🖥️ General PC Discussion

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Gee]

@DKDetective I might jump on this. It's just under the MSRP.

https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/powered-by-nvidia/268138/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-5080-gaming-oc-ai-gaming-graphics-card-gv-n5080gaming-oc-16gd.html

Would finally build a new PC after almost 9 years with my current rig.

 

[DKDetective]

@DKDetective I might jump on this. It's just under the MSRP.

https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/powered-by-nvidia/268138/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-5080-gaming-oc-ai-gaming-graphics-card-gv-n5080gaming-oc-16gd.html

Would finally build a new PC after almost 9 years with my current rig.

Awesome, sounds like it is about time!

 

[Gee]

Awesome, sounds like it is about time!

Definitely! It's just a great feeling looking up parts again. Already ordered the absolute beast of gaming CPUs with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. I should order the remaining stuff in the following days and hopefully build the rig this weekend.

 

[Gee]

My final build... Just under $3500 CAD. I'm going with only 1TB SSD for now and will buy a 2TB SSD just for games later this year during Black Friday or Boxing Day. I would have preferred a Samsung SSD instead of WD, but Samsung Canada's support is apparently ****ing terrible when it comes to their storage products like SSDs/HDDs...

I also wish I could get a Noctua CPU cooler and case fans, but oh boy, are they ****ing overpriced... I've had nothing but Noctua fans/coolers in the past. Thermalright seems to be great value/performance (and they do seem to be Noctua knoc-offs ). I will try that 5-fan pack and if they're too noisy, I'll get some Be Quiet! ones or just settle for the good old Noctua fans.

I will re-use the HDDs of my current PC for this one.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($638.98 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler ($62.79 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard ($279.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($159.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($112.96 @ shopRBC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card ($1899.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.00 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2024) 850 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($184.80 @ Vuugo)
Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12C X5 66.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack ($23.90 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $3462.40

 

[Lily Adler]

An Amiga iMac!?

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

**** Windows. Administrator accounts being replaced by "Trusted" accounts with less permissions for OS security, using voice commands as primary interaction with PC, Copilot having full access to your screen at all times for better contextual answers... What are they doing over there at Redmond?

 

[Teelie]

Nope, definitely nope and hell no.

 

[Lily Adler]

Nope, definitely nope and hell no.

Copilot: You were asking for the weather. Were you asking for your location or for the video "Lesbian Cabin Scene 5" on PornHub?

 

[Teelie]

Copilot can't get anything right. I've only seen up to "Lesbian Cabin Scene 4."

 

[Lily Adler]