Australian Gaming PC thread

Contempt said:
Oh well LOL... as it's already ordered, I guess I'm just going to have to hope for the best at this point.
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You're probably going to want to use the curve optimizer in AMD's Ryzen Master software to undervolt the CPU to achieve lower temps. Apparently there is a tiny hit to performance with a very large decrease in temps, and this means you could keep the CPU under (or at) the thermal limit with less obnoxious fan RPMs. You'll have to sniff out support threads with other 7950X owners on Reddit or tech forums for the best information from others who are doing this.
Do people still use 3dmark or similar benchmarking programs? Will be interesting to see what it scores.
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Yes, 3DMark's Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme (for the most powerful systems like yours) are the standards. Also Port Royal for ray-tracing. But I think their benchmark suite costs money.
https://benchmarks.ul.com/3dmark

The latest from Unigine is Superposition:
https://benchmark.unigine.com/superposition

Blender is probably the most popular one for content creators:
https://www.blender.org/download/
 
Contempt said:
Cool, cool. Now looks like this:


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Asus

Asus GeForce RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OC 24GB Video Card
SKU:
TUF-RTX4090-O24G-GAMING
In Stock
$3,489.00

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AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16 Core Processor

SKU:
100-100000514WOF
In Stock
$1,095.00


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Microsoft

Microsoft Office 2021 Home and Student - Medialess Retail
(343)
SKU:
79G-05386
In Stock
$159.00


$938.00
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Samsung

Samsung 980 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD
(435)
SKU:
MZ-V8P2T0BW
In Stock
2 x$359.00

$718.00

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Gigabyte

Gigabyte X670E AORUS MASTER AM5 E-ATX Motherboard
SKU:
GA-X670E-AORUS-MASTER
In Stock
$869.00

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StarTech

StarTech Quad Port PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet NIC Network Adapter Card
(7)
SKU:
ST1000SPEX42
In Stock
$189.00


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Corsair

Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE 360mm RGB AIO Liquid CPU Cooler - Black

SKU:
CW-9060060-WW
In Stock
$279.00
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Corsair

Corsair K95 RGB Platinum XT Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Brown
(668)
SKU:
CH-9127412-NA
In Stock
$309.00

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Asus

Asus DRW-24D5MT 24x DVD Writer
(178)
SKU:
DRW-24D5MT
In Stock
$33.00

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Corsair

Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX PC Case — Black
(71)
SKU:
CC-9011210-WW
In Stock
$239.00

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Corsair
Corsair HX1200 Platinum 1200W Power Supply
SKU:
CP-9020140-AU
In Stock
$409.00

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Corsair

Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 64GB (2x 32GB) DDR5 5200MHz C40 Memory - Black
SKU:
CMT64GX5M2B5200C40
In Stock
2 x $559.00

$1,118.00
  • Subtotal:
    $8,906.00

LOL didn't realise there was so much Corsair till I looked through the new list.

Is there anything else you'd add/change before I buy?
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God damn, what a beast of a machine... But can it run Crysis?
 
Madmick said:
Indeed. Pretty sure he's got the biggest epeen on Sherdog, now. I'm like...
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It's gotta arrive first. Thankfully they put all the components together and do a run in test before shipping it as a free service if requested.

I haven't put a PC together in about 12 years. I'm old and lazy these days.
 
Contempt said:
It's gotta arrive first. Thankfully they put all the components together and do a run in test before shipping it as a free service if requested.

I haven't put a PC together in about 12 years. I'm old and lazy these days.
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Which of the new cases did you go with, or did you decide to stick with the original Corsair 5000D, and get an external DVD-RW as you mentioned you might? I must say I really like the Cougar Panzer Max. All-around acclaim from reviewers and users who purchased it alike, too.
https://www.techspot.com/products/cases/cougar-panzer-max.144706/

Impressive flagship from a brand that has come up as a hungry, frugal alternative to the big hitters; making solid cases that don't cut important corners at the lowest price possible. Another year or two and they'll have broken out of that, I think, having established themselves as a 'household name' among the building community. I thought Montech would become their replacement, but Montech seems keen to associate themselves with a higher starting price point.

