Bossman’s build

[ashen saffron]

What fans are those. I’m in love

What AIO as well

[wanton needle]

fans are the nzxt f120 duo

and the aio is the nzxt kraken elite

[wanton needle]

they've improved the aio so its cleaner

now it looks like this

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its the 2023 version

but theres a new 1

it has way smaller bezels

[ashen saffron]

Ughh I went with the Hydroshift, which comes with the fans I want but damn it being a sqaure vs a circle lcd does bug me a little

[wanton needle]

can u send so i can see it lmao

[wanton needle]

yh i mean i really hate hte squares it just doesnt look good

[ashen saffron]

I knowwwwwwww

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the circle genuinely looks so