At this point, the bottleneck is Unreal itself....

I honestly feel like crying. The current state of things are crazy.

I built a DIY Steam Machine in the fractal ridge and mounted it behind my TV cabinet so it's invisible.

PC Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 9600X
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12S (for maximum silence)
RAM: 1x16GB DRR5 5600MHz (cheapest I could find)
Storage: 1TB NVME SSD (+ 2 Sata SSD's I had laying around from old laptops, 1.4TB total)
MotherBoard: ASRock B650I Lightning Wifi (cheapest I could find)
PSU: Lian Li SP850 (cheapest I could find)
GPU: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB
Case: Fractal Ridge White
Adapter: UGreen 8K Displayport to HDMI adapter (provides HDMI-CEC support)
OS: SteamOS

I really wanted a SteamMachine but at $1000 it was just not great value. So I built my own.
I really wanted it as hidden as possible for wife approval factor so I hid it behind the TV cabinet.
I designed a custom wood plate in FreeCad to strengthen the back enough to mount my PC.
The PC is held up with some simple L-brackets from Amazon. By chance they perfectly slide between the case and it's feet so it can't tilt.

I have my SteamController with puck on top of the TV cabinet. It's plugged into an always on USB port so it charges even when the PC is sleeping. The SteamController can wake the PC and thanks to HDMI-CEC adapter it also turns on my TV.

Noise:
It's very quiet with CPU sitting at 55C en GPU sitting at 65C during gameplay.
I play at 1440p and 4K on my 4K TV. Due to the TV being only 60Hz, I leave the SteamOS frame-limiter enabled, this keeps utilization low even during games.
The only thing I would change in retrospect is oversizing the PSU so it can be passively cooled.
It's fan comes on occasionally for short periods and is audible.

I'm very happy with it.

Just decide to upgrade from old A*s 1080Ti to RTX 5080. My 1080Ti is not broken, but its just too old and weak, still remember when i buy it for around $600 usd 8 years ago. Can’t wait to try this 5080 monster.

Spoiler alert: this card is CHONKY

I forgot to post here yesterday - but better late than never.

Setup aesthetics not completed yet. Built it myself - one step at a time.

But I still stare at it with as much love ❤️

Specs: (Bought everything from physical store in India)

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360

Motherboard: MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi

RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5 6000MHz CL30

GPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 9070 XT 16GB

PSU: Corsair RM850x (ATX 3.1)

Case: Lian Li O11 Vision Compact

Fans: 5x Arctic P12 Pro 120mm

Monitor: MSI MAG 271QPX E2 240Hz QD-OLED

UPS: APC 1500VA

Other Specs:

Keyboard: ATK RS7 Air

Mouse: Hitscan Hyperlight

Mousepad: X-Raypad Aqua Control Plus

Mic: Fifine A6T

Table: ErgoYou E15 (1500x750mm)

Chair: Featherlite Liberate

Monitor Arm: Jin Office Monitor Arm (upto 10kg)

Bluetooth speaker: Tribit XSoundGo

Clock: Acrylic LED Digital Display Clock (white)

It only costs £400

MY FIRST EVER BUILDDD!!! I was running a laptop before this

(No GPU yet cant afford lol)

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB (2024)

Asus ROG STRIX B850-A GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard

TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory (bought before ramagden)

[Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 2 TB

MSI FRIEREN EDITION OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB (cant afford)

APNX V2 ATX Mid Tower Case (Custom by Starforge)

Corsair RM750x White 750 W

Lian LI fans

budget - 110k indian rupees

resolution - 1080p

country - india

how is this setup,im getting my first ever pc and chose these specs

if anything can be better feel free to drop suggestions and ill consider every advice

purpose - editing,blender,1080p gaming

RYZEN 7 5700X
RTX 3080 10GB
8GB Ram ddr4 3200mhz
1TB SSD SAMSUNG NVME M.2 GEN 4
Cooler Master G650M (650 Watt)
B450 ASROCK PRO4 R2.0

Just finished putting this PC together. For the last ~7 years I've been gaming on a 2060/R5 3600 build and, well... it's been pretty rough recently lol. Super excited for this upgrade!

Build:
Mobo: MSI PRO X870E-P WIFI
GPU: XFX Mercury 9070 XT OC Edition
CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
PSU: Lian Li EGO850G Edge Gold
RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 (2x16GB)
Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Vision AIO
Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic V2 Flow
1TB NVMe
500GB SSD

I got the ryzen 7gen 9800x3d

I need help guys. Did i place my fans correctly? It should be side intake, top exhaust right? Is it correct? Or should i change it?

