Got some pics with the parts fully installed now in the case, and unfortunately the phone overwashed the pictures a bit and a lot of the colors subtlety has been lost in the image, however this gives a basic look how it all looks installed and up and running! My budget was pretty tight, and the GPU I actually bought back in Sept when it launched, been using it in my old build until I could scrape up more funds for the rest of the upgrade.
Specs:
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 core / 16 thread CPU
Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 32Gb DDR4 3200mhz (4x8Gb) ram
Corsair Force MP600 M.2 PCIe 4.0 500Gb SSD
Corsair H100i Elite Capellix AIO
Corsair HX850i Platinum PSU
Corsair Carbide 400C tower
Corsair ML120 RGB fans 2x, EVGA 120mm HP fans 2x
Toshiba X300 6Tb SATA HDD
PNY Geforce RTX 3090 24Gb Revel XLR8
Viewsonic XG2703-GS 1440p@165hz IPS Gsync monitor
Windows 10 Pro 20H2 build
Technically, the power supply, tower, 6Tb HDD, and monitor are the only original parts left from my build 4 years ago. I would have spec'ed in a new PSU as well, but with the new CPU actually using way less power than the older 7700K it replaces, the overall power draw actually decreased in this upgrade. The GPU sucks more than the old one, but the CPU pulls equally less overall. I'm back to about the same power draw as the old i7 7700K + GTX 1080 Ti, and on an 850 watt platinum rated PSU, that's no sweat or stress at all.
Again, forgive how washed out and WAY over bright the pics are. In fact the RGB is way more subtle and rich in color, far less glaring in person. The pics really do not do it justice at all, but between my phone and my crappy photography still, this is the best I can get.
New parts arrive:
New parts being bench tested:
New parts in tower 1:
New parts in tower 2:
Specs:
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 core / 16 thread CPU
Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 32Gb DDR4 3200mhz (4x8Gb) ram
Corsair Force MP600 M.2 PCIe 4.0 500Gb SSD
Corsair H100i Elite Capellix AIO
Corsair HX850i Platinum PSU
Corsair Carbide 400C tower
Corsair ML120 RGB fans 2x, EVGA 120mm HP fans 2x
Toshiba X300 6Tb SATA HDD
PNY Geforce RTX 3090 24Gb Revel XLR8
Viewsonic XG2703-GS 1440p@165hz IPS Gsync monitor
Windows 10 Pro 20H2 build
Technically, the power supply, tower, 6Tb HDD, and monitor are the only original parts left from my build 4 years ago. I would have spec'ed in a new PSU as well, but with the new CPU actually using way less power than the older 7700K it replaces, the overall power draw actually decreased in this upgrade. The GPU sucks more than the old one, but the CPU pulls equally less overall. I'm back to about the same power draw as the old i7 7700K + GTX 1080 Ti, and on an 850 watt platinum rated PSU, that's no sweat or stress at all.
Again, forgive how washed out and WAY over bright the pics are. In fact the RGB is way more subtle and rich in color, far less glaring in person. The pics really do not do it justice at all, but between my phone and my crappy photography still, this is the best I can get.
New parts arrive:
New parts being bench tested:
New parts in tower 1:
New parts in tower 2: