KenjiS9965

Almost all my parts are in... Just waiting on my second Samsung 970 EVO Plus and my Hyte Y60 to get here but I'm excited to share Upgrading my 3900X photography/gaming rig to AM5 more or less, while moving it into a new home because the 680X is a pain to maintain (too much difficult disassembly and needing a second person to hold the AIO while i remove the front filter is tiresome) Case: Hyte Y60 White/Black Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair X670E HERO CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite LCD RAM: 32gb G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5 6000 CL30 Storage: 2x 2TB Samsung 970 EVO nVME, 2x 960gb Corsair MP510 nVME, 2x 5TB Toshiba HDDs GPU: eVGA RTX 3080 10gb (Original, not LHR) FTW3 PSU: eVGA Supernova 1000 watt T2 with white cablemod cables Fans: Planning to use 2 Noctua PPC Industrial 3000rpm 140mms in the bottom as intake, 2 of my LL140s on the side as intake, 1 LL120 as exhaust on the rear and the 3 120mm ML120s that came with the AIO as top exhaust. Was debating on making the side exhaust as well as those PPCs are very strong intakes and if they're exhausts they'd hopefully pull the hot hair off the GPU out the side...but that could create a deadzone where the CPU isnt getting fresh air (Suggestions appreciated, I already own the fans in question and yes I want the visible ones to be RGB) Color theme is likely some shade of purple or blue as those tend to be the colors I go for for anything these days.

This. Maybe if you really wanna be serious about it I'd consider looking at something from say, Sony or Canon because they're commonly used in the higher end video space, get used to their names for various controls/menu functions and stuff. But overall ergonomics are probably the biggest factor. an A6000 shouldnt be too expensive last I looked and is still a very solid little camera. Your money should go primarily to lenses, Not so much the camera body. I'd stick to a mirrorless as opposed to a DSLR because DSLRs are somewhat dying off at this point.

I'd throw it all together and just slot in the 3060 Ti when you get one After all its also a good idea to make sure there are no issues while you're still within return policies and such and you can still enjoy your shiny new CPU in some tasks without a better GPU to go with it Maybe when AMD launches the 6600/6700 or whatever things will improve slightly

At the time I bought my X27 I was seriously nervous about dropping $1500 on a monitor, but after living with it for 2 years..yeah no regrets. I wanted something with solid color accuracy and pixel density for photo editing AND a high refresh for gaming. I do not like ultrawides very much I considered 2 monitors, but what sold me on the X27 was the fact that by the time I got 2 solid monitors, a good 4k one for photo editing and a good 1440p high refresh one for gaming, i was at more than $1500 at the time with no HDR or anything on top of it. Add to that i dont really have the space for 2 of them and yeah

Games themselves look fine at 1440p, depends on the title, at the end of the 1080 Ti I started bumping a few titles down to 1440p to get acceptable performance and while it looked worse it generally wasnt too bad, Tech like DLSS makes lowering the resolution better because it uses AI upscaling to (in many games) get quite close to full resolution. Not every game supports DLSS but DLSS seems to be coming in most major titles these days Going to full 144hz does create some problems, I run mine at 120 instead, if you do HDR content you have to choose between 10 bit color at 98hz or 8 bit at 120, I tend to leave it at 8 bit because most -games- do not support 10 bit color even in HDR Yes there are some HDR games that look worse in HDR vs SDR, usually ones where they do it as a tickbox with no thought (ESO and Sekiro come to mind off the top of my head) the good news is you can always just try both and use whichever you prefer Competitive, it depends, most competitive titles run at high framerates at least at 4k, I find 4k advantageous in Apex as i can pick out squads at really long range, same with warzone. Others might disagree here though. Ive also played them on a 300hz laptop and I honestly had situations id prefer one over the other Fan noise obviously depends on person and example, mine is inaudible, my PC is louder (and i have a quiet pc)

