I'm coming from an i7 2700K and a GTX 1070 (which lasted almost 14 years) to this one <3

I wanted something relatively clean but still performant. What do you think? :)

Full Setup & Specs:

• CPU:
  • AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• GPU:
  • NVIDIA GigaByte AORUS Geforce RTX 5090 Master 32G
• RAM:
  • G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64GB Kit DDR5-6000 CL30
• MB:
  • ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero
  • Thermal Grizzly AM5 Contact & Sealing Frame
  • Thermal Grizzly Duronaut
• PSU:
  • be quiet! Dark Power Pro 13 1600W
• AiO:
  • Corsair iCUE LINK TITAN 420 RX RGB
  • iCUE Link LCD Module + iCUE LINK CapSwap Module – VRM Fan
• SSD:
  • 1x Samsung 9100 Pro PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD - 4TB
  • 2x Samsung 9100 Pro PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD - 1TB
  • 2x Samsung 870 EVO SATA3 2.5" SSD - 2TB
• Case:
  • be quiet! Light Base 900 FX Black
  • 3x be quiet! Light Wings 140mm PWM Reverse
• Monitor:
  • MSI MPG 341CQPX QD-OLED 240Hz
  • Zowie XL2546 240Hz
    • (Still from the last setup - I'm still considering whether to use it as a second monitor... however, I think it looks relatively clean as it is now...)
  • Corsair XENEON Edge 14.5"
• Sound:
  • MOTU M2
  • Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 250 Ohm
  • Edifier S730D 2.1 Soundsystem Rev.2
• Mic:
  • RØDE NT1 XLR
• Keyboard:
  • Wooting 80HE Zinc Alloy Raw
• Mouse:
  • Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro
• Mousemat:
  • Razer Gigantus V2 - XXL
• Mouse Skates:
  • Superglide
• Controller:
  • Microsoft XBOX One Wireless Controller
• OS:
  • Windows 11 EDU

This beast is old enough to buy a gun and defend me in my sleep. It has seen viruses that it has outlived, it has seen me prosper in games since I was but a boy. This marvel of engineering wasn’t bought, it was inherited; this is a priceless heirloom that pleads for the permission to finally turn into a dusty brick or spontaneously combust. It pleads to an apathetic master that only orders it to clock another 500 hours in a random game that seeks its doom in the form of graphic advancements that move past it in a frenzy. My pc wants to slaughter me in an explosion as much as I seek to prolong its torture of running shaders on Minecraft. It’s a testament to the stubbornness of humankind and apathy to those who don’t walk in flesh.

Finally pulled the trigger and treated myself to something top of the line.

5080, Ryzen 7 9850x3d, 32gigs 6000mhz ddr5

Coming from an i7 10700 and 6650xt.

Isn't she a beauty? 12 year old me would flip if he saw

Ryzen 7 5700X + B550M + RTX 5060 with 16GB DDR4 Budget build of 2026

I came from a old prebuilt by ibuypower with a Gtx 1060 and 8gb ddr4,

Now I have in my opinion a good looking one with way more power.

If you’re Interested in specs:

AIO: Thermaltake Frozen infinity 360

CPU: Intel i5 12400f

GPU: MSI rtx 5060ti 8gb

Ram: crucial ddr5 pro

Mainboard: salvaged from a Lenovo Legion tower

hello everyone, I’ve been having a repetitive problem with my pc freezing during any game. It will run for about 1-3 mins then a full wide freeze where I can’t do anything besides manually powering it off or waiting a couple minutes for the pc to figure out its frozen and reboot itself. Bought this prebuilt of jawa and ran flawlessly for the first week now this is happening… cannot report a return as jawa only has 48 hour money back guarantee and no rma. I have tried to reseat the ram, disable overclocks, reseat psu cables (everything is in tight) taken out gpu and replugged back in, swapped ssd to the second slot (originally was at the first) and non have worked. Should I just take it to a local technician to get it diagnosed??? here’s a picture of temps/wattages while it’s freezing maybe some of you would catch something

Specs / Ryzen 7 7800x3D

9700 xt AS Rock

32GB DDR5

850 gold PSU

As Rock Wifi am5 MB

2tb ssd Samsung

NZXT H6 FLOW RGB

AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D

ASUS TUF GAMING B8650-E WF6E

ZOTAC RTX 4070 SUPER TWIN EDGE

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz

IPSG 1TB TN320 NVME SSD

MSI MAG A850GL

THERMALIGHT PHANTOM SPIRIT 120SE RGB

RAZER BASILISK V3

STEEL SERIES APEX 3 TKL GAMING KEYBOARD

ALIENWARE AW2725DM 27” IPS LED QHD 180HZ 1MS FREESYNC AND G-SYNC COMPATIBLE GAMING MONITOR WITH HDR

I used to have an rtx 3080 FE and was running cyberpunk on high with no raytracing, getting about 40-50fps with occasional lag spikes. Now I’m running a 5070 OC and a ryzen 7 9800x3d with path tracing on max settings getting 100fps and with no pathtracing on getting 210fps. It’s genuinely insane. Both at 1440p and exact same settings btw (besides obviously pathtracing isn’t on the 3080) also this is my first ever build, my last one someone else built for me but this one I did on my own. Just wanted to share because it’s actually insane to me and it feels like a different game honestly with no lag or frame drops

