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Karl Jacobs reached out to us with the wild idea to build a $100,000 gaming PC so he could beat Minecraft on it.... And I have to say... We hecking delivered.

 

 

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This is what it feels like to go from a $500 console to a $50,000 PC

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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How much did you guys go over budget? 

2.5$ for some gorilla glue?

 

just to glue that last penny to the bottom of the case for the 999.999,99$ PC

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4 minutes ago, darknessblade said:

How much did you guys go over budget? 

2.5$ for some gorilla glue?

 

just to glue that last penny to the bottom of the case for the 999.999,99$ PC

As far as money explicitly spent on the computer goes, we were very slightly under budget.  Once you consider it took ~2 months for Tim to design the desk, assembly time and crating it for shipping we went waaaaaay over budget.  Given I've never seen an engineering firm with a charge out rate for labour below $100/h..... Karl got an exceptional deal.

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Alex, can we get an in depth look into the custom loop design? I'm smitten with the idea of equalizing temps. 

4 minutes ago, AlexTheGreatish said:

As far as money explicitly spent on the computer goes, we were very slightly under budget.  Once you consider it took ~2 months for Tim to design the desk, assembly time and crating it for shipping we went waaaaaay over budget.  Given I've never seen an engineering firm with a charge out rate for labour below $100/h..... Karl got an exceptional deal.

 

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20 minutes ago, CaptainClams said:

What is the monitor arm/rail system that was used?

I'm really interested in that & it's the one thing they didn't talk about lol

I'd like to know that, too. I need a new multi monitor mounting solution for my desk and that seems to be perfect for my needs.

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What a crazy build, but it feels kinda weird to watch the finished build first and then the build process later.

Nice choices on the audio setup too, I'm glad you went with actual studio monitors and interface instead of the easier route of buying much more expensive snake oil "audiophile" stuff. Also lol @ that 40 channel RME interface, just a little overkill 🤯 (I'd have went with the Neve 88M just for simplicity's sake while also keeping the audio quality and high price)

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Just now, wmbqthnfxgnjygn said:

What if I want to buy the exact same desk computer ?

Can I contact you somewhere for it ?

if he said he wouldn't sell it to a Saudi Prince who has billions of dollars, what do you think hes going to tell you if you ask?

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3 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

if he said he wouldn't sell it to a Saudi Prince who has billions of dollars, what do you think hes going to tell you if you ask?

I didn't even know he said that my english isn't the best as far as I know I'm not even a native english speaker...

But, I'm not a Saudi Prince so he would say yes ! 🙂

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2 hours ago, Shraf2k said:

Alex, can we get an in depth look into the custom loop design? I'm smitten with the idea of equalizing temps. 

 

They're doing this 3 loop thing to make it seem fancy not because it has a purpose/benefit.

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They used the Asus PG41UQ monitor for the main display, yet they don't mention, nor has any reviewer mentioned, the issue with the firmware that causes the screen to go blank every 4 hours, for 6 minutes, to do a forced pixel refresh. Asus seems to be unwilling to do anything about the firmware issue with this monitor. I have the 48UQ and this happens like clockwork, and it is extremely annoying. If you keep the older firmware installed (V16), you get washed out colors in HDR that is fixed with later firmware (V25, V 26) but then have to deal with the forced pixel refresh. This is unacceptable for a $1400 monitor. Linus stated how they will hold sponsors feet to the fire, will they do the same with this? 

 

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