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darkmiasma

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Ok, so I’ll go with the 9800x3D.

what’s the consensus on the cooler for it, and how many case fans do I actually need for the O11?

sorry if this seems basic, I’ve been out of the loop for too long.
 
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darkmiasma said:
Ok, so I’ll go with the 9800x3D.

what’s the consensus on the cooler for it, and how many case fans do I actually need for the O11?

sorry if this seems basic, I’ve been out of the loop for too long.
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My 011 was pretty narrow due to psu being behind the mb tray. If you do an air cooler be sure it will fit.
 
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My 011 was pretty narrow due to psu being behind the mb tray. If you do an air cooler be sure it will fit.
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I could do air or spring for the AIO, I’ve just never used one before so I don’t know about maintenance for it.
 
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I could do air or spring for the AIO, I’ve just never used one before so I don’t know about maintenance for it.
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They are almost all (or used to be) completely maintenance free, since they are closed loop. Some of them I think have added some stuff where they can be user topped off but I have never in what? 15 years of doing AIO coolers ever "maintained" mine. I would go for Arctic Cooling but MC seems to be permanently out of the AC 360s at least in Houston. If you are having them do a custom build for you, you can bring in your own parts, so you can buy one from Amazon and include it in your assembly.

I bought a bunch of fans for my O1, like 6, 1 but be sure you power it up in the store to hear it before taking it home. Mine was much louder than I expected.

Shame about Deep Cool selling stuff to the Russians.
 
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They are almost all (or used to be) completely maintenance free, since they are closed loop. Some of them I think have added some stuff where they can be user topped off but I have never in what? 15 years of doing AIO coolers ever "maintained" mine. I would go for Arctic Cooling but MC seems to be permanently out of the AC 360s at least in Houston. If you are having them do a custom build for you, you can bring in your own parts, so you can buy one from Amazon and include it in your assembly.

I bought a bunch of fans for my O1, like 6, 1 but be sure you power it up in the store to hear it before taking it home. Mine was much louder than I expected.

Shame about Deep Cool selling stuff to the Russians.
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I didn't know you could bring your own parts - I've never been to the Microcenter since it's about an hour away, but I'll take the drive and go hang out at a diner while they build it for 4 hours.

Do you have to buy an OS from them, or will they take your own CD Key?
 
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IIRC they will give you a trial version you can convert to Windows 11 Pro via key IIRC. Always call and ask, though. What they do here in Houston isn't what they might do elsewhere, and I tend to stop in and talk to the guys when I go in so I don't know what they will do for other people. Actually the guy who did mine last time wasn't the greatest, so maybe they do give me *the special* ;)
 
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$600 MSRP card :honkler:

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Their current in-stock offerings. For those not familiar with AMD the "XT" part is quite important.
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I built a PC with a then new 3950X AMD processor (sold it here on FoH to one of the memebers) I bought a 3700 until I could find one in stock at retail, that was pre-covid. It was also the last time I was able to get high demand PC parts at retail. Sad sad state of affairs.
 
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someone is gonna nail xfx soon

whats the diff between the xfx and asus pics?

yea asus looks like a video card componet

xfx is proping the 9070 to look like a computer system

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someone is gonna nail xfx soon

whats the diff between the xfx and asus pics?

yea asus looks like a video card componet

xfx is proping the 9070 to look like a computer system
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The box itself is oriented to to stand vertically, they just arranged the picture to fit the square better. Prices are inline with other XTs right now, not scam pricing just taking advantage of GPU shortages.

Until the AI fad goes the way of shitcoin mining; we're likely stuck with high GPU pricing, again.
 
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I settled for a 5070. I took my stepmom to Best Buy for a phone and they had one in stock for msrp. Basically the same thing as last time. It’ll do for the next 4-5 years since I stick to 1440p.
 
