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[KingNosser]

Same reason i upgraded that and ddr5 prices, the electric atm is going way up nearer the end of the year and until GPU prices come down it's going to be really expensive all round.

msrp is one thing but generally the prices are going up on things anyway making each gen more expensive but to be expected as once they hit 3nm idk how they are going to go smaller tbh.

 

[AlienALX]

HED 3 Tour De France carbon wheel. Got this really cheap. Needs a complete rebuild and I will restore the carbon using flat or satin. I don't like the shiny crap.

I contacted HED and they told me it was all Shimano hardware so I bought this pair of hubs NOS. I will strip the rear for the freehub, axle, cone nuts, lock nuts, bearings and caps.

About two years ago I bought a Campagnolo TT front brake. So I bought some carbon forks, and again will restore them. Will change the silver to black and use the new brake on there.

So due to this being a rim brake wheel I needed another brake. Got a Campagnolo.

And of course a single speed conversion kit.

 

[g0ggles1994]

Well, I've got the new 5800X installed and running. Kudos to MSI with the BIOS, everything works as it should and absolutely stable as well.

One last shot before going to its retirement home.

Although, doing this reminded me of a pet peeve with using air coolers:

Going to need to get some new cleaning gear for this, something like a bottle brush.

 

[Avet]

For heatsinks of any kind just soak them in a bucket of hot water with dish soap for 10 mins to loosen the dust. Don't use bathroom, or oven cleaning stuff because it can be corrosive. After that blast it with shower. I usually remove the shower head and use the hose only. You can dry it with hairdryer or just leave it on the window.

No need for brushes and scrubbing.

 

[g0ggles1994]

For heatsinks of any kind just soak them in a bucket of hot water with dish soap for 10 mins to loosen the dust. Don't use bathroom, or oven cleaning stuff because it can be corrosive. After that blast it with shower. I usually remove the shower head and use the hose only. You can dry it with hairdryer or just leave it on the window.

No need for brushes and scrubbing.

That's probably what I'm going to do next time I do a full teardown. I never use cleaning sprays asides alcohol, I don't trust the chemicals with electronics. I just like a decent brush so whenever I do a quick clean like I did when I installed the 5800X I can get some of the dust out without incurring any major downtime.

I'm moving house in the next couple of months so I'm tempted to do a full disassembly and wash out so I can leave it drying while I'm sorting other things.

 

[Dicehunter]

Well, I've got the new 5800X installed and running. Kudos to MSI with the BIOS, everything works as it should and absolutely stable as well.

One last shot before going to its retirement home.

Nice ! That's a really big upgrade, Enjoy ^_^


And I got this for a grand total of £12 -

 

[AlienALX]

I loved FC6. Best one yet IMO. Was a superb joyride.

 

[Dicehunter]

I loved FC6. Best one yet IMO. Was a superb joyride.

I've played all and my faves so far were Blood Dragon and 5 so quite looking forward to 6, Mainly for Giancarlo Esposito's character though ^_^

 

[AlienALX]

The story was better in 6 IMO. Far more believable than 5.

There's some truly incredible moments in it too man.

 

[AlienALX]

Bike stuffs.

X2 in white.

 

[23RO_UK]

The end results of a long term plan (and much shopping about) -

• An Intel i5 12600K Processor.
• Thermal Grizzly Intel 12th Gen CPU Contact Frame.
• An LGA 1700 mounting kit for a be quiet! Silent Loop 2 240mm (sent by be quiet! Direct from Germany).
• Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX DDR4 Motherboard.
• An Asus TUF Gaming 3070 V2 OC Edition 8GB GDDR6.
• Team Group 8Pack Edition 32Gb (2x16Gb) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit.
• WD_BLACK SN770 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe.
• A Creative Labs Sound Blaster GC7.
• Two Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM chromax.(to replace the stock be quiet! fans on the Silent Loop 2).

I’ve used some of my existing components to finish up the build -

• My much loved Fractal Design Meshify 2 Light Tempered Glass.
• Two Sabrent Rocket 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD’s.
• A be quiet! Silent Loop 2 240mm.
• An EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G3 PSU.
• Three Phanteks PH-F120T30 PWM Fans.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

[Dawelio]

Absolutely love seeing an more average PC build, not the highest end PC etc. A more considerable one, love it and looks good

 

[23RO_UK]

Absolutely love seeing an more average PC build, not the highest end PC etc. A more considerable one, love it and looks good

Thank you @Dawelio, much appreciated dude

The thought process behind it was simply I wanted a rig I could have some fun overclocking with and that could punch above its weight in terms of performance and bang per buck, I love my current 1440p monitor (it ticks all the boxes in the here and now) so it made little sense to go higher than a 3070 in the GPU department and the 12600K is an animal when overclocked; furthermore, DDR4 can still hold its own against DDR5 in most use cases (plus DDR5 is hideously expensive just now).

