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On 11/09/2022 at 03:38, goretsky said:

Hello,

An update to my system build from 2019.

A picture of the motherboard, with CPU (Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste applied) and first pair of DIMMs installed:

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Close-up on the thermal paste application, and one of the DIMMs:

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With the heat sink installed:

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And preliminarily installed in the case to check fit and make sure there weren't any issues with clearances, overheating and so forth:

 

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I subsequently re-routed some of the cables and the video card support.

Case:  Fractal Design R6 with USB-C
CPUIntel® Xeon® W-2195 Processor (24.75M Cache, 2.30 GHz)
GPUASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 3080 OC Edition 12GB GDDR6X (LHR)
HDD: 3 × 10 TB WD Red, 1 × 18TB WD Red Pro
Heat Sink: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
MotherboardASUS WS C422 SAGE/10G
RAM:  4 × SK hynix 64GB PC4-21300 2666Mhz 4Rx4 ECC LR-DIMMs (P/N: HMAA8GL7CPR4N-VK)
SSD: 1 × 1TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe SSD with heat sink, 1 × 2TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe SSD, 1 × OWC Accelsior 8M2 (populated with 8 × 2TB Intel 660p NVMe SSD)
PSU:  EVGA SuperNOVA 1000W
Thermal Paste:  Arctic Silver 5

There is a full build/parts list at https://pcpartpicker.com/b/BXPV3C.

 

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

Very professional, very clean!

I guess it's a work pc?

Hello,

Thank you.

I do use it for some software testing, running virtual machines and the like.  But I have also played some games on it (Solitaire, most recently).

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

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Oh hey, I just made this at the end of August. New chair comes tomorrow.
New PC:

My new build :

Intel Core i7 12700K

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-F12 120mm Fan (Brown)

32GB Corsair Dominator 5200 DDR5

2x 1TB Firecuda 530 nvme in raid - 1

1x 4TB Ironwolf HDD

MSI PRO WIFI Z690 mobo

MSI GeForce RTX3080 Gaming Z Trio 10GB

Samsung 27" G7 240HZ Odyssey

2x 24" BenQ BL2420PT  QHD

Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless Black

Corsair Core RGB RGB PRO SE mouse

Razer Blackwidow X keyboard

 

New NAS:
IXsystems Truenas 8core ATOM 24TB usable raidz2
ZFS 6x 8TB Seagate Ironwolf 256MB cache
2x 960GB Intel SATA3 SSD for L2ARC
 

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On 09/03/2023 at 10:00, Mindovermaster said:

Nice to see deoderant on the left side. Important when you game. :laugh: 

This could not be more true, anybody that says otherwise is lying :D

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On 21/03/2023 at 03:44, mrk said:

You can't let online opponents smell you round the corner in CS :p

Long overdue... but I got myself a drill and a saw, then make a long desk:

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On 11/09/2022 at 19:02, goretsky said:

I have also played some games on it (Solitaire, most recently).

LOL! Sounds like me (and my late wife, RIP 👼 ). When we got married in 1991, she introduced me to Solitaire, which I had never played. A few years later, I introduced her to Mahjong (which I discovered and quickly became addicted to). We both alternated between Solitaire and Mahjong. When she passed on from cancer in 2020, I had to check her PC for various things, when I discovered that the only game installed on her PC was Mahjong! (As was mine!) So I had a private chuckle, realizing that my brilliant 40-year long math teacher wife had actually adopted a game that I found first and then suggested to her! For once she let me feel smarter than almost as smart as her for a change! 😉

Case:  Lian Li pc-o11d-rog
CPU:  AMD 5950X
Heat Sink: DARK ROCK PRO 4
Motherboard:  Aorus Elite
RAM:  64GB TIMETEC
GPU:  Zotec 4070 TI
NVMEs: 2x 4TB Sabrien Rocket 4.0
SSD: 2x 1TB
PSU:  ROG-THOR-1200P

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On 22/05/2023 at 14:28, Wannes said:

You know the question was coming ... Where is the desk lamp from?