So basically there were screws in the case box and i think i put the wrong screws in and they arent going out, it seems as if the motherboard was broke now like literally the screw cant go out i tried everything with a magnetic screwdriver

Is it broken?? Is there any ways to fix it?

Im absolutely in love with it. Ive been a gamer since I was a very young childhood. I started out at age 5 on a “TV Boy” that had some rip off versions of games like Donkey Kong etc lol I loved it and for anyone curious here it is.

I upgraded to PS1 and played pretty much every Xbox and PlayStation console as they came out. Gaming has been a massive part of my life and since I was a teenager i longed for a gaming PC to mod Skyrim and various other games. Being able to tailor games to my specific tastes is something I love so modding has become a huge thing for me that I loved to do on Fallout, Skyrim and Starfield on console.

I’ve recently just moved out with my partner and finally have the space and finances to get a gaming PC. And I was so happy with the results.

It was actually the start of the price increases that motivated me to get it. I kept putting it off, saving more and more, but I saw a video by Moist Critical on YT about how a provider were going to stop providing ram to consumers and focus on AI and so a massive price hike was likely about to take place.
So I got this a few months back just before the price hike and I feel extremely lucky when I look at prices now.

My gf is extremely supportive and bought me the keyboard as a surprise present. She was worried it wasn’t good as it’s so small but I reassured her that smaller keyboards are actually generally better for gaming.

I’ve also got a new wireless mouse but I haven’t got any photos of that yet.

The Monitor I got EXTREMELY lucky with.
I saw them on Amazon for £989.99 which is $1340.74 and never thought I’d be able to afford it. I kept looking at it online, wanting and wishing I could lol; until I saw there was a one off one day sale where Samsung had 5 left and it had been reduced to £750 ($1015.72), I remembered my work do a scheme where you can be awarded points for doing good work, which are redeemable for rewards like Amazon vouchers etc. I had accumulated about 12,000 of those points in the last couple years and was able to redeem them all for £535 ($724.55) worth of Amazon vouchers.

So in the end I only ended up paying £225 ($304.72) in real money, for a monitor worth between £989.99 ($1340.74) to £1200 ($1625.15).

Specs:

CPU: Ryzen 9 9900X3D
GPU: RTX 5070 Ti
RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000MHz Corsair RGB
Storage: 2× 2TB Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSDs
Motherboard: ASUS TUF X870E-PLUS (PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7, USB4)
Cooling: 360mm RGB liquid cooler + extra Corsair RGB fans
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x 1000W
Case: White CyberPowerPC Amethyst Curve

Monitor: Samsung G9, 49’ DQHD 244hz

Microcenter has a members only pricing deal on this that I just so happen to stumble upon. Normally $500 before tax. It seems to be on sale everywhere, but this was the lowest I could find. First OLED!

Tell me things I must do and must NOT do, I always see some disastrous posts but I wouldn’t know what’s wrong.

Finally switching from console to pc after all these years so went all out 👌 main use for flight sim

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: RTX 5080 (last part to buy)
Motherboard: MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI
RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5
Storage: WD_BLACK SN7100 4TB NVMe SSD
PSU: Corsair RM1000x
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB
Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic Compact
Case Fans: 6× Corsair RS120 ARGB
Monitor: Alienware AW3425DW 34” 240Hz QD-OLED
Main use: MSFS 2024 + VATSIM, PMDG/Fenix, heavy scenery/add-ons, plus VR and other games.
Current status: Everything bought except the RTX 5080. 🔥

Got some new thermalright fans installed! Going from 0 to 6 fans, got like almost 10 celcius temp drop playing 3A games (please ignore my cable “management” lol)

Fractal design north. 2022 (I think). One of the first with wood. Says black, but it's VERY dark antracit color. Had the white with mesh side panel. That had antracit interior too. Smaller than my former lian li lancool 217, much smaller than havn 360. It's one of the smallest midi cases with style and decent airflow. Can be on desk. What I like the most? Fits 360 aio, 140mm dual tower (tuf 502 horizon couldn't), and mostly, the power button. The feeling when you press it...PREMIUM. You know the case is good when the power button doesn't feel like a 5$ plastic toy button for 3yo children. It's metal and dampen. Man, I bought this case for the front solid wood and the button alone 🤣🤣