The only areas I’ve not really gone budget on is the Audio, cooling and storage, these elements however can be repurposed in any future upgrade.

 

[AlienALX]

Nice dude. Nice.

Edit. Oh man jinx on the board and ram! Mines 4133 though.

Gigabyte may suck on bios at launch but holy crap you get a lot for the money and it looks amazing.

I think there's a new one out for it now too.

 

[Dawelio]

Thank you @Dawelio, much appreciated dude

The thought process behind it was simply I wanted a rig I could have some fun overclocking with and that could punch above its weight in terms of performance and bang per buck, I love my current 1440p monitor (it ticks all the boxes in the here and now) so it made little sense to go higher than a 3070 in the GPU department and the 12600K is an animal when overclocked; furthermore, DDR4 can still hold its own against DDR5 in most use cases (plus DDR5 is hideously expensive just now).

The only areas I’ve not really gone budget on is the Audio, cooling and storage, these elements however can be repurposed in any future upgrade.

Absolutely love your thought process and reasoning behind the PC and the overall component selection. I've so gone from having the highest end, to being more down to earth and reasonable, like you as well.

Today I want more reliability than anything else, hence why I've gone from using AIOs since my inception into the PCs in 2012, to now in 2022 going all air cooled. Using Noctua for the CPU and the same TUF model for my 3080 that you have on your 3070. I went with the TUF for having minimal RGB, but the most important was the fact that it ran very quiet at full load in all the reviews I saw.

Sorry for ranting on here now... Overall, very clean build and absolutely love your reasoning behind it!

 

[AlienALX]

Couple more bits still needed. Need to measure for those, though.

 

[23RO_UK]

Nice dude. Nice.

Edit. Oh man jinx on the board and ram! Mines 4133 though.

Gigabyte may suck on bios at launch but holy crap you get a lot for the money and it looks amazing.

I think there's a new one out for it now too.

@AlienALX thanks Dude and you're absolutely spot on with what you've said about Gigabyte motherboards in the here and now.

I've just looked, yup there is a new BIOS available, I'll have to have a play with that methinks.

Absolutely love your thought process and reasoning behind the PC and the overall component selection. I've so gone from having the highest end, to being more down to earth and reasonable, like you as well.

Today I want more reliability than anything else, hence why I've gone from using AIOs since my inception into the PCs in 2012, to now in 2022 going all air cooled. Using Noctua for the CPU and the same TUF model for my 3080 that you have on your 3070. I went with the TUF for having minimal RGB, but the most important was the fact that it ran very quiet at full load in all the reviews I saw.

Sorry for ranting on here now... Overall, very clean build and absolutely love your reasoning behind it!

@Dawelio I have my back up/test bench favourite NH-D15S chromax.black as a fall back to

With reference to your choice of the TUF 3080 and reasons behind it, they're literally identical to mine, especially the minimal RGB; the only lighting effect on the entire build is a white illuminated be quiet! Logo on the CPU block

And no apology needed Dude, thoughts and feedback are always very much welcomed.

 

[AlienALX]

Head doctor

 

[Dawelio]

@Dawelio I have my back up/test bench favourite NH-D15S chromax.black as a fall back to

With reference to your choice of the TUF 3080 and reasons behind it, they're literally identical to mine, especially the minimal RGB; the only lighting effect on the entire build is a white illuminated be quiet! Logo on the CPU block

And no apology needed Dude, thoughts and feedback are always very much welcomed.

Ah, so you've disabled the TUF logo on the 3070 then?... Interesting choice.

Also on the topic, how are you finding that NH-D15S Chromax cooler? I'm heavily thinkin of that over the U12A Chromax, due to being an overall larger cooler (more surface area) and only a single fan, as opposited to having two.

According to Hardware Enthusiast on Youtube, the D15S ran a lot cooler during idle/light loads than the U12A did, strangely enough...

 

[23RO_UK]

Ah, so you've disabled the TUF logo on the 3070 then?... Interesting choice.

Guilty as charged, RGB just isn't my thing, I'm a performance over prettiness type of person; the TUF cooler itself however is an engineering work of art, it's performance is literally everything that has been said about it in reviews and then some.

Also on the topic, how are you finding that NH-D15S Chromax cooler? I'm heavily thinkin of that over the U12A Chromax, due to being an overall larger cooler (more surface area) and only a single fan, as opposited to having two.

According to Hardware Enthusiast on Youtube, the D15S ran a lot cooler during idle/light loads than the U12A did, strangely enough...

I can't recommend it highly enough to be honest, under light loads I found myself checking the fan was actually operating it's that quiet.