I got it a long while ago from Amazon, there is two different models. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08NWTLX61/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I got my wife one to but its cheaper model: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B098788NHH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

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Hello,

Posting an update on my workstation build from 2022.  Here are the changes made since my last message

HDD: three (3) × 20 TB Seagate Exos X20 3,5" HDDs (replaces 4×10TB + 1×18TB)
Case Fans: three (3) × 140mm Noctua A14 PWM case fans (replaces Fractal Design case fans)
RAM:  upgraded to eight (8) × SK hynix 64GB PC4-21300 2666Mhz 4Rx4 ECC LR-DIMMs (P/N: HMAA8GL7CPR4N-VK) (from 4 DMMs)
SSD:  installed eight (8) 4 TB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe SSDs in OWC Accelsior 8M2 (replaces 8 × 2TB Intel 660p NVMe SSDs)
Monitor: upgraded to a single Lenovo ThinkVision P40w-20 (5K2K) monitor from 4K Samsung (portrait) and 2K Dell (landscape) monitor setup

Photos of some of the upgrades:

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There is a full description of the build and a parts list at https://pcpartpicker.com/b/BXPV3C.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

On 11/09/2022 at 01:38, goretsky said:

Hello,

An update to my system build from 2019.

[…SNIP…]

 

On 19/07/2023 at 18:09, goretsky said:

HDD: three (3) × 20 TB Seagate Exos X20 3,5" HDDs (replaces 4×10TB + 1×18TB)
Case Fans: three (3) × 140mm Noctua A14 PWM case fans (replaces Fractal Design case fans)
RAM:  upgraded to eight (8) × SK hynix 64GB PC4-21300 2666Mhz 4Rx4 ECC LR-DIMMs (P/N: HMAA8GL7CPR4N-VK) (from 4 DMMs)
SSD:  installed eight (8) 4 TB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe SSDs in OWC Accelsior 8M2 (replaces 8 × 2TB Intel 660p NVMe SSDs)
Monitor: upgraded to a single Lenovo ThinkVision P40w-20 (5K2K) monitor from 4K Samsung (portrait) and 2K Dell (landscape) monitor setup

Damn, those Solitaire games can be quite demanding! :p

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here is mine, sorry for the bad picture!! suck at taking pictures. here is what is in computer -

Tower Case H7, Tempered Glass, No PSU, E-ATX, Black, Mid Tower Case
Sensor Panel 5” Sensor Panel Configured
Motherboard X670 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD X670 Chipset, AM5, ATX Motherboard
Processor Ryzen™ 9 7950X 16-Core 4.5 - 5.7GHz Turbo, AM5, 170W TDP, OEM Processor
Video Card Radeon™ RX 7800 XT PULSE, 2124 - 2430MHz, 16GB GDDR6, Graphics Card
Memory 64GB (2 x 32GB) Trident Z5 RGB DDR5 6400MT/s, CL32, Silver, RGB LED, DIMM Memory
Power Supply 1000 G5, 80 PLUS Gold 1000W, ECO Mode, Fully Modular, ATX Power Supply
Cooling
CPU Cooling EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Lux D-RGB, 360mm Radiator, Liquid Cooling System
RGB Fan Kit LL120 RGB Black 3 x 120mm, w/ Lighting Node PRO, 1500 RPM, 43.25 CFM, 24.8 dBA, Cooling Fans

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On 13/11/2023 at 16:49, hclarkjr said:

the computer was built for me, what didn't they take off???

In shipping, you don't want that glass to shatter. Shipping meaning in your car or shipping over states. (IDK where you got it from)

When you open up your computer, you take that seal off.

Just rocking a 27 inch iMac from 2014. LED cinema display. Silver (duh). Nothing special. Nice rigs, neowin!

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On 13/11/2023 at 20:36, Obi-Wan Kenobi said:

Just rocking a 27 inch iMac from 2014. LED cinema display. Silver (duh). Nothing special. Nice rigs, neowin!

Right on, Obi-Wan!

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Kicking off 2024 with my primary workstation setup. Monitor is currently set to DisplayPort output that's connected to the Precision T7910. Also that teal board is acting as a side panel cover for the T7910 due to running 2x Noctua tower coolers that was a tad tall.

 

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On 31/03/2024 at 15:14, remixedcat said:

Mine

Dell precision t3600

Making music w bitwig 

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Haven't seen you much lately! Great setup :)

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On 31/03/2024 at 20:16, Mindovermaster said:

Haven't seen you much lately! Great setup :)

Thanks! Been busy! making music, working 2 jobs, rehabbing and selling laptops, and dealing w my body problems! I got a link on my sig if you wanna listen to my tracks!

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