Post your computer specs!~

[SilverEars]

Yeah dawg that's a hard no from me.

One GTX 1080 draws 200W. Two will draw 400W by itself. Vendors like to oversell by cutting back on power supplies: it's the one area no-one cares about because there's nothing flashy associated with it.

Monitor isn't connected to your power supply so that's inconsequential.

AIO loops barely consume any power as their pumps are wimpy.

Just out of curiosity, does those GTX cards draw that much idle? That would be terrible if it's drawing that much idle. I would assume when it's utilizing that much power while the processing at maximum performance for espectially taxing graphics outputs for games?

 

[dazzerfong]

Just out of curiosity, does those GTX cards draw that much idle? That would be terrible if it's drawing that much idle. I would assume when it's utilizing that much power while the processing at maximum performance for espectially taxing graphics outputs for games?

No: it only draws about 20-50W, depending on which model you got. My 2080 sits around low-20s when nothing is happening. All GPUs nowadays scale power-wise very well depending on the workload.

 

[PatekBruguetMogul]

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I love the tool cabinet as an office cabinet!

 

[mikey1964]

This is my few month old gaming, entertainment rig....I'd to increase brightness for this shot, so it may be a tad grainy.

System specs:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 2 R9 3900X + Thermaltake Water 3.0 360mm AIO
Mobo - Gigabyte X570 Xtreme
RAM - 2x 8GB Patriot ViperRGB 3600CL17
GPU - PowerColor VEGA64 Red Devil (will be replaced with Big NAVI/Ampere)
SSD - 256GB Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe 3.0 X4 M.2 2280 (OS)
SSD - Samsung 4TB 860 EVO + 2TB 860 QVO + 2x 1TB 850 EVO
HDD - 6TB Western Digital Black (Games) + 2TB Seagate HDD (Media)
PSU - Corsair HX1000 Platinum
Monitor - LC49HG90MEXXS
Case - CoolerMaster Mastercase H500M
KB - Topre RealForce 104U 55G
Mouse - Logitech G703
OS - 64bit Windows 10 Pro
Logitech G29 Steering Wheel
Speakers - Samsung K651 soundbar
Audio - iFi Micro iDSD Black Label

And since this is a head gear centric forum, headphones under current rotation:
HiFiMan HE-4
MD Sennheiser HD6XX
ENIGMAcoustics Dharma D1000
HiFiMan HE-560
Denon AH-D7000
Grado GS-1000i

Edit - Had forgotten to include OS SSD and 2nd HDD

 

[ScornDefeat]

My "bedroom" headfi (and occasional gaming, pro audio, home office lol) PC set-up:

1. Case: Fractal Design Define R6 Gunmetal Brushed Aluminum/Steel ATX Silent Modular Mid Tower Computer Case
2. PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 P2, 80+ PLATINUM 750W, Fully Modular
3. Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Extreme4 ATX Intel Motherboard
4. CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.7 GHz (4.7 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series)
5. CPU Cooling: Noctua NH-D15S Premium Dual-Tower 140mm SSO2-Bearing (Self-stabilising oil-presure bearing)
6. Optical Drive: LG UH12NS40 Blu-Ray Combo SATA 12x Drive
7. Operating System SDD #1 (Windows - m2 NVME): Samsung 970 EVO M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive
8. Operating System SDD #2 (Linux - m2 NVME): Samsung 970 EVO M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive
9. Storage SSD: Cruxial MX500 1TB SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive
10. External HDD: Toshiba Canvio Advance 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 Red
11. GPU: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio
12. RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200
13. Operating System: Windows 10 / Ubuntu Linux Dual-Boot
14. Streaming Services: Roon (Bridge), Tidal

My "living room" hifi/home audio (and occasional headfi) PC set-up:

