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[neoniam]

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Processor
ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero
Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 5080 Master GDDR7 16GB
Crucial T700 2TB PCle Gen5 M.2 NVMe SSD
Samsung 990 Evo 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCle SSD
Lian li 011 Dynamic Evo RGB case
G.Skill Trident Z5 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL30 DDR 5
Lian li Hydroshift LCD 360LT
Lian li Edge 1300 PSU
Lian li 3x Uni Fan TL LCD 140 RGB Reverse blades
Lian li 3 x Uni Fan TL 140 RGB Reverse blades
Lian li 1x Uni Fan TL 120 RGB
Lian li Uni Fan TL Series Controller
Windows 11 Pro USB Retail

[Steven P. Administrators]

@neonwizardwow nice build, we are not far apart.. my latest build

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Processor
Gigabyte Aorus X870E Master
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE
2TB T-Force Z5 PCle Gen5 M.2 NVMe SSD (C:\)
2TB Lexar NM710 2TB PCle Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD (D:\)
4TB Sabrent Rocket4 Plus Gaming PCle Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD (E:\)
1TB Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCle SSD (for test purposes)
Lian li 011 Dynamic Evo RGB case
G.Skill Trident Z5 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MT/s CL28 DDR 5
Lian li Hydroshift LCD 360LT
Corsair RM1000x (2024) PSU
Lian li 3x Uni Fan SL Wireless 120 RGB Reverse blades (side)
Lian li 3x Uni Fan SL Wireless 120 RGB Reverse blades (bottom)
Lian li 1x Uni Fan SL Wireless 120 RGB
Lian li Uni Fan SL Series Wireless Controller
Windows 11 Pro (Windows 7 Beta gift from Microsoft, upgraded for free till now)

Bonus:

PCIe slot 2: Yeston RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6 (dedicated PhysX/Lossless scaling card)
PCIe slot 3: Marvell AQtion 10GbE M.2 2280 in PCIe x4 M.2 adapter

Yes, instead of going on holiday I splashed on PC hardware. I'm here all the time anyway 😛 

[neoniam]

Snap lol🤣

[ultimate99]

On 20/03/2025 at 14:36, Steven P. said:

Yes, instead of going on holiday I splashed on PC hardware. I'm here all the time anyway 😛 

This Is The Way.

 

Btw, what do you test in your 1TB Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCle SSD?

[Steven P. Administrators]

On 20/03/2025 at 21:04, ultimate99 said:

This Is The Way.

 

Btw, what do you test in your 1TB Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCle SSD?

It will be used for some windows vs windows features for Neowin.

I do have a NR200P Max test PC (i7-14700K) that we've used for previous such features in the past year and a half, but I want to be able to boot to a test drive to do the same testing on the 9950X3D too, but preserve my working environment 😛 

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

On 20/03/2025 at 18:36, Steven P. said:

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Processor

I've just built a system around a 9800X3D - is it worth upgrading for a few hundred quid?

[turinglives]

On 10/04/2024 at 05:12, Rigby said:

I feel like I'm one of the only people left in the world who wants their PC to be completely dark. I don't even plug in my power LED.

You're not alone. I have a windowless case precisely for this purpose.

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

My PC is all dark, no drive activity LED either lol. It's so silent in normal use you would never know the PC was on without checking for the RTX logo that cannot be turned off since the monitor goes blank after a few mins of no use (OLED).

An update on where the magic happens lol.

Also projector screen on the side, yes on my blackout blinds:

The PC and speaker stands are:

Also got a new chair recently, keep an eye on the main page of the site for the review of it against a competitor soon!

 

The speakers are Triangle Comete 40th Anniversary, I have number 1152 of 2000. The magnesium tweeters are in a league of their own on how they place instruments around you in time and space. The DAC is the FiiO K11 R2R (also headphone amp for the Arya Stealth) and that is RCAing to the Aiyima A80 which has been upgraded with Sparkos OpAmps. My workstation audio rabbit hole has now firmly been shut.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

I've never built a PC of this spec before, gone mid-tier but I consider this the highest-tier I've ever gone.

