This look oddly similar to another build I’ve seen around here…
I’m running very similar system with a W7800 for the exact same reasons. It’s a workstation and I need a GPU that is officially supported by commercial software. Nice build, hope it’s working well for you 
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So far it has been a fantastic system to suites it’s intended purpose very well. I have been tempted to throw a 7900XTX into it and run some comparative benchmarks. I don’t think I would lose that much in terms of 3d modeling and rendering but I’d certainly make gains in cryptographic workloads.
Pretty proud of this build because I got some okay deals
Completed around black Friday this year and it’s been running well since then
CPU:7800X3D
GPU:RX 7900 XT 20 GB
RAM:48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-7200 CL34
Mobo:Gigabyte B650M D3HP Micro ATX AM5
Cooler:Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM
Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower
PSU:SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Modular ATX
Monitor: Alienware AW2721D 27.0" 2560 x 1440 240 Hz
All that for less than 2k.
Had the storage already which is a crucial 4tb SSD
So I didn’t include it in the price
I could have done better on the RAM honestly but I think I was getting impatient it could be faster and a higher capacity probably.
I even ran Linux for a few months but I needed up killing the os due to my inexperience in package management and installing a lot of stuff so I’m back on windows for now.
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Had a lot of fun with this AMD R9 9950X build! I haven’t installed the second GPU yet, but if local LLMs get good enough or FLUX.1-dev no longer fits in VRAM then I have an upgrade path with room to fit it all in the tower.
It took over 12 hours to assemble after finishing the design. I made many mistakes including forgetting to peel the plastic off the AIO before smooshing it onto the CPU thermal paste lol… Much of the time was watching videos, searching forums, and if all else failed reading the manual!
I put together a <3 minute compressed time video of the assembly process. Forgive the quality as I used a logitech webcam with a desk lamp. Editing software included ffmpeg, OBS studio, and shotcut for simple post.
Full build specs:
I got my 3090TI FE from the local microcenter used for around $700 almost 6 months ago now. Still a pretty good price to performance ratio for the 24GB VRAM if you can fit, power, and cool a 3x slot wide card.
Still blows my mind that PCIe Gen4 x16 runs fine over an almost 1 meter long extension cable haha…
Cheers!
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My personal rig that I’ve been running since before I got into homelabbing.
CPU: 7800X3D
Mobo: Asus Strix B650E-I
Ram: 2x16 Gskill Trident Z 6000 CL30 Expo
SSD: 1TB WD SN850X + 2TB WD SN570
GPU: 4080 Super FE
PSU: Asus ROG Loki 1000W SFX-L with custom length cables
Case: NCase M1 Evo V1.0 with vertical bracket
Cooler: The world’s most expensive 280 AIO (Modultra Lobo + Alphacool 280mm Rad, 2X Be Quiet SW4 Pro 140mm)
It’s been a while since I’ve assembled it and I certainly do not want to do it again. In the interest of minimizing space allocated to tubes, I set up the rad to have the ports right above the CPU block, but out of laziness I didn’t perfectly cut the right tube length, so if it’s not screwed in the rad will twist away.
I also had to file the GPU screw bracket to get it to fit. Perhaps a 1.0 bug but I’ve had a couple cases from W360 and I think my next ITX case will be from Fractal.
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sapphire AND dual air cool towers 
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well… my PC’s guts are shamelessly already hanging out:
2x 4090 RTX Founders Edition
2x AMD Epyc 9684X (192/384 cores) 2.2GB of cache , Gigabyte MZ73-LM0 Dual socket motherboard, PCIE 5.0
1.5 TB RAM DDR5 ECC LRDIMMs 4800mhz 2050W digital power supply
4x Micron 9300 Max (15.4TB each) Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus (8TB). 2x Back up drives Micron 5300
Asus PA32UCG-K monitor, MS Data Center 2022 & Ubuntu, and MS Data Center 2025 (preview)
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So here is an “older build”… I used to do RGB over the top… I decided to do something different and more minimal and cleaner. Was my i7-8086K 2080ti build.
Meet BRB (Big Red Beast)-
Lian-Li O11 Dynamic EVO XL Case
Ryzen 9 7900X3D (Regret this…sort of… too long to go into) - with Phanteks Glacier Block
RX 6950XT XFX Zero with factory EK block
ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E
CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL40
Lian Li Edge Series-1000W
4 NVME, 2 4TB SSD’s, 240GB Intel Optane Cache Drive, Display for performance monitor, 3 140mm Corsair ML-140 fans and 8 120mm ML-120 fans.
Cooling- 2 360mm Hardwarelabs Radiators, EK DDC Pump and reservoir, Corsair Commander Pro (Best option for the price I have ever found, Lets fans be controlled by temp in VERY small increments down to hundredths of degrees), two in line coolant sensors for in and out temp, a visual flow indicator and a digital flow and water temp read out.
I’m very happy with the overall look. Not sad about losing the excess RGB such as all the line LED’s and cable LED’s and extra LED’s on the fan guards. I was able to “hide” the pump and reservoir behind the motherboard in the rear compartment whic I think makes it look cleaner.
I was also able to do a inverted motherboard install, the case also lets you “shift” the motherboard up or down in three different positions which allows you to install VERY thick radiators. This wasn’t necessary for me as I prefer to have my radiators as exhaust so I don’t heat soak the interior of my case. I chose the highest position so I could add the two 120mm fans in the rear. The rear bracket also adjusts front to back to make to make room for variable sized radiators. I ended up using the extra space at the base of the case for a system monitor display…and my pirate flag (its been on my case builds since 2013). I did minimal tubing work to cut down on bends for better flow. I was going to do something elaborate but decided to do simple. I had the ROG GPU support bracket with LED’s so I set it at the bottom of the case infront of the fans as a fun accent.
