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December 18th, 2022
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It has been over 10 years since I bought a new computer.
Part of the motivation was that Aila has pretty much completely taken over my old computer, and it is difficult for me to get time on it now.
Another motivating factor was that I wanted to play around with AI image generation and hardware accelerated raytracing, and my old PC wasn't quite cutting it anymore.
This time, I splurged a little bit and went for some higher end parts.
I still tried to select only parts that were on sale, and wound up saving over $400 in total from the normal retail price.
The full part list can be viewed at that link, and is summarized below:
- CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K 3.2 GHz 16-Core Processor
- Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
- Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory
- Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24 GB Video Card
- Case: Deepcool CK500 WH ATX Mid Tower Case
- Power Supply: Gigabyte UD1000GM PG5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
- CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 62 CFM CPU Cooler
- HDD: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
This case doesn't have any drive bays, so I also picked up an external card reader (for offloading photos from my camera) and an external optical drive.
I chose a white case because I'm expecting to get a special keyboard from work (which will be featured in an upcoming POTW) and I wanted it to match as much as possible.
Preliminary results: I'm extremely happy with the performance of this new machine!
Also, my old machine is still working great, so Aila has a pretty decent gaming machine, even if it is over a decade old!
Technical Details: This photo was taken with my Pixel 6.
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