I don't think anything is particularly out of the ordinary here, and I could have maybe pushed to a 5080/90 but I'm just not THAT much of a gamer. I predominantly use my PC for various hobbies (crafting, online quiz hosting, Photoshop, web design, app development).

I guess the parts worth mentioning are:

• Montech King95 Pro
  My god this case was a joy to work with. Spacious, well designed, integrated ARGB and PWM fan hub. I initially had the mesh front on, but found that the cooling with the glass front was equally as good - so swapped back to the glass. Just hands-down the best case I have ever built in. The cable management allowances are lovely too.
   
• Stream Deck +
  I host online pub quizzes and this allows me to automate so much of OBS, as well as control volume levels. Everyone knows what a Stream Deck is and does, but the addition of the dials on the + was what I'd been wanting for ages.
   
• Corsair K55 Pro XT RGB
  I was initially looking at mechanical keyboards, or another trusty Logitech K350 Wave, but the integrated (Stream Deck compatible) macro keys on this swayed me. Not gonna lie, it seems to be taking me a little while to get used to the stance and layout here, but hey - am sure I will. I modified this keyboard to have a removable USB-C port, as I utterly abhor moulded cables - it's 2025, grow up!
   
• Razer Tartarus Pro
  Always fancied grabbing one these controllers, and this one reviewed well, and I got a decent price on it. If only it also had Stream Deck integration...
   
• 12.3" TouchScreen Display
  Just somewhere to dock an audio player and a few widgets without interfering with the main UI. Also plan to use this for Flight Sim panels.
   
• 3.5" IPS USB Mini Screen
  Just somewhere to output some Aida64 specs. I am unnecessarily concerned with temperatures so this keeps my 'tism at bay
   
• AIO Display Screen Upgrade Kit
  See above, just keeping an eye on things. Said I was unnecessarily concerned.

So it seems to handle anything I've thrown at it so far. The fans stay pretty quiet, I get decent framerates. It's not gonna win any records, but it certainly shifts when needed. For me this was more a labour of love, a desire to build something of this spec - more than really necessarily needing to. Hopefully I'm gonna get into a bit more gaming, remains to be seen...

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

Did some updates!

[Ixion]

On 20/03/2025 at 18:36, Steven P. said:

@neonwizardwow nice build, we are not far apart.. my latest build

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Processor
Gigabyte Aorus X870E Master
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE
2TB T-Force Z5 PCle Gen5 M.2 NVMe SSD (C:\)
2TB Lexar NM710 2TB PCle Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD (D:\)
4TB Sabrent Rocket4 Plus Gaming PCle Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD (E:\)
1TB Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCle SSD (for test purposes)
Lian li 011 Dynamic Evo RGB case
G.Skill Trident Z5 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MT/s CL28 DDR 5
Lian li Hydroshift LCD 360LT
Corsair RM1000x (2024) PSU
Lian li 3x Uni Fan SL Wireless 120 RGB Reverse blades (side)
Lian li 3x Uni Fan SL Wireless 120 RGB Reverse blades (bottom)
Lian li 1x Uni Fan SL Wireless 120 RGB
Lian li Uni Fan SL Series Wireless Controller
Windows 11 Pro (Windows 7 Beta gift from Microsoft, upgraded for free till now)

Bonus:

PCIe slot 2: Yeston RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6 (dedicated PhysX/Lossless scaling card)
PCIe slot 3: Marvell AQtion 10GbE M.2 2280 in PCIe x4 M.2 adapter

Yes, instead of going on holiday I splashed on PC hardware. I'm here all the time anyway 😛 

Have you not ended up running your GPU at a lower number of PCIe lanes with all those cards installed? I know on my ProART X870E even just populating all 4 NVME slots drops the GPU slot to 8x, I know performance impact is minimal but it would upset my OCD just knowing that.