1. Case: Streacom ST-FC8B-Alpha Fanless HTPC
2. PSU: picoPSU-160-XT 160w DC-DC 24 pin 12v
3. External AC/DC Power Brick: LEDwholesalers 12V 12.5A 150W AC/DC Power Adapter with 5.5x2.5mm DC Plug and 2.1mm Adapter, Black, UL-Listed, 3229-12VR2
4. Motherboard: Asrock H370M-ITX/ac LGA 1151 mITX Intel Motherboard
5. CPU: Core i5-9400 6 Core Coffee Lake 2.9GHz LGA 1151 Processor (Intel 300 Series chipset)
6. Optical Drive: TEAC DV-W28SS 12.7mm slot loading DVD/DC drive
7. Operating System SDD (m2 NVME): Inland Premium 256GB SSD 3D NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive
8. Storage SSD: Samsung 860 QVO 1TB SSD 4-bit QLC V-NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive
9. RAM: Ballistix Sport LT 16GB 2 x 8GB DDR4-2666 PC4-21300 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit 2K8G4D26BFSB
10. Operating System: Audio-Linux
11. Streaming Services: Roon (Core/Endpoint), Tidal

My Roon Remote:

1. Apple iPad (7th Generation) 32GB in Rose Gold

 

[dazzerfong]

Eh, might as well put it up.

Case: Be Quiet! Dark Base Pro 900
PSU: Seasonic Prime PX 1000W
CPU: Intel Core i9 9900k
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi
RAM: Kingston HyperX 4x8GB DDR4 @ 3200 MHz CL16
Storage: 512GB Samsung 970 Evo + 1TB Samsung 860 Evo
CPU Cooling: Watercool HEATKILLER IV Pro
GPU Cooling: Watercool HEATKILLER IV
Other Cooling: 2 x 420mm EK-Coolstream SE radiators, 7 x Be Quiet! Silent Wings 3 fans, 2x EK-D5 PWM pumps, Aquacomputer aquaero 6 LT
Monitor: Acer Predator X34P, Dell U2415

All my media is on a NAS not in my room, so I don't have to worry about HDD rumble with open headphones.

For those planning on OC and watercool on a Dark Base Pro 900, don't really recommend it. For any serious application, I have to open up the front door to allow for acceptable (< 10*C water delta) cooling. For silence however, it's a wonderful case - absolutely neuters most fans < 800 RPM and coil whine.

 

[SilverEars]

I just saw this. Ultrawide PC monitor. This thing's rediculously wide!

 

[mikey1964]

I just saw this. Ultrawide PC monitor. This thing's rediculously wide!

+snip+

That's the updated res of 5120x1440 (Samsung has one with this res as well), mine's only 3840x1080 but Freesync 2 and 144Hz, but is the same size (49" with 32:9 aspect ratio, basically like having two 16:9 27' monitors side by side.....sorta.

Since mine is a Samsung, it has SVA (super vertical alignment) / Quantum Dot LED; Edge array w/zone dimming. I'd gotten mine about a while back (before the 5120x1440 version was available), no regrets though, at 3840x1080, it's easier on GPU so I can save some money by getting a mid-high level card on my next upgrade. For 5120x1440, 144Hz....I'd have to look at a flagship card. Below is a shot without flash or artificial brightening, the Quantum Dot LED panel just pops with vibrant colors.

 

[mikey1964]

This is my 2nd rig which is diagonally opposite my main rig:

Acer XR341CK 34" 21:9 75Hz monitor
Intel i7 3960X 6C/12T at 4.2Ghz
Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Leadtek GTX1080 Hurricane
250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD (OS)
500GB Sandisk Ultra SSD (games)
4TB + 2x 1TB Western Digital Black HDD
Seasonic X-1200 PSU
Philips Fidelio HTL9100
Creative SXFI Theater (great for movies)
Probox Hotway HF2-SU3S2 4-Bay Enclosure
Oppo HA-1 (for my various cans)

 

[Kukuk]

The new toy I've been playing with the last few weeks: a Razer Blade 15. Really digging this thing; it makes for a great compliment to my desktop. I got it equipped with:

Intel i7 10750H
RTX 2070 Max-Q
16GB@3200mhz RAM
512GB NVMe SSD, and I added another 1TB.
144hz 1080p display

I've never really been invested in laptops, as I could never really see myself playing them on the go much. The last one I had was pretty modestly spec'd, with a frankly garbage screen, and I kinda think the screen was what kept me from really putting time on it. This, by contrast, has a fantastic screen. The one drawback is running it in 60hz causes some pretty noticeable overshoot, but there's only a couple games I have to use 60hz on.

There's also the novelty of having raytracing in a laptop. I've got a couple games with raytracing, and since the screen is only 1080p they run really well, with something like Minecraft RTX almost hitting 60fps most of the time. And on top of that, as more games roll out DLSS 2.0 I can claw back a good bit of performance into the future.

