pXius
Sir Cud.
Wife's rig has been on a GTX1060/4th gen for awhile now. With Ryzen where it is and cheapish ram prices, thought it's the perfect time for an upgrade.
She's watched/helped me build a few systems so she wanted to do this one on her own.
Hardware // Reasoning
Ryzen 3600 // duh
16Gb Corsair RGB RAM // Most of her peripherals are Corsair, so having everything together in iCue is a plus. Also it's Micron DRam, so should Oclock easily.
100i Plat Cooler // Joins iCue along with the ram and case fans, also RGB puke.
MSi B450 Mortar // VRM Heatsink and layout is more than sufficient even for a 2700X. Also Bios flashback for Ryzen 3000.
Hikvision 512Gb NVME SSD // They're cheap, let's try it.
Antec Cable Extentions // I like these, they share the same manufacturer as the Thermaltake ones. Aesthetics.
280X Case // Included fans play nice with Corsair iCue, easy to build in, motherboard fills the motherboard-shaped hole hole nicely, can hide cable clutter in the back.
Vega64 // So this is a fun one. I kept missing the R4000 GTX1080's on carb. Evetech had Vega64's on sale for R5k. So that's 1K more for the same performance brand new. So... yea.
Already had a CM Silent Pro Hybrid 1050W from her current rig so that account's for everything.
All went well, only things I helped with was attaching the pump to the CPU bracket and I cut some black plexi for the back and bottom of the case to hide the ugly and unused rubber grommets and holes which stand out quite a bit on a white chassis.
She used some white sticker paper to cover the orange Gigabyte stripes.
I think it came out pretty well for an afternoon's work.
I'll play with the clocks over the weekend and post some benches.
She's watched/helped me build a few systems so she wanted to do this one on her own.
Hardware // Reasoning
Ryzen 3600 // duh
16Gb Corsair RGB RAM // Most of her peripherals are Corsair, so having everything together in iCue is a plus. Also it's Micron DRam, so should Oclock easily.
100i Plat Cooler // Joins iCue along with the ram and case fans, also RGB puke.
MSi B450 Mortar // VRM Heatsink and layout is more than sufficient even for a 2700X. Also Bios flashback for Ryzen 3000.
Hikvision 512Gb NVME SSD // They're cheap, let's try it.
Antec Cable Extentions // I like these, they share the same manufacturer as the Thermaltake ones. Aesthetics.
280X Case // Included fans play nice with Corsair iCue, easy to build in, motherboard fills the motherboard-shaped hole hole nicely, can hide cable clutter in the back.
Vega64 // So this is a fun one. I kept missing the R4000 GTX1080's on carb. Evetech had Vega64's on sale for R5k. So that's 1K more for the same performance brand new. So... yea.
Already had a CM Silent Pro Hybrid 1050W from her current rig so that account's for everything.
All went well, only things I helped with was attaching the pump to the CPU bracket and I cut some black plexi for the back and bottom of the case to hide the ugly and unused rubber grommets and holes which stand out quite a bit on a white chassis.
She used some white sticker paper to cover the orange Gigabyte stripes.
I think it came out pretty well for an afternoon's work.
I'll play with the clocks over the weekend and post some benches.
