Hey all, hope you are keeping well.
Whilst we have been stuck in, my birthday came round so treated myself to a setup upgrade.
I have also upgraded the CPU to pair better with the 2080 Super but after that the PC was pretty much where i wanted it so i turned focus to monitors as i was gaming on 1080p and lots of people recommended 1440p instead as a good next step to improve experience.
So, i present "The Widowmaker" setup, named aptly because i will be killing in the coming days when she finds out how much i spent on this monitor alone lol. I went for the Samsung 49" (5120x1440 @ 120hz) Super Ultrawide Monitor (C49RG90) and paired with a vert 27" Asus (1920x1080 @ 144hz) monitor (VG278Q) so i still have a secondary screen when gaming but went vertical for use when working more than anything as i am a data analyst.
Specs for everything are:
Case: Thermaltake View 71 (Snow Edition)
Motherboard: TUF Gaming X570 Gaming
CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x
Ram/Memory: 16gb Corsair Vengeance RGB 3200mhz (2x8gb) + Corsair Light Enhancement Kit (x2)
GPU: Aorus RTX 2080 Super
Storage: WD Black 500gb NVME m.2 SSD + Adata 256gb m.2 SSD + Seagate 2tb HDD
PSU: Corsair RM850x
Fans: Corsair QL120's x9 + QL140 x1 + LL120 x2 (Conf: Front: x6 QL120 as push/pull intake, Top: x3 QL120 exhaust, Rear: x1 QL140 exhaust + bottom: x2 LL120 intake
Reaper Cable - White+Carbon Cable Extensions (24 pin, 8+4 pin (CPU), 8 pin (GPU) x2
Watercooling:
EK Velocity Acetal + Nickel CPU Block
EK D5 Revo Pump/Res combo with extended 250 height tube and multiport top
Barrow hard line kit with white compression fittings
Corsair XR7 360mm Radiator
Screen:
Raspberry PI 5" screen with Longruner 5" Surround (modified to fit) which connects via HDMI
Peripherals:
Screens: Samsung 49" Super Ultrawide 120hz 4ms (C49RG90) + Asus 27" 144hz 1ms (VG278Q)
Keyboard: Republic of Gamers (ROG) Horus GK2000 RGB
Mouse: Corsair M65 Elite White + Glorious PC Gaming Race mouse bungee
Mat: Trying to find one/decide on custom design currently.
Headset: SteelSeries Artic 5 White (Wired) + SteelSeries Arctis Pro + GameDAC (Wireless)
Stand: Thermaltake E1 RGB
Speakers: Bose Solo 5 Sound Bar
Desk lights: Govee led strips (controlled via phone app)
Divoom Pixoo 16x16 Picture Frame - Controlled via app
Paladone - Game Over light
Whilst we have been stuck in, my birthday came round so treated myself to a setup upgrade.
I have also upgraded the CPU to pair better with the 2080 Super but after that the PC was pretty much where i wanted it so i turned focus to monitors as i was gaming on 1080p and lots of people recommended 1440p instead as a good next step to improve experience.
So, i present "The Widowmaker" setup, named aptly because i will be killing in the coming days when she finds out how much i spent on this monitor alone lol. I went for the Samsung 49" (5120x1440 @ 120hz) Super Ultrawide Monitor (C49RG90) and paired with a vert 27" Asus (1920x1080 @ 144hz) monitor (VG278Q) so i still have a secondary screen when gaming but went vertical for use when working more than anything as i am a data analyst.
Specs for everything are:
Case: Thermaltake View 71 (Snow Edition)
Motherboard: TUF Gaming X570 Gaming
CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x
Ram/Memory: 16gb Corsair Vengeance RGB 3200mhz (2x8gb) + Corsair Light Enhancement Kit (x2)
GPU: Aorus RTX 2080 Super
Storage: WD Black 500gb NVME m.2 SSD + Adata 256gb m.2 SSD + Seagate 2tb HDD
PSU: Corsair RM850x
Fans: Corsair QL120's x9 + QL140 x1 + LL120 x2 (Conf: Front: x6 QL120 as push/pull intake, Top: x3 QL120 exhaust, Rear: x1 QL140 exhaust + bottom: x2 LL120 intake
Reaper Cable - White+Carbon Cable Extensions (24 pin, 8+4 pin (CPU), 8 pin (GPU) x2
Watercooling:
EK Velocity Acetal + Nickel CPU Block
EK D5 Revo Pump/Res combo with extended 250 height tube and multiport top
Barrow hard line kit with white compression fittings
Corsair XR7 360mm Radiator
Screen:
Raspberry PI 5" screen with Longruner 5" Surround (modified to fit) which connects via HDMI
Peripherals:
Screens: Samsung 49" Super Ultrawide 120hz 4ms (C49RG90) + Asus 27" 144hz 1ms (VG278Q)
Keyboard: Republic of Gamers (ROG) Horus GK2000 RGB
Mouse: Corsair M65 Elite White + Glorious PC Gaming Race mouse bungee
Mat: Trying to find one/decide on custom design currently.
Headset: SteelSeries Artic 5 White (Wired) + SteelSeries Arctis Pro + GameDAC (Wireless)
Stand: Thermaltake E1 RGB
Speakers: Bose Solo 5 Sound Bar
Desk lights: Govee led strips (controlled via phone app)
Divoom Pixoo 16x16 Picture Frame - Controlled via app
Paladone - Game Over light
