Recommended Posts

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:

IMG_20220827_233048050_HDR_CROP.jpg.9ac3d774eb6ac20ae66f2057d9729cb8.jpg

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

IMG_20220827_233036171_CROP.thumb.jpg.d61597fdc60ce7e6c185f668c3b7b756.jpg
 

With the heat sink installed:

IMG_20220828_001739290_HDR_CROP.jpg.41075f02624b1354b3aa7266056e0b6a.jpg

 

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

 

IMG_20220831_040356898_CROP.thumb.jpg.78c02ab5b9eb8b2febd06a37cd996df7.jpg


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
 

20220915_163434.thumb.jpg.6521e48de2bc53c149a2dc24960ca26b.jpg

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
 

image.png

Edited by norseman81
  • Like 3
  • 5 months later...
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

  • Like 2
  • 2 weeks later...
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:

vEc43QB.jpg
KtdL9Wh.jpg
REYJxt3.jpg

Edited by Arceles
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

20230322_101500 (Large).jpg

20221010_124620-01 (Large).jpg

20221010_124136-01 (Large).jpg

20221010_124248 (Large)2.jpg

Edited by Titanium_NX

7950x under corsair AIO

Asus ProArt board

EVGA 3090

64GB DDR5

Few m.2s under the heatsinks

 

Still need to replace the bottom fans to finish it off

IMG20230122165516.png

  • 2 months later...
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

  • Like 2
  • 1 month later...

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:

404042.3e271868decf3268dc9e3b0eec7171fb.1600.jpg 

 

404042.45bfd37d385ceb4e1aa1c98965366e7c.1600.jpg

 

404042.e54e306c7a205a1e58e3cc50db578317.1600.jpg

 

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

  • Like 2
  • Haha 1
  • 3 months later...

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

IMG_0124.jpg

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!

  • Love 1
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!

  • 1 month later...

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.

 

M8LoTPb.jpg

  • 2 months later...
On 31/03/2024 at 15:14, remixedcat said:

Mine

Dell precision t3600

Making music w bitwig 

Picsart_24-03-31_16-14-14-732.thumb.jpg.508bf8bb7fb5a2ae19fcc1cb6283b612.jpg

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

  • Like 1
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!

