Upgrades

[ChaoticChaosx]

Build Name: White Knight
OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
Monitor: Alienware AW3423DWF 34" 1800R Curved 3440x1440 QD-OLED 165hz 0.1ms (New)
Chassis: Lian Li 011 Dynamic Evo
Motherboard: ASRock X670E Steel Legend (New)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (New)
Memory/RAM: Corsair Dominator RGB DDR5 2x16GB 32GB 6000Mhz (New)
GPU: Asus GeForce RTX 4080 TUF 16GB VRAM (New)
PSU: EVGA Supernova 1000w G3 w/ custom modmesh black & white cables from cablemod (New, Cables)
Boot/OS SSD: Samsung 970 EVO plus 500GB NVMe
Games SSD: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVMe
Performance/Editing HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB
Storage HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB
Mouse: Razer Lancehead Tournament Edition
Mouse Mat: Corsair MM700 RGB
Keyboard: Razer Ornata Chroma
Microphone: HyperX Quadcast
Headset: Razer Blackshark v2 Pro
Eyewear/Glasses: Gunnar Optiks Razer FPS
Camera: Razer Kiyo Pro

Watercooling Parts: All New

Top Radiator: 54mm 360mm 3x120mm ML RGB Pro fans
Side radiator: 30mm 360mm 3x120mm QL RGB Fans
Res/Pump: Corsair XD5 RGB
CPU waterblock: Corsair XC7 RGB Pro
GPU Waterblock: EKWB Vector2
Coolant: Corsair Clear
Tubing: Corsair 12mm Black & White
Fittings: Corsair White 90s, Corsair White 12mm, Corsair Black & White Elbows, Corsair Y-Splitter, Black Nickel EK Drain Valve, Black Nickel EK Plugs.

 

 

[JonS77]

Looks great. You could've picked a 4090 with that budget if performance was the main goal.

[ARandomPerson]

Amazing build. The only thing I would do would be to swap the roles of the 980pro and the 970 evo for slightly faster boot times but the difference would be so marginal that it is not really noticeable.

[podkall]

4 hours ago, ARandomPerson said:

Amazing build. The only thing I would do would be to swap the roles of the 980pro and the 970 evo for slightly faster boot times but the difference would be so marginal that it is not really noticeable.

imo space for games > boot time

[JonS77]

6 hours ago, podkall said:

imo space for games > boot time

Both would be nice, but OP has a 7800X3D anyway so boot times aren't a priority XD

[podkall]

Just now, Jon-Slow said:

Both would be nice, but OP has a 7800X3D anyway so boot times aren't a priority XD

were boot times ever a priority? what do you lose booting for few seconds longer anyways?

[JonS77]

9 hours ago, podkall said:

were boot times ever a priority? what do you lose booting for few seconds longer anyways?

For me personally it's somewhat of a big deal, the difference between 5sec or less on intel processors with XMP and 30-60sec on Ryzen 7000 processors with EXPO.

 

  I have this app on my phone that I use to turn on the PC that's connected to my TV, and I like that the experience is just as fast as my PS5. I press the button and I see my desktop right away and it's ready to go with the sign-in screeen disabled. I do remember a time when we used to press the power button on a beige chassis and go get some tea and come back. So to have that not be the case anymore is the type of quality of life I really appriciate.

[ChaoticChaosx]

14 hours ago, Jon-Slow said:

For me personally it's somewhat of a big deal, the difference between 5sec or less on intel processors with XMP and *30-60sec on Ryzen 7000 processors with EXPO.

 

  I have this app on my phone that I use to turn on the PC that's connected to my TV, and I like that the experience is just as fast as my PS5. I press the button and I see my desktop right away and it's ready to go with the sign-in screeen disabled. I do remember a time when we used to press the power button on a beige chassis and go get some tea and come back. So to have that not be the case anymore is the type of quality of life I really appriciate.

I also have sign in screen disabled as boot time to desktop is no way 30 seconds or higher. I'll have to time to an exact number but guarantee not 30 seconds. As for EXPO it hasn't effected my boot times. I have certain PBO settings too if that as anything to do with it as well.

[JonS77]

12 hours ago, ChaoticChaosx said:

I also have sign in screen disabled as boot time to desktop is no way 30 seconds or higher. I'll have to time to an exact number but guarantee not 30 seconds. As for EXPO it hasn't effected my boot times. I have certain PBO settings too if that as anything to do with it as well.

Defnitely 30sec has been almost the baseline with the ones I've seen EXPO enabled. Some can go up to a full minute. I'm also almost pretty certain EXPO increases the boot times and without EXPO you would probably be under 30sec. But I think it depends on what RAMs you have running as well and I think the faster the RAMs the longer the boot times.

 

Additionally, I've seen random memory training happen on boot at times.

[ChaoticChaosx]

On 6/26/2024 at 1:42 AM, Jon-Slow said:

Defnitely 30sec has been almost the baseline with the ones I've seen EXPO enabled. Some can go up to a full minute. I'm also almost pretty certain EXPO increases the boot times and without EXPO you would probably be under 30sec. But I think it depends on what RAMs you have running as well and I think the faster the RAMs the longer the boot times.

 

Additionally, I've seen random memory training happen on boot at times.

I did time it today in fact it is 19.45 seconds from pushing power button to windows desktop. Plenty fast for me. So not 30sec. Expo enabled and PBO custom settings. This 30sec you talking about seems like another factor in play. As you said boot time not priority my main is performance, games maxing settings with RT on my QD-OLED the HDR and all.

Streaming and gaming is main use case.