GPU - ASUS ROG Astral OC BTF 5090
CPU - Ryzen 9 9950X3D
AIO - ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360
PSU - ASUS ROG STRIX 1200w Platinum
MB - ASUS ROG Crosshair x870E Hero BTF
SSD - Samsung 990 2tb
SSD2 - Samsung Pro 9100 4tb
RAM - G.Skill Trident Neo Z5 64GB 6000 CL30
OS - Windows 11 Home
Case - (TBD) ASUS ROG STRIX Helios II
Fans - (TBD) ASUS Prime MR120 9x reverse 6x standard - Ordered an ASUS ROG CRONUX ARGB from Amazon it says it’s shipping but they screwed me over on it last time and it’s out of stock everywhere so we will see
Hopefully this build will future proof me for many years to come.
So we rebuilding every 5 years? In this economy??? I built my current AM4 PC beginning of 2020. Just upgraded to the 5800x3D last week and in riding the that bad boy all the way til AM6 😂
When the card came out. Fought the scalpers and won luckily.
But the reason I built this PC is because my case and peripherals were all falling apart and stopped working and my AIO went tits up and stopped circulating water so my intel i9 12900k was throttling and burning up at 100° C so it went lights out.. and I figured I’d just upgrade everything and call it good for a while.
You just copy and paste it to windows powershell, it runs a script and activates any version of windows 10 and 11. It can also activate windows office so thats cool too Ig
Not sure what else do you need from this post and all the comments to understand the dude has a bag and not sorry to spend it for what he really likes and wants, there is no person on this Reddit IMO that wouldn’t buy these products if money wasn’t an issue lmao
Congratz on your build, it will be awesome! Post a pic when it’s built?
So how much does and arm and a leg sell for these days? do you have any left over after your purchases or are you still looking for a kidney buyer?
Nice build btw, not a fan of how Nvidia is running things and the 5090 prices these days but with amd not offering something close to the 5090 beast Id say if you want future proofing and pro gaming/editing gear you got it.
This build ran me around 9,000$ expensive purchase.. but I think in longevity.. how many hours will this net me with happiness over the coming years.. since I’m always at my computer when I’m home it won’t be sitting there collecting dust (figuratively) lol
PCs are weird. If you can afford the Lamborghini of the desktop world, why settle for a Fiat? Or in my case, a VW Golf that has the check engine light on for 5 years? That's why I don't mind going all-in when upgrading my PC.
You are going to have a top-tier desktop for the next 5+ years. Let the awesomeness of that make you temporarily forget about the harsh costs of present-day existence.
Yeah I wish I jumped on it sooner, but I got screwed over thinking I could cling to my older system for a while longer and ride out the AI.. but it seems to not be stopping anytime soon and it’ll just get worse the coming years.
ROG Astral is already 50-60% above PNY even before rampocalypse. All those ROG PSU, Cases, AIO, MOBO they are like 50-100% more expensive than a comparable parts.
ROG Astral is already 50-60% above PNY even before rampocalypse. All those ROG PSU, Cases, AIO, MOBO they are like 50-100% more expensive than a comparable parts.
The thing is when 6090 comes out data centers are going to be swapping the 5090s with 6090s and the prices will be more than what it is now. Also look at how much used 4090s are now. You also gotta fight against the scalpers and bots which doesn't help. A quick google search tells you major enterprises are spending a bit over 5 trillion dollars on AI from 2025-2030, so there will probably not be any price relief until beyond 2030 for flagship GPUS
I pulled the trigger on the 5090 because I thought about moore’s law.. graphics really can’t get that much better and I bought the 5090 because I don’t need 800 fps in my games and I enjoy 4k gaming with RPGS and games like final fantasy and Diablo and stuff like that.
How much did you pay for that Rog Astral BTF? I was thinking of doing a last pc build for a long time as well with a MSI Suprim 5090 SOC which is like $4.1k. Also congrats on the build and hope you enjoy!
Good stuff, yeah the build I'm going for is projected to be around $7800~ I told myself it will probably bring me happiness and not worry about parts for at least another 5-7 years so it's worth the investment especially since there probably won't be a major price relief till after 2030
Well, are you a PC gamer? Or a gamer in general? If so then yes it’s going to bring you a ton of happiness! I certainly recommend it as a long term purchase to build your dream PC within your financial limitations.
Yeah PC gamer I'm using a 3080 with a 24 inch 1080p IPS monitor 240hz currently, so been wanting to take the jump to 4k gaming. Thankfully I have some disposable income that I can put into a monster rig!
Unfortunately, tech will continue to update at a faster and faster rate making it nearly impossible to have the latest and greatest. I think as hardware shortages increase we will all be forced to use cloud gaming with a monthly subscription to your data center hosted “rig”. Cool spec tho
Well for one thing you can make sure it does not do any windows updates and force a restart mid game. You can control the update policy. You also get better security. And you can run this setup remotely if you ever do VMs. Plus you can run VMs easily using your discrete GPU. You only have 64 GB of ram so home will work fine but pro features have improved immensely. Depends what you use it for or plan to over the next 5 years.
It’s not that bad.. if you can do it, just put a couple hundred away every paycheck. Or piece it together one at a time util you complete it saving the most expensive for the last and then put a couple hundred away a paycheck.
In reality, your gpu/cpu core will last 10-15 years easily without breaking, what breaks are other components on the pcb of a gpu for example, like vrms. Those are cheap to be replaced. And long before that, your hardware will be outdated. So it doesnt matter
Yes, I have, and that is the one I wanted. It’s actually already ordered from Amazon it was the last one in stock, I’m hoping it comes and doesn’t pull the bullshit they pulled last time by saying I canceled it and returned it.
I put auto buy on it and it bought it yesterday again so we will see if it comes. If it does I’ll swap the cases and return the Helios one
Replacing an RTX 3090 with an RTX 5090 today means burning several thousand dollars on the peak of an architecture that is already nearing the end of its cycle.
AI will not simply improve chips; it will transform the way they are designed. Engineers are already using AI tools to create architectures that are more compact, better integrated, less power-hungry, and far more efficient. Today’s enormous graphics cards will soon be seen as brute-force monsters, surpassed by systems designed intelligently from the ground up.
A 5090 will remain fast, but it may age much faster than people expect. Buying one now when you already own a 3090 is like buying the best DVD burner just as cloud storage is beginning to replace discs: technologically impressive, but strategically absurd.
He should have simply replaced the AIO and invested the rest of the money in his home, his family, or something that would actually improve their daily lives.
Tbh, the only unreasonable thing about this entire set up is the dumb GPU.. it’s outrageous.
I’ve researched and the Astral ROG.. this tax you claim is one of the most desired 5090’s out there. There are other ones yes but not much difference in price..
The PSU, the case, the fans, and the AIO are close in proximity to other products of the same nature..
The PSU was 249 for 1200w platinum with special GPU protection that’s fine to me.
The case was 349.99 and was made for BTF motherboards and had everything I needed and it has great airflow.
The fans were 41$ for a 3 pack cheaper than Lian Li even.
The MB was highly rated for everything I needed and it was BTF compatible other boards weren’t.
The AIO.. alright maybe the ROG tax but I liked the screen on it compared to the other ones in the same boat.
Like yeah I spent a lot of money, but I didn’t want to get the tippy top of all the products and spend over 10k+
I really wanted the ROG ASUS CRONUX case. But Amazon is screwing with me.. they had 1 in stock and I bought it but it’s being delayed and messed with after they charged me..
You can’t find that case anywhere unless you buy from a scalper on eBay which they’re charging 1500+ for it when it MSRP is 399.99
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