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First blacked out gaming + software dev rig using a bunch of EVGA parts

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bakatz91
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2022/01/28 19:48:03 (permalink)
Just finished my new rig (old one was 6 years old and showing its age) with a bunch of EVGA parts and a $2500 budget. I had never used EVGA parts before in previous builds, but they're working great so far. Backstory: After many months searching for an NVIDIA RTX 3080 Founders Edition and completely giving up winning against Best Buy bots, I finally decided to look elsewhere. As it turns out, I got extremely lucky because I found an AntOnline bundle with an EVGA 3080 XC3 Ultra, EVGA CLC 280 liquid cooler, 850 GA PSU (lots of scary forum posts about this PSU, but I have no issues with it), and a keyboard/mouse in stock at 2 AM. I paid around $260 over retail for the full bundle of parts which was way better than paying a scalper double retail, and got $60 or so back by reselling the keyboard/mouse - so it wasn't the worst deal in the world. It also immediately went out of stock after I checked out, so I must have gotten it just in time.

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Here are the parts I ended up using which put me just under my budget:
CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor (Purchased For $349.99)
CPU Cooler: EVGA CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (Purchased For $199.99)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (Purchased For $215.99) -- I ended up getting 64 GB of RAM because I do a lot of software development and use around 31-32GB RAM in some workloads which was maxing out my old system.
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (Purchased For $157.49)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 10 GB XC3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact TG Light Tint ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $126.48)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Custom: [Free Newegg Gift] Enermax M.2 2280 NVMe SSD Heatsink, Double-Sided Heat Sink, with Thermal Silicone Pad for PC / PS5 Cooling ($0.00)
Custom: [Antonline Bundle] EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 3080 LHR Graphic Card / EVGA CLC 280 Liquid CPU Cooler / EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GA 80 Plus Gold Power Supply / EVGA Z20 Gaming Keyboard / EVGA X17 Wired Customizable Gaming Mouse (Purchased For $1424.95)
Total: $2474.89


 
 
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    Chaos_21
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    Re: First blacked out gaming + software dev rig using a bunch of EVGA parts 2022/01/28 20:19:14 (permalink)
    Nice build, I bet those stock CLC 140's are a little loud. I recommend replacing them with these: https://smile.amazon.com/...ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

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    Re: First blacked out gaming + software dev rig using a bunch of EVGA parts 2022/01/28 20:23:22 (permalink)
    Chaos_21
    Nice build, I bet those stock CLC 140's are a little loud. I recommend replacing them with these: https://smile.amazon.com/...ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1


    Thanks, and indeed they are. I just finished the build though, so I'm a bit too lazy to swap the fans right now haha. That said, good call - I'll save this listing for later when I feel like opening up the case again :)


     
     
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    Re: First blacked out gaming + software dev rig using a bunch of EVGA parts 2022/02/01 06:52:59 (permalink)
    nice Rig

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    Re: First blacked out gaming + software dev rig using a bunch of EVGA parts 2022/02/01 06:54:24 (permalink)
    A very nice rig. Well done. 

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