What's Your Computer Build?

[Baan]

Started by BottomBracket on POTN. (September 28, 2008)

I know that there are people here who build their own computers, and I am curious as to what your rigs are. Please share your specs so that others who are planning to build can have some ideas on what to get.

Oh, and to Mac users, I understand that your computers are excellent and I agree. Let's just not turn this thread into another PC-Mac battleground. This is for PC users only, OK? Thanks!

As mentioned, this thread is to show and share our builds and not a place for flame wars as well as my sword is bigger than yours. Everyone's experience and knowledge is different, take what you can learn and help those who are in need.

Posting pictures is encouraging, but not required.

 

[Baan]

CPU: Intel Core i7-11700K
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken Elite 280 RGB
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z590 Vision D
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB (4x8gb)
GPU: ASUS ROG STRIX Geforce RTX 3090 OC
Storage 01: Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB M.2 SSD
Storage 02: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 SSD
Storage 03: Crucial MX500 2TB SSD
Power Supply: Corsair SF750 750W Platinum
Case: Lian Li 011 Dynamic Mini
Display 01: Wacom Cintiq Pro 24
Display 02: Wimaxit 14" Portable Touch Monitor
OS: Windows 11 Home

 

[Joeseph]

CPU: Intel Core i7-11700K
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken Elite 280 RGB
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z590 Vision D
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB (4x8gb)
GPU: ASUS ROG STRIX Geforce RTX 3090 OC
Storage 01: Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB M.2 SSD
Storage 02: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 SSD
Storage 03: Crucial MX500 2TB SSD
Power Supply: Corsair SF750 750W Platinum
Case: Lian Li 011 Dynamic Mini
Display 01: Wacom Cintiq Pro 24
Display 02: Wimaxit 14" Portable Touch Monitor
OS: Windows 11 Home

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Flash!

 

[joayne]

My computer build is OLD
Gotta upgrade ( Or GET to upgrade!)
Very soon

 

[3Rotor]

What a throwback. I remember posting my i7-2600k build on that thread years ago. This build still lives today. It dual boots Windows 11 Pro and Kubuntu. Unfortunately, I do not have photos of the builds at this time.

Build - 1
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 G2
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X870E-E
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 96GB (2x48GB), eventually 192GB (4x48GB)
GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 PRIME OC
Storage 01: Samsung 990 PRO 4TB M.2 SSD
Storage 02: Samsung 990 PRO 2TB M.2 SSD
Power Supply: Seasonic VERTEX GX-1200
Case: Fractal Design North XL
OS: Windows 11 Pro

Build - 2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X870-A
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 64GB (2x32GB)
GPU: PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC
Storage 01: Samsung 990 PRO 2TB M.2 SSD
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE 850
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred V3 (Pilfered from the i7-2600k build below)
OS: Windows 11 Pro

Build - 3 (Circa 2011)
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600k
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 16GB (4x4GB)
GPU: GeForce GTX TITAN X
Storage 01: Samsung 870 EVO 1TB SSD
Storage 02: Various Media Drives
Power Supply: Corsair TX750 V2
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5
OS: Windows 11 Pro and Kubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

[Bobtographer]

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S
Motherboard: GIGABYTE AX370-Gaming K7
Memory: GSKILL FlareX DDR4 3200 CL14 (As supplied by AMD)
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 7900 XT (processes 4 RAF to JPEG per second through C1)
Storage 01: Samsung 980 PRO 1TB
Storage 02: Samsung 870 QVO 1TB x2 in RAID 1
Storage 03: Samsung 840 EVO 250 x2 in RAID 0
Storage 03: Sabrent Rocket 4 1TB
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850x
Case: Antec Flux SE Mid Tower
Display 01: LG 32GR93U-B
Display 02: LG 27UP850
Display 03: LG 27EA83
OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

[tony-s]

Intel Core i9-12900K - Core i9 12th Gen Alder Lake 16-Core (8P+8E) 3.2 GHz
GIGABYTE Z690 UD AX DDR4 LGA 1700 Intel Z690 ATX Motherboard with DDR4, Triple M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB 3.2 Gen2X2 Type-C, WiFi 6, 2.5GbE LAN
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory
Crucial P2 M.2 2280 2TB SSD PCI-Express 3.0 x4 NVMe 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT2000P2SSD8
WD Blue WD80EAZZ 8TB 5640 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Noctua NH-U9S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-A9 92mm Fan (Brown)
CORSAIR RM650 650 W ATX 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Power Supply
Fractal Design Meshify C FD-CA-MESH-C-BKO Black Computer Case
BenQ PD3205U 31.5" 4K UHD LED LCD Monitor

And..... macOS Sonoma.

 

[Joeseph]

came across this shot today, our work CD burner (amongst others) circa 2002 going by the file date:

 

[3Rotor]

came across this shot today, our work CD burner (amongst others) circa 2002 going by the file date:

So much nostalgia in that image!

 

[Lester Wareham]

CPU: Intel Core i7-11700K
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken Elite 280 RGB
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z590 Vision D
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB (4x8gb)
GPU: ASUS ROG STRIX Geforce RTX 3090 OC
Storage 01: Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB M.2 SSD
Storage 02: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 SSD
Storage 03: Crucial MX500 2TB SSD
Power Supply: Corsair SF750 750W Platinum
Case: Lian Li 011 Dynamic Mini
Display 01: Wacom Cintiq Pro 24
Display 02: Wimaxit 14" Portable Touch Monitor
OS: Windows 11 Home

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Showy lights, very shinny!!

