Desktop Computers
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jooka
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Why not open the window during those 2 hot months and put a couple hundred dollar window AC in it
Mist
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That's what I do.
What I'm saying is that my office room is still hot in January with a 180w GPU. A 350W GPU would be ridiculous.
Xexx
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Thus why i love my basement, the only benefit of currently being in a northern state. We had no basements in Miami, so the sweltering heat would be unbearable with 3 gaming rigs in 1 room.
Intrinsic
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Is that the S2? I am debating between that and the C but am concerned if the new gen cards are any longer than this it may not fit in a C (340mm or so of room for the card w/o a front mounted AIO radiator it seems).
Utnayan
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Ok here we go. What do you guys think? Making the jump to Ryzen 3700x.
CPU: (1) AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Matisse 3.6GHz 8-Core AM4 Boxed Processor with Wraith Prism Cooler ($259.99 EACH)
Motherboard: (1) MSI X570 MPG Gaming Plus AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard ($174.99 EACH)
RAM: (1) G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit F4-3200C16D-32G - Black ($116.99 EACH)
Case: (1) Lian Li Lancool II Tempered Glass eATX Full Tower Computer Case - Black ($89.99 EACH)
Power Supply: (1) EVGA 650BQ 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply ($99.99 EACH)
M.2 SSD: (1) Inland Premium 1TB SSD 3D NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive ($129.99 EACH)
Water Cooling Kits: (1) Corsair iCUE H100i RGB Pro XT 240mm Water Cooling Kit ($129.99 EACH)
Water Cooling Accessories: (1) EKWB CryoFuel Pre-Mixed Coolant 1000 ml - Clear ($17.99 EACH)
Operating System: (1) Microsoft Microsoft Windows 10 Home 32/64-Bit - USB ($139.99 EACH)
Going to leverage my 1070gtx for now and upgrade to the 3000 series later. Only running 1440p (144 Gsync 27" Dell display)
Not sure if I need water cooling for this CPU or not. Would also add in some case fans and buy a tube of Arc 5.
Current system is 2500k 8gb.
CPU: (1) AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Matisse 3.6GHz 8-Core AM4 Boxed Processor with Wraith Prism Cooler ($259.99 EACH)
Motherboard: (1) MSI X570 MPG Gaming Plus AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard ($174.99 EACH)
RAM: (1) G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit F4-3200C16D-32G - Black ($116.99 EACH)
Case: (1) Lian Li Lancool II Tempered Glass eATX Full Tower Computer Case - Black ($89.99 EACH)
Power Supply: (1) EVGA 650BQ 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply ($99.99 EACH)
M.2 SSD: (1) Inland Premium 1TB SSD 3D NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive ($129.99 EACH)
Water Cooling Kits: (1) Corsair iCUE H100i RGB Pro XT 240mm Water Cooling Kit ($129.99 EACH)
Water Cooling Accessories: (1) EKWB CryoFuel Pre-Mixed Coolant 1000 ml - Clear ($17.99 EACH)
Operating System: (1) Microsoft Microsoft Windows 10 Home 32/64-Bit - USB ($139.99 EACH)
Going to leverage my 1070gtx for now and upgrade to the 3000 series later. Only running 1440p (144 Gsync 27" Dell display)
Not sure if I need water cooling for this CPU or not. Would also add in some case fans and buy a tube of Arc 5.
Current system is 2500k 8gb.
Big Phoenix
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Like Mist said, id wait until Ryzen 4000 comes in September. Its supposed to be a 10-15% performance uplift which should make it as fast or faster than even Intel's 10000 series.
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Dude get Windows 10 off ebay/reddit or one of the other sites for like $10 for the Pro version.
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Axiel
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I made almost the exact same upgrade, 2500k - 3700x, 8gb - 32gb, a 1TB nvme drive, and the same gaming plus board. At least the dangerously low quality msi mounting brackets aren't used with liquid; but for that much money you could get a 3800x and a fat noctua cooler with it's own brackets. Both cooling solutions are super overkill, since the gaming plus's vrms are absolute trash quality; seriously even enabling pbo isn't a good idea in the long term.
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Consider a different board, less expensive air cooler so you aren't prone to huge failures later. Ryzen 3000 gaming performance doesn't scale much with overclocking nor extreme cooling anyways.
Availability is shit on many x570 boards right now, some on Newegg are double the retail price. Some B550 boards however, are out now , more on the 19th. There's no practical difference between x570 and b550 boards unless you run multiple gen 4 Graphics cards or multiple gen 4 NVMe drives; what you have is Gen3.
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Aazrael
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Fractal Design Mini C i think. Its for mATX and smaller but it is a pretty roomy case.
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I feel like I must have missed this since no one else commented, but why did you get a small form factor motherboard for a mid-tower?
Aazrael
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Mostly due to my budget. Could not find any decent mATX cards in stores and I did not want to invest in a new case for ATX. Found that asus itx card for a good price and as of now I don't really need more slots. I really like the smaller case as well.
Maybe I did it backwards but it will have to do.
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Aazrael
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From the specs and a small amount of googling its mATX only, maybe if you drop the PSU shroud it might fit. Fractal Design Define Mini C is the case.
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Yeah it looks close. It looks like it's got the holes for ATX screws, but the bottom part above the shroud would be super tight.
I feel like sometime in the next few years I'm going to get into ITX for a media/VR pc. It's something I periodically think about. Seems like they've had a fair amount of good cases come out recently
Aazrael
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A real itx case would be nice but always concerned about the heat. I had a 3570k before I upgraded at 4.5ghz and it needed all the cooling this case had.
The 3700x might run cooler though so maybe an itx case works better now.
Xexx
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This, and yeah wait till September - i know its hard since i have the itch too but must wait.
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