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Offline alskahawk

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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2021, 02:51:26 AM »
 I upgraded my machine this week. Ordered a 1 TB internal SSD. Nice! It's just a card 2 inches by 1 inch. Hooks right into the MB. That was a surprise! Cheap!

 Windows 10 on a thumb drive. Instant page loading. Smoother graphics in the game. Quiet and fast.

 Win10
 Samsung 980 1 TB internal SSD
 AMD Ryzen 7 3700x
 G. Skill DDR4 16 GB

 Old components
 Corsair CX750 Power Supply
 EVGA GF GTX 1070
 1 TB 10,000 HD
 Full tower case
 Samsung Curved 28 inch monitor

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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2021, 04:12:06 PM »
Mayhem, what are your cooling solutions? And have you assembled that case yet?

All air cooling.

My system has

3 140mm red led bottom intake fans (filtered) plus my Power supply fan is in the botom.
3 120mm red led front intake fans (filtered)
4 120mm red led top exhaust fans
4 120mm red led bottom right side intake fans (filtered)
4 120mm red led top right side exhaust  fans
1 140mm red led rear exhaust  fan

My CPU Cooler is a Noctua NH-U12A Tower cooler with 2 Noctua 120mm fans in a Pull Push configuration Blowing air from the front to the back and out through the 140mm Fan.

I also have a memory cooler.

It's all in a Thermaltake w100 case done up in a Star Wars: Sith/Darth Vader/Imperial theme

I have pictures of it my facebook and the Damned Discord Server. I can post it to the AHIII Facebook if you want to see it.

How did you get ahold of a 3080?

I already answered this but Just as a heads up I got another stock notification from EVGA about the availability of a RTX3080 Card. They again gave me an 8 hour window to purchase it, So I got it for a squad-mate. It was an EVGA XC3 Ultra Gaming RTX 3080 for around $938 US with taxes (California so it's around 9%) and shipping.

You can get these cards but you may have to wait. However, on the plus side by signing up for stock notifications and by waiting and getting the GPU directly from the manufacturer you avoid paying scalper prices. This is my second card since November and I'm not even signed up for all the cards (Only the high end 3080 and 3080ti cards.)

Nice box but your total cost is probably way out of reach for most

Eagler

about 5K +- $500 not including the stuff I already had and not including controllers that is just the box and what is in it. However, I have about $1K In storage alone.




Ya I know I'm kinda bragging ..... but its so pretty in a Dark side kinda way :D
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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2021, 01:22:03 AM »
I have pictures of it my facebook and the Damned Discord Server. I can post it to the AHIII Facebook if you want to see it.
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Ya I know I'm kinda bragging ..... but its so pretty in a Dark side kinda way :D
What about us not being in Facebook or Discord?
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I've got an older system by today's standards that still runs the game well by my standards.

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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2021, 07:42:34 AM »
How and where do you get yourself on these lists?

Eagler
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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2021, 11:25:13 PM »
How and where do you get yourself on these lists?

Eagler

I went to EVGA's website at https://www.evga.com/

I clicked on products and then the card series I wanted say a 3080ti ...

I look at the product I want and select "Auto Notify".

You will get a popup asking for your First name Last name and Email Address and it uses reCaptcha protection so be careful with your add and pop up protection.

Fill it out and press submit ... I've done this for all the 3080 and 3080ti cards .. I've gotten two cards from them doing this, one for me, and one for a squad mate.
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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2021, 09:49:06 AM »
Thanks!

Just signed up for notifications.

Eagler
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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2022, 07:45:58 AM »
Hi Mayhem!

Just wanted to say thanks again as I just got my email this morning from EVGA stating they were holding a 3070ti for me!

My delayed Christmas and early birthday present!

Thanks a bunch!

Eagler
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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #22 on: January 31, 2022, 07:05:11 PM »
Hi Mayhem!

Just wanted to say thanks again as I just got my email this morning from EVGA stating they were holding a 3070ti for me!

My delayed Christmas and early birthday present!

Thanks a bunch!

Eagler

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Glad I could help!
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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #23 on: February 01, 2022, 07:16:56 AM »
Arrives today!

I think that card cost as much as the last 5 cards combined  :eek:

Eagler
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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #24 on: February 16, 2022, 12:43:01 AM »
I was always an AMD guy for over 20 years and now on a budget I picked up a used system from a streamer and it was just about a year old. Came with I7 processor not sure what gen a ssd and a hdd which I am not used to yet with having 2 drives. Win 10 and for graphics a 980gtx Ti and I am running games at  custom and high end graphics with out a glitch or stutter maybe I need to download Aces again and see what I get with this pc and I play a game with over 1000 people playing at onetime and different servers


System cost only 700 bucks and got a 32in Asus monitor for the wife in the deal
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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #25 on: February 16, 2022, 01:17:51 AM »
Mols, that really sounds like a good deal, the video card alone is worth half of it regarding the current crazy prices!

If you want to know the gen of your i7, open the Task Manager/Performance tab (right click the Taskbar or press Ctrl-Alt-Del or...). The thousands tell the generation. The latest is currently the 12th which shows as i7-12###. For being able to upgrade the system to Win11 (no hurry, 10 will be supported up to 2025) the gen should be 8th or newer.

I've got a GTX 980 with a 4th gen i7-4790 and it runs the games I want to play very well.
Quote from: BaldEagl, applies to myself, too
I've got an older system by today's standards that still runs the game well by my standards.

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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #26 on: February 19, 2022, 01:53:23 AM »
Thanks Biz I am thinking it’s a later I7 cause when I check the specs out before I made the deal the system was worth more with these easy prices and the think I struck a great Deal Mobo is an Asus and was always a fan of them
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Re: If You Built Your Machine Today
« Reply #27 on: February 25, 2022, 04:33:30 PM »
I recently upgraded my old intel 4690, 16gig memory ddr3.

Now I use a AMD Ryzen 7 5800x, 32gig dd4 , and a x570s motherboard from MSI

The graphic card had to wait due to cost.

I got quite a boost how fast the OS loads, and the cpu is quiet @4.4 ghz on all cores, and things connected to the USB responds a bit faster, specially the keyboard.

In IL2 I did not get any more FPS, @ 2k due to the cap of my old 1080 graphic card, but the FPS is more consistent than before.

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