Black Rabbit
by George Posted on: 2/26/2024
Build Description
I've been piecing this build together a bit at a time for the last six months. I mainly kept an eye out for components that would be a significant upgrade over my 11900K / 3070 Ti desktop build. Shoutout to the employees at my local microcenter who take time to hunt down the random clearance items I order. Everything but the AIO cooler and the ssd storage devices were bought at microcenter.
Currently on the 13700k, I have all P cores overclocked to 5.8 with all E cores at 4.4 with vcore set to 1.35 and medium LLC. My ddr5 is modestly overclocked from 6000 to 6400 for the time being. I need to re-learn how to overclock ram because a lot of bios settings have become more complex since ddr3-ddr4 days. From what I understand, Hynix A die modules should be able to overclock significantly higher frequencies - I just need to learn how to pull that off.
Currently on the 13700k, I have all P cores overclocked to 5.8 with all E cores at 4.4 with vcore set to 1.35 and medium LLC. My ddr5 is modestly overclocked from 6000 to 6400 for the time being. I need to re-learn how to overclock ram because a lot of bios settings have become more complex since ddr3-ddr4 days. From what I understand, Hynix A die modules should be able to overclock significantly higher frequencies - I just need to learn how to pull that off.
Favorite Feature
I tried something different (new to me, at least) with the cosmetic styling of this build. It's the first time I've ever had a hybrid graphics card (with an aio radiator built in) so I decided to try to do a vertical mount for the gpu and connect it with a pci-e 4.0 riser cable. The downside of this option is usually the fact that the fans on the gpu get starved for airflow up against a tempered glass panel. However, since the fan on the graphics card itself is of the blower variety, I thought I could pull it off with minimal negative impact on gpu temps.I realized I had a little extra room and so I decided to use the remaining space for a plastic figure of character from one of my favorite game series. This particular character uses a construct that is black with blue lighting. So that's why the primary rgb profile I'm running uses a dark blue/light blue/white spectrum.
Intel Core i7-13700K Raptor Lake 3.4GHz Sixteen-Core LGA 1700 Boxed Processor - Heatsink Not Included
Qty: 1
$275.00
Gigabyte Z790 AORUS MASTER Intel LGA 1700 eATX Motherboard
Qty: 1
$229.96
open box, microcenter
ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ROG Strix LC Overclocked Liquid Cooled 24GB GDDR6X PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card
Qty: 1
$365.96
open box, microcenter
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB Series 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL30 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit F5-6000J3040G32GX2-TZ5RK - Black
Qty: 3
$65.96
open box, microcenter
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Black ATX Flexible Light Tinted Tempered Glass Window Mid Tower Computer Case
Qty: 1
$79.96
open box, microcenter
MAINGEAR IGNITION 1200 Watt 80 Plus Platinum ATX Fully Modular Power Supply
Qty: 1
$79.96
open box, microcenter
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 A-RGB
Qty: 1
$103.94
bought direct from arctic through amazon
Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2tb
Qty: 4
$53.11
open box, amazon
Samsung 980 Pro 2tb
Qty: 1
$63.16
open box, amazon
Linkup PCIe 4.0 X16 Riser Cable (white, 15cm, right angle)
Qty: 1
$14.03
open box, amazon
Micro Connectors Premium Sleeved 12VHPWR PCI-e 5.0 16-Pin (12+4) to Triple 8-Pin GPU Power Extension Cable
Qty: 1
$1.96
open box, microcenter