Well, this tired rig is now getting annoying.
All of my personal "new" stuff is built from parts that popped burning in other systems. I just repair them as best as possible and deal with it. Well, I'm down to one working free USB port now, and even the keyboard port is on the fritz. I'm not getting in there again. Too twitchy to do that tiny stuff now, anyway.
AM4 has been out a while now, and X570 seemed like a good place to step in the new ecosystem. It supports anything I'll be using in the foreseeable future, and best to buy it now while commodities are in a dip for some reason, because those tariffs obviously affect IC value directly. Whatever. I knew that and still support it.
Here's what I bought. All new this time:
1: Ryzen 9 3900X
2: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (temporary, just to get in and out quickly)
3: Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VIII (it's not "just" a motherboard; choose carefully so it's relevant for a long time. This is the backbone of the entire system...)
4: Compatible Gskill RGB RAM (32gb 16X2)
5: Be quiet! Silent Wings 3 fans (fucking high quality as hell; they look cheap in pictures, but they are NICE in person)
6: Samsung Pro M.2 drives (two on the motherboard; 512 Boot and 1TB program/editing cache)
7: WD Velociraptor (long-term backup and photo storage)
8: Corsair Force GT 512GB SSD (for games)
9: DVD Burner and Blu Ray burner for quick authoring
10: 5.25" Combination card reader and USB hub
I'll probably drop a hot swap bay in the front, as well; but no need to do that just yet. I'm also reusing my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW and Corsair AX850 PSU. I might pick up another matching 1080 off of Ebay or something for added VRAM; but not just yet.
The final case will be a heavily modified Lian Li A71F. They don't flow well from the factory, but James Dyson would like the way I handle airflow. Buffeting is a no-go.
I kind of suck at creating my own everyday content, but when it comes to editing, Foley (way more fun than it looks), grading, and all that I have a lot of fun. Not bad with actual filming when I have something to film, but I don't get enough practice. I'm remastering a short film someone else made now, though, and damned if I can't wait to see what that hardware does in comparison with my FX8350 and SATA drives.
So, it's a bit of a Christmas present for myself, eliminating a severe annoyance, and a way to speed up this damnable 4K stuff. That's alarmingly more taxing than 1080p.
It's also the first "new" computer I've ever built for myself. I'm always building really nice rigs, but they never end up parked beside my own desk.
Heh. I'm going to go to town on that case. That's why I bought the Fractal Design. I needed the machine running, but I wanted to do a nice job on the case. I don't want to rush it, so I figured best to slap it together in something else for the time being, that's easy to pull apart. Fractal is good for that.
I just wish this one had swappable front door hinges; their others do. For the life of me I can't figure out why their stuff opens to the left. Who has the computer on the left?
Cheers,
Kennith
All of my personal "new" stuff is built from parts that popped burning in other systems. I just repair them as best as possible and deal with it. Well, I'm down to one working free USB port now, and even the keyboard port is on the fritz. I'm not getting in there again. Too twitchy to do that tiny stuff now, anyway.
AM4 has been out a while now, and X570 seemed like a good place to step in the new ecosystem. It supports anything I'll be using in the foreseeable future, and best to buy it now while commodities are in a dip for some reason, because those tariffs obviously affect IC value directly. Whatever. I knew that and still support it.
Here's what I bought. All new this time:
1: Ryzen 9 3900X
2: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (temporary, just to get in and out quickly)
3: Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VIII (it's not "just" a motherboard; choose carefully so it's relevant for a long time. This is the backbone of the entire system...)
4: Compatible Gskill RGB RAM (32gb 16X2)
5: Be quiet! Silent Wings 3 fans (fucking high quality as hell; they look cheap in pictures, but they are NICE in person)
6: Samsung Pro M.2 drives (two on the motherboard; 512 Boot and 1TB program/editing cache)
7: WD Velociraptor (long-term backup and photo storage)
8: Corsair Force GT 512GB SSD (for games)
9: DVD Burner and Blu Ray burner for quick authoring
10: 5.25" Combination card reader and USB hub
I'll probably drop a hot swap bay in the front, as well; but no need to do that just yet. I'm also reusing my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW and Corsair AX850 PSU. I might pick up another matching 1080 off of Ebay or something for added VRAM; but not just yet.
The final case will be a heavily modified Lian Li A71F. They don't flow well from the factory, but James Dyson would like the way I handle airflow. Buffeting is a no-go.
I kind of suck at creating my own everyday content, but when it comes to editing, Foley (way more fun than it looks), grading, and all that I have a lot of fun. Not bad with actual filming when I have something to film, but I don't get enough practice. I'm remastering a short film someone else made now, though, and damned if I can't wait to see what that hardware does in comparison with my FX8350 and SATA drives.
So, it's a bit of a Christmas present for myself, eliminating a severe annoyance, and a way to speed up this damnable 4K stuff. That's alarmingly more taxing than 1080p.
It's also the first "new" computer I've ever built for myself. I'm always building really nice rigs, but they never end up parked beside my own desk.
Heh. I'm going to go to town on that case. That's why I bought the Fractal Design. I needed the machine running, but I wanted to do a nice job on the case. I don't want to rush it, so I figured best to slap it together in something else for the time being, that's easy to pull apart. Fractal is good for that.
I just wish this one had swappable front door hinges; their others do. For the life of me I can't figure out why their stuff opens to the left. Who has the computer on the left?
Cheers,
Kennith