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I just finished building this one and it looks really great IMHO.
It is the first PC that I have built in about 27 years. I used to be first line IT support for around 60 users so it was my daily job, then I changed direction, discovered Apple and left the PC world far behind. Ealier this year I bought my son a gaming PC and that ignited the flame again. I'm not much of a gamer, don't seem to have the patience for it.
It is amazing how much PC tech has changed in 27 years. When I left the industry, 486 was the norm and Pentiums just started to emerge as the newest tech. I cut my teeth on DOS 6 and I witnessed the birth of Windows 3.1.
This may not be the popular opinion but IMO and all things considered, macOS is still far superior to Win10.

Ryzen 5 3600
Auros B550 Elite M/B
32GB Trident-Z Neo DDR4 3600mhz
Auros 2070Super
Sabrent 1TB PCIe 4 NVMe
Phanteks CPU cooler
Thermaltake cable extensions
Fractal ARGB fans
Fractal Meshify C case

I just love the look of a big CPU air cooler compared to an AIO.



 
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drifter_74 said:
I just finished building this one and it looks really great IMHO.
It is the first PC that I have built in about 27 years. I used to be first line IT support for around 60 users so it was my daily job, then I changed direction, discovered Apple and left the PC world far behind. Ealier this year I bought my son a gaming PC and that ignited the flame again. I'm not much of a gamer, don't seem to have the patience for it.
It is amazing how much PC tech has changed in 27 years. When I left the industry, 486 was the norm and Pentiums just started to emerge as the newest tech. I cut my teeth on DOS 6 and I witnessed the birth of Windows 3.1.
This may not be the popular opinion but IMO and all things considered, macOS is still far superior to Win10.

Ryzen 5 3600
Auros B550 Elite M/B
32GB Trident-Z Neo DDR4 3600mhz
Auros 2070Super
Sabrent 1TB PCIe 4 NVMe
Phanteks CPU cooler
Thermaltake cable extensions
Fractal ARGB fans
Fractal Meshify C case

I just love the look of a big CPU air cooler compared to an AIO.



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Nice!

For me, one of the biggest advancements in even the last 10 years is cases and cable management. It is now super easy to have a clean looking case.
 
Hey guys is there a website where you can enter your pc specs and get an estimated performance score? Want to upgrade my gpu want first want to see what difference it will make.
 
L-Dog said:
Hey guys is there a website where you can enter your pc specs and get an estimated performance score? Want to upgrade my gpu want first want to see what difference it will make.
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What do you have and what do you want to upgrade to?
 
drifter_74 said:
I just finished building this one and it looks really great IMHO.
It is the first PC that I have built in about 27 years. I used to be first line IT support for around 60 users so it was my daily job, then I changed direction, discovered Apple and left the PC world far behind. Ealier this year I bought my son a gaming PC and that ignited the flame again. I'm not much of a gamer, don't seem to have the patience for it.
It is amazing how much PC tech has changed in 27 years. When I left the industry, 486 was the norm and Pentiums just started to emerge as the newest tech. I cut my teeth on DOS 6 and I witnessed the birth of Windows 3.1.
This may not be the popular opinion but IMO and all things considered, macOS is still far superior to Win10.

Ryzen 5 3600
Auros B550 Elite M/B
32GB Trident-Z Neo DDR4 3600mhz
Auros 2070Super
Sabrent 1TB PCIe 4 NVMe
Phanteks CPU cooler
Thermaltake cable extensions
Fractal ARGB fans
Fractal Meshify C case

I just love the look of a big CPU air cooler compared to an AIO.



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Very nice build. Clean!

Can't really argue with the Win10 vs MacOS debate. There's a simple reason for it, I guess: while Windows needs to be able to run on an infinite number of hardware configurations from an infinite number of different manufacturers and combinations thereof, MacOS runs on preconfigured setups with very specific hardware. I imagine it's a lot easier to program it that way as there aren't nearly as many variables to consider? Same thing with Android vs iPhone. iOS is brilliant because it only needs to work on iPhones. Now I miss my old iPhone. :(
 
ponder said:
What do you have and what do you want to upgrade to?
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Want to upgrade my gpu from 1060 3gb to 1650ti but want to see the effect on the entire system. Have an i3 9100f and 16gb ram 2400
 
L-Dog said:
Want to upgrade my gpu from 1060 3gb to 1650ti but want to see the effect on the entire system. Have an i3 9100f and 16gb ram 2400
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That's not much of an upgrade to be honest.
 
Any lurkers to give advice on maybe which three Socket LGA 1200 mobos I should be looking at? Humming and haaing over the mobo now, lol.
 
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My bad I mean 1660 ti
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With no CPU bottleneck you're looking at a ~40% performance increase, you're 4 core 4 thread CPU will be a bottleneck in certain CPU demanding games though and frame pacing might not be ideal in others..
 
ponder said:
With no CPU bottleneck you're looking at a ~40% performance increase, you're 4 core 4 thread CPU will be a bottleneck in certain CPU demanding games though and frame pacing might not be ideal in others..
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Seems like the best upgrade option if I want to keep my cpu. Just need to find a GPU on special now
 
Have had to revise my idea of going full cutting edge because I'm now buying a new PC for someone else too .... This below comes to about £1600, decent for a couple years right?

Cases - Phanteks Eclipse P600S Glass Silent Midi Tower Case - Black
CPU - CoolerAsetek 670LT 240mm High Performance CPU Cooler - 115X
Memory - Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-29200C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black
M.2 Solid State Drive 1 (Primary Drive If Selected) - Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
2.5" SATA Solid State Drive 1 - Samsung 500GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E500B/EU)
Power Supply - Corsair RMx Series RMx850 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020180-UK)
Operating System - Microsoft Windows 10 Home Advanced
CPU - Intel Core i5-10600K 4.10GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Elite AC (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Graphics Card - MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming X 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
 
Wait a month and get the new Ryzen processors. They really are the bees knees if AMDs claims are accurate, which they likely are.

Also, why 2 SSDs? Rather just get a larger nvme.
 
UrBaN963 said:
Wait a month and get the new Ryzen processors. They really are the bees knees if AMDs claims are accurate, which they likely are.

Also, why 2 SSDs? Rather just get a larger nvme.
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Right now is a bit of a bad time to buy a PC, just wait a month to see what the options are. I doubt Ryzen 5600X will be significantly faster than the i5 10600K, but you will be able to save some money on the motherboard if you go AMD.
AMD will also release their GPUs, so there will likely be better value options than the RTX 2060.
Or, at the very least, I expect intel and nVidia to drop prices slightly.

Good choice on the case, I love mine!
 
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