The Shopping Bug Bit me too! Here is what that little bug sucked out of me.
Monitor: LG 42” C2 120hz 4k UHD
CPU: Ryzen 9 7900x
Mobo: Asus X670E Rog Strix Gaming E
Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360
GPU: Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 4090
Ram: 64GB G.Skill DDR5 6000mhz CL30
M.2: SABRENT 1TB Rocket 4 Plus NVMe 4.0
SSD: 2TB Samsung EVO
PSU: Seasonic PRIME TX-1000
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P600S
I also got the Seasonic 12vhpwr 600w cable for the GPU which plugs directly into my power supply. No need for adapters
Enjoy your new build OP!!!
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SR, Bannerlord do for example. Games are taking advantage of more compute power nowadays. Wow large scale PVP makes use of more CPU power. Lot of the problems is the poor Windows scheduler and that’s being tweaked over time. You can see much more CPU usage and smoother performance on WoW in Linux.
50% perf drop in a synthetic might only be a 30% drop in a game. The point is you’re losing performance.
Everyone’s setup is different. If one is not able to draw ~500 Watts out of a 12900k system then either the game isn’t using the full potential of hardware, there is a mismatch with the setup or the power limit is set.
For sure, I definitely have a cooling set up to be able to accommodate as much power as my CPU can theoretically use even if I never tap it.
My personal metric was to get it to not throttle in a longer CPU test. That’s the point where I figured it would be far beyond capable than what I’ll use it for, but it covers all the bases.
However, in some cases, like SFF, you have to make a compromise. I wouldn’t fault someone for using a smaller cooler out of necessity, making the necessary throttling points with power limits and undervolting, etc. I wouldn’t consider it out of spec.
Every single laptop has the same compromises. The application matter most.
Bingo.
If you’re happy with the performance then that’s all that matters. If the extra 5% perf from going 200W to 350W doesn’t matter to you then 200W is fine (it doesn’t for me personally either for 5%).
Yep. Mine will sustain max boost no matter what load I put on it. That is all I want.
Built my PC on digital storm last fall.
Lynx case with 2 added fans (making it 6/6)
12900k CPU with 3 fan AIO
2x 16 GB RAM chips
2x fan RTX 3070
850w PSU
Drive 1: 1 TB Samsung 980 pro (windows and games)
Drive 2: 2 TB Samsung 970 plus (recording)
Drive 3: 4 TB Ironwolf HD (storage)
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Ok. Update. Playing games, the Cooler Master Hyper 212 had no problems. But when rendering a long video, it was not able to keep up, and after about 5 minutes, the CPU was running hot and getting throttled.
So, I went ahead and upgraded the CPU cooler to an AIO. I choose the NZXT Kraken Z63 280mm radiator, with the LCD screen. I really wanted the Corsair H150i 360mm, but I could not find this in black. Microcenter had the H150 in white, or the H170 420mm in black, but the 420mm radiator would not fit my case… :-\
Anyway, pretty happy with the Kraken, now that it is installed. Tested it with a 20 minute video render, no issues. The LCD screen is pretty cool. Displaying CPU temp for now.
Still cannot post links or pictures… so stupid.
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you can split the https portion to something like htt p
htt ps://imgur.com/gallery/20pwdMH#uwjeCuR
or
highlight it and use preformatted text (ctrl e) or use ’ ’ around the link. People would have to just copy and paste it if they want to see it.
https://imgur.com/gallery/20pwdMH#uwjeCuR
Original build with Hyper 212 cooler
ht tps://imgur.com/U55AbKk
Now with NXZT Kraken
ht tps://imgur.com/a/DHJQrCE
Hope this helps you OP. Ill post it for you
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Nice.
I’ve got a leaky roof and the roof guys are all booked out 3 months. I am not buying anything.
Well except probably a new roof. Which I’ll finance. sigh
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Home Owners Insurance might cover some of you roof…
The last time I called for a leak problem they didn’t do jack…from everything I’ve read calling them for a roof problem instigates them to require replacement or else risk getting dropped. The consensus seems to be unless you’re going to replace the whole thing anyway, don’t involve insurance.