Your PC ATM

[RJARRRPCGP]

Alright guys, let's keep it on all the time and as I keep it anyway the fan on the bottom so it wouldn't be at its best at semi-passive.

I know that my stuff will have heat build-up with most passive major components, especially in a room with the heat on in the winter.
Baby, it's cold outside here! No more than 5-Fahrenheit here in North Springfield, Vermont, as I type this!

 

[Athlonite]

Here's my new room, which I officially moved into on November 5, my birthday. The photos are from January 17, 2022:

The one where I look out the window: The photos were taken on a snow day, got at or roughly 9 inches of wet snow yesterday. It was in the low 30s when a lot of the snow came down. Big snow flakes! That's one of the south-facing windows.

You have that pentagram the wrong way up

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

You have that pentagram the wrong way up

On the top, is the battery pack, LOL.

 

[Ruru]

I know that my stuff will have heat build-up with most passive major components, especially in a room with the heat on in the winter.
Baby, it's cold outside here! No more than 5-Fahrenheit here in North Springfield, Vermont, as I type this!

Yes it is, even tho we Finns are crazy, I still need a jacket at winter when I go to the balcony to smoke a cigarette
edit: -7C outside according to my phone's weather app

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Yes it is, even tho we Finns are crazy, I still need a jacket at winter when I go to the balcony to smoke a cigarette
edit: -7C outside according to my phone's weather app

The northeast U.S. is having a major cold snap with only one more more seasonable day in the forecast! Yikes! Looks like a high oil bill coming for my brother-in-law and my sister.

 

[Ruru]

The northeast U.S. is having a major cold snap with only one more more seasonable day in the forecast! Yikes! Looks like a high oil bill coming for my brother-in-law and my sister.

Waiting for spring though autumn is my favourite season. I love that rain and darkness

But back to the topic, I should get a PC from my uncle sooner or later, I hope that it's a standard ATX PC as I want to put together the ultimate AGP setup (Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, Phenom II 955BE, 4GB, HD 3850 AGP)....

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Waiting for spring though autumn is my favourite season. I love that rain and darkness

But back to the topic, I should get a PC from my uncle sooner or later, I hope that it's a standard ATX PC as I want to put together the ultimate AGP setup (Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, Phenom II 955BE, 4GB, HD 3850 AGP)....

Back in the later-2010s, Phenom IIs were possibly getting scalped. It was easier to get a high-end used 775 CPU chip. At the time my daily driver was often the ROG P45 system (Asus Maximus II Gene, which is from 2009, got it used in 2013) By 2016, I got a Yorkfield to pop in there and did. But I put the E8600 E0 back in. Got that in 2014, IIRC.

 

[Ruru]

Back in the later-2010s, Phenom IIs were possibly getting scalped. It was easier to get a high-end used 775 CPU chip. At the time my daily driver was often the ROG P45 system (Asus Maximus II Gene, which is from 2009, got it used in 2013) By 2016, I got a Yorkfield to pop in there and did. But I put the E8600 E0 back in. Got that in 2014, IIRC.

Never had a E8600 buuuuut I have a E8500 and two E8400s, maaaybe some day I'll grab my P5Q Pro and put a waterblock...

 

[seth1911]

I was talking about the PSU doing a safety-shutdown and that's why you found it off. At least, it looked like that at first. Was it just a black screen with the PC still on?

It was off

 

[Thimblewad]

Haven't updated my setup for a while, so here it is
The power:
B550 Aorus Elite V2
Ryzen 5 5600X @ 4.7 GHz
STRIX Vega 64
2 x 8 GB Crucial Ballistix @ 3400 MHz

The storage:
Kingston V300 120 GB SSD
Kingston 240 GB NVMe
Samsung 980 1TB NVMe
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Seagate Barracuda 2TB

Outside "the box":
Logitech Z906 sound system (500W RMS)
Logitech G29 wheel and shifter
Logitech G502 Hero mouse
Logitech G Pro X headset

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

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Haven't updated my setup for a while, so here it is
The power:
B550 Aorus Elite V2
Ryzen 5 5600X @ 4.7 GHz
STRIX Vega 64
2 x 8 GB Crucial Ballistix @ 3400 MHz

The storage:
Kingston V300 120 GB SSD
Kingston 240 GB NVMe
Samsung 980 1TB NVMe
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Seagate Barracuda 2TB

Outside "the box":
Logitech Z906 sound system (500W RMS)
Logitech G29 wheel and shifter
Logitech G502 Hero mouse
Logitech G Pro X headset

Which for the OS drive? I also have a Wraith Prism installed on my Ryzen 5 5600X. The one that came with my Ryzen 7 3700X.

