THE Personal Computer Thread 2023

Yeah you were pretty much on the money, it’s just hard to generalise across the different hardware since they all behave differently in regards to undervolting.

By HonestVapes Go To PostKinda shocked by the lack of options for 3080/Ti FE waterblocks.

There’s the fancy EKWB for £250, one from Corsair, one from Alphacool and one from Bykski. That’s all I’ve found so far.

Found one from Bitspower too. It’s ugly as sin.



If I don’t splurg on the EK block, I’m reluctantly thinking of going with the Corsair option. The Alphacool block def has the better build quality, but between the two the Corsair is the slight less ugly of the two.
The Bitspower block is a crime against aesthetics.

What about Heatkiller blocks? Nothing you like there?

By Zabojnik Go To PostWhat about Heatkiller blocks? Nothing you like there?

I don't believe they make a block for FE cards. Not from what I've seen at least. They do make them for reference PCBs and some AIB models though.

By Laboured Go To Post

Times like this you must appreciate being an articled professional eh.

Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Energy $70,600
Insurance $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

By Laboured Go To PostFood $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Energy $70,600
Insurance $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

Just ask one of your boarding school elites for a government contract to do computational folding to offload the energy usage onto the tax payer and get a retainer fee on top of that.

By Laboured Go To PostFood $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Energy $70,600
Insurance $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

Time to get wired up to the nearest lamppost.

3080Ti delivery has been delayed on Scan’s end. Started to feel like the stars didn’t align for me afterall.

By HonestVapes Go To Post3080Ti delivery has been delayed on Scan’s end. Started to feel like the stars didn’t align for me afterall.

Same buddy, same. Got the shipping notification, but DPD say they haven't received shit yet.
That said, I was waiting for the Alder Lake reveal to make a move on the rest of my hardware anyway, so it's less pressing for me.

Alder Lake needs to hurry tf up. I have money that I am willing to waste.

My 6600k is struggling since I got the 3070Ti. Near or constant 100% utilization in games and getting a lot of stuttering. Save me Alder Lake! or at least force AMD to drop their prices.

By Laboured Go To PostAlder Lake needs to hurry tf up. I have money that I am willing to waste.

Reduced your candle budget?

Tempted to buy the Meshlicious months in advance of new CPU and remaining components and with no GPU in sight, just to feel something.

By JesalR Go To PostReduced your candle budget?

no

Would you like to live meshliciously?

By SavageGordonLung Go To PostWould you like to live meshliciously?

Very much so.

Also, Pedja, ain't nobody dropping prices, CPU or otherwise, anytime soon.

We need to believe zabo!

By JesalR Go To PostSame buddy, same. Got the shipping notification, but DPD say they haven't received shit yet.
That said, I was waiting for the Alder Lake reveal to make a move on the rest of my hardware anyway, so it's less pressing for me.

I've been in work all day and I'm in over the weekend, so I'm not fiending to get it. Just concerned that the stock never arrive at Scan or whatever and that the order may get cancelled.

By HonestVapes Go To PostI've been in work all day and I'm in over the weekend, so I'm not fiending to get it. Just concerned that the stock never arrive at Scan or whatever and that the order may get cancelled.

Wouldn’t rule it out, but it seems weird that they said it had been picked and also shipped. Would have guessed if they had stock issues it would have cancelled earlier? Maybe wishful thinking.

By JesalR Go To PostWouldn’t rule it out, but it seems weird that they said it had been picked and also shipped. Would have guessed if they had stock issues it would have cancelled earlier? Maybe wishful thinking.

I might be just being a doomer. Buying a 30 series for the RRP still seems too good to be true.

I’m thinking it’s likely there’s a delay on Scan’s side with either receiving the stock or being able to allocate it. Hopefully nothing will arise from it.

Prolly cus some cunt like me ordered a pre-built and got priority :lol

By Zabojnik Go To PostTempted to buy the Meshlicious months in advance of new CPU and remaining components and with no GPU in sight, just to feel something.

I think you should, just fucking go for it. It'll spur you on and light the fire for you to upgrade your dusty af 7700K.

You can have my 2080Ti for a steal of a price too, Brexit be damned

By HonestVapes Go To PostI've been in work all day and I'm in over the weekend, so I'm not fiending to get it. Just concerned that the stock never arrive at Scan or whatever and that the order may get cancelled.

