£5K Monster PC for Mumbo Jumbo

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In late 2020 MSI got in touch with me to create a system for a client, this was to be a gift for Christmas to replace an aging system. At the time they couldn’t tell me much, just that it needed to be a show build but not over the top, have a black and white theme, and that under no circumstances should there be a hint of rainbow puke anywhere.

That sort of brief doesn’t make things easy and then, more pressure was added. Once MSI and the client confirmed everything they wanted in terms of hardware, they could finally let me know who this system was for. This was a system for a guy called Oliver Brotherhood, or, as he is more commonly known, Mumbo Jumbo.

Now I will admit that I didn’t have a clue who he was and so I had to have a quick Google. It turns out Mumbo is a Minecraft influencer with close to 7m YouTube subscribers, having an 11-year-old son who plays a lot of Minecraft, I mentioned Mumbo Jumbo and he immediately got excited, he knew exactly who I was talking about. At this point, I’m starting to feel a little old and out of touch :)

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So with Mumbo needing his new PC rather quickly, I didn’t have much time to get a full build log going, plus it was kept under wraps. Now, finally, I can show off what I came up with as Oli has the system to hand and is planning to release his own content on this system.

In terms of specs, we have;

  • Thermaltake Technology Inc Level 20 GT
  • Intel I9-10900K
  • MSI Z490 Godlike
  • MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim 24G
  • Corsair 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) 3600MHZ
  • Samsung 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD
  • Samsung 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD
  • Be quiet! (English) Dark Power Pro 12 1200W
  • Alphacool English CPU Custom Loop






In terms of the hardware, the only choices I could make were for the CPU loop and power supply, between Oli and MSI they picked the hardware list and I am sure this was done before AMD 5XXX launch. Now the 10900K isn’t a slouch by any means but I do wonder if Oli would have gone with AMD or if he just simply prefers Intel-based systems.

I am more than happy with how it turned out, especially given the time frame and the brief. MSI wanted to keep the 3090 Suprim 24G air-cooled to show it off and that meant I could keep the CPU loop a little more manageable. I didn’t know how much experience Oli has with filling and draining systems for maintenance and so this way, it keeps everything really simple.

As I mentioned, my lad loves Mumbos videos and its great for me to be part of something where by me building Oli a system, he can then in turn make more content and then go full circle. Will sure put a smile on my face to know my lad is watching content produced on a system I built!

Find Out More:
https://www.instagram.com/officialmumbo/

 
Jay, yeah MSI gifted him the system.

I'm amazed too, don't get me wrong I love tech and building systems so it's nice to be involved in a small way. Now though, I can get back to my own builds I have put on hold :)
 
Roadrunner_668 said:
does seem a bit unbalanced now i look at it ha ha what on earth does he need 128gb of ram for
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Simply because that's what they wanted to put in, I suggested 64 would be enough but no, 120 it was!

As I say in the vid, the list was sorted before the 5XXX launch so not sure if Oli would have stayed Intel or gone AMD.
 
IICIIEII said:
It is a nice clean build :). Not the one I would put with 5K but any means, but it is definitely a cool machine :).
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Thanks bud. Yes, same for me. If I had just been given a budget and requirements in terms of applications etc then it's far off what I would have wanted to do for him.
 
WantoN said:
I assume the specs are for video editing more than playing. It's not my bag, but a lot of hours go into producing those kind of vids.

If any of us could get a free 5k machine we'd take it with open arms, good for him.

I'd question a loop, just because I think you should build your own so you know how it works and how to properly maintain it, but each to their own.

Awesome job fella, did you get a shout out?
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Yeah, I think for playing/streaming and editing, personally I would have gone Threadripper I think.

Loops can be as simple or as complicated as you want, given I didnt know his level of experience a simple loop does him fine, a shame MSI wanted to keep GPU air cooler but again understand why.

Thank you, shout out, sadly no, I got a link in the video description though :)
 
Semple said:
Based on two of the most expensive components to go in the system came from MSI, it'll have cost them significantly less.

I can't imagine the cost price of a 3090.

The internals look nice though, not sure i'm a fan of the case though, that plasticky silver sort of ruins it.
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The 3090 runs retail around 1700 GBP, motherboard around 500 GBP I believe.

Pleased you like the build, the case though...Ive never built with Thermaltake before but if they reached out to ask me to do them a build I might even decline. I said it in my recent Silent Base 802 video, a be quiet mid range case is extremely better than the Level 20, in terms of build quality and value. For saying this is one of TTs best offerings I was highly underwhelmed. The first one actually arrived with the feet broken off and damage to the front panel, that might just be down to the courier, but overall, I expected better.
 
subbytna said:
Is it pastle liquid or white piping?

If it's the liquid that's white, he'll be scrambling for help to flush the system in a years time....or MSI will just throw another £5k machine at him :/
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White coolant, it's not the brand or color I would have gone for but it's what he wanted, and more what was available and in stock at the time.
 
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