Hoth

by Cadman91 Posted on: 10/15/2020

Build Description

I built this PC primarily as a workstation for 3D animation and visual effects. I also make content for my YouTube channel, CGStirk! I do play games when I'm done with work. My favorites are DCS, Arma 3, Witcher 3, Metro Exodus, and Rising Storm 2: Vietnam. I'm in the process of upgrading this rig as the CPU and RAM are holding back rendering and 3D simulation performance for my work. One day soon I hope to appease the Nvidia gods and pick up an RTX 3090 for some epic GPU rendering, and gaming at 4k with Cyberpunk will hopefully be awesome too!

Favorite Feature

I'm most pleased about finding a case that could be inverted so the window is on the right. Since the room layout doesn't allow me to have the PC on the right-hand side, I'm glad be quiet! offers that feature. I think the Tamashii Nations Stormtroopers are a nice touch, too, along with the LIFX Beams.

Parts contained in build

i9-7900x

Qty: 1 $1,000.00

ASRock X299 Taichi LGA 2066 Intel X299 ATX Motherboard

Qty: 1 $345.99

Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC

Qty: 1 $1,250.00

Ballistix Sport LT 64GB Kit (16GBx4) DDR4 2666

Qty: 2 $600.00

(2x for 128 GB)

be quiet! Dark Base 700 White Edition Case

Qty: 1 $200.00

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GA 850 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply

Qty: 1 $144.99

Corsair Hydro Series H115i PRO

Qty: 1 $139.99

Toshiba 5TB 7200RPM SATA III 6Gb/s 3.5 HDD

Qty: 3 $149.99

3x for 15TB

Toshiba X300 10TB 7200RPM SATA III 6Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Qty: 1 $289.99

Samsung 970 EVO+ 500GB SSD V-NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive

Qty: 1 $89.99

Samsung 970 Pro 1TB SSD 2-bit MLC NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive

Qty: 1 $349.99

SanDisk SSD Plus 1TB SSD SATA III 6.0 GB/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive

Qty: 1 $115.99