DPD say they have mine now, have a slot for tomorrow

By JesalR Go To PostDPD say they have mine now, have a slot for tomorrow

Just checked and mines updated too. Phew. I broke the sad wine out for nothing.

It is happy wine now, cousin.

By Laboured Go To PostIt is happy wine now, cousin.

Fucking ain’t, the bottle’s empty and I’m back in work for 6am

Takes balls to drink on a work night. Big fucking 80TiBalls and you know it.

Oh I really do brother.

By HonestVapes Go To PostI think you should, just fucking go for it. It'll spur you on and light the fire for you to upgrade your dusty af 7700K.

You can have my 2080Ti for a steal of a price too, Brexit be damned

Gonna sleep on it, might pull the trigger tomorrow. If I can even find it in stock.

Nah m8, I appreciate the offer, but you should sell it locally for as much as you can. <3 I want a HDMI 2.1 card anyway, gonna keep trying for the 3080 for another couple of months, otherwise I'll just get a 3080ti or a 3090, terrible price to performance ratio be damned.

3080Ti arrived.

Need to tear my loop apart to ascend tho.

RIP Pedja's dream.

By HonestVapes Go To Post3080Ti arrived.

Need to tear my loop apart to ascend tho.

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Used 2080Ti is still around 1000 euros fuuuck

By guanciale Go To PostUsed 2080Ti is still around 1000 euros fuuuck

Got the GPU. Where do I put the disks in? How do I plug in a controller? PC gaming a shambles

Didn't the ScanMan take you through that stuff?

Should’ve bought from Amazon and paid for expert installation

Nvidia really nailed the design of these 30 series cards. Shame all the AIB went full Gamer with their design.
Really gonna be a shame to remove the heatsink and put a block on it.

Was thinking that I'll probably need WiFi on my machine, because I'm not certain that it'll always be close to the router.
Worth getting a motherboard with it built in, or an add-on card?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Z590-PRO-WIFI-Motherboard/dp/B08VH8JZRD
Most of the M.2 cards I've seen say they're key A or E only, and I can't tell what key the M.2 slots are on the Gigabyte board that Vapes suggested

I’d go with on-board WiFi but be mindful with what WiFi chip the board uses as some are shite.

I’m not too up on the specifics with the M.2 interface, but I’m 99% positive that whatever modern motherboard you buy will take any mainstream NVMe PCIE 3.0 (or 4.0 drive drive).
Some boards might get a little funky in regards to SATA M.2 was on certain available m.2 slots though.

Given the price difference, I’d just go with whatever’s cheap from a reputable brand, with at least a 3000mb/s read/write speed.

By Laboured Go To PostProlly cus some cunt like me ordered a pre-built and got priority :lol

Are only Z690 motherboards going to support overclocking? I'll be forced to buy a 300€ mini-itx board, won't I.

By Zabojnik Go To PostAre only Z690 motherboards going to support overclocking? I'll be forced to buy a 300€ mini-itx board, won't I.

I think the B series might support memory ocing again, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for full cpu overclocking support

Fucking Intel. Tempted to wait for Ryzen 6000 just because of this.

Although I see there's quite a few sub-200€ Z590 mobos out there, so ...

Some of the decent B550 ITX boards were kinda pricey too. My general advice is go for Asus or ASRock when it comes to ITX boards. Although ASRock have been sketchy with the overall design past their Z390 ITX boards.

The Z390 Phantom Gaming ITX is what I use with my 9900K, I also bought their budget oriented Z490 ITX board for my gf’s PC for the sake of memory OC on a 10400F. The higher tier Z490 ITX board had some pretty bad design though, it’s not something I would’ve gone for personally.


I don’t trust MSI’s build quality in the longer term. Gigabyte ITX boards, recently at least, are very good quality. Their X570 ITX board had a better VRM set up than every single X470 board that came before it IIRC. However, they tend to be weird when it comes to component and socket placements. Usually the socket is higher up on the board, which can cause issues with fitting some CPU heatsinks in certain cases.
One example is not being able to use a Noctua C14S inside the NCase because the higher socket placements causes the cooler to overhang the top of the board and poke out the top of the chassis. MSI have also been guilty of weird component/socket placements too.