 

[Voxata]

The new toy I've been playing with the last few weeks: a Razer Blade 15. Really digging this thing; it makes for a great compliment to my desktop. I got it equipped with:

Intel i7 10750H
RTX 2070 Max-Q
16GB@3200mhz RAM
512GB NVMe SSD, and I added another 1TB.
144hz 1080p display

I've never really be invested in laptops, as I could never really see myself playing them on the go much. The last one I had was pretty modestly spec'd, with a frankly garbage screen, and I kinda think the screen was what kept me from really putting time on it. This, by contrast, has a fantastic screen. The one drawback is running it in 60hz causes some pretty noticeable overshoot, but there's only a couple games I have to use 60hz on.

There's also the novelty of having raytracing in a laptop. I've got a couple games with raytracing, and since the screen is only 1080p they run really well, with something like Minecraft RTX almost hitting 60fps most of the time. And on top of that, as more games roll out DLSS 2.0 I can claw back a good bit of performance into the future.

Sweet laptop! I just bought a gaming laptop as well, a used Asus Zephyrus 8th gen 6/12 with 32gb 2666mhz & full fat 1070 inside. 144hz 1080p IPS Gsync. Pretty impressed with how far laptops have come! Just hard to swallow that new price for me. Highly recommend using throttlestop+afterburner to underclock/volt. My unit went from 90C loads to 70-75C.

 

[Kukuk]

Sweet laptop! I just bought a gaming laptop as well, a used Asus Zephyrus 8th gen 6/12 with 32gb 2666mhz & full fat 1070 inside. 144hz 1080p IPS Gsync. Pretty impressed with how far laptops have come! Just hard to swallow that new price for me. Highly recommend using throttlestop+afterburner to underclock/volt. My unit went from 90C loads to 70-75C.

No doubt! I remember for the longest time not even looking at gaming laptops, just because I knew they paled in comparison to their desktop counterparts, but with this I'm really coming close to the overall experience of my desktop. In fact, if this was somebody's sole computer I can't imagine they'd be inclined to invest in a desktop.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it's just 10th gen Intel laptop chips in general, or the way Razer has their tuned, but they don't allow for undervolting. It would be really handy, as Razer is really conservative with their heat limit, throttling the CPU when it hits 80c (which I think most other vendors shoot for like 95c). In general it makes this laptop under perform compared to similarly spec'd laptops, but I guess improves longevity?

I'm kinda curious: what's your Cinebench R20 score? I'd be willing to bet that with the modest heat budget allotted to this chip, it probably performs pretty close to older-gen CPUs. If I just use a balanced setting for my CPU, I get about 2400, and if I prioritize CPU performance I get almost 2700.

 

[seamon]

Lol I'm getting 4369 on my laptop on Cinebench R20. 1809 on Cinebench R15

 

[Voxata]

No doubt! I remember for the longest time not even looking at gaming laptops, just because I knew they paled in comparison to their desktop counterparts, but with this I'm really coming close to the overall experience of my desktop. In fact, if this was somebody's sole computer I can't imagine they'd be inclined to invest in a desktop.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it's just 10th gen Intel laptop chips in general, or the way Razer has their tuned, but they don't allow for undervolting. It would be really handy, as Razer is really conservative with their heat limit, throttling the CPU when it hits 80c (which I think most other vendors shoot for like 95c). In general it makes this laptop under perform compared to similarly spec'd laptops, but I guess improves longevity?

I'm kinda curious: what's your Cinebench R20 score? I'd be willing to bet that with the modest heat budget allotted to this chip, it probably performs pretty close to older-gen CPUs. If I just use a balanced setting for my CPU, I get about 2400, and if I prioritize CPU performance I get almost 2700.

I'll give it a run later when I'm home. Are you sure you can't underclock? Throttlestop+Afterburner are software based and should work within the OS. You can set both to run on boot and the results are great. My laptop sadly doesn't compete as well with my desktop. I'm using a highly clocked delidded 9700K, 3600Mhz tuned b-die and a clocked 1080Ti on the desktop though.

The software also allows for core tuning, I've set my CPU all core freq to 3.4Ghz when loaded on all 6 cores, seems to give me the best thermals/performance ratio.