Covid Sheer Boredom Build

[Thachaw]

Budget (including currency): $3000 USD Excluding shipping

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Multiboxing Everquest / Work

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Case: Asus TUF Gaming GT501

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950x

MB: Asus TUF x570 

CPU Cooling: Aorus RGB AIO 360

Ram: G.Skill RipJaws V series 128gb

GPU: Asus GeForce RTX 2070 Super Overclocked 8g EVO Dual Fan

Drives: 2x Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 1tb M.2, TeamGear Delta Max 250g x3, WD 4TB 

PSU: Asus Thor 1800w

Accessories because why not:(not included in the build price) Lian-Li RGB 24 pin and 8 pin extender, Asus Aura Sync 5v 3pin RGB 10 Hub Splitter, ( not yet installed stupid shipping )

 

 For the last 15 years I worked overseas so I was never able to build a performance PC.  Now I work in California and with lock down for Covid I wanted to upgrade from Laptop gaming to something a tad better. 

 I will update this once the Lian-Li and Hub arrive.  It performs very well with the temp even running up to 18 instances of my game of choice which is very thread and core heavy at a cool 41c on the CPU.  CPU utilization is at 26% with RAM at 28% GPU at 46%.  I can play with frame rates on unfocused instances that will help with the GPU.  

The Cinebench attached is running stock no overclocking but the memory working at 3600.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

[jaslion]

Why so many ssds and a psu that could power this system 5 times over :p?

[Thachaw]

SSD's I got because they were cheap $25 bucks each.  The power supply was because it was on sale for $215 and I will be upgrading in the not so distant future and giving my daughter the parts from this that I don't use for her own system but that PSU should be good for when I upgrade next year.

[gloop]

5 minutes ago, Thachaw said:

that PSU should be good for when I upgrade next year.

No sensible system needs more than a 650w PSU. You wasted about $90.

[Chris Pratt]

6 minutes ago, Thachaw said:

SSD's I got because they were cheap $25 bucks each.  The power supply was because it was on sale for $215 and I will be upgrading in the not so distant future and giving my daughter the parts from this that I don't use for her own system but that PSU should be good for when I upgrade next year.

That PSU is enough to drive three separate systems, even if GPU power usage goes up dramatically in the future. Way overkill. Honestly, didn't know they made that kind of wattage for even the prosumer market.

[Br3tt96]

7 minutes ago, Thachaw said:

SSD's I got because they were cheap $25 bucks each.  The power supply was because it was on sale for $215 and I will be upgrading in the not so distant future and giving my daughter the parts from this that I don't use for her own system but that PSU should be good for when I upgrade next year.

I saw those Teams Gears on sale awhile back at that price and was curious about the performance and longevity 

[jaslion]

9 minutes ago, Thachaw said:

SSD's I got because they were cheap $25 bucks each.  The power supply was because it was on sale for $215 and I will be upgrading in the not so distant future and giving my daughter the parts from this that I don't use for her own system but that PSU should be good for when I upgrade next year.

You don know that this current system doesn't even consume 350w right? Even if you slap 2 2080ti's in there (don't sli is dead) it would barely reach 550w. So this psu is going to last you forever basically :p.

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

That PSU is enough to drive three separate systems, even if GPU power usage goes up dramatically in the future. Way overkill. Honestly, didn't know they made that kind of wattage for even the prosumer market.

Time to bring out the 4x gtx 295's again :p.

[Thachaw]

Yes that was understood when I purchased it.

 

[Thachaw]

9 minutes ago, gloop said:

No sensible system needs more than a 650w PSU. You wasted about $90.

The key word you put in there was sensible.  Not really a waste if it works for me and I get at least 20 more FPS from the LED Screen and RGB on it alone.  

[SansVarnic]

-= Topic moved to Build Logs =-

[EricX2]

What's the deal with people complaining about too much power supply? Unless something is very wrong, it doesn't pull (much) more power from the wall than it has to put out right? It could be a 50kw PSU but if the hardware only requires 300w it'll only pull a little over 300w. Having the ability to pull out more doesn't hurt anything. It doesn't really require much more to be built. Not like they use 50 times the precious metal to build it. I literally don't understand why it needs to be even discussed.

[Thachaw]

23 minutes ago, Br3tt96 said:

I saw those Teams Gears on sale awhile back at that price and was curious about the performance and longevity 

I am using them for document storage for work.  I have not had any real issue with them.  I have only had them for about two weeks so will have to wait and see on the longevity.

[DJ46]

9 minutes ago, Thachaw said:

The key word you put in there was sensible.  Not really a waste if it works for me and I get at least 20 more FPS from the LED Screen and RGB on it alone.  

I hate it when people think they finally know the "rules" of computer building.

The whole point of doing it is being able to choose whatever you want. If someone asks for help with a budget build and they plan to buy an overkill PSU instead of spending more on the GPU, we try to talk them out of it so that they have a better experience.

But at some point we need to stop lecturing everybody and shoving an "optimal" system down their throat.

 

I know why I bought a PSU more than 3x as powerful as I need. Noone else might agree with those reasons, but they also aren't me and they don't sit next to my tower. Nevermind the custom loop I'm about to put into it, despite it seeming unnecessary to everyone else.

 

Sorry for the tangent, let me just add - lovely rig dude.

