minilogoguy18 Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 Kinda weird that this never got made into a topic in this area. Wondering what kind of custom machines people are running and how much HP they have under the hood. Spoiler Ryzen 7 2700X 4.0ghz Crosshair VI Hero Wi-Fi board EVGA 1080ti FTW3 Hybrid 32gb RAM @3200hmz Crucial P1 1tb NVMe drive Corsair RM1000x PSU Good ol optical drive since this is one of the few modern cases that can hold it. Odeyseis, Smoo, Delmi and 1 other like this
Circa Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 I built mine back in 2017, and have swapped and tinkered with it ever since. I work in IT, specifically the department that refreshes old equipment with new stuff, so I come across things that have just barely been out of warranty and are still good, so the actual worth of my PC is not even close to what I paid. I think I got my GTX 1080 for around $400 at the time, which is super cheap compared to right now. I must have gotten lucky with a sale. I definitely want to upgrade the processor to something a bit more beefy at some point but it's fine for now. Also, notice I have a 450W power supply. I have so much crap running on this thing with 0 issues over the last 3 years, yet so many people tell me to upgrade it. I think if I upgraded the CPU then I'd definitely upgrade the power, but this is proof that way too many people overspend on power because of horror stories they've heard. (now watch, now that I've jinxed it, my PSU will blow later today) https://pcpartpicker.com/user/BradLinder/saved/p4VYrH Smoo likes this
minilogoguy18 Posted March 10, 2020 Author Posted March 10, 2020 The main board and PSU I got both on sale. The PSU is overkill but it was the same price as a 800W so I figured why not? The GPU was second hand for like under 600 which was a steal for a $1200 GPU. Smoo likes this
minilogoguy18 Posted May 13, 2020 Author Posted May 13, 2020 I upgraded Spoiler Spoiler Xycaleth and Smoo like this
Smoo Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 On 5/13/2020 at 10:30 AM, minilogoguy18 said: I upgraded Reveal hidden contents Reveal hidden contents Did you upgrade the GPU also?
minilogoguy18 Posted May 30, 2020 Author Posted May 30, 2020 No, waiting on the nVidia 3000 series then I plan on doing a custom loop. Smoo likes this
NAB622 Posted May 31, 2020 Posted May 31, 2020 Current build (A budget build out of necessity, not a performance build): Ryzen 7 2700 8 core 3.2 GHz 32 GB RAM Radeon RX 5500 Video Card 1TB NVME SSD Also running Manjaro Linux, I'm done with windows. Smoo likes this
minilogoguy18 Posted June 17, 2022 Author Posted June 17, 2022 Did a custom loop, was my first time. Pretty easy, max temps on both CPU and GPU when stressed is only 45C and the system is super quiet. Fans are controlled via a coolant temp sensor in the loop rather than CPU or GPU. Circa, Smoo and DarthValeria like this
Circa Posted June 17, 2022 Posted June 17, 2022 I completely upgraded my build a few months ago to 12th gen Intel and a 3070 Ti. Wasn't cheap but I found the GPU for near MSRP which was a major win at the time. Smoo likes this
Bubbles Posted July 7, 2022 Posted July 7, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 4:28 PM, Circa said: I completely upgraded my build a few months ago to 12th gen Intel and a 3070 Ti. Wasn't cheap but I found the GPU for near MSRP which was a major win at the time. And if you waited a longer longer you would of saved urself $$$$ I got similar to you except I went for a ryzen 5900x and 64gb DDR - 3600 memory. DDR5 is nice just too expensive. Smoo likes this
Circa Posted July 7, 2022 Posted July 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Bubbles said: And if you waited a longer longer you would of saved urself $$$$ I got similar to you except I went for a ryzen 5900x and 64gb DDR - 3600 memory. DDR5 is nice just too expensive. Maybe a bit but I ended up getting my 3070 Ti used for about the same as they are going for new right now. The previous owner only used it for 3 months. Smoo likes this
Smoo Posted December 25, 2022 Posted December 25, 2022 Old Build: CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 3.20GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. G1.Assassin2 RAM: 16.0GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz GPU: 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC (EVGA) Case: Raidmax ATX (Black) Storage: 119GB ADATA SU 800 (SSD), 931GB Western Digital Blue (SATA) Recent new build: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6GHz Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING-PLUS RAM: 16.0GB G.Skill DDR4 GPU: 4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Case: Be Quiet Storage: 256GB Seagate Barracuda(SSD), 931GB Western Digital Blue (SATA) Plan to possibly upgrade to a RTX gpu in the future Cor likes this
minilogoguy18 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Posted January 20, 2023 Not sure what you paid for that 980 @Smoobut I've got a 1080ti FTW3 hybrid that I can't seem to get rid of for even $200 lol. Smoo likes this
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