Upgrading for the first time since the 2020/2021 new year!!
Nice to see GPU prices have gotten even more ridiculous... so everything else will be upgraded and I'll sit on my 3080 a little while longer:
Old Build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bzhxrMNew Build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ky4mGJ Took me 2 hours of searching to finally find some sort of instructions on how to mount a 420mm bracket and AIO into this case. Most manufacturers really need to step their game up when it comes to documentation these days.
Finally got it in and I realized my RGB header wire was never untucked, had to pull it out and redo it all again.
PSU is a weird one, def thought it'd include more than 2 dedicated 8-pin PCIe connectors; def gonna have to find a 12-pin card now!!
Motherboard is cheap but does the two things i need it to do, hold the components and match the color scheme:
Old machine continues to limp along with its chest open until my 9800X3D arrives tomorrow: