Current Events > Well, I finally splurged and bought the gaming PC I really wanted

(+) Yeah! (+)

Instead of the Ryzen 3700X / RTX 3080 rig ($2000ish) I briefly had

The Ryzen 5600X actually outperforms the i9-10900k in gaming despite half the power requirements.
Overkill? Sure.

But you go big or go home, right?



It's also a crazy Tesseract PC


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Next month's topic: I prefer playing on my 2080 laptop with high framerates

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Can it run minesweeper on max settings?

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Darmik posted...

Next month's topic: I prefer playing on my 2080 laptop with high framerates

With a 3090 I don't have to worry about VRAM limitations like I do with the 3080.


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DarkRoast posted...

With a 3090 I don't have to worry about VRAM limitations like I do with the 3080.

And what games were you hitting VRAM limitations on?

I thought the problem was you didn't like it on the TV.

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thats a nice looking case

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Darmik posted...

And what games were you hitting VRAM limitations on?

I thought the problem was you didn't like it on the TV.

No, the issue mostly was the fact that nearly every game at 4K was riding up close to the 10 GB VRAM limit on the 3080 and it was pretty clear it wasn't going to last.


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CyberPowerPCs have crappy build quality and use crappy parts.

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ok

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MixedRaceBaby posted...

thats a nice looking case

Nearly everyone on GameFAQs made fun of me for it a few months ago when I asked what they thought.

I don't get why - it looks awesome and it gets extremely good airflow due to how the plates aren't sealed at the edges and there's 5 fans

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Lonestar2000 posted...

CyberPowerPCs have crappy build quality and use crappy parts.

Yes if you buy the prebuilts.
I selected all the parts myself.

The MOBO - ASUS TUF, CPU - Ryzen 5600X, RAM - T-Force RGB, SSD - 1TB WD Black, etc

PSU is Thermaltake

Basically the cables are the only thing they can choose at random

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DarkRoast posted...

I don't get why - it looks awesome and it gets extremely good airflow due to how the plates aren't sealed at the edges and there's 5 fans

A case with a mesh front would cool better with one fan while being quieter

The fans being too close to the glass makes them work a lot harder to still barely get any air into the case. It's not "extremely good airflow" to have four intakes that are mostly choked.
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what

am i crazy or do you make a splurge thread every week about some new hot expensive electronic?

Socrawheeze posted...

what

am i crazy or do you make a splurge thread every week about some new hot expensive electronic?

Someone is jelly.

MarthGoomba posted...

A case with a mesh front would cool better with one fan while being quieter

The fans being too close to the glass makes them work a lot harder to still barely get any air into the case. It's not "extremely good airflow" to have four intakes that are mostly choked.

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/syber-cube-specs-price-release-date,news-29028.html

But the Cube's design isn't all for show. The PC supports up to four 120mm front fans and a single 120mm rear fan, ensuring steady airflow during intense gaming sessions. Thanks to its dual-chamber design, you can stuff all manner of high-end components into it without worrying about them overheating one another.



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Socrawheeze posted...

what

am i crazy or do you make a splurge thread every week about some new hot expensive electronic?

Yea that is one of TCs gimmicks

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Marques Brownlee has a variant of it, and shows it off all the time

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lol

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Does it need to be angled like that? Looks so clunky.

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That thing looks so silly lol

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TC needs to buy a super fancy bidet and use that to troll CE
like ridiculously fancy

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You're gonna be hitting vram limits soon I'd think.
that 3090 might onkly get 4k/ultra for 3 years
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nothanks1 posted...

You're gonna be hitting vram limits soon I'd think.
that 3090 might onkly get 4k/ultra for 3 years

The fact that there's a 3080 Ti coming up that is between the 3080 and 3090 in compute units but doubles the RAM to 20 GB is proof that the 3080 really isn't future-proofed in VRAM.


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TheGoldenEel posted...

Yea that is one of TCs gimmicks

one of?

DarkRoast posted...

The fact that there's a 3080 Ti coming up that is between the 3080 and 3090 in compute units but doubles the RAM to 20 GB is proof that the 3080 really isn't future-proofed in VRAM.

I think they'll release another bigger jump when the updated PS5 Pro or whatever it is comes out - they're aware of it happening and will finally get the card for the gen done
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Socrawheeze posted...

TheGoldenEel posted...

Yea that is one of TCs gimmicks

one of?

For real, it's the only gimmick

Darmik posted...

Does it need to be angled like that? Looks so clunky.

It's only angled with the stand, You can also lay it like a cube on the side with the MOBO

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my "one of" post wasn't meant to be hate it was more of a "I genuinely see her do only this, what other gimmicks could she possibly have?"

also idk if gimmick is the right word that's got a pretty negative connotation

Socrawheeze posted...

my "one of" post wasn't meant to be hate it was more of a "I genuinely see her do only this, what other gimmicks could she possibly have?"

also idk if gimmick is the right word that's got a pretty negative connotation

Sorry you don't like me

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3090 is a ripoff for gaming lmao, I'm pretty sure you've acknowledged such before TC. For gaming only you won't ever hit close to all that VRAM before your next card. I'd wait for Nvidia's next $1000 3000 series offering, or just go with a 3080.
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There was the short time you were worshipping your fiance's Galaxy Fold
Even though it had no stylus.
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I was trying to make it clear it wasn't that or about that. it was a quirk I've noticed, so I asked. I'm sorry

voldothegr8 posted...

3090 is a ripoff for gaming lmao, I'm pretty sure you've acknowledged such before TC. For gaming only you won't ever hit close to all that VRAM before your next card. I'd wait for Nvidia's next $1000 3000 series offering, or just go with a 3080.

Because of the way I stacked the discounts, the cheapest I could make a 3080 version of this PC was $2,700

So $2,950 is worth it IMO

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The 5600X gets better single-core performance at 65W than the 10900K gets at 125W



It's sad how far Intel has fallen


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i see coffeebeanz has angered the poors

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I feel like you've bought 4 gaming PCs this year

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Romulox28 posted...

i see coffeebeanz has angered the poors

I think that's how she thinks I feel, but I don't really care about that kinda thing anymore. I guess I was confused by the verbiage more than anything

also Eel is well off and Darth has a sweet rig iirc, so I don't see why they'd care about that angle either

Blue_Inigo posted...

I feel like you've bought 4 gaming PCs this year

I bought this laptop last year on clearance.

I briefly had a Ryzen 3700x / RTX 3080 desktop but returned it within the return window because I thought I'd wait either for a custom build or at least the 3080 Ti with more RAM.


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DarkRoast posted...

I bought this laptop last year on clearance.

I briefly had a Ryzen 3700x / RTX 3080 desktop but returned it within the return window because I thought I'd wait either for a custom build or at least the 3080 Ti with more RAM.

You also had the 3090 pre-built price error preorder that got cancelled.

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Darmik posted...

You also had the 3090 pre-built price error preorder that got cancelled.

Yeah, but that was at least worth trying

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So without all the discounts, this was a $3,800 build.

But I got:
A 1 TB WD Black SSD upgrade for free
An upgrade from 16 GB 3000 MHz to 32 GB 3600 MHz RAM for free
An upgrade to liquid cooling for free (although the 5600X is supposedly very cool)
5% off coupon
Additional 10% off end of year special

Most of those deals go away if I build the same thing with a 3080

So $2950 is a lot, but not really that much higher than a similar spec pre-built with a 3080.

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Meh, I think you guys are right. We're in a weird transition era with GPUs. Might be better to wait until the 4000-series cards.


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