  • Like 1

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Posts

    • AMD RX 9070 GRE AI, Blender benchmarks vs 9070 XT, 7800XT, Nvidia RTX 5070, 4070 by Sayan Sen Earlier this week, we shared the first part of our review of AMD's new RX 9070 GRE. It was about the gaming performance of the GPU, and we gave it an 8 out of 10. As a follow-up, similar to how we did with the 9070 XT and non-XT, we are doing a dedicated productivity review for the RX 9070 GRE as well, where we compare it against the 9070 XT, 9070, 7800 XT, as well as Nvidia's 5070 and 4070. This will include AI, rendering, compute, and more benchmarks. AI performance, especially, is a very important metric in today's world, and AMD also promised big improvements thanks to its underlying architectural improvements. We will be pitching it against the data we already have for the RX 9070, and RX 9070 XT, but also the Nvidia 5070 FE, MSI GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS 2X 12G, and Gigabyte Radeon RX 7800 XT GAMING OC 16G as they are in a similar price class, but also because we do not have a comparable 5060 Ti card lying around here that we can compare it against. Before we get underway, this is a collaboration between Sayan Sen and Steven Parker, who lent me his test bed. Also, there was no editorial input from AMD. First up, the specs of the RX 9070, 9070 XT, and 9070 GRE, which were given to us by AMD: Radeon RX 9070 GRE Radeon RX 9070 Radeon RX 9070 XT Boost Clock: Game Clock: up to 2.79GHz up to 2.20GHz up to 2.52GHz up to 2.07GHz up to 2.97GHz up to 2.40GHz Stream Processors 3,072 (48 CU) 3,584 (56 CU) 4,096 (64 CU) Ray Accelerator 48 56 64 AI Accelerator 96 112 128 ROPs 96 128 Texture Mapping Units 192 224 256 Memory 12 GB GDDR6, 18Gbps Clock, 192-bit Bus 432 GB/s 16 GB GDDR6, 20Gbps Clock, 256-bit Bus Effective Memory Bandwidth: 640 GB/s Infinity Cache 48 MB (3rd Gen) 64 MB (3rd Gen) Card Bus PCI-E 5.0 X16 Output 2x HDMI 2.1b 2x DisplayPort 2.1a Power consumption 220W 304W Recommended PSU 650W 750W Slot width 2x 3x Price (SEP) $549 $599 As you can see from the specs above, it is less than the standard RX 9070 in every way that counts, except for slightly higher Boost and Game clock speed. Design Moving on, the RX 9070 GRE we were given is an XFX Swift triple-fan, dual-slot design with two 8-pin connectors. At 30cm (self-measured), it will fit in most systems easily. There is no RGB either. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE by XFX from all angles. Test system Our test system consists of the following: Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini V2 Flow (Amazon|Newegg) ASUS Z890 ProArt Creator WiFi (Amazon|Newegg) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus (Amazon|Newegg) Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet - 44x37 (Amazon|Newegg) 2x 16GB G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB (7200 MT/s in XMP) (Amazon|Newegg) Sabrent Rocket4 Plus 2TB SSD (Amazon) Windows 11 25H2 (Build 26200.8246) AMD shared a press driver based on the recently released Adrenaline 26.5.2 that we were required to use. We now move on to our benchmarks. First up, we have Geekbench AI running on ONNX. For some reason, the 9070 GRE does exceptionally well here in both half-precision (FP16) and single-precision (FP32). It manages to beat the RTX 5070 and RX 9070 non-XT, and is only behind the 9070 XT. Since Geekbench runs in short bursts instead of continuously hammering the graphics card, it seems the GRE's faster boost clocks are helping here. Next up, we move to the UL Procyon AI test suite, starting with the image generation benchmark. We chose the Stable Diffusion XL FP16 test since it is the most intense workload available on Procyon. The Nvidia cards do very well here, as even the 4070 out-muscles AMD's best fairy easily. The positive thing about the GRE is that it gets quite close to the 9070 non-XT in this test; this indicates that the VRAM does not play a very big role here, as SD XL relies on float16 (FP16). So this is something to keep in mind again. If you wish to work with float32 AI workloads, graphics cards with larger than 12 GB buffers would likely emerge as victors. Regardless, the gains are still massive on AMD's 9000 series compared to the 7000 series. Following image generation, we move to the text generation benchmark. This is one test where the 9070 GRE struggled, quite a lot. It seems that the 12 GB VRAM and lower memory bandwidth of the new Radeon 9070 GRE are hurting it quite a bit; the split is massive, especially in a test like Llama2, which packs 13 billion parameters. As such, in all the tests, the 9070 GRE is the slowest of the lot. Next, we tried Blender, and here the AMD GPUs were beaten by Nvidia. Rendering is something the Green team has always had a lead over the Red side, and it has not changed so far. On the positive side, though, the 9070 GRE shows significantly better results than the 7800 XT, which means AMD is on the right path. Catching up to Nvidia, though, will require a lot more effort. And we hope HIP and ROCm can keep improving. Wrapping up AI testing, we measured OpenCL throughput in the Geekbench compute benchmark. The RX 9070 GRE alongside the 9070 did not fare well here at all, even falling behind the 7800 XT. Interestingly, even the RTX 5070 could not beat the 4070 on OpenCL, so perhaps this suggests that OpenCL optimization may not have been a priority for either AMD or Nvidia in the modern era. Conclusion We reached the end of our productivity performance review of the 9070 GRE, and we have to say it's a mixed bag. Unlike the 9070 and 9070 XT, the GRE excels in some areas while losing ground fairly easily in others. Similar to how it happened in gaming, any time the card's memory subsystem gets hammered, it tends to fall behind the others. This was the case with text generation, wherein we saw the VRAM sometimes hit its maximum available 12 GB of usage with larger model sizes. So what do we make of the RX 9070 as a productivity hardware? It can certainly be used, but you have to know it has its limitations. For those looking for a GPU that can deal with more, AMD recently unveiled the Radeon AI PRO R9700, which is essentially a 32 GB refresh of the 9070 XT with some additional workstation-based optimizations. On a similar note, the new Ryzen AI Halo platform is something you can consider if you want to set up a local AI processing station. Considering everything, we rate AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE a 7.5 out of 10 for its productivity performance. Price is less of a factor for those looking at productivity cases compared to those considering the GPU for gaming, and as such, we felt it did quite decently on many occasions and can be handy if you need a 12 GB GPU and, for some reason, don't want to get Nvidia. Purchase links: RX 9070 / XT / GRE (Amazon US) As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