EDIT:

Apparently I have a thing called frame generation on for this, which the latency isn’t noticeable for cyberpunk so I’m very happy with it. With frame generation turned off and path tracing still on I still get 60-65fps stable which I’m still very impressed with

Im glad i put some money in for looks, aio+more fans looks much better imo

Its been a while since i've had a proper PC, always more of a console gamer

Are these good specs?

9950x3d/Rtx5090/32GB ddr5

Really surprised on how well this pc was pre configured. Didn’t have to worry about bloatware and overall this thing is a beast. Now I wait for gta6 😭

Alright… now that the contest is officially over, I can finally share this build.

I wanted to combine PC modding with my job as an instrument maker (I build traditional Swiss accordions / Schwyzerörgeli).

It escalated a bit.

Here’s a short clip showing the power-on and the bellows mechanism:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ilp4ohFfveQ

The Swiss Harmonic Engine

Concept

The goal wasn’t to just put wood on a PC, but to make it actually feel like an instrument.

• Walnut as the main material
• Maple inlays (classic instrument style)
• Gold/brass accents

And yeah… a custom loop had to be part of it.

(The sponsored AIO had to suffer quite a bit for that… it used to be an AIO.)

Features

Motorized bellows

At some point I thought:
“If it’s an accordion-inspired build… it needs bellows.”

So now it has:

• A motorized front
• Linear actuators
• Hidden USB hub behind it

Completely unnecessary.
Works great.

Musical power button

Instead of a normal power button:

• 13 buttons
• Each plays a note
• You need to play the correct sequence to turn the PC on

Yes, you can lock yourself out of your own PC.
Yes, that already happened.

Cooling (slightly cursed)

The contest required using a sponsored AIO.

So naturally I:

• modified it
• integrated it into a custom loop

So it’s not a “from scratch” custom loop…
but the AIO probably wouldn’t recognize itself anymore.

Goal was still:

• quiet
• good performance

(with an external radiator helping out)

Build process

A lot of time went into details:

• CNC machining
• Laser-cut inlays
• manual finishing

The goal was to keep it close to real instrument craftsmanship and avoid the typical “wood panel PC” look.

What’s next

Not done yet:

• GPU upgrade planned
• more details and refinements

Transferred my Dell Dimension Sleeper Build into a Montech Heritage Pro Black for my new living room! I wanted something with a wood panel initially to go with all the wood paneling in the room but I thought the leather here looked really slick!

It was a pretty smooth case to build in since it's pretty big for mATX and my only real gripe is the fact that once the mobo is in you CAN'T get the CPU connector in or out without removing the mobo again.

I'm also not huge on the one glass strip but it's not bad looking by any means. I just didn't want glass at all.

The leather handle also has grown on me and unfortunately if you remove the mounts for it there's just bare case underneath with no leather.

Specs are:

ASRock B650M-C

Random non-modular 850W Gold PSU

7800X3D

280mm pure loop be quiet! AiO

Gigabyte 4070 Ti Super

Crucial 32GB DDR5

I also used the four case fans this came with and added one more 120mm fan along the bottom so there's two 140mm on the side, one 120mm exhaust, two 120mm on the bottom for intake, and the 280mm AiO mounted up top for intake

Tried my skills at shading and blending with a black sharpie, some alcohol, and an old sock to get the effect I wanted to make this computer look drawn up sitting there and I think it turned out great…

Thanks for viewing!

just got this today, before this I've been using a legion 5i with a rtx 4050, i7 14650hx, 32gb ram, 2tb ssd

specs for this are...

Case: Amethyst 360M Airflow Mid with Tempered Glass with Mesh Front 4 x ARGB Fan

GPU: rtx 5070ti

CPU: ryzen 7 7800x3d

CPU Cooler: Asetek 6 series ARGB 240mm performance CPU liquid cooler with copper cold plate

SSD: 2tb adata legend

Ram: 2x16gb Kingston fury beast

motherboard: MSI Pro b850

PSU: 850Watts Be Quiet! Pure Power 13m gold

For months Ive been hesitating to buy a new case.. Change things because it's fun. After messing around a bit with options, I came to this result. Very happy with the result! Such a small change but feels like a big change. While at it, I did the base station of the fractal design scape dark also.