I think thats all, Enjoy!
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So, this is XxX_DoRiToSlayeR_XxX, my main rig. An older system, which started its life on Intel’s X58 platform (hence the catchy name) at mid-late 2015, with small upgrades ever since, with the latest one being a necessary RAM upgrade. The specs are:
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 at 3,7 GHz
The good old noctua NH-D14
Corsair vengeance lpx 2X16 GB 3200 MHz cl16 (I’ve got them running at 2933 MHz with their xmp profile)
Gigabyte GTX 1660 gaming OC
5 drives in total: 3 SSDs (2 of which are boot drives for operating systems, Linux and windows respectively) and 2 spinning drives, one of them being a Western digital velociraptor which I’ll keep ‘till it falls apart
EVGA supernova 750 G2 power supply
Corsair 450d (probably one of my favorite cases, my only regret being that one time I tripped over my headphones’ cable while I had them plugged in on the front port, and ever since some cables don’t make good contact so I plug my headphones at the back)
With the exception of the RAM which I recently got, and the 1660 I put in at 2019, the system’s been in this configuration since 2017 (which is when I jumped on the Ryzen bandwagon). It’s handled everything I’ve thrown at it, and keeps doing so, but I’ve some plans for the future:
1440p/165 gaming is my end goal, so I’m planning to upgrade the graphics card, either this year or the next.
Other than that, vfio shenanigans with 2 GPUs is my future endgame, but since that requires quite a hefty amount of money, it’ll be quite a while before I’m able to do such a platform jump. Until then, I’ll keep squeezing as much life as I can out of this system.
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So this is your build after you removed excessive LEDs? You need to post the original one now.
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I updated my gaming rig and built another rig
Both are similar:
9800x3d, 64gb 6000 cl30, 7900xtx, x670e Crosshair Extreme
9950x, 64gb 6000 cl30, rtx 4080 super, x870e ProArt
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Found a good deal on a Ryzen 9 7900 and built a rather compact workstation.
I’m not a fan of massive gratuitous builds, and I also wanted 5.25" and 3.5" drive bays, so I went with this nice little (and slim) mATX case.
Noise and temperatures are surprisingly decent for such a small case with limited airflow.
CPU: Ryzen 9 7900 (Non X)
RAM: 64GB (4x 16GB) Corsair Vengance 6400MHz (Running at 5800MHz)
GPU: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
Cooler: Noctua NH-D12L
Case: Antec VSK-3000B-U3
Fans: 2x Noctua 92mm NF-A9-PWM
Motherboard: Asus TUF gaming B650M
PSU: Corsair CX750M
WiFi: Intel AX200
Storage:
- Samsung 980 Pro NVME 2TB (Main boot drive)
- Kingston NV1 NVME 2TB (Testing distros)
- 2x WD Red HDD 4TB
Other Acceccories:
- Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Recorder 4K Capture card
- LG DVD drive
- Hot-swap 2.5"/3.5" drive bay
- Card reader
- Some serial header adapter I found (to use up the remaining slot at the back)
I chose this Motherboard specifically because I needed a PCIe x16 slot for my GPU and a x4 slot for the capture card (according to Blackmagic, it won’t work with only 1). This was the only board I could find that supported this configuration that wasn’t absurdly expensive. I also needed WiFi which meant I was left with a single slot for a GPU.
The W5500 was a very good price and has 8GB of VRAM, which can’t be said of Nvidia’s (single slot) offerings (at this price point) (In my local area).
The cooler barely fits too. only a couple of millimeters to spare.
Made some 3D printed fan dust filters, they work quite well: PC Fan Dust Filters by Stenstorp | Download free STL model | Printables.com
The Setup:
Under an IKEA platform bed, using a door as a desk. IKEA under-cabinet lights mounted to the mattress beams using 3D printed adapters. And mandatory fake plant.
Also a BeepBerry acting as an analog clock.
Monitors:
- Dell U2415 - 1920x1200, 24" (second hand years ago)
(Dell USB soundbar underneath) - Dell P1917S - 1280x1024, 19" (you can get these brand new from Dell!)
Keyboard: TEX Shinobi (I like Thinkpads 
)
Mouse: MX Master 3
As you can see, space is a bit limited, so a thin build is necessary (unless I bolt rack mounting underneath the desk )
Running Linux Mint.
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My first gaming PC in a decade, bought after seeing the prices of the new Framework AMD boards and deciding my laptop doesn’t need the upgrade if I spend that money on a PC.
I planned in the ballpark of what I bought, but specials, bundles and availability got me here. If my Android dev side projects outgrow the laptop there are plenty of AM5 upgrade options out there too.
Just really chuffed that you can put these parts together, stick Fedora on it, no drivers whatsoever and the thing plays Cyberpunk and Baldur’s gate 3 at 1080p ultra settings with absolutely no issues at all (It should also handle 1440p when monitor upgrade can happen)
- AMD Ryzen 7600 X 6 core
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 36 cooler
- MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI
- Kingston fury beast 32gb DDR5-6000
- WD_BLACK SN770 M2 4.0 1 TB
- Corsair CX750M80+ 750 W
- Fractal Design North ATXMd tower, Mesh, Charcoal
- Gigabyte Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB
Always appreciate any knowledge or advice. I write programs for tiny pocket ARM computers, and don’t tend to build many large x86 ones.
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It is a decent build for sure, though you might want to plan for a Zen 6 replacement once they come out. 6 cores just really isn’t good enough in 2025 for a proper gaming machine.
And come on, send those pics of bare metal already 
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Depends on the game on plays or wants to play. 6 strong cores are still good enough for 1080p gaming.
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The 7600 [X or a non-X] will do, as a good feeler for the platform and starting point
Can always entertain, an X3D sub sku, later down the line
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