re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

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Do you mind sharing your total cost?

Did you watch any videos to figure out how to do it, or did you just kinda figure it out as you went along?

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The rig was about ~$1500-1600. With the monitor and speakers and keyboard/mouse and Windows probably around $2100-$2200. Most of the extra money outside of the PC build went to the monitor because what's the point of having all those specs if you don't get something that can display it in all its glory?

I did look up a couple of YouTube video tutorials while I was waiting for my parts to come in just to get an idea of what I was in for, and also to get an idea of what I'd need to do once the thing was actually built (getting the OS loaded, the drivers, etc). Once I started actually building it though, I mostly used the booklets that came with the mobo and the case since those are obviously more specified to what parts you have obviously.

The biggest issues I had was finding out I needed to use the HDMI port on the GPU, not the mobo like I mentioned already. Then also the first time I assembled it, I put the power supply in first without any of the cords. So I hooked the cords to their respective ports and then fed them to the PSU which was a pain the arse since some of the ports on the PSU were hard to reach. On subsequent reassemblies I found it much easier to do the reverse: have all the cords hooked up to the PSU and then from there feed the cords to their respective ports.

Other than that it wasn't that difficult.

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No clue how anyone plays with those gritty, mushy reds

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Preach it brother.

I still prefer blues, but no way I can get away with those at work or at the house

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Gigabyte Aorus X570 Elite Wifi

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Love my board of this (I have non-wifi) really good mid-level X570 board, notable step up from the budget ones.

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64 GB Patriot Viper 2666 Mhz (couldn't find enough 3200 anywhere so just gonna over clock this)

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Going to need much much better RAM than this. Get some 3600.
LINK ... 3600 CL16

Just ordered a Gigabyte 2070 Super. Gonna have to upgrade the CPU and Mobo soon too because unless I keep my 7700k overclocked at 4.8 ghz, there’s gonna some bottlenecking caused by it.

Upgrading from a 1060 6gb

Older rumor article we probably all came across, but to get 350W, nVidia will have to draw 75W from the PCIe slot. Which im always worried about for lower tier boards.

NVIDIA’s Flagship RTX 3090 GPU Will Have A TGP Of 350W, Complete Breakdown Leaked

Three hundred and fifty watts

My god

do i need to get a 3080 to replace my 2080?

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I only purchase the full chips, the "BIG" for every architecture. Have since they began this BIG / LITTLE thing with Kepler. I'm guessing 3080 will be Little Ampere, or a cut-down version with the 3090 being the Big Ampere. Just guessing, naming always changes and too old to pay attention to rumors.

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so the 3090 is what I need then. I was assuming that 3080 was going to be the best consumer gpu and the 3090 was going to be $3k like a Titan.

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2080Ti is Big, just fyi. That is what you have right?

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yep

I don't understand why you have to fanboy over a 2nd rate GPU.

It is okay.

Edt: What 4k 120+ HDR, glossy 32" monitor you recommend? Anything?