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[Watagump]

Intel 9600K @ 4.8
Asus ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming
eVGA 2070 Super
G Skill 16GB DDR4 1600
Asus ROG PG348Q
Samsung 960 Evo
Scythe Ninja 5 CPU cooler, Corsair GL LED fans
NZXT 710i Case
Asus Xonar DX
Logitech 5.1 surround sound speakers
Razor Deathadder Gaming Mouse
Red Dragon LED Mechanical Keyboard, brown switches

 

[Little4Real]

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Asrock X570M Pro4 mATX
Asus GTX 1080Ti Turbo
Micron Ballistix CL15 3000MHz E-die RAM (3333MHz CL14 OC)
XPG SX8200 Pro + Sabrent Rocket PCIe 4.0
LG 38GL950G
Custom built keyboard (Fox Lab Key65)

Will post pics later, house is in disarray

 

[SilverEars]

I got one on day 1 from CCL in the UK.

Anyway my build is done, AMD R9 5950x & RTX 3080 FE (sold the ASUS TUF OC) with a ASUS PG27UQ 4K HDR1000 monitor.

Specs: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/Q8zNnQ

looks nice. You should look into getting a real ergonomic offuce chair if doing a lot of sitting. Those gaming chairs are bad for your back over extended sitting.

What's yall's opinions on the new Apple M1 processors? Seem practical to you? Expect good performance?

 

[mikey1964]

My computer specs went up a notch with my recent acquisition of a new GPU....

 

[Kukuk]

Is that a 6800?

 

[mikey1964]

Is that a 6800?

Yep, Sapphire Nitro+ RX6800, so far, lovin' it!

 

[Kukuk]

Nice! I really wanted one, but it doesn't seem to perform super well for ray tracing. I'm really hoping it's just a software optimization issue or something, because there's a pretty big gap between AMD and Nvidia on that front as it stands now. For traditional games, though, it seems to be an absolute monster.

 

[SilverEars]

Some update on my quest for a nice mouse. I've been using Steelseries Rival 3 for awhile now, and I luv it. Very precise, like the mouse shape, the surface texture for good grip, and no issues with mouse click buttons yet. Hopefully the number of clicks is very durable as they stated. I didn't like any of the Razer mouses and with Logitech, I've ran into too many complaints about issues with clicking after a short while.

Only complaint is that the scroll wheel is kinda loud as it has bumps, but the scroll wheel response is very good.

I have the RGB off, I don't like that kinda stuff.

 

[KcMsterpce]

Some update on my quest for a nice mouse. I've been using Steelseries Rival 3 for awhile now, and I luv it. Very precise, like the mouse shape, the surface texture for good grip, and no issues with mouse click buttons yet. Hopefully the number of clicks is very durable as they stated. I didn't like any of the Razer mouses and with Logitech, I've ran into too many complaints about issues with clicking after a short while.

Only complaint is that the scroll wheel is kinda loud as it has bumps, but the scroll wheel response is very good.

I have the RGB off, I don't like that kinda stuff.

I really like the Corsair M65. I have three of them. There are many versions though; one has lotsa RGB options, another is just "plain" light, and so on... what annoys me is that I don't care about the special RGB lighting options. However, one of my M65s is a "special" RGB gaming version, and when I plug one mouse from the PC into the laptop(s) or vice/versa, the settings are different on DPI and I constantly switch the mouse pointer options.
If you're interested in the M65, get the one that's the cheapest. They all perform the same.

I'm going to build a new PC March-May. I am buying a single component per month, basically. I figure by March, GPU and CPU availability will be better.
For now, I have 128GB RAM (4x 32GB, 3200/CL16); Asus ROG Crosshair VIII FORMULA; Be Quiet! Darkpower Pro 1000w PSU; Be Quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Rev. 2 case, and 2x 2TB WD Black SN850 M.2 drives.
I plan to get the 5950x, probably a Noctua air cooler, a 4TB 2.5" SSD, and probably the RTX 3090.
I do 4k videos and music recording, so I just want a workstation that will obliterate video loading lag (when editing), and render times. I also like to play games, so... it'll be good for both functions.

 

[mikey1964]

Nice! I really wanted one, but it doesn't seem to perform super well for ray tracing. I'm really hoping it's just a software optimization issue or something, because there's a pretty big gap between AMD and Nvidia on that front as it stands now. For traditional games, though, it seems to be an absolute monster.

