loyalty however, so it doesn't have to be an MSI board (though I've been pretty happy with the Z170A Gaming M7 I currently have).
 
RAM pricing is so volatile that it is probably a little bit likely that pricing will be very different when ordering happens (probably in a week or two depending upon when other half gets paid and how much gets paid off the credit card for next month), so I'll compare sets/speeds then and go from there with a min. of 3200, but ideal of 3600.
 
RGB isn't important (the Define R5 has no window, so RGB won't be seen, though I do have an airbrush and do have plans to mod the panels a bit at some stage when the current situation has calmed down again).
 
Obviously, ideally I'd love a 3950X, but it isn't viable atm, but it could be in the future when 4xxx chips start appearing and prices of 3xxx chips fall, so the VRMs should be capable of handling it ideally.
 
One thing I'm wondering about is B550 boards and whether they'd be worth waiting for over 450.

Not so enamoured by the shape, but once it is in place you tend to forget they are there until you need to put a disc in anyway.
 
The fact Xone controllers (including the rather expensive Elite ones and racing wheels) will carry over is a big plus, saves buying new controllers and adding extra ones is fairly affordable as a result.
 
The backwards compatibility and the scaling support is nice (ie, games will work on Xbox One S/X, Longhorn and Anaconda and graphics detail will scale according to one statement from Spencer).
 
I'll probably hold off for a while getting one, the original Xone I have does well enough for now for what it gets used for (light gaming and Plex most of the time) and my partner has a XoneX as well. As is usual it is not financially best to be early adopters of consoles IME.

This is our Poppy. A 3something year old English Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross (crossed with American Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Greyhound!).
 
She is a beautiful soul, with a lot of excitement.
 
She came from a rescue place near by to where we live. Prior to coming to us just over 2 years ago, she had had 2 failed rehoming attempts, and 3 prior homes before that.
 
She came to us with some behavioural problems, mainly the excitement and a propensity to use her teeth at times, especially when over excited. As she has settled the excitement has settled down to being in bursts and we've worked on ways to contain her excitement and stop her getting too hyper and reverting back to using her teeth. Patience and perseverance has paid off though.
 
 

This is our Poppy. A 3something year old English Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross (crossed with American Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Greyhound!).
 
She is a beautiful soul, with a lot of excitement.
 
She came from a rescue place near by to where we live. Prior to coming to us just over 2 years ago, she had had 2 failed rehoming attempts, and 3 prior homes before that.
 
She came to us with some behavioural problems, mainly the excitement and a propensity to use her teeth at times, especially when over excited. As she has settled the excitement has settled down to being in bursts and we've worked on ways to contain her excitement and stop her getting too hyper and reverting back to using her teeth. Patience and perseverance has paid off though.
 
 

This is our Poppy. A 3something year old English Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross (crossed with American Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Greyhound!).
 
She is a beautiful soul, with a lot of excitement.
 
She came from a rescue place near by to where we live. Prior to coming to us just over 2 years ago, she had had 2 failed rehoming attempts, and 3 prior homes before that.
 
She came to us with some behavioural problems, mainly the excitement and a propensity to use her teeth at times, especially when over excited. As she has settled the excitement has settled down to being in bursts and we've worked on ways to contain her excitement and stop her getting too hyper and reverting back to using her teeth. Patience and perseverance has paid off though.
 
 

This is our Poppy. A 3something year old English Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross (crossed with American Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Greyhound!).
 
She is a beautiful soul, with a lot of excitement.
 
She came from a rescue place near by to where we live. Prior to coming to us just over 2 years ago, she had had 2 failed rehoming attempts, and 3 prior homes before that.
 
She came to us with some behavioural problems, mainly the excitement and a propensity to use her teeth at times, especially when over excited. As she has settled the excitement has settled down to being in bursts and we've worked on ways to contain her excitement and stop her getting too hyper and reverting back to using her teeth. Patience and perseverance has paid off though.
 
 

Jessie and Jaba on a rainy Friday afternoon:

Anything from the GTX1050ti will support NVENC HEVC encoding : https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-decode-gpu-support-matrix
 
For Intel, you will have to get a Intel 6xxx or newer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video

This is our Poppy. A 3something year old English Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross (crossed with American Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Greyhound!).
 
She is a beautiful soul, with a lot of excitement.
 
She came from a rescue place near by to where we live. Prior to coming to us just over 2 years ago, she had had 2 failed rehoming attempts, and 3 prior homes before that.
 
She came to us with some behavioural problems, mainly the excitement and a propensity to use her teeth at times, especially when over excited. As she has settled the excitement has settled down to being in bursts and we've worked on ways to contain her excitement and stop her getting too hyper and reverting back to using her teeth. Patience and perseverance has paid off though.