Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

[tdawg3782]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

Just picked two 2TB SSD drives to replace some aging HDD. Like easily 10 years old lol. I have multiple external USB 3.0 drives but wanted to be able to load all my games, apps, and other stuff on these and save the externals for just movies, TV shows, and digital download stuff, music, etc. Went with a cheap brand but had good reviews so we'll see. They set me back $189.99 each. But other then upgrading my GPU I am set for the foreseeable future.

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Update on this purchase. Finally just installed them today lol.



This is results from my current OS drive. It's a SanDisk Ultra II 480GB SSD

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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

[Read]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 542.293 MB/s [ 517.2 IOPS] < 15438.80 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 493.033 MB/s [ 470.2 IOPS] < 2126.15 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 402.616 MB/s [ 98294.9 IOPS] < 5196.32 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 26.776 MB/s [ 6537.1 IOPS] < 152.68 us>

[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 475.830 MB/s [ 453.8 IOPS] < 17577.01 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 483.792 MB/s [ 461.4 IOPS] < 2166.03 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 254.039 MB/s [ 62021.2 IOPS] < 8245.46 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 95.806 MB/s [ 23390.1 IOPS] < 42.59 us>

Profile: Default
Test: 1 GiB (x5) [Interval: 5 sec] <defaultaffinity=disabled>
Date: 2020/10/09 1340
OS: Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 18363] (x64)




This is from one of my new drives. It's a Silicon Power Ace 2TB SSD
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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

[Read]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 557.645 MB/s [ 531.8 IOPS] < 15014.51 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 534.317 MB/s [ 509.6 IOPS] < 1961.92 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 247.311 MB/s [ 60378.7 IOPS] < 8464.29 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 24.634 MB/s [ 6014.2 IOPS] < 165.96 us>

[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 523.059 MB/s [ 498.8 IOPS] < 15990.28 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 499.777 MB/s [ 476.6 IOPS] < 2097.13 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 322.040 MB/s [ 78623.0 IOPS] < 6504.90 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 95.354 MB/s [ 23279.8 IOPS] < 42.78 us>

Profile: Default
Test: 1 GiB (x5) [Interval: 5 sec] <defaultaffinity=disabled>
Date: 2020/10/09 12:50:38
OS: Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 18363] (x64)





Just for ****s and giggles here are results from my Samsung SSD 970 Evo 1TB M.2 SSD
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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

[Read]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 3564.694 MB/s [ 3399.6 IOPS] < 2347.95 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 1925.131 MB/s [ 1835.9 IOPS] < 544.20 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 1840.269 MB/s [ 449284.4 IOPS] < 1107.96 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 30.845 MB/s [ 7530.5 IOPS] < 132.57 us>

[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 2484.217 MB/s [ 2369.1 IOPS] < 3332.32 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 2476.756 MB/s [ 2362.0 IOPS] < 422.87 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 2084.112 MB/s [ 508816.4 IOPS] < 1002.96 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 147.276 MB/s [ 35956.1 IOPS] < 27.64 us>

Profile: Default
Test: 1 GiB (x5) [Interval: 5 sec] <defaultaffinity=disabled>
Date: 2020/10/09 13:11:51
OS: Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 18363] (x64)


Last but not least results from my Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 drive just for comparisons
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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

[Read]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 118.058 MB/s [ 112.6 IOPS] < 70551.48 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 98.775 MB/s [ 94.2 IOPS] < 10595.28 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 0.638 MB/s [ 155.8 IOPS] <720036.11 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 0.311 MB/s [ 75.9 IOPS] < 13155.93 us>

[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 89.966 MB/s [ 85.8 IOPS] < 73658.38 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 88.079 MB/s [ 84.0 IOPS] < 11799.49 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 8.914 MB/s [ 2176.3 IOPS] <211257.26 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 5.970 MB/s [ 1457.5 IOPS] < 685.59 us>

Profile: Default
Test: 1 GiB (x5) [Interval: 5 sec] <defaultaffinity=disabled>
Date: 2020/10/09 13:21:14
OS: Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 18363] (x64)


So the Silicon Power Ace drives seem to hold up with my SanDisk at a fraction of the cost ($189.99 each). Hopefully they hold up. Pretty happy right now. Time to get some games on them.


Holy hell though. I knew the M.2 drives were super fast but I had never ran a speed test on them. That is just insane.</defaultaffinity=disabled></defaultaffinity=disabled></defaultaffinity=disabled></defaultaffinity=disabled>

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Official &quot;I want to build a New PC!&quot; Thread

I am happy AMD is finally getting on even terms with Intel and Nvidia on the high end.