No, it doesn't, and although nVidia's RTX 3000 series is better at RT, all would need DLSS to play games at 'higher' res. While I agree, the future of gaming is RT, I feel that while having RT is a nice feature, it's not quite ready now....hardware wise. I'd wait another 2-3 iterations of GPU (both nVidia and AMD) before I think hardware catches up with RT and doing 4K RT natively might be possible then. I've sold off the Nitro+ RX 6800 and have replaced it with....its bigger sibling, the Nitro+ RX 6900 XT!

The RX 6800 is in the foreground, the RX 6900 XT is at the back. Don't let the angle at which I'd taken the pic fool you, they're exactly the same size....

 

[Kukuk]

RT is a neat novelty at the moment, but I'd agree it's not quite ready to be the focus. I ended up passing on RT in Cyberpunk 2077 just because it was so demanding, and even still it's the best looking game on the market.

I'm really hoping AMD's answer to DLSS is driver-level, instead of game-level. To me, that would put them well ahead of Nvidia, as support is somewhat sparse, and even then games that have it don't necessarily support my resolution (3840x1600).

 

[KcMsterpce]

Well, finally got the final piece for my build:

Gonna remove the current temporary CPU (AMD 3500) and install the Kraken X63 along with the replacement CPU.

Specs:
Be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Rev. 2 case
Be quiet! Dark Power Pro 1000W PSU
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII FORMULA motherboard
MSI Suprim X RTX 3090 GPU
128GB (4x32) Trident Z Neo CL16/3200MHz RAM
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU
2TB Seagate FireCuda Gen 4 M.2 SSD (OS install); 2TB WD Black SN850 Gen 4 M.2 SSD (Video/Audio editing, games, etc...)

I play games, and I do 3-camera 4k videos. So... I wants the quicker render times and extra RAM for smoother buffering during editing.
Once the new CPU is put in, I will tidy up the cables and make it "look pretty".

 

[mikey1964]

Not computer specs related, but news about AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR in short). It seems like not only would FSR support be for AMD RX 500/Vega/5000/6000 series of GPU's, it has been extended to those with GTX 1000 as well. Owner of GTX 1000 series cards, hang on to them, you'd be able to use FSR with 'em, can't tell ya how happy I am as I have a Vega64 Red Devil in my 2nd rig, and a GTX 1080 in my HTPC, so all in all, all my three rigs can benefit from FSR.

AMD has has shown with a demo of a GTX 1060 (one of the weakest GTX 1000 series cards) running Godfall at native 1440P with max ingame setting averaging at 27fps, but with FSR, the framerate went up to an average of 38fps (at 2nd highest preset of 'Quality'). For FSR, there're four levels of PQ setting (I guess it boils down to how powerful your GPU is) ranging from Ultra Quality -> Quality -> Balanced -> Performance, with Ultra Quality having best PQ (aside from native of course) but with the least framerate uplift in games to Performance with the poorest PQ but best framerate uplift.

It's a certainty that PQ will not be comparable with DLSS 2.0, I'm just hoping it'd be between DLSS 1.0 and DLSS 2.0 at Ultra Quality preset. The reason I say this is: nVidia's dedicated hardware + software > AMD's software only approach. I just hope FSR gains traction with game developers, it should as XBOX One X users can benefit from the performance uplift as well, and there's a ton of games for XBOX. As this is AMD's first iteration of the tech, I do not expect it to perform as well as nVidia's DLSS tech, but hey, owners of older RX 500/Vega series (and up) as well as GTX 1000 series owners can rejoice with a free uplift in games with FSR support.

 

[Jayden]

Here's mine:

Corsair Carbide 400C ATX
Intel i7-5820K
Asus Sabretooth X99 DDR4 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX2400 DDR4 2X 8GB
ASUS GTX960GB TURBO 2GB
Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB
Coolermaster V650 650W 80+ Gold

 

[h1f1add1cted]

CPU: Intel 8700k @ 5 Ghz Core / 5 Ghz Cache
GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 @ 2050 Mhz / 4500 Mhz
Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390I GAMING EDGE AC
RAM: 2x16 GB G.Skill DDR4 @ 3800 CL16
Storaghe: 1.5 TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs
Case: Ncase M1 v5
PSU: Corsair SF450 450W
Water Cooling: GPU and CPU Watercool Heatkiller IV blocks, external radiator Watercool MO-RA3 420 LT with four Noctua NF-A20 fans

My cooling solution is of course a huge overkill, but I like very cool and silent even under heavy load.