Just one piece left UPDATE: Amazon guy needs to hurry up

"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel) 11/27/2019 at 11:25 • Filed to: None

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All built with the exception of my GPU. Should be here Friday. Until then I have a very pretty but useless box.

Just waiting for my 2070 to arrive Friday or Saturday and then it’s full speed ahead to max settings DiRT Rally.

For Sweden > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/26/2019 at 22:06

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I’m not sure if you realize , but the memory lacks RGB

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/26/2019 at 22:07

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I love building computers, but I can't justify doing it more than once every 5 years.

facw > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/26/2019 at 22:08

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Seems like pretty solid choices.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 11/26/2019 at 22:10

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I build 2-3 a week at work but I’m with you in not wanting to build a personal rig more than every 5 years or so. This machine is overkill specifically so I don’t have to upgrade it beyond GPU swaps.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > facw 11/26/2019 at 22:11

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Overkill was the name of the game here. I don’t want to be swapping CPU and motherboard for a long time.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > For Sweden 11/26/2019 at 22:12

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Damnit, I forgot the RGB fans too!

MM54 > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/26/2019 at 22:16

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This was the plan for mine as well, and what do you know I’ve had it for almost 3 years now and am still using the on-board graphics from the 7700K. One of these days I’ll get an actual GPU, but for what I do 99.975% of the time th e on-board is fine.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > MM54 11/26/2019 at 22:18

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No iGPU in the 3900x so while I have the parts to build a system that POSTs I’m not getting any further until I get my GPU.

MM54 > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/26/2019 at 22:27

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I built this one right as GPU prices went nuts (early 2017) so I figured I’d wait for them to come down, which just became complacency.

facw > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/26/2019 at 22:30

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Should do that. Only real long- term concern for me is that I don’t trust those dinky little chipset fans on the X570, seems like they will be a huge pain to replace if they fail or get noisy. I’m completely baffled that only one super expensive motherboard has a passive cooling solution. Hopefully I’m overestimating the likelihood of failure though.

404 - User No Longer Available > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 11/26/2019 at 22:33

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Mine’s 7 years old now (3570K, 16GB) . Have the itch to build but I couldn’t do it. It’s still working perfectly fine.

Grindintosecond > facw 11/26/2019 at 22:37

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The CPU fan usually blows through the chipset sinks. If not directly, the indirect will stir up enough turbulence to effect airflow through them.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > facw 11/26/2019 at 22:38

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X570 is a 10W part but only when all PCIe 4 lanes are loaded. I don’t expect the fan on my chipset to ever spin.

Brickman > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/26/2019 at 22:41

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Im waiting for my Rx 7500... yep Im building a new PC too! AMD Ryzen 2700x with a RX7500. Almost got the 1060ti, but this RX is faster and only $40 more. Got the same RAM as you, but only 16GB for now. RAM sure is costly.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/26/2019 at 23:48

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What kind of monitor is that bad boy gonna run?

facw > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 11/27/2019 at 00:41

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Yep, the death of Moore’s Law has really put a damper on things. Between performance improvements, and a bit of increased income I used to be able to roughly double performance every year or so leading to annual builds. Now instead several years pass and I see expensive new parts that will increase my performance by like 30%. My last system lasted 7 years (Sandy Bridge was good stuff), though I did do a video card upgrade in there . My current one probably won’t quite that long as 6c /12t is already feeling a bit weak, but it won’t matter much until more stuff is able to take advantage of many threads, so I’m sure I’m fine for a few more years anyway.

Captain of the Enterprise > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/27/2019 at 05:24

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Very nice! I want to build my own soon.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 11/27/2019 at 07:24

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Right now a 1080p monitor with occasional use on my 4K TV. Eventually I am going to upgrade to a 3440x1440 ultra wide monitor.

Jewish Stig > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/27/2019 at 11:35

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What kind case is that? 

facw > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/27/2019 at 11:37

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First time I buil t my own PC things were delayed like a week due to delays shipping the then new Voodoo 3. I had to use some ancient VGA adapter instead. I think it was actually a problem with the pack-in software, it was promised to come with Unreal Tournament but that had been delayed, so it ended up shipping with a CD labeled Unreal Tournament that actually just had Unreal on it, and they mailed out the correct disc later.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Jewish Stig 11/27/2019 at 11:38

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Fractal Design R6.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > facw 11/27/2019 at 11:40

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My CPU came with Borderlands 3 and The Outer Worlds, really looking forward to digging into those. The GPU is coming with the new CoD but I already own that so I’m not sure what I am going to do, I don’t know if the code is transferable.

facw > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/27/2019 at 11:45

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I just finished The Outer Worlds. I found it pretty enjoyable.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > facw 11/27/2019 at 11:51

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Everything I have heard about it has been praising it. I’m really looking forward to it.

Jewish Stig > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/27/2019 at 11:54

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Nice!

I’m actually considering that or the lian li lancool 2....

Hard choice 

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/27/2019 at 12:20

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ive got about 12 hours into the outerworlds and i love it. very reminiscent of fallout new vegas

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Jewish Stig 11/27/2019 at 13:17

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I really liked building in this case. Well built, plenty of space, lots of cable management options, built in fan hub, comes with 3x 140mm fans, etc. It also allows for a butt load of water cooling and storage drives for a mid tower.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 11/27/2019 at 14:38

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It’s the same devs as New Vegas. All of their games dating back to the OG Fallouts have always had a unique goofy flair to them.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/27/2019 at 14:49

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that makes a lot of sense