u/Reaper01Actual1970

I've lived in Florida for about 12-13 years, and we get a lot of lightning strikes, occasional hurricanes and power outages when idiots go off the road and hit the power poles around us.

So, I've tried to take steps to protect my home and system from those problems.

I've been building this system over the last year and think it's about the best system I could build within my budget.

If anyone sees anything I could ad or change that wouldn't be too expensive, I would truly appreciate it.

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Electrical Service Box for the house:

Upgraded from a Sylvania 150 amp to a Square D 200 amp box

Whole-house surge protection:

Siemens First Surge FS100

Surge protection at my desk:

Tripp Lite 12 Outlet Surge Protector Power Strip Model #TLP1208SAT

Comes with $250,000 Insurance, 2880-joule / 216kA surge current capacity and a suppression rating that reduces line noise up to 40 dB

Router:

TP-Link Archer AX11000

Operating System:

Windows 11 Pro

Case:

Lian Li O11 Vision ATX mid-tower case in black with tinted tempered glass on top, left side and front

Motherboard:

MSI MPG x870e Carbon WiFi

I've turned the BIOS Beep on and chose to use the "Memory Try It!" function to match my DRAM's specs of DDR5 6000MHz with timing of 30-36-36-76.

CPU:

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core - 24-Thread

CPU Holder:

Thermalright ASF-RED AM5 CPU Holder, Corrective Anti-Bending Fixing Frame

CPU Cooler:

Corsair iCue Link Titan RX LCD 360mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler (Black) with radiator and three 120mm fans pulling air in thru the radiator on the right side of the main cavity

GPU:

ASUS ROG Strix Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 OC 24GB GDDR6X Ampere Graphics Card GPU

I completely disassembled it and deep cleaned it with WoldoClean 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol for a week before repadding and repasting.

Due to no one company making all the required thicknesses, I used Thermal Grizzly Kronaut Extreme paste on the GPU core, Gelid 0.5mm and 2.5mm pads, as well as Thermalright 1.5 mm and 2mm pads.

It's got ROCK SOLID drivers, doesn't burn power connections like the newer cards because of the more robust power cables and VRAM is something that everyone needs to have the most of.

Thermal pads and paste used:

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme paste

0.5mm

1.0mm

2.0mm

2.5mm

[Upgraded from a Zotac GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity OC 10GB GDDR6X, but keeping it for future troubleshooting.

Most likely next GPU upgrade options:

Cooler Master MasterAccessory Vertical GPU Card Holder Kit V3 Black, Premium Riser Cable PCI-E 4.0 x16-165mm, PCIe 3.0 Compatible, Adjustable Length for E-ATX|ATX|Micro ATX Case (MCA-U000R-KFVK03)

And primarily interested in this gpu ugrade:

Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 Master 16GB Graphics Card.

Or....

Zotac released the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO in October 2022, featuring an "AIR-Optimized" triple-fan cooling design with Spectra 2.0 RGB lighting, 24GB GDDR6X VRAM, and a boost clock up to 2,580MHz

ZOTAC bundles a 4x8-pin to one 12VHPWR adapter with this card, though some AIB models use 3x8-pin setups.

(It has a Type B orientated power connector.)

*****OR****

☆ MSI GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER 16G VENTUS 3X OC 16GB GDDR6X Graphics Card

• 3 slot thickness

• increase of 3.5 mm in length and 4.3 mm in thickness, but a decrease of 4 mm in height.

GPU Support:

Joyjom Fan mounting Adjustable Aluminum Graphics Card GPU Sag Bracket that mounts on the screw holes of my Corsair 140mm bottom fans

Note: (This will possibly be removed with the GPU upgrade and could be replaced with a vertical mount bracket if i can find one that will not requirethe removal of one of my exhaust fans and moving my motherboardtry up.)

DRAM:

Corsair Dominator Titanium RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 DRAM 6000MT/s CL30 (30-36-36-76)

DRAM cooling:

Corsair DOMINATOR TITANIUM Fin Accessory Kit

VR Goggles:

META Quest 3

BoboVR S3 Pro

Prismxr Carina D1 Charging Dock

Internal Chassis Monitoring Screen:

Turzx 9.2" 1920x462 IPS LCD connected via Corsair internal USB hub and mounted with thick double sided silicone tape on the included angle brackets to the inside of my case’s top glass panel.

Case cooling fans on the bottom:

(3) CORSAIR iCUE Link RX140 MAX RGB 140mm PWM Thick Fan – High-Static Pressure – Magnetic Dome Bearing – Black

Case cooling fans on the back:

(2) CORSAIR iCUE LINK RX120 MAX RGB 120mm PWM Thick Fan – High-Static Pressure – Magnetic Dome Bearing – Black

Storage:

(4) SK hynix Platinum P41 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen4 M.2 2280 Internal Gaming SSD, Up to 7,000MB/S, Compact M.2 Form Factor - Internal Solid State Drive with 176-Layer NAND Flash

Power supply:

Corsair HX1000i Power Supply 1000W 80 Plus Platinum with iCue Link integration (Part Number: CP-9020259-NA)

This integrates with iCUE software by connecting to the powered 4-port Corsair internal USB hub.

