I got insanely envious for a moment thinking you WON won these. I wish I felt remotely comfortable dropping $2600 before tax on a goddamn GPU and mobo.
Trust me, I had a moment too. I texted my best friend, told me congrats as I've been trying for over a year to get a 30 series (currently on a 4770K and 650). Then call him up 5 minutes later and let him talk me into pushing the buy button because once the initial hype wore off... "Huh... That's a big fucking number."
Congrats on the win.
Fractal's Meshify 2 Compact ($110) or Lian Li's Lancool 2 ($130) are good cases, include 3 fans, and are a bit cheaper than the P500A. The Lancool 2 doesn't officially support top mounted 280mm rads, but I've heard they do in fact, fit.
Thanks for the advice; I was already looking at the mesh 2, what does the compact have over it outside of space saving? The Lian did catch my eye for a bit. In regards to just moving an intake fan to he back, tbh I legit didn't even think about doing that.
The main difference between the normal 2 and the compact is the size and pricing. The compact is ~$30 cheaper and smaller in every dimension. (18.70" H x 8.27" W x 16.69" D vs 21.34" H x 9.45" W x 18.66" D). It does only support 120mm exhaust fans vs 140mm but I really doubt that will make any noticeable difference. The compact also only supports GPUs up to 360mm long and PSU's up to 200mm; neither of those should be an issue as I'm not even sure there is anything on the market that exceeds those.
Huh I didn't know that, I've been out of the PC scene since like 2012 so it's been a learning experience catching up. Would you recommend getting different fans to replace the stock fans on the compact case? Also will the compact case fit a 280 radiator mount on the top?
Looks like the compact only supports 240mm rads. Unless you already have the 280mm aio, I'd probably go with something smaller, it's pretty overkill for a 5600x. I'd probably go with a good air cooler like the scythe fuma 2 over an aio.
Agreed with that, the GPU will always drown out decent CPU air (tower) cooling solutions. The CPU getting hotter using a Fuma 2 or equivalent sounds like a bored, through the nose, sigh in a library. In my opinion and when compared to a graphics card. Stock coolers, especially Intel's, sound like jet engines, they're not remotely in the same league as a tower cooler.
This isn't like The Island where they harvest your RAM and PSU then sends it to China, right?
I lost a great deal of respect to just about everyone on youtube. This includes Gamers Nexus. Because they did not post the terrible wattage and heat increases of the 3080/3090 series at launch.
Using a Pixio PX329 32" monitor. Excellent game and TV as I watch my old horror movies while working.
When I read your previous post I thought you were buying a TV to use as a TV and sit far away from it. As a monitor I can imagine it not being great, even my budget eyeballs have been a bit bothered by the VA monitors I have used.
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