[+Gl1tterUnic0rns Subscriber²]

I chose not to travel to Japan this year, so I got this modest bad boy


 

Intel Core i7-14700KF 20 Core Processor (4.3 - 5.6GHz)

1TB HDD 

1TB SSD storage 

32GB RAM

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB GDDR6 graphics

[+Gl1tterUnic0rns Subscriber²]

Here is a better view 

[csc2ya]

Does the job, although it can't run windows 11 officially. Currently running Windows 10 modded with ReviOS

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 25/07/2025 at 06:20, csc2ya said:

Does the job, although it can't run windows 11 officially. Currently running Windows 10 modded with ReviOS

Think the smallest one in here..  

[remixedcat]

Office updates:

Linux version upgrade, Networking hardware change from meraki to ubiquiti unifi cloud gateway ultra and switch ultra 60w, lenovo w530 is now my data management laptop along with a dual drive dock for transfer and cloning. Cloned 20 drives so far on it!!

Meida PC setup in the office was my hubby's old gaming PC. it's from 2008 and it's still working great. has 120GB Sasung 840 ssd that's only 42% health and a 1TB seagate drive that's been dropped 8 x and had vodka spilled on it and it's still works great!

 

part 2 since file sizes arrgg

 

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

Looking nice, Remixed!  

[remixedcat]

thanks!! it's fun making music on it and it's working good!

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Left desk is for my 9-5, but the laptop is connected via USB-C, so can swap out for my crafting laptop.

Right desk is connected to the PC on the right, and used for music production, quiz streaming and general bits and bobs.  All going through a KVM, so can again swap out for other machines over USB-C.

[ultimate99]

On 19/08/2025 at 09:05, Nik Louch said:

Left desk is for my 9-5, but the laptop is connected via USB-C, so can swap out for my crafting laptop.

Right desk is connected to the PC on the right, and used for music production, quiz streaming and general bits and bobs.  All going through a KVM, so can again swap out for other machines over USB-C.

where do your legs go?

[FateTrap]

 

JONSBO Z20 exhibit

JONSBO Z20 custom build OpenBSD desktop

 

OS: OpenBSD -current WM: picom -- bspwm -- dmenu -- Polybar Components: Intel 12700KF -- G.SKILL RIPJAWS 3600 CL18 -- Sapphire RX 7600 -- ASUS ROG STRIX B760-G GAMING WIFI D4 -- JONSBO Z20 black -- ARCTIC F14 -- bequiet! SYSTEM POWER 10 550W -- DeepCool AG500BK -- EVO 850 500GB Mouse: zalman ZM-GM7 Display panel: HP 24fh Headphones: Kawai SH-9 Webcam: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 Keyboard: HP desktop 320K Microphone: Trust GXT 259 RUDOX

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

On 19/08/2025 at 15:44, ultimate99 said:

where do your legs go?

The picture doesn’t show it but there’s loads of space under

[RaidenX]

My PC's nearly ready for an upgrade. It's a Ryzen 5800x with 32GB ram and a Gigabyte RTX 3070ti.

Here it is in 2021 when I built it.

 

I've since gone away from the blue and favor a red/gold theme.

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 21/12/2025 at 12:44, RaidenX said:

My PC's nearly ready for an upgrade. It's a Ryzen 5800x with 32GB ram and a Gigabyte RTX 3070ti.

Here it is in 2021 when I built it.

 

I've since gone away from the blue and favor a red/gold theme.

What you upgrading, to?

[RaidenX]

On 21/12/2025 at 16:11, Mindovermaster said:

What you upgrading, to?

I was originally looking at an AMD 9700X CPU and an AMD 9070XT GPU. I was going to go with an AMD GPU since their drivers supposedly play better with Linux, plus the Nvidia 50 series seems to be a letdown performance wise. The more I'm looking though, the more I think I'll be waiting until this time next year. Zen 6 is expected late next year as are GPUs from both AMD and Nvidia. One thing I won't be waiting for though is ditching all the Lian Li fans. My system has 9 ST120 fans and I've had 5 fail. They seem to be garbage.