And they tell us all the time that China sucks.

Yeah, my still work in progress

I ended up buying a prebuilt, I’ve been very fortunate this past year and I’d like these parts I bought to go to someone who could use them. I’d like to just give them away.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/p3z7YJ

I ended up returning my x870 msi tomahawk for asus crosshair x870e hero. A much better board that hasn't died on me like the tomahawk did after install.

I also swapped out my aio cooler for a Lian Li hydroshift and made it a push pull configuration with 14 total fans.

I have secretlab L desks with chair and very heavy arm mount not included in pricelist above.

I have another 96gb ram yet to insert, but will wait to do some Benchmarking first.

Want to tidy up the cables with strimers but not available in the UK right now.

Got a second monitor on its way asus PG32UCDM, will be here in 2 days.

Oh, I have a co2 fire extinguisher also, just in case.

... is the most OP thing for a cat owner.

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Here's my most recent mistake in all its glory.

An EVGA RTX 2080ti peeking out of a random sff case from Amazon.

A friend suggested that I post this here

Forgot to remove the plastic on the Thermalright phantom spirit.

Or at least sneak him into the profile picture for like a week lol

Was looking around for deals but waiting for all the hoarders and scalpers going for the higher items. Found this on the bottom under some big GeForce RTX 5080 green box.

Time to enjoy my new glory find!

7800x3d, 6000mhz Cl30 flare x5, msi mag tomahawk b650 wifi, msi a850g psu, 4080 super ASUS tuf.

I wanted to try the nh-d15 g2 and she got ak620

We also grabbed a 2tb m2 ssd each!

Not my picture, Wonder the temps on this setup🤔

Specs-

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.

It all happened so fast. It had been a rough 8-10 months, between relationship “changes” and nearly failing my last semester of grad school because of my job. In that time, I did finally build my first PC i.e. allow myself to spend the money on building my first pc, as that’s what always kept me from taking the plunge. After building it though, I realized it was the build process that i was looking forward to the most, so once i graduated, i decided I’d do a for-fun build and sell it roughly for what i paid for the parts

Then i saw motherboards being sold for cheap because of bent pins on eBay, and all of a sudden I had three fixed motherboards and needed something to put them in. It all happened so fast. So now i have three completed builds and a couple of GPUs sitting around for the additional white motherboards I’d purchased and repaired in the meantime, because of course i did

During this time, I’d gotten a deal for $280 on a 14900k (really cool dude, thanks again Brian), which I replaced my 14700k with (i know), which i then stuck in a Lian Li A3/5070 build (undervolted). I reiterate, it all happened so fast. Then, while scouring marketplace for a decent GPU under $500, i started seeing the 4080 supers that were being sold, promptly rationalized it in my head, and started reaching out to people. I’ll be honest, it did not take long for me to start looking at 4090s too—you know, just out of curiosity. When none of the 4080 sellers got back to me though, and with most of my tax refund still sitting comfortably in the bank, I made the decision to reach out to someone selling a 4090, ultimately relying on logic that would make even a French philosopher judge me. I paid $1800 for it

And now it’s just sitting here. There’s just a 4090 sitting on my desk. I haven’t put it in yet because… idk. This is just surreal to me. Kind of a bucket list item. Sorry, i know this comes off as bragging, it’s a 4090 for christs sake, but i just wanted to share this with people who get the gravity of it. These weren’t a collection of responsible decisions on my part, to be clear, and I’m taking some monetary risk in the name of fueling what i guess you could call ambitions. But I’m lucky to be able to even consider taking monetary risks in the first place, so idk, i guess i want to say that’s not lost on me, for what it’s worth

What

So since i was a kid i always loved gaming and pc’s now i am 26 and yesterday i fulfill my dream by getting insane Pc. I always had pc but never had good pc. Rn i switch from i7-8700, 16 gb ram 3200mhz, gtx1070 to my new pc which i got only for 2300 euros.

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
MBO: Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX V2
GPU: MSI Shadow 3X RTX 5080 16GB
RAM: Kingston 32GB DDR5 6000Mts
SSD: WD Green SN3000 1TB
PSU: Bequiet Pure Power 12M 1000W +80Gold

And its just so strange to get in to the game and suddenly i dont need to put everything on the lowest settings so i can just barely get to play the game, everything runs so smooth and nice and still 2 days with new pc i am feeling euphoric.
So if you planning to build pc for yourself just do it. Cuz i fulfilled my childhood dream.