I have been absent from CR4 for a little while because my old computer decided to die. So I decided to build a new one. I looked at prebuilt systems and couldn't find exactly what I wanted so I ordered everything off of Amazon and slapped it together and all I can say, is wow, what a monster.
Specs :
Motherboard - Asus Crosshair V Hero X470 chipset.
CPU - AMD Ryzen 2700X, 3.7/4.3GHZ, 8 core, 16 thread.
RAM - 32GB (2X16GB) DDR4 PC2400 (leaves option to add another 32GB)
GPU - ASUS, Nvidia 8GB RTX 2080
HD #1 - Samsung EVO 970 1TB M.2 NVME
HD #2 - Samsung EVO 860 1TB M.2 (in raid with #1)
HD #3,#4,#5 - Western Digital Blue 4TB (12TB total)
HD #6 - Kingwin hot swappable drive bay (currently occupied by WD 1TB drive from old computer)
CD/DVD Rom - LG 16X Bluray/DVD/CD combo rewriter.
Kingwin front mount 7 in 1 card reader with 4 extra USB ports.
PS - Thermaltake Toughpower RGB 850watt.
Case - Well let's just say it looks like a Christmas tree was decorated in a nuclear reactor. (thank God the leds are easy to turn off).
Backup USB drive - WD 4TB.
Monitor - AOC 32" QHD 2560 x 1440
Speakers - Genius 5.1 80watt
Keyboard and mouse - Red Dragon 3200dpi (son talked me into this, also glows like it was in a reactor)
OS - Win10 Pro.
Other software purchased - Paragon partition manager (a little more options than windows disk manager), Norton Internet Security (latest edition, 2 years, 10 devices)
I am absolutely blown away on how fast this thing is. Boot time is in seconds with that 970 EVO at 2500GBs. CPU and GPU are so much faster than my old Phenom 2 3.4GHZ 4 core and GTX 1060 GPU.
This is my Christmas present to myself and think it will last for a few years seeing as AMD has committed to support he AM4 platform at least till 2020.
Anyone else wish to share their Christmas presents to themselves?
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