Red wire kit for PSU:

Red Corsair Pro PSU cable kit

(Type 4/Gen 4)

Longer and heavier gauge PSU power cable:

IronBox Electric - Heavy-Duty 5-15P to C13 Power Cord - 3 Prong 15A 125V 14/3 SJT PC Cable (10 feet)

BIOS Beeper/Speaker:

(2) 4-pin RuiLing

(I pulled one speaker's two pins from it's connector to fill the other speaker's connector, which I'm using.)

External USB Hub:

BeovSS 10-Port USB 3.0 Hub (Model A-103)

Multimedia Card Reader:

RocketTEK for SDX, microSD1, microSD2, CF, xD and xD1.21 cards

Additional internal USB 2.0 headers:

Corsair Internal 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub (RCA0016) CC-9310002-WW

[One installed and one spare]

This gets power from a SATA power cable from the PSU, via a SATA power cable, and delivers it to the four USB 2.0 headers on it.

It's physically located just under the PSU, in the right cavity of my case.

This header is being used for the front panel USB plug, my Corsair HX1000i Power Supply's interface cableband my Corsair Titan CPU AIO, leaving one header on it open, as one USB2 header on my motherboard open for the future.

☆ Thermal Grizzly WireView Pro 2 is a great example of that's to come that can now use my open USB2 header on my motherboard OR the open one on this internal hub.

Microphone:

RØDE NT-USB+ Professional-Grade USB Condenser Microphone with pop filter and zero-latency headphone monitoring

Microphone boom:

Elgato Wave Boom Mic Arm

Webcam:

Insta360 Link AI-Powered auto tracking PTZ 4K Webcam

Monitor:

Alienware AW3418HW

My next monitor:

5k2k 39.7" options like:

Lenovo ThinkVision P40w‑20

(New: $1200 / Used: $700 on eBay)

Max Refresh : 75 Hz

(A little dim)

(Note: If you light your room to normal levels, run your Lenovo at around 65% brightness and calibrate for ~180 nits — that’s the “goldilocks zone.”

You’ll get accurate colors, comfortable viewing, and an environment that mirrors how your audience will actually experience your footage.

It was released in 2021and discontinued in 2025.

Monitor cable:

Switched from HDMI to DisplayPort 2.1, so the Alienware monitor's built-in NVIDIA G-Sync can be utilized in conjunction with my GPU's NVIDIA chipset.

Monitor mount:

Ergotron 45-241-026 LX Desk Mount LCD Monitor Arm

Keyboard:

Corsair K70 RGB PRO Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Mouse:

Corsair Nightsword RGB Tunable FPS/MOBA Wired Optical Gaming Mouse

Mouse pad:

CORSAIR - MM800 Polaris RGB "Cloth Edition" Gaming Mouse Pad (Limited Production)

Speakers:

Klipsch Promedia Heritage 2.1 THX Computer Speaker System in Black

Initially connected via Bluetooth, but later connected via Monster Cable 3.5mm to two RCA connectors

Speaker stands:

Set of 2 Generic Desktop Clamp Speaker Stands Short Studio Monitor Stands with an adjustable height of 9"-14", but only one was used due to space constraints on my desk.

Cell phone charger:

TYLT VU Solo Qi Charger (Model Number: VUSOLORD-T)

Assorted parts:

Corsair QuikTurn® Fan Screw Pack (Black/Nickel/White)

SIM Racing seat and frame

Logitech G29 Steering wheel, 3 pedals and shifter

Racing Cockpit with seat:

Marada 4080 sim frame racing simulator cockpit

Primary WiFi Network Printer:

HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw

Secondary WiFi Network Printer:

Brother MFC-7860DW

Current Printer papers used:

(Everyday) Hammermill Printer Paper, Premium Color 32 Lb Copy Paper, 8.5 x 11 - 1 Ream (500 Sheets) - 100 Bright, Made in the USA, 102630

(Photos) HP Premium Plus Glossy Photo Paper-50 sht/Letter/8.5 x 11 in.

Current Software:

Norton 360 Deluxe

Adobe Photoshop 2021 Lifetime

Adobe Acrobat Pro Lifetime

MS Office 2021 Professional Plus

Corsair iCUE LINK

AIDA64

Insta360 Link Controller

8 Zip

HeavyLoad

Audacity (For Rode mic)

NVIDIA Broadcast 2.0.2

Zoom Workplace

Zotac FireStorm

PC Cleaner

NIVIDA Chat RTX

NIVIDA Studio

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

PowerShell 7.5.2 Win x64 from Microsoft

HWiNFo 64 v.8.30-5800

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