    • Does anyone here know if these updates are integrated into the UUP dump isos?
    • Motrix Next 3.9.4 by Razvan Serea Motrix Next is a modern, open-source cross-platform download manager built as the official next-generation successor to the original Motrix project. It has been completely rewritten using Tauri 2, Vue 3, TypeScript, and Rust, while still relying on the powerful Aria2 download engine for high-speed multi-protocol transfers. The app supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, BitTorrent, ED2K and magnet links, offering advanced features like multi-connection acceleration, task scheduling, bandwidth control, and batch download management. With a significantly reduced install size (around 20MB), it focuses on being lightweight, fast, and resource-efficient compared to traditional Electron-based download tools. Designed for Windows, macOS, and Linux, Motrix Next delivers a clean, modern UI inspired by Material Design 3 principles, with smooth animations and a minimal workflow. It improves usability through better download organization, system tray integration, and enhanced torrent handling including selective file downloads and tracker management. Motrix Next features: Multi-protocol downloads — HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, .torrent, ED2K, and Metalink tasks BitTorrent — Selective file download, DHT, peer exchange, encryption controls, metadata caching, GeoIP peer flags, and tracker probing Browser extension integration — Embedded Extension API with independent authentication, download confirmation, smart auto-submit, filename hints, referer/cookie forwarding, and real-time controls (Chrome Web Store · Edge Add-ons) Safe filename handling — Content-Disposition, RFC 2047, non-UTF-8, percent-encoded, and extensionless URL resolution with path traversal sanitization Download organization — Favorite and recent folders, optional file-type categorization, stale-record cleanup, and completed history backed by SQLite Concurrent downloads — Independent controls for active tasks, HTTP connections per server, segments per file, and BT peer limits Speed control — Global and per-task upload/download limits with day-of-week and time-of-day scheduling System integration — Tray operation, optional tray speed display, macOS Dock badge/progress, protocol handlers for magnet://, thunder://, and motrixnext:// Lightweight mode — Destroys the WebView on minimize-to-tray while Rust keeps the engine, task monitor, notifications, history, and extension routing alive Notifications and power options — Native task start/complete/failure notifications, keep-awake during downloads, and optional shutdown after completion Network controls — Scoped proxy support for downloads, app updates, and tracker updates, plus system proxy detection Auto-update channels — Stable, Beta, and Latest Across Channels policies with separate download and install phases Diagnostics — Structured logs, exportable diagnostic ZIPs, database integrity checks, automatic DB rebuild, and Linux GPU rendering fallback Personalization — Light/dark/system theme, 10 color schemes, 26 languages, and first-launch system language detection Motrix Next 3.9.4 changelog: Motrix Next 3.9.4 promotes the 3.9.4 beta cycle to stable. This release refreshes bundled engine binaries, improves task detail readability and copy actions, expands link handling for magnet and ED2K workflows, polishes responsive navigation and text wrapping, updates browser extension documentation, and refines network preference controls. New Features Task Detail copy actions — Added copyable values for task metadata and reusable render functions for long text fields. Magnet and ED2K lifecycle support — Added task lifecycle handling for magnet and ED2K links. History cleanup for deleted tasks — Deleted tasks can now remove matching history records. User-Agent management — Added user-agent management and improved related network preference controls. Browser extension documentation — Added the Firefox Add-ons link for the Motrix Next extension. Improvements Engine binaries — Updated bundled binaries for supported architectures. Task Detail readability — Long task names, URLs, tracker values, and copyable metadata now render more clearly. Deletion messaging — Refined localized task deletion text for clarity and consistency. Text wrapping — Improved URI input wrapping and task name multiline display. Navigation layout — Improved sub-navigation responsiveness. Disk allocation default — Changed the default file allocation method to trunc. Proxy controls — Improved proxy button styling in network preferences. Download: Motrix Next 64-bit | ARM64 | macOS ~20.0 MB (Open Source) Links: Website | macOS / Linux | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • NVIDIA officially supports Ubuntu, as linked above with the GeForce NOW Hands on I did in collaboration with Paul Hill.
    • TO be clear I am not running linux today, however I keep thinking about it. And I want to make sure there are minimal obstacles if I decide to make that switch in the coming months.
  • Recent Achievements

    • Proficient
      Eric Biran went up a rank
      Proficient
    • Dedicated
      Conjor earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • Week One Done
      Windows Guy earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Dedicated
      Mark Spruce earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • Collaborator
      conkir earned a badge
      Collaborator
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      479
    2. 2
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      244
    3. 3
      Steven P.
      72
    4. 4
      FloatingFatMan
      66
    5. 5
      +Edouard
      66
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!