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Hello,

 

Some thread clean-up here.  To try and answer some questions about how @cacoe might be, without violating their privacy:

 

  • Account of forum member (for 17 years) who posted the image:  Cacoe
  • Account of Reddit user (for 6 years) who posted the image:  CacoeCacoe

 

Yes, Neowin has some very talented members, and they most certainly post their work in more than one place. :)

 

Regards,

 

Aryeh Goretsky

 

 

 

On 28/07/2021 at 03:06, Mindovermaster said:

That your picture, or did you steal it from somewhere? Unless you are a good photographer and photoshop guy.

Yikes looks like I missed some controversy. But yes, this is my picture of my actual pc as taken in my living room and I do have the original raw files if proof is required 🙂 Also yes I'm cacoecacoe on reddit - cacoe was annoyingly already taken.

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On 28/07/2021 at 15:31, Brandon H said:

is that the build in your signature? looks like a nice rig (Y) 

Thank you, it is. Just cleaned it out the other day and did a "glamour" shot because I had some spare time. Put this together based on some feedback I had -
 

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On 28/07/2021 at 09:35, cacoe said:

Thank you, it is. Just cleaned it out the other day and did a "glamour" shot because I had some spare time. Put this together based on some feedback I had -
 

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Wow..

On 28/07/2021 at 16:35, cacoe said:

Thank you, it is. Just cleaned it out the other day and did a "glamour" shot because I had some spare time. Put this together based on some feedback I had -

That legit made me LOL

On 08/08/2021 at 09:47, HostileGamer said:

Well, it looks like to me that the thread started January 2018. That's all I was referencing to. 😀

It's pinned, so it's OK to negro it :)

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ok i bought a

 

Asus X570-f Gaming Motherboard

AMD 3800+ CPU

RAM - 16GB ( Not enough IMO )

Video - Nvidia 1650 Asus Card

M.2 SSD 980 Samsung Drive 500GB

 

Mainly for Windows11 Upgrade when it comes down the Pipe

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My gaming rig endgame:

 

Antec 900 v1 Case

Intel Core i7 9700k @3.6ghz base (5.0 ghz oc’d All-cores @ 1.420v with LLC lv 4)

ASUS Z390 ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wifi)

32 gb Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 mhz ram (2x16gb) {3000 mhz oc’d}

1tb WD Black M2 NVME SSD (boot)

2tb WD Black M2 NVME SSD (Games & Apps)

Evga RTX 3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming LHR 8gb @ 1.51ghz core clock (oc’d) {1.9 ghz boosted oc’d}

Noctua NH-14S cpu cooler

2x Noctua NF-A15 150 mm cpu fan 

Noctua NF-A20  200 mm case fan 

4x Corsair ML120 Blue 120 MM Case Fan

Corsair AX860i PSU @ 860 watts

Windows 10 Pro x64

 

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I see someone else has a Corsair 5000D/4000D Airflow here too!

 

12700K build:

 

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GPU sag bracket now installed btw.

 

12700K

64GB 3600

1TB NVMe

8TB SATA SSD

2070 Super OC

Phanteks AMP 750w

Arctic Freezer II 280mm

Corsair 5000D Airflow

Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X DDR4

This is my current setup(image/video was before sorting cables and adding a GPU sag bracket.)

 

i7-6700k

64GB Corsair Ram

1x Samsung 970 Evo  500GB SSD

1x Samsung 860 Evo  2TB SSD

1x Western Digital 1TB SSHD

Nvidia RTX 2080 TI

Corsair RGB gubbins

Monitor Acer Nitro 49" Ultrawide Monitor.

 

 

 

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So, my trusty old Sabertooth Z77 died a few weeks ago.  I tried to revive it...but nothing worked (the usual troubleshooting techniques...clear CMOS, memory...blah blah).  I took a compatible CPU and memory out of my bedroom's HTPC and placed them in the Sabertooth ... but nope.  However, the CPU and memory from the Sabertooth worked fine in the bedroom's HTPC. 

 

Long story short...my bedroom's HTPC got an upgraded CPU (3770k) and 8GB more memory ... the Sabertooth went to the trash.  But!  This all happened on the 12th of November and the next day I was heading to Atlanta to see my nephews, niece ... and ... MicroCenter!  

 

I wasn't ready to build a new system ... but I did have a Z590 motherboard due to the NewEgg shuffle (it came with my 3080ti).  I had planned on flipping the motherboard on eBay and hang onto the Sabertooth for a little bit longer ... but yea.  Grabbed a 11700K, memory, cooler and some other parts at MicroCenter.  The remaining fans came in today so the build is complete for now.

 

Anyway...my interim build until ... sometime in the future...

 

(sorry, no pictures with the glass on ... reflections were horrible ... but it looks good)

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I don't really like RGB ... but don't mind the subtle blue.  I really dig the fans ... they are the Lian Li AL120's .... they interlock with one another so you only have two cables per block (RGB/Power)... I believe you can have four fans per block.  So instead of having 18 cables ... I only have 6 cables from all those fans (3x RGB/3x power).

 

Anyway, system specs

 

CPU - Intel i7-11700K

Cooler - Lian Li Galahad 360

Case - PC-O11 Dynamic

Mobo - Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro Ax

Mem - 32GB Trident

GPU - Gigabyte Aorus 3080ti Xtreme

Drives - 2TB Western Digital SN850 NVMe, 8TB Western Digital Black HDD, 2TB Samsung 860 Evo and two 500-something GB Samsung SSDs

PSU - Seasonic 850W Platinum

 

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So, here's my main workstation. It's nothing fancy, the case I just had lying around, so I used it. I found the CPU (i5-7600) for $5 at the "It's $5" store, where everything on Saturday mornings is $5. So then I had to buy a motherboard for it, so I went on eBay and found a compatible motherboard for $59.95 a Gigabyte Z270XP-SLI Intel Z270.

 

Then I got a Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.B CPU Air Cooler, 120mm for $48 .. I LOVE this thing, it's sooooooooo quiet.

 

Then I purchased some Ram, also on eBay, 16GB for $62.99 then I got some another 16GB stick off New Egg for total of 32GB

 

Then I purchased a Samsung Evo Pro 1TB NVME ... 

 

I had the GPU laying around it's a GTX 770. It's old but it works. 

 

Couldn't take a better photo of the inside, because that side of the case is facing a wall.

 

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LOOK! No RGB in the case! 10 points for Gryffindor!

 

This is what the other half of the setup looks like. Yes, the mouse has RGB .. I wish it didn't but it does, I also got it for $5 at the It's $5 store!

 

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and in case of emergencies .. I have a 5th monitor on a swivel arm tucked away behind the big one. 

 

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or if i'm just craving some old school gaming

 

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I'll show you a full picture when I'm done setting this up, but for now..

 

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MinisForum EliteMini HX90 -barebone

-AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX, 8 Cores/16 Threads

2x WD Blue 1TB SSD

M.2 WD Black 1TB SSD

64GB (2x32GB) G-Skill Ripjaws 3200 So-DIMM DDR4

 

Some of you may say this is overkill, but I prefer the phrase "Go Big Or Go Home" Didn't want to go too much overboard.

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