Lockdown PC setup

shaank · 25 May 2020 at 02:07

Work in progress - Would love an i9 setup but trusty old i7 is going ok for now with Warzone and what not. Need a bigger desk to actually see the side panel unfortunately!

shaank · 26 May 2020 at 08:58

So.... what motherboard and cpu is recommended these days? Where's the sweet spot for price vs performance etc? Do we think my old PSU would cope with a new setup?

DJai · 31 May 2020 at 22:38

Depends what you really want to do on it and how much you want to spend.

I can guarantee others will tell you to buy a new PSU as well.

shaank · 5 Jun 2020 at 03:29

First set of Lockdown upgrades after trawling the forums for ages and pondering stuff. I thought I was settled on an i9, but swayed over to AMD's Ryzen 3900x.

PSU (and 3600Mhz RAM) is next on the cards I think. Options though!!!

DJai · 5 Jun 2020 at 05:18

Great, think you made the right choice!

shaank · 13 Jun 2020 at 19:27

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shaank · 13 Jun 2020 at 19:27

Ok, PSU's - so much choice, but so little stock.

What do I go for?

Paul_RD · 19 Jun 2020 at 20:59

shaank said:
Ok, PSU's - so much choice, but so little stock.

What do I go for?

I see what you mean, there is not a lot of choice.
This 700 watt one is in stock at the moment but it'll cost you £200:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seas...-titanium-modular-power-supply-ca-076-ss.html

shaank · 23 Jun 2020 at 02:36

Corsair HX1000i picked up...

And ordered a new case for a complete rebuild while I was at it

pugheaven · 23 Jun 2020 at 10:02

shaank said:

Like those Corsair blocks, look good.

shaank · 27 Jun 2020 at 02:34

UPDATED.......

New Case, PSU and more RGB fans....

freddie64 · 27 Jun 2020 at 14:53

Looks good mate.

Shame you have all that RGB tucked away out of sight.

The M.2 drive in your first video though. :eek:

shaank · 29 Jun 2020 at 20:42

freddie64 said:
Looks good mate.

Shame you have all that RGB tucked away out of sight.

The M.2 drive in your first video though.

Haha yeah I hadn't even noticed till taking the video!! Screwed right back in immediately, but had already taken the shots lol.

Current setup means the windowed panel is hidden, and if I put the case up on the desk, it'll block the 2nd screen a bit..... House move on the cards shortly (long story, but flat sold before lockdown, fell through, need to do it all again) so hoping for a bigger gaming room post move!!!

Jessop · 1 Jul 2020 at 08:32

Haha that looks sweet. As my kids now need their own rooms my pc has been downsized to the dining room..
One day I'll have a summer house for it

koooowweeee · 4 Jul 2020 at 08:37

With camera work like that you should be in the porn industry

Could you not move the PC to the other side of underneath your desk?

shaank · 4 Jul 2020 at 13:41

Jessop said:
Haha that looks sweet. As my kids now need their own rooms my pc has been downsized to the dining room..
One day I'll have a summer house for it

Thanks mate! Doh about having do downsize, but needs must! You'll get it all back one day!

koooowweeee said:
With camera work like that you should be in the porn industry

Could you not move the PC to the other side of underneath your desk?

I'll not tell the missus, but that's the best compliment for my phone camera skills haha

There's some drawers on the IKEA desk on the right side, most annoying!

Toothy1911 · 9 Jul 2020 at 09:39

Still using a 650D case here. But waiting for the mini 011 to release before doing a slightly smaller build. Now I have no HDD or optical drives, it's a bit cavernous in there.
I see you stuck with Corsair, brand loyalty or other reasons?

shaank · 11 Jul 2020 at 20:20

Toothy1911 said:
Still using a 650D case here. But waiting for the mini 011 to release before doing a slightly smaller build. Now I have no HDD or optical drives, it's a bit cavernous in there.
I see you stuck with Corsair, brand loyalty or other reasons?

Just fancied it for the design tbh. Corsair fans and cooler more for the iCUE element, just ties together nicely.

shaank · 11 Jul 2020 at 20:21

Ok few updates from the last week.

First off, an EVGA Powerlink adapter, to basically move the power sockets on the GPU to a less crap place.

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Tidier - though still improvements in cabling to do.

Next up, made a bunch of new iCUE colour profiles and matched them to the Philips Hue round the desk and monitors. This was just one, but I thought it looked cool to share

shaank · 11 Jul 2020 at 20:22

Next up - some White cabling and sleeving ordered up. No idea how that is going to look tbh but worth a shot!