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PowerSpec G722 Gaming PC; AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2GHz Processor; NVIDIA RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM; 2TB Solid - Micro Center

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Help which one?! 😂 (PS at the bar)
 
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Utnayan said:
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PowerSpec G722 Gaming PC; AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2GHz Processor; NVIDIA RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM; 2TB Solid - Micro Center

Get it now! PowerSpec G722 Gaming PC with AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, NVIDIA RTX 5080, 32GB RAM, and 2TB SSD for superior gaming performance. Visit us in-store today!
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PowerSpec G752 Gaming PC; AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM; - Micro Center

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Go with the G722. It’ll probably be easier to upgrade the CPU than GPU, and the X870 is a better motherboard.
 
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Finally got my RMA approved and sending off my Red Devil 9070 XT today. Working with their support was actually really easy. We exchanged emails pretty regularly, I sent some diagnostics and bug files, they offered a few suggestions. At the end they agreed that if it isn’t even stable stock to just RMA it. All the delays in the process were due to a lot of recent work travel.

We’ll see what the turn around time is and if the replacement card has the same issue. No real bad blood for Powercolor at all. They at least helped and offered the easiest solution.
 
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Finally got my RMA approved and sending off my Red Devil 9070 XT today. Working with their support was actually really easy. We exchanged emails pretty regularly, I sent some diagnostics and bug files, they offered a few suggestions. At the end they agreed that if it isn’t even stable stock to just RMA it. All the delays in the process were due to a lot of recent work travel.

We’ll see what the turn around time is and if the replacement card has the same issue. No real bad blood for Powercolor at all. They at least helped and offered the easiest solution.
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I was able to land a Hellhound for a family member at launch and it was having crashing issues - he opted to just send it back to Amazon and lucked out on a 5070 ti on Amazon that wasn't too horrifically priced.
 
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Ran up to Microcenter in North Jersey and grabbed parts for a new build:
  • AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Granite Ridge AM5 4.70GHz 8-Core Boxed Processor
  • Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard
  • Corsair VENGEANCE RGB 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL30 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit
  • PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Triple Fan 20GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card
  • Samsung 990 PRO 2TB Samsung V NAND 3-bit MLC PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD
  • Lian Li O11D EVO RGB Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case - Black
  • Corsair RM1000e 1000 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply - ATX 3.0 Compatible
  • Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer III RGB 420mm All in One Liquid CPU Cooling Kit
The videocard was only $599 since they had a discount for buying an AMD CPU, and since its a HUD zone, taxes were only 3.5%, so between that and opening the creditcard for the immediate 5% discount, it only came out to $2100 for everything (I got case fans too but who cares about those).
 
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Utnayan said:
www.microcenter.com

PowerSpec G722 Gaming PC; AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2GHz Processor; NVIDIA RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM; 2TB Solid - Micro Center

Get it now! PowerSpec G722 Gaming PC with AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, NVIDIA RTX 5080, 32GB RAM, and 2TB SSD for superior gaming performance. Visit us in-store today!
www.microcenter.com www.microcenter.com

www.microcenter.com

PowerSpec G752 Gaming PC; AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM; - Micro Center

Get it now! Elevate your gaming with the PowerSpec G752 Gaming PC featuring AMD Ryzen 7, RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB RAM, and 2TB SSD. Visit us in-store for the ultimate gaming experience!
www.microcenter.com www.microcenter.com

Help which one?! 😂 (PS at the bar)
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doing what darkmiasma is doing is probably the best option and I think microcenter will assemble/test it all for you for like $200? too. Even with all the nvidia shit recently I'd still go with nvidia over AMD though for video, but thats probably a personal preference and maybe AMD GPUs are way better now?

otherwise i'd grab the second one, g752. much better CPU imo

thats a pretty nice prebuilt, i had to pick up one at costco last month when my PC died and i didn't have the energy or spare time to figure stuff out so got a meh 4070 super PC which is fine since I rarely actually play games on my PC anyways. If I had the time I'd buy parts and have someone put it together but that takes days or longer, guess i'll do that for the 60xx generation.
 
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