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I put together the rig in my sig sometime in 2010. It’s not my sole pc and it is still a solid machine but it is time to go.
I do all sorts of things so I don’t see any reason to write down what I will be using my next rig for. Just use your imagination.
What I always try to do is build something that is as close to futureproof as it gets so it will be next to impossible to miss the target. In other words if you have an idea go ahead and shoot… Any opinion/recommendation is valued.
I am located in Euroland and access to most hardware should not be an issue. I will not comment on budget as this is subject to change with almost any decision and I’m not going overkill with this but I won’t go cheap either.
Here are some specs/preferences for my next rig: ASUS full ATX board, Pcie5, min 3 x m.2 with at least 1 Gen5, 2 x 16/32GB low profileCorsair DDR5 sticks, min 16GB non intel graphics card.
I don’t care about color themes, lighting effects, overclocking
I like tweaking, undervolting, air cooling, passively cooled chipsets, no need for a nuclear reactor to power up
The aforementioned do not mean that I will overlook any good idea that differ.
850/900 Watts is my power limit excluding peripherals and including any future upgrades but I am not aiming at that. The lower the better.
I don’t do a lot of gaming and my old pc does BG3 @50 fps but I do own a 32” 1440p 144MHz Freesync 2 monitor that can use something better than my venerable 480. Apart from that I see no limitations and that is part of the problem. Too many choices….
Currently I am reviewing CPUs. So this is the first big decision to be made.
I really like AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700, Ryzen 9 7900 and intel’s i5-14600, i7-14700.
Any suggestions on these or other cpus anyone ?
** contender list
CPU Cooler
Noctua NH D15
Noctua NH D15 G2 Std
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120
Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 *** ordered
RAM
Corsair Vengeance CMK64GX5M2B6400C32
Kingston Fury Beast KF564C32BBEK2-64 *** ordered
Corsair Vengeance CMK64GX5M2B6600C32
Corsair Dominator Titanium CMP64GX5M2X6600C32
Corsair Vengeance CMK64GX5M2X6800C32
Case
Phanteks Eclipse P600S *** ordered
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X
PSU
Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W *** ordered
Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1200W
CPU
Ryzen 9 7900 *** ordered
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Boot Drive
Corsair MP700 Pro + heatsink
Corsair MP700 Pro w/o heatsink (motherboard heatsink to be used)
Crucial T705 + heatsink *** ordered
Crucial T705 w/o heatsink (motherboard heatsink to be used)
Motherboard
ASUS ProArt X670E-Creator WiFi
ASUS Prime X670E-Pro Wifi
ASUS TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WIFI
ASUS Rog Strix X670E-A Gaming Wifi
ASUS Rog Strix X670E-E Gaming Wifi
ASUS Rog Strix X670E-F Gaming Wifi
Graphics
ASUS RTX 4060 Ti
ASUS, Sapphire or XFX RX 7800 XT
ASUS, Sapphire or Powercolor 7900 GRE
Sapphire, ASRock, XFX or Powercolor 7900 XT
I put together the rig in my sig sometime in 2010. It’s not my sole pc and it is still a solid machine but it is time to go.
I do all sorts of things so I don’t see any reason to write down what I will be using my next rig for. Just use your imagination.
What I always try to do is build something that is as close to futureproof as it gets so it will be next to impossible to miss the target. In other words if you have an idea go ahead and shoot… Any opinion/recommendation is valued.
I am located in Euroland and access to most hardware should not be an issue. I will not comment on budget as this is subject to change with almost any decision and I’m not going overkill with this but I won’t go cheap either.
Here are some specs/preferences for my next rig: ASUS full ATX board, Pcie5, min 3 x m.2 with at least 1 Gen5, 2 x 16/32GB low profile
I don’t care about color themes, lighting effects, overclocking
I like tweaking, undervolting, air cooling, passively cooled chipsets, no need for a nuclear reactor to power up
The aforementioned do not mean that I will overlook any good idea that differ.
850/900 Watts is my power limit excluding peripherals and including any future upgrades but I am not aiming at that. The lower the better.
I don’t do a lot of gaming and my old pc does BG3 @50 fps but I do own a 32” 1440p 144MHz Freesync 2 monitor that can use something better than my venerable 480. Apart from that I see no limitations and that is part of the problem. Too many choices….
Currently I am reviewing CPUs. So this is the first big decision to be made.
I really like AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700, Ryzen 9 7900 and intel’s i5-14600, i7-14700.
Any suggestions on these or other cpus anyone ?
** contender list
CPU Cooler
Noctua NH D15 G2 Std
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120
Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 *** ordered
RAM
Kingston Fury Beast KF564C32BBEK2-64 *** ordered
Corsair Dominator Titanium CMP64GX5M2X6600C32
Corsair Vengeance CMK64GX5M2X6800C32
Case
Phanteks Eclipse P600S *** ordered
PSU
Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W *** ordered
CPU
Ryzen 9 7900 *** ordered
Boot Drive
Corsair MP700 Pro w/o heatsink (motherboard heatsink to be used)
Crucial T705 + heatsink *** ordered
Motherboard
ASUS ProArt X670E-Creator WiFi
ASUS Prime X670E-Pro Wifi
ASUS Rog Strix X670E-A Gaming Wifi
ASUS Rog Strix X670E-E Gaming Wifi
ASUS Rog Strix X670E-F Gaming Wifi
Graphics
ASUS RTX 4060 Ti
ASUS, Sapphire or XFX RX 7800 XT
ASUS, Sapphire or Powercolor 7900 GRE
Sapphire, ASRock, XFX or Powercolor 7900 XT
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