[Thachaw]

2 minutes ago, EricX2 said:

What's the deal with people complaining about too much power supply? Unless something is very wrong, it doesn't pull (much) more power from the wall than it has to put out right? It could be a 50kw PSU but if the hardware only requires 300w it'll only pull a little over 300w. Having the ability to pull out more doesn't hurt anything. It doesn't really require much more to be built. Not like they use 50 times the precious metal to build it. I literally don't understand why it needs to be even discussed.

True.  When I was looking at the build I knew that I would be upgrading to gen 4 as soon as the prices start to come down.  The way I see it even if I upgrade to a Threadripper with every new graphics card I should never have a problem with power.

[Thachaw]

2 minutes ago, DJ46 said:

I hate it when people think they finally know the "rules" of computer building.

The whole point of doing it is being able to choose whatever you want. If someone asks for help with a budget build and they plan to buy an overkill PSU instead of spending more on the GPU, we try to talk them out of it so that they have a better experience.

But at some point we need to stop lecturing everybody and shoving an "optimal" system down their throat.

 

I know why I bought a PSU more than 3x as powerful as I need. Noone else might agree with those reasons, but they also aren't me and they don't sit next to my tower. Nevermind the custom loop I'm about to put into it, despite it seeming unnecessary to everyone else.

 

Sorry for the tangent, let me just add - lovely rig dude.

I had a budget.  I came in about $80 under budget even with the because more unicorn puke is always welcome parts that have not arrived.  Thank you, I will post final build once those parts arrive.  I generally do not run rainbow that photo was taken as I was installing the OS and just thought Those SSD's look cool.

[DJ46]

4 minutes ago, EricX2 said:

I literally don't understand why it needs to be even discussed.

I get it in the "New builds" section.

A $600 rig will never need a 1000W PSU. By the time it would be upgraded enough to use it, a new PSU would barely raise the price of the upgrade.

But in "Build logs", there's literally no point. These rigs are in progress or complete, what's on the list and in the pictures is in the system. Swapping it out for something else is an absolute waste.

[thrasher_565]

2 minutes ago, Thachaw said:

True.  When I was looking at the build I knew that I would be upgrading to gen 4 as soon as the prices start to come down.  The way I see it even if I upgrade to a Threadripper with every new graphics card I should never have a problem with power.

i mean the looks of the psu can out way the price or the extra power. how on earth did you get 3 ssd for $25 each are the used? arnt these like $150+ each?

 

i like the sexy look lintel i get to the hhd...

[Thachaw]

 

2 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

i mean the looks of the psu can out way the price or the extra power. how on earth did you get 3 ssd for $25 each are the used? arnt these like $150+ each?

 

i like the sexy look lintel i get to the hhd...

I found them on a random website new.  Amazon has them for $60 new, the $150 are for 1tb version.  About that HDD there is a shroud that wasn't installed at the time of that pic.

[thrasher_565]

5 minutes ago, Thachaw said:

 

I found them on a random website new.  Amazon has them for $60 new, the $150 are for 1tb version.  About that HDD there is a shroud that wasn't installed at the time of that pic.

oh i guess your right that sounds a bit cheap. i no they have a history of there rgb ssd catching fire they clame there "new ones" don't...

[Thachaw]

Just now, thrasher_565 said:

oh i guess your right that sounds a bit cheap. i no they have a history of there rgb ssd catching fire they clame there "new ones" don't...

Ah, I didn't see that in any of the reviews, I must research this cause F RGB if it will burn down my system.  Thanks for the heads up!

[A1200]

Yeah was surprised to see so many putting down the choice of PSU - the guy was bored and fed up of covid (who isn't) but to make himself a happy bunny he had a cool $3K burning a hole in his pocket, I see no reason for him not to throw the kitchen sink at it. If you are under budget you didn't add enough RGB

[Ravendarat]

I just built a rig for a guy I work with, 68 year old gamer, he bought a new 10900k, spent $600 bucks on board, bought 4000 mhz ram, bought a 1200 watt psu. I explained why his choices were unnecessary but he said he liked the hardware and wanted to overbuild. That was the end of that conversation, I used what he wanted, he knew the facts and still chose it so who am I to judge him on it, its his money and he is happy as hell with the turn out, everyone wins. 

 

To the OP the rig looks great although I would suggest maybe getting custom cables just to be able to clean up some of your cabling, but over all well done

[thrasher_565]

1 hour ago, Ravendarat said:

I just built a rig for a guy I work with, 68 year old gamer, he bought a new 10900k, spent $600 bucks on board, bought 4000 mhz ram, bought a 1200 watt psu. I explained why his choices were unnecessary but he said he liked the hardware and wanted to overbuild. That was the end of that conversation, I used what he wanted, he knew the facts and still chose it so who am I to judge him on it, its his money and he is happy as hell with the turn out, everyone wins. 

 

To the OP the rig looks great although I would suggest maybe getting custom cables just to be able to clean up some of your cabling, but over all well done

funny my dad has a x77 sabertooth (the one that uses a 3570) and i wanted his mb so he decided to upgrade (we was looking at that full watercooled mb that's like $2000 so i asked him why that one he said well if things seem to hold its value more then why not if it might still be worth $1500 down the road or so. anyway his mb he spent like $200 new is worth like $150. i guess you got to about for inflation thow. it might be the last upgrade for him as he is 60 and well thx god for the easay mode bullet sponge game play....his reaction is really bad now.

 

any way i talked him out of it because there were shady sellers on ebay with like 4 sold items....

[Nena Trinity]

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