Gaming Rigs / PC Specs

[LowPolyOWG]

Heh, $1500 is like 13 000 NOK here  Still, not bad considering the situation, the Ti version is priced at the more ridiculous 23 000 NOK/$2600

[Dweller_Benthos]

... and that $1500 was the price to upgrade the build from the base build which was a 2070 or something. So add the price of that to it I guess. The Ti version wasn't even an option, might as well be fairy dust, those things.

[LowPolyOWG]

 

The performance margin between the RTX 3080 Ti and normal 3080 is just 4% on average.

I'm happy that I got my GPU ordered. Sadly, the shipping date for my case got changed to 24th at Caseking. As I type this, the black edition should be shipped today, but it got postponed to 24th aswell. 

Anyway, here's my final specs

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($539.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: EK-AIO Elite Aurum 360 D-RGB ($231.45 @ EKWB Web Shop)
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Royal Elite 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL14 Memory  ($459.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($164.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Case: LIAN LI PC-O11 Dynamic EVO Snow White ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI FAN AL360 64.5 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($89.34 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI FAN AL360 64.5 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($89.34 @ Amazon)
Monitor: LG 34GN850-B 34.0" 3440x1440 160 Hz Monitor  ($968.47 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell S2721DGF 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor  ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $0.00)
Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse  (Purchased For $0.00)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Stinger  Headset  (Purchased For $0.00)
Custom: LaCie Rugged USB-C and USB 3.0 4TB Portable Hard Drive - STFR4000800  (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $3153.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-01-06 02:42 EST-0500

[Dweller_Benthos]

Dang, not bad even with the high end stuff. Though 850W PSU for a 3080? isn't it better to go 1000W? That's what I did, just to have "headroom" lol.

[LowPolyOWG]

Nah, gonna do some undervolt  Ryzens benefit greatly from undervolting, potentially higher clocks at lower power usage. For a GPU, same performance for less power draw.

[Dweller_Benthos]

Undervolt? How does that w0#k?

[LowPolyOWG]

[Dweller_Benthos]

Interesting, never heard of this before.

[LowPolyOWG]

My GPU arrived today 

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RX 580 for scale

[LowPolyOWG]

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Took my time to register it at EVGA's site and applied for the step up program. Considering the price I paid was double the MSRP, might aswell get some "value" in return. Unfortunately, Multicom wasn't listed as an official retailer. Still, will keep it if EVGA rejects my application, I don't see prices dropping anytime soon.

It will look like this then:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($539.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: EK-AIO Elite Aurum 360 D-RGB ($231.45 @ EKWB Web Shop)
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard ($299 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Royal Elite 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL14 Memory  ($459.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($164.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card  ($277 @ EVGA Web Shop (Step-Up))
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Case: LIAN LI PC-O11 Dynamic EVO Snow White ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI FAN AL360 64.5 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($89.34 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI FAN AL360 64.5 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($89.34 @ Amazon)
Monitor: LG 34GN850-B 34.0" 3440x1440 160 Hz Monitor  ($968.47 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell S2721DGF 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor  ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $0.00)
Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse  (Purchased For $0.00)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Stinger  Headset  (Purchased For $0.00)
Custom: LaCie Rugged USB-C and USB 3.0 4TB Portable Hard Drive - STFR4000800  (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: ~$3130*
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-01-06 02:42 EST-0500


*Step-Up is about $277 or €242

[Dweller_Benthos]

You didn't even take it out of the bag to gaze upon it? That's willpower lol.

So the step-up thing is like a trade-in program? You can upgrade for the cost difference?

[LowPolyOWG]

You didn't even take it out of the bag to gaze upon it? That's willpower lol.

So the step-up thing is like a trade-in program? You can upgrade for the cost difference?

Did that off-screen 

The Step Up program

Yeah, the closest anology I can come up with, is going to the car dealership and trade in your old car for another. Obviously, the car has to be a brand the dealership sells.

[Dweller_Benthos]

Ah, nice deal, as long as they have the cards available at some realistic point in the future lol

[PZ]

It appears that just about everything technology is overpriced these days, often because parts are in short supply. I wanted to get a 4-channel wireless/bluetooth temperature monitor for my grills/smokers and they want $239 for it right now. Typically one can get the same unit 25% cheaper.

Because of corporate greed I suspect most business will go the same way as is seen with gasoline price  hikes. At just a hint of oil supply interruption, fuel prices immediately rise, but when the supply is re-established, it takes months for the prices to fall to the same level as before the rise.

You can't fix corporate greed 

[LowPolyOWG]

Indeed