GeneralFinally a got Man.... Closet?
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After years of discussing the uselessness of the spare bedroom with the wife,
I was finally given the go ahead to make it a mini man cave. It's a 10x12 bedroom, but it's going to have to do! My gaming computer was stuffed in a corner of the master bedroom before this, and it was claustrophobic to say the least. I posted my last set up a while back.... https://photos.smugmug.com/Misc/i-SgWZXCR/0/0cf02814/S/IMG_1558-S.jpg OLD System Specs: -be quiet! Silent Base 801 ATX Mid Tower Case +3 140mm Silent wings fans (6 fans total) -AMD RYZEN 7 3800X 3.9GHz 8-Core Processor -be quiet! 280mm Pure Loop AIO Cooler -GIGABYTE X570 AORUS ULTRA ATX AM4 Motherboard -PNY XLR8 32GB DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory -GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card -GIGABYTE AORUS NVMe GEN4 1TB SSD (OS Drive) -SANDISK SSD PLUS 2TB Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s (Gaming Drive) -(3) WD 2 GB 7200 rpm HD (from old system, holds work files) -GIGABYTE 750w 80+ GOLD Modular ATX Power Supply -35 inch curved monitor 2560x1080p 200Hz After several weeks of remodeling and trickling in 'puter upgrades, I've got my new rig fully assembled, and 99% cable managed. There were issues with the old system. Issues built in generously by Gigabyte. There were BIOS issues on the motherboard, and the 2070 Super would not run MSFS as it was crashing almost immediately (after update 5). It was time to move on. The NEW System Specs: -be quiet! Silent Base 801 ATX Mid Tower Case -be quiet! 280mm Pure Loop AIO Cooler -AMD Ryzen 7 5800x -MSI MPG X570 GAMING PRO CARBON WIFI Motherboard -MSI RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio 16G WiFi GPU -Corsair RMX Series, Gold RM1000x PSU -PNY XLR8 64GB DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory -Gigabyte AORUS NVMe gen4 1TB SSD (OS Drive) -Sandisk SSD PLUS 2TB Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s (Gaming Drive) -(3) WD 2 TB 7200 rpm HD (holds work files) - (1) 35 inch curved monitor 2560x1080p 200Hz (center) - (2) 24 inch 200hz Curved Gaming Monitor - Bestisan Sound Bar I picked up an AMD 5800x for $250 on Cyber Monday. A decent upgrade at a great price. That snowballed into a rebuild pretty past. My tower has been re-themed as, "Cable Management Nightmare". While I love building PCs, and love a clean looking case, my bane is cable management. My 'sexy' IT girl is being attacked my USB cables with teeth. She feels my pain! https://photos.smugmug.com/Misc/i-W7sP4VM/0/be026068/M/IMG_2220-M.jpg It's 95% done. I've just re-ordered the last cable I need, which is the middle GPU power cable. Last one was too short... Did I mention cables being my bane? Tower art aside... I know it's not everyone's cup of tea... The whole computer area has expanded greatly... There's so much room! https://photos.smugmug.com/Misc/i-87SppnQ/0/a232ae12/M/IMG_2218-M.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Misc/i-PkZHQRZ/0/86d9cafc/M/IMG_2219-M.jpg I have one rogue wire under the desk, which is for the rudder pedals, I can live with it, because I like moving the pedals to the side when I'm not flight simming. This is as good as my AM4 set up will get, and should last me a while. MSFS runs flawlessly (knocking wood) and CAD has also seen a marked improvement. |
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