 

[Thimblewad]

Which for the OS drive? I also have a Wraith Prism installed on my Ryzen 5 5600X. The one that came with my Ryzen 7 3700X.

The 120 GB Kingston, still have 40 GB free, speeds are good enough I guess, it's an ordinary SATA3 SSD.

The Prism does a terrific job cooling this CPU. I put MX-4 on, made a custom fan profile, PBO etc.,
Gaming all core sustained clock are around 4550-4650 MHz at 65-ish °C,
Cinebench stress test sustained clock 4450-4550 with some jumps to 4650 at around 72-73 °C

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

The Prism does a terrific job cooling this CPU. I put MX-4 on

I put Thermaltake TG-50 on.

And for the RAM, I'm tempted to bring it up to 3400. I was able to run Memtest that's bundled with the Ryzen RAM calculator program, without any errors at 3200, with XMP. I let it run overnight.
I got the lowest latency in AIDA64 and the highest single-core-score in Cinebench R23 @3200. At 2666, the latency stinks, it's like what I expect for 3rd-gen Ryzen!

 

[Thimblewad]

I put Thermaltake TG-50 on.

And for the RAM, I'm tempted to bring it up to 3400. I was able to run Memtest that's bundled with the Ryzen RAM calculator program, without any errors at 3200, with XMP. I let it run overnight.
I got the lowest latency in AIDA64 and the highest single-core-score in Cinebench R23 @3200. At 2666, the latency stinks, it's like what I expect for 3rd-gen Ryzen!

That's some expensive paste

Hmm, if you're not already pumping more than 1.5-ish volts you should be able to hit it quite easily. Depends on what you did with the IF frequency and the SOC voltages. And, no, I'm not an expert so I'll just sit down now

Oh, here are my drives:
C - system drive with all the important apps
D - internet downloads, uploads and torrentz
E - archiving, games that don't need an SSD
F - games that need an SSD
G - recording, rendering

 

[lexluthermiester]

That's some expensive paste

Hmm, if you're not already pumping more than 1.5-ish volts you should be able to hit it quite easily. Depends on what you did with the IF frequency and the SOC voltages. And, no, I'm not an expert so I'll just sit down now

Oh, here are my drives:
C - system drive with all the important apps
D - internet downloads, uploads and torrentz
E - archiving, games that don't need an SSD
F - games that need an SSD
G - recording, rendering
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You have almost as many drives as I do.

 

[plastiscɧ]

The Lightwing is new.

 

[Thimblewad]

You have almost as many drives as I do.

I'd put more but I would need a better mobo for that...

 

[plastiscɧ]

I'd put more but I would need a better mobo for that...

class instead of mass - that's what they say! i have my doubts. in the course of time, i have collected quite a few drives.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I'd put more but I would need a better mobo for that...

There's always USB3/C.

 

[Thimblewad]

class instead of mass - that's what they say! i have my doubts. in the course of time, i have collected quite a few drives.

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More space, more drives, never hurts!!

There's always USB3/C.

I have some free SATA ports aswell but they all run through the same bus as the USBs I think. I don't know. Point being: more PCI-E lanes

 

[lexluthermiester]

I have some free SATA ports aswell but they all run through the same bus as the USBs I think. I don't know. Point being: more PCI-E lanes

Ah, I see what you're saying. That kind of bottleneck is just not something you're going to notice unless you're copying a lot of large files all the time. Don't be concerned about it. If you want more drives, add a few more with confidence. Your motherboard will handle very well as many drives as it's designed to take.

EDIT: damn my grammar/spelling. I really do need to proof-read more..

 

[Thimblewad]

Ah, I see what you're saying. That kind of bottleneck is just not something you're going to notice unless you're copying a lot of large files all the time. Don't be concerned about it. If you want more drive, add a few more with confidence. You motherboard will handle very well as many drives as it's designed to take.

Oh, well then I guess if the time comes, I can go +1, thanks!!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Got the ATX and PCIe cables sorted to my satisfaction, what next lol. Any suggestions? Would it be worth switching the 280mm in the bottom for another 360, and maybe some vardar fans?

 

[Thimblewad]

Got the ATX and PCIe cables sorted to my satisfaction, what next lol. Any suggestions? Would it be worth switching the 280mm in the bottom for another 360, and maybe some vardar fans?

Nice loop, looks great and I think it would be a shame to tear it all down.
On the other, totally nonsensical way tho, it would be cool as fuck.
But that's the same as buying a GPU nowadays

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Here's a pic of the back, looks tidy.