New Rig & Desk setup

skeletonw00t

skeletonw00t

skeletonw00t

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Hi all,

Upgraded my rig, desk & case etc & thought I'd share some photo's.

I didn't intend on upgrading the mobo & CPU at first, but I damaged some pins on the old one when I dropped a micro fibre cloth on it (n00b move, I know).

so now the specs are (if anyone cares)
  • Ryzen 3700x
  • Asus ROG Strix X-570F Gaming Motherboard
  • 32Gb Corsair Vengeance PC3000 RAM
  • MSI Gaming X 1080 GPU
  • SoundBlaster Z Soundcard
  • 5TB Western Digital Red NAS drive (serves as a media server)
  • Samsung 950 Pro 512Gb M2 SSD - C: Drive & Windows 10 Pro
  • Samsung 970 Plus 500Gb M2 SSD - More room for how ridiculously large games have become these days!
  • SuperFlower Leadex 650 Watt Gold PSU - With braided cables
  • Corsair H150i - 360mm Watercooler (top mounted - intake)
  • Fans - 6x Corsair LL120 RGB - 3x bottom, 3x side - all exhaust
  • Lian Li PC-O11 Razer Edition
  • LG 29WK600 Superwide 1080p 75hz Monitor (to be upgraded now I have the space)
  • Desk - Went with a popular option on the forums - Ikea Gerton Desk (really decent solid piece of wood), mounted on an Alex (drawer) & 2 wooden legs
  • Corsair Platinum K95 Keyboard (Cherry Brown) & Razer Mamba TE
  • Various RGB lights from Amazon etc - I've gone a bit OTT, but I can always tone them down or change to a static colour when I want to be "mature" :P
  • Oh and a fluffy bath matt, as it's so comfy on my bare feet :D
Sorry guys, I don't have anywhere but Instagram to host my images, so going to have to give you the link to that:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5gnUvWH7r6/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

Temps seem pretty decent so far - CPU around 29-31c idle & 50-55c full load, GFX is around 38c idle & 60-65 full load. However, one thing that I wanted & have achieved with this setup, is none of the fans speed up when on load, so the system doesn't sound like a hoover when I'm gaming etc. But.... why did AMD make the X570 actively cooled :( it's the loudest part of my system lol.

However, the heatsinks that are applied to the M2 sticks are awesome, they've gone from up to 70c when on load, to a constant 40-45c.
 
No idea mate - I haven't really been "up to date" on things for a while, so i just assumed they were still used. It's a sound blaster Z, so still decent I believe? onboard can't be as good surely?
 
@skeletonw00t question about the monitor and cable management. Do they just hang out the back or does that thick arm attached to the stand open up and allow them to be hidden? Or is there some sort of cable tie? I really want a tidy minimalist layout (eventually!)
 
Your monitor could do with being raised up. Also I would get some better speakers to match the sound card.

I do like the finish on the desk, I have the older Ikea Galant, but worktop is not as good as yours.
 
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