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Discussion: What makes your build unique? (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 1 year ago by IowaMan to c/pcmasterrace

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One quirky detail of my build: it has a tiered storage system through FuzeDrive. What that means is I have an 8 TB shucked hard drive and a 128 GB SSD "fuzed" together through some old software by Enmotus that is no longer available for purchase iirc. This means the SSD acts as a cache for my huge 8 TB drive. As a result, I can just install basically any game I want to my massive 8 TB drive without worrying about space, and if I play that game more than once or twice, it'll automatically move to the SSD portion for faster access.

Some ideas:

Is this using used hardware that has a story?
Got an unusual configuration that isn't normally seen (Dual RTX 3070 for example)
Did you paint it or add special lighting?

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[–] kamen 1 points 1 year ago

Nothing special really. It's currently as follows:

Crosshair X570 Dark Hero (a little overkill, but it was one of the very few fanless X570 boards when I was buying 2 years ago)
Ryzen 9 5900X
Noctua NH-U14S
Noctua RTX 3070
MP600 1 TB (OS + games + code)
WD Black 4 TB HDD (I need bulk storage because I'm working with many photos; probably going to replace it with a cheap 4 TB SSD soon)
A bunch of smaller 2.5" SATA SSDs
Seasonic SS860XP2
Fractal Design Define R5
Dell U2722DE + Dell U2719D both on Dell MSA20 stands (QHD is for me still a good middle ground of enough pixels for work and not too many pixels such that games would require a ridiculous GPU); probably adding a high refresh rate 34" 1440p ultrawide in the near future (I even tried an LG a few months back, but it had dead pixels, I returned it and didn't bother getting another one); the U2722DE I got mainly for work because it's easy to hook up to a laptop and have video + data + power all from one cable (I have a powered USB hub hooked to the monitor hosting most of my peripherals), daisy chaining works well (I have only one DP cable going to the GPU)
Boardsource Lulu, MX Master 2S
Thaulab Varna IV DAC, Objective 2 amp, AKG K7XX, Audio-technica ATH-M40X

The case, the PSU and the CPU cooler are "leftovers" from the first somewhat serious build I did in 2015; they're still good, although I'm probably going to replace the PSU just because it's getting a bit old. I was thinking of getting a Fractal Torrent case too, but it's not too urgent.