[gimmeheadroom]

Keep it around, for sure. I have a laptop with optical out and it is really nice to have that feature.

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

Shuttle had unvieled a 3-liter slim barebones w/ a single slot PCIe on the LGA1200 socket: XH410G
Thinking pairing this with a JCAT USB Card XE and a HDPLEX 300W LPS (powering both the barebones and the USB card).

Moving my previous build to the office.

 

[BananaOoyoo]

Downsized from 10.3L to 9.5L!
(Portable monitor should be arriving soon)

 

[seamon]

Downsized from 10.3L to 9.5L!
(Portable monitor should be arriving soon)

Nice!! Reminds me of my SFF days. What portable monitor are you getting?

 

[BananaOoyoo]

Nice!! Reminds me of my SFF days. What portable monitor are you getting?

Picked up an Asus XG17! It’s a bit (very?) overkill, but I figure I’ll get enough use out of it.

 

[seamon]

Picked up an Asus XG17! It’s a bit (very?) overkill, but I figure I’ll get enough use out of it.

Nice! Personally use 3x ASUS MB16AMT. I might move upto 3xXG17 if I go with a 17" laptop next upgrade cycle.

 

[Voxata]

WFH

 

[seamon]

WFH

What speakers?

 

[Voxata]

LX16s with Dynamo 300s.

 

[XeNoNF50]

Took a few pics on my phone but here's mine. Rtx 3080 & i7 7820x in the pc, Asus ROG PG27UQ 4k 144hz hdr1000 monitor and the Focal headphones and DAC/amp on the desk.

 

[Voxata]

Nice! I'm awaiting my 3080 order.. sure hope it doesn't get cancelled.

 

[Kukuk]

So I've decided to pull the trigger on a new PC. The ol' Threadripper just can't push the framerates my monitor supports. A large number of games don't leverage my 2080ti to it's maximum, leaving a lot of performance on the table.

I'm obviously sticking with AMD, but at the moment I'm sorta stuck on what CPU to get. When Ryzen 5000 launches, I think I'll be going for the 5950x, but in the mean time I need something to hold me over. I really want something that will beat the performance of my 2950x for games, but I don't want to spend a lot of money since it's a place-holder. I'd REALLY like a 3300X, but those are rarer than hens' teeth. The 3100 won't quite cut it for me. So at this point my only option is a 3600, but it seems silly since I'm only going to keep it for a few months. It's sort of a long shot, but I'll see if there's either availability for the 3300x, or price drops for the 3600 in the next week or so.

Whatever I get, I'll be slotting it into this, as it seems to be among the best X570 boards you can get without spending $500+.

I feel like if I sell my current Threadripper setup, I should be able to offset the price of the new platform, then the new 5950X will basically be an out-of-pocket upgrade. I don't think like $900 for a 2950X, 32GB of RAM, Gigabyte Designare motherboard, and a Noctua NH-U14S is unreasonable, is it?

 

[XeNoNF50]

So I've decided to pull the trigger on a new PC. The ol' Threadripper just can't push the framerates my monitor supports. A large number of games don't leverage my 2080ti to it's maximum, leaving a lot of performance on the table.

I'm obviously sticking with AMD, but at the moment I'm sorta stuck on what CPU to get. When Ryzen 5000 launches, I think I'll be going for the 5950x, but in the mean time I need something to hold me over. I really want something that will beat the performance of my 2950x for games, but I don't want to spend a lot of money since it's a place-holder. I'd REALLY like a 3300X, but those are rarer than hens' teeth. The 3100 won't quite cut it for me. So at this point my only option is a 3600, but it seems silly since I'm only going to keep it for a few months. It's sort of a long shot, but I'll see if there's either availability for the 3300x, or price drops for the 3600 in the next week or so.

Whatever I get, I'll be slotting it into this, as it seems to be among the best X570 boards you can get without spending $500+.


I feel like if I sell my current Threadripper setup, I should be able to offset the price of the new platform, then the new 5950X will basically be an out-of-pocket upgrade. I don't think like $900 for a 2950X, 32GB of RAM, Gigabyte Designare motherboard, and a Noctua NH-U14S is unreasonable, is it?

I got this board and the 5950x built this weekend is a beast

 

[PointyFox]

Where'd you find a 5950x?

 

[XeNoNF50]

Where'd you find a 5950x?

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