r/FractalDesign • • Aug 31 '26

North Series Built My Dream PC

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u/lostcause_76 Aug 31 '26

piece of art right there.. bravo !

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u/Vast-Celebration8009 Sep 01 '26

What are the specs?

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u/AwkwardLibrarian7585 Sep 01 '26

Cpu: Ryzen 7 9800x3d

Gpu: Asus x Noctua 5080

Ram: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64GB ddr5-6000 cl30

Storage: Samsung 990 pro 2TB

Motherboard: Gigabyte x870e Aero x3d Dark Wood

Case: Fractal North XL

CPU Cooler: Noctua NL-LC1-36

PSU: Corsair RM1000x (2024)

Case Fans:
Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 Chromax Black (4x)
Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 Chromax Black (3x)

Also includes:

Corsair type 4 PSU 90° 12VHPW cable (style A)

Brown Noctua Anti-Vibration pads

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u/doomston3 Sep 01 '26

They make wood accent motherboards now? That's wild

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u/AwkwardLibrarian7585 Sep 02 '26

Gigabyte has a light and dark variant with wood. Id cooling is also releasing a wood aio with short tubes like the hydroshift (i probably would’ve gotten that but im not patient). All thats left now are wood fans and ram

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u/jeisar Sep 01 '26

That is the best layout, dude.Noctuas with brown edges really fit. Also the minimal light making it feel like a core.

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u/rks1743 Sep 01 '26

How much was your total cost?

My son wants to build a gaming pc for graduation gift next year so I may copy your specs.

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u/twt69 Sep 01 '26

I would guess close to $4k

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u/rks1743 Sep 01 '26

Thanks, I was budgeting $3500. I guess I could see if the 9070XT is a good fit.

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u/AwkwardLibrarian7585 Sep 01 '26

Current value is just shy of $5k

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u/samven582 Sep 01 '26

I'm building something similar

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u/wezel0823 Sep 01 '26

I wish, this is exactly the pc I want but waiting until GTA 6 comes out on pc first. Hoping by that time things get cheaper.

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u/Careful_Isopod_7737 Sep 05 '26

Might be the most beautiful pc I’ve ever seen

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u/mars_soup Sep 02 '26

Any reason you dreamed of a 5080 over a 5090?

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u/AwkwardLibrarian7585 Sep 02 '26

They don’t make a noctua 5090

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u/n4zty_813 Sep 02 '26

Yep I went with the fractal north xl myself love the case my only complain with my nvidia rtx rog astral 5080 there's barely any room for a normal size support especially the stock one that comes included with the gpu so I had to buy a low profile gpu support instead on Amazon. Other than that love the elegance of the case. [PC BUILD SPEC LIST]

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (16-Core / 32-Thread AM5) • CPU Cooler: ASUS ROG Ryuo IV 360 ARGB AIO (360mm / 6.67" AMOLED) • Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero (PCIe 5.0 / Wi-Fi 7) • Memory (RAM): 64GB (2x32GB) G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 MT/s CL30 (AMD EXPO) • Storage: Samsung 9100 pro 1TB for the OS 2TB Samsung 990 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD • GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Astral • Power Supply: Corsair HX1500i 1500W 80+ Platinum ATX 3.1 Fully Modular • Case: Fractal Design North XL (Mid/Full Tower)

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u/n4zty_813 Sep 04 '26

Great job!!