Is is ok.for specialist company custom builds to listed in this thread?

 

[Lester Wareham]

My computer build is OLD
Gotta upgrade ( Or GET to upgrade!)
Very soon

Remember the POTN motto on gear applies to PCs also; Spend more YOLW.

 

[MSH411]

Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (5.6 GHz Turbo) (24-Core) (8P+16E) (Arrow Lake)
Motherboard: ASUS Z890 MAX GAMING (Wi-Fi) (Intel Z890) (Up to 3x PCI-E Devices) (No SLI) (DDR5)
System Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400MT/s Kingston FURY RGB
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12GB (VR Ready)
Power Supply: 750W Digital Storm Performance Series (80 Plus Gold)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (1TB Digital Storm M.2 Performance Series) (NVM Express)
Storage Set 2: 1x SSD M.2 (1TB Samsung 990 PRO) (NVM Express)
Storage Set 3: 1x Crucial P310 4TB PCIe Gen4 2280 NVMe M.2 SSD with heatsink Up to 7,100MB/sInternet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Sound Card: Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 3: Digital Storm Vortex Liquid CPU Cooler (Triple Fan) (Fully Sealed + No Maintenance)
Cable Management: Premium Cable Management (Strategically Routed & Organized for Airflow)
Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)
Chassis Fans: Digital Storm Performance Series (RGB Fans)
CPU Boost: Turbo Boost Technology
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home (64-Bit)

 

[JKT]

Chassis: Corsair Carbide R200

PSU: Corsair RM550X, 550W Cooler: Noctua NH U12S

MoBo: ASRock X570 Steel Legend
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-core 3600 MHz 16-thread
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz 2x16GB
GPU: PNY NVIDIA Quadro P620
SysDisc: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 512 GB M.2 SSD (PCIe 3.0x4)
TempDisc: Seagate FireCuda 520 1 TB M.2 SSD (PCIe 4.0x4)
DataDisc: Samsung 860 1 TB SSD (SATA 2.5")
StorageDisc: WD Red 2 TB (SATA 3.5")
BD: ASUS BW-16D1HT BD (SATA 5.25")
Sharkoon SATA QuickPort Intern Multi (2.5" & 3.5")
Akasa AK-HC-05U3BK

That's from 2020. I should have replaced it already, but it seems impossible to find a new Chassis according to my specs. I have ZERO interest in flashing colors, but I'd like to keep the BD and the dock. There just doesn't seem a chassis available with external bays AND modern USB connectors in the front panel.

 

[Archibald]

Well, I have an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz with an RTX 4070 Super GPU. It runs LrC and PS just fine, and will help heat my room in the winter.

What I'm interested in is a speedy laptop to do image editing when I'm travelling. My Dell Inspiron is only 2 years old but really struggles. I always assumed that laptops are unable to do the necessary processing because of power and heat and weight issues. In case that's not true, I would love to hear it.

 

[Bobtographer]

Not sure on your budget, but the ThinkPad P14S Gen 5 is a beast

 

[West Coast Birder]

Well, I have an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz with an RTX 4070 Super GPU. It runs LrC and PS just fine, and will help heat my room in the winter.

What I'm interested in is a speedy laptop to do image editing when I'm travelling. My Dell Inspiron is only 2 years old but really struggles. I always assumed that laptops are unable to do the necessary processing because of power and heat and weight issues. In case that's not true, I would love to hear it.

Does your laptop have a graphics card or does it just use the onboard graphics on the processor? You need a laptop that has a dedicated graphics card. I found that more than the processor, the graphics card made all the difference in photo processing, especially intensive tasks like NR. My noise reduction time went from several minutes to about 20 seconds per photo after installing a relatively inexpensive previous generation graphics card in my desktop that only had the onboard graphics until then. I assume that the situation would be the same for a laptop.

 

[Archibald]

Not sure on your budget, but the ThinkPad P14S Gen 5 is a beast

I will have a look at the ThinkPad. Looks interesting.

 

[Archibald]

Does your laptop have a graphics card or does it just use the onboard graphics on the processor? You need a laptop that has a dedicated graphics card. I found that more than the processor, the graphics card made all the difference in photo processing, especially intensive tasks like NR. My noise reduction time went from several minutes to about 20 seconds per photo after installing a relatively inexpensive previous generation graphics card in my desktop that only had the onboard graphics until then. I assume that the situation would be the same for a laptop.

My Dell laptop just has an onboard Iris Xe graphics card. But I gotta say, I'm confused about the need for a good GPU on a laptop. It's for LrC which often doesn't use the GPU... but that seems to be ever-changing. My main issue is how long it takes the laptop to just advance to the next pic in the filmstrip, to do basic culling. That can take frustratingly long, and I typically have to go through a few hundred pics. By comparison, simple editing goes adequately fast. AI noise reduction is real slow of course, but I rarely need to do that when I'm travelling. I have found that I can always improve my edits when I get home on the desktop, so save final edits for that.

I might go to Irfanview or Faststone for culling, but LrC is actually ideal for that if it goes fast enough.

 

[tony-s]

I will have a look at the ThinkPad. Looks interesting.

Have you considered switching to a Mac laptop? Quite frankly, Apple Silicon (M-series chips) are leaving X86 chips behind in terms of processing power. Plus, they all have Retina displays that are fantastic for photo editing. And it will last you a lot longer than 2 years. The most significant PitA is the lack of upgradability, so you have to get your RAM and SSD at time of purchase.

 

[Archibald]

Sorry, won't consider a Mac.