Modern AAA titles it can be hard, but usually ones where you need/want 120 its easy enough to get to, CoD Black ops Cold War for example easily gets there with DLSS enabled and looks a treat, Doom Eternal is extremely well optimized and gets 4k 120 easily, Apex, League, etc, all easily exceed 120fps. the 3080 has absolutely made the X27 shine (I started off with a 1080 Ti when I bought it and that could be struggle city a lot of the time). Also yes, if you need to turn the res down to 1440p in the future or something, you do still get 120hz, so its kind of a best of both worlds thing Lets see..for HDR titles? Hitman 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Star Wars Squadrons, Microsoft Flight Sim, Gears of War 5, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Horizon Zero Dawn, Metro Exodus, Doom Eternal, Battlefield V, CoD Black Ops Cold War, AC Valhalla, Jedi Fallen Order... pretty much EVERYTHING in HDR I've stuck on this thing looks amazing, its second only to my LG C8 OLED. Flashbangs do tend to hurt the eyes however Even if the game lacks HDR, the fact the monitor has full array local dimming means you do get a noticeable boost in contrast, dark scenes and black levels are very solid. there CAN be some haloing around HUD objects in HDR but in SDR its pretty much a non issue. Ideally, I keep the monitor in SDR mode in windows when I'm doing normal browsing/non HDR games and then flick it into HDR to go play in HDR Downsides to HDR are screenshots right now (the Xbox Game Bar is the ONLY thing I've found that will actually take screenshots in HDR games correctly..ish) and if you use MSI Afterburner it has a bad tendency to crash/go haywire in HDR, GeForce Experience's overlay however works fine The G7 is a very nice monitor too, but for only $300 more? Yeah I'd get the UQ. The HDR performance of an HDR1000 screen with proper FALD is just a whole other level. The difference between 120 and 240hz IS noticable, but I'd make the argument for it being diminishing returns type of thing. Most new games are supporting HDR and if I had to pick I'd take a proper HDR implementation any day over the boost in refresh rate

I'm running the Acer Predator X27 which uses the same panel ABSOLUTELY go for the PG27UQ... as for fan noise i have never heard the one in mine. the 3080 runs things AMAZINGLY well on it on top of it, you can get 4k 120 in quite a few titles pretty easily and the HDR performance is stunning

Theres so many factors i could list that can be summed up as "it depends on what two monitors you are considering" For example, there is more to a good monitor than just refresh rate. if the 240hz monitor is VA for example it could have far better black levels and contrast and thus far better image quality. On the other hand it could be TN and the viewing angles and color reproduction could be awful To me, I like a blend of good refresh rate, contrast ratio and color reproduction. I am a sucker for a GOOD HDR implementation, I will gladly pay (and encourage others to spend on) those features because to me they add to the immersion of anything you play As for 144 vs 240, its diminishing returns, there IS a difference as usually the 240hz screen has better pixel response times so it can still look better than a 144hz screen even if you're not maxing out that 240hz refresh rate all the time. Its a pet peeve of mine I guess. I see a lot of people drop $800 on a 3080 and refuse to spend a decent amount of a really nice monitor that will stay with you for a while, or are still using an old TN or older IPS screen when theres some very good VA panels available now that would give better image quality

Definitely go for an SSD over an HDD, I'm not sure about UK pricing on specific models but either add a 500gb SSD to that (About $60 in the US) or go for a 1TB SSD. I've never been a huge fan of the "120gb just for windows" thing, but I also run my system 24/7 so boot time isnt a big deal to me To me, I always try to think ahead just a bit when it comes to the PSU, Go for a good quality unit from eVGA, Seasonic, Corsair etc and always give yourself some room to grow. Yes you have a RTX 3060 today but maybe in a year theres a kicking deal on a used 3080 or something, in the US the difference between a 650W B5 and a 750W B5 is only $10 and I think its a good $10 to spend just to give yourself some extra growth.

LOL Yeah I was gonna say.. Im not sure i really wanna disturb the LM, I've NEVER worked with LM before and I have no idea how its done under there. I assume Asus has some masking on it like last year to stop it going anywhere it shouldnt, but never know what happens if i pull the thing apart Sorry to disappoint!

Like under the heatsink/liquid metal?

Cause I need a new laptop and I dont mind being a guinea pig, Plus Best Buy return policy is pretty solid if I hit any issues Specifically I ordered the Ryzen 9 5900HS/3070 model. I'll be happy to answer any questions on it when I get it/review it for everyone if they like

Right now I'd wait, if what AMD says is true? Then the Ryzen is definitely the way to go. Hard to anticipate stock right now however, I mean, I got my 3900X on launch day last year with no issues whatsoever..but after the 3080 if we end up with sneakerbots going after them as well it could get dicey.. I also would hope that AMD has been watching and is going to take steps to make sure everything goes better than before PCIe 3 vs 4 right now isnt making a big difference, but I'd argue that once we start seeing directstorage games coming out that are going to be streaming data off the SSD constantly right into the GPU that it might make a very large difference. I ponder if theres a way someone could test this (like some kind of large storage transfer over PCIe while gaming?)

Yes! You just pay the difference for the higher end card In fact Jacob at evga was even nudging people to do this if they had say, sold their old card in hopes of scoring a 3080 and couldn't so they could get their rig back up and running ASAP and get put in a line for a 3080

Benchmark: Time Spy - 16,465 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/51362000? Time Spy Extreme - 8,263 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/51362368? R9 3900X + RTX 3080 FTW3 +113 Core/+200 Memory Not done tuning it but im taking a break to go actually play stuff on it, I think I have a bit more in it