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A completely unnecessary rebuild
by Arte S Posted on: 9/22/2023Build Description
Hello, my name is Arte and I'm completely addicted to overhauling my desktop pc for the sake of making marginal improvements. Or perhaps I just enjoy tinkering. Regardless, those are my honest reasons of why I built this. This machine functions as and replaces my primary gaming desktop pc. I mostly play fps games such as Doom Eternal.
I was really tired of ddr4 and was ready to make the switch to ddr5 since the price on ddr5 has come down significantly over recent months. I also upgraded my video card to a RTX 4070 so that I could use gsync on a recently acquired monitor. I also upgraded to a more robust air cpu cooler so that it could handle the temps of an i7 13700k cpu.
I was really tired of ddr4 and was ready to make the switch to ddr5 since the price on ddr5 has come down significantly over recent months. I also upgraded my video card to a RTX 4070 so that I could use gsync on a recently acquired monitor. I also upgraded to a more robust air cpu cooler so that it could handle the temps of an i7 13700k cpu.
Favorite Feature
So far my favorite feature has to be Gsync, a feature exclusive to nvidia cards and compatible monitors. I've been using an AMD RX graphics card with a gsync-capable monitor for a couple years now. Once I installed the nvidia drivers, I could notice the difference in smoothness right away. I'll admit, sometimes I just watch my mouse cursor as I drag it around in circles just to appreciate how fuild and smooth it is now with gsync.
Intel Core i7-13700K Raptor Lake 3.4GHz Sixteen-Core LGA 1700 Boxed Processor - Heatsink Not Included
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MSI Z790 MEG Ace Intel LGA 1700 eATX Motherboard
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ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Dual Overclocked Dual Fan 12GB GDDR6X PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card
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Corsair 7000D AIRFLOW Tempered Glass eATX Full Tower Computer Case - Black
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Seasonic USA Vertex GX-1000 1000 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply
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Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black CPU Cooler
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