[mestevo]

Re: Official &amp;quot;I want to build a New PC!&amp;quot; Thread

Odyssey G9 arrived today, also scored a 3090 from Best Buy that will be here Tuesday.

Done spending money for a bit...

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[KG]

Re: Official &quot;I want to build a New PC!&quot; Thread

What do you all use for controllers?


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[DocHolliday]

Re: Official &amp;quot;I want to build a New PC!&amp;quot; Thread

Odyssey G9 arrived today, also scored a 3090 from Best Buy that will be here Tuesday.

Done spending money for a bit...

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How did you get the 3090! Congrats man.

My system is still z370 with a 8700K, I don't think I could get the most out of a 3090, but cant wait to get a 3080. Such a pain its that hard to find. Ebay prices are coming down so that's good. Need it before CyberPunk.

[mikenoob]

Re: Official &quot;I want to build a New PC!&quot; Thread

What do you all use for controllers?


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You can use just about any controller. I use ps4 controller for rocket league and xbox one controller for everything else. I only bought an Xbox one controller because it is plug and play and works for nearly every game

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[RockinDaMike]

Official &amp;quot;I want to build a New PC!&amp;quot; Thread

What do you all use for controllers?


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Razer Raiju Ultimate controller and sometimes an Xbox elite controller but I like the Razer a lot. My buddy has the Razer Wolverine which is laid out like an Xbox but I prefer the sticks to be the same level like PS.


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[mestevo]

Re: Official &amp;quot;I want to build a New PC!&amp;quot; Thread

How did you get the 3090! Congrats man.

My system is still z370 with a 8700K, I don't think I could get the most out of a 3090, but cant wait to get a 3080. Such a pain its that hard to find. Ebay prices are coming down so that's good. Need it before CyberPunk.

I'm sticking with a 2700x myself for the time being.

I managed to snag one as multiple SKUs came in/out of stock at Best Buy. Was during an expected drop for some Gigabyte cards and managed to get a 3090 FE.

I monitored chatter/stock in this discord: discord.gg/stockdrops from this Twitter account - https://twitter.com/BotRtx

[RockinDaMike]

Re: Official &quot;I want to build a New PC!&quot; Thread

Check out this case. Would look great for a streaming pc or a media center for the living room. Can’t put a huge card in it but definitely would be open to see more pyramid cases.

https://youtu.be/riPMig0hetA

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[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Official &quot;I want to build a New PC!&quot; Thread

Big Navi is coming:

RX 6900 XT - $999 - Dec. 8 - 300 watts

RX 6800 XT - $649 - Nov. 18 - 300 watts

RX 6800 - $579 - Nov. 18 - 250 watts

All will have 16GB of GGR6 memory. RX 6900 XT same performance level as the RTX 3090.

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[Artman22]

Re: Official &quot;I want to build a New PC!&quot; Thread

Big Navi is coming:

RX 6900 XT - $999 - Dec. 8 - 300 watts

RX 6800 XT - $649 - Nov. 18 - 300 watts

RX 6800 - $579 - Nov. 18 - 250 watts

All will have 16GB of GGR6 memory. RX 6900 XT same performance level as the RTX 3090.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHpgu-cTjyM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Man this is so tempting lol. I tried an AMD card before and had a bad experience with it. Some games would crash randomly at the times and the drivers weren’t the best. If AMD can get their drivers right that would be great..


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[mestevo]

Re: Official &amp;quot;I want to build a New PC!&amp;quot; Thread

Yeah, AMD and their driver problems leave me with no buyers remorse with my 3090.

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[TheBleedingRed21]

Re: Official &amp;quot;I want to build a New PC!&amp;quot; Thread

AMD Driver issues are usually at launch, historically. They are also way over blown most of the time.

I wouldn’t have buyers remorse, but AMD brought the fight and brings incredible value.

[DocHolliday]

Re: Official &amp;quot;I want to build a New PC!&amp;quot; Thread

If I cant find a 3080 by the time these launch i will probably go with these.

[mestevo]

Re: Official &amp;quot;I want to build a New PC!&amp;quot; Thread

AMD Driver issues are usually at launch, historically. They are also way over blown most of the time.

I wouldn’t have buyers remorse, but AMD brought the fight and brings incredible value.

I agree in general, but I feel they've burnt so many people really badly, my distrust comes from an old Inspiron that they opted not to support my mobile card during a Windows transition (I had to use hacked drivers) and I even had the amazing Radeon 9800 Pro since then, but it also had driver challenges.

...that was more than 15 years ago. lol.

Anyways, I'd be interested in AMD's answer to DLSS. That's been a bigger game changer than the flashier ray tracing, which for even this generation of consoles and cards is a bit of a stretch IMO, a lot of work still to be done in that area.

The announcements today were great for gaming and competition.