Of course, the Corsair 678C has a classic minimalist design, and you can almost never go wrong with one of their cases.
 
Madmick said:
Which of the new cases did you go with, or did you decide to stick with the original Corsair 500D, and get an external DVD-RW as you mentioned you might? I must say I really like the Cougar Panzer Max. All-around acclaim from reviewers and users who purchased it alike, too.
https://www.techspot.com/products/cases/cougar-panzer-max.144706/

Impressive flagship from a brand that has come up as a hungry, frugal alternative to the big hitters; making solid cases that don't cut important corners at the lowest price possible. Another year or two and they'll have broken out of that, I think, having established themselves as a 'household name' among the building community. I thought Montech would become their replacement, but Montech seems keen to associate themselves with a higher starting price point.

Of course, the Corsair 678C has a classic minimalist design, and you can almost never go wrong with one of their cases.
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I just went with the 5000D. I already purchased it before you mentioned the other cases. Oh well, should be fine.
 
Contempt said:
I just went with the 5000D. I already purchased it before you mentioned the other cases. Oh well, should be fine.
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Ah, again, my bad. I thought their policies might offer you time to request a change to another case.
 
Holy giant jumping shitballs that box is heavy.

What is this PC made out of, lead?
 
Contempt said:
I just went with the 5000D. I already purchased it before you mentioned the other cases. Oh well, should be fine.
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ive got a 4000D. its about the only case i could find in stock at that time that could accomodate my noctua nh-d15 behemoth of a cooler. that 5000D must be a monster.
 
Contempt said:
Good luck getting a new xbox or playstation these days. I'll buy one when available.

I can't write them off on tax though unfortunately.
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Theres xboxs ans ps5 bundles in canada
 
snowbro said:
The alienware desktops have cooling issues. Theres a mod on here who rly knows his stuff. Im sure he will post advice
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Yep, @Madmick helped a lot. The PC is sitting there, just need to figure out why it won't power up.

I think the power draw off that socket is too high if I had to guess, just have to stretch an extension cable and plug it in somewhere else.
 
Contempt said:
Yep, @Madmick helped a lot. The PC is sitting there, just need to figure out why it won't power up.

I think the power draw off that socket is too high if I had to guess, just have to stretch an extension cable and plug it in somewhere else.
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Is the PSU's power switch in the "on" position?
 
Madmick said:
Is the PSU's power switch in the "on" position?
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Oh yeah oops...

Dude come on, I have been working with computers for nearly a quarter of a century LOL.

Turns out there were multiple problems. Had to move PC to another power point, had to reset back to defaults after enabling 5200mhz for the ram and it appears that my usb DVD player is screwed as it won't boot properly... bugger :(

Edit: Oops, I should have specified that I have been working with them professionally for that long. Add another 10 or so years to that screwing around with them when I was young.
 
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Contempt said:
Oh yeah oops...

Dude come on, I have been working with computers for nearly a quarter of a century LOL.

Turns out there were multiple problems. Had to move PC to another power point, had to reset back to defaults after enabling 5200mhz for the ram and it appears that my usb DVD player is screwed as it won't boot properly... bugger :(

Edit: Oops, I should have specified that I have been working with them professionally for that long. Add another 10 or so years to that screwing around with them when I was young.
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This is protocol, it isn't an insult. One runs down the checklist. That's something I've overlooked in the past which has had my heartrate firing like a machine gun for an uncomfortable stretch of minutes. Personally, I always hope it's a simple 'duh' oversight on my part like this that resolves a scary impasse.

The Corsair Dominator can't even maintain its XMP frequency settings without issue? Hopefully that is a BIOS issue that is resolved with an update because, FFS, that's a paltry +400 MHz overclock (+8.3%).
 
Meatspin said:
So, worth the $?
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Oops, somehow I missed this post.

Yeah, it's a beast and I can run up a heap of VMs without issue. I played one video game for about half an hour and haven't gamed since though so the 4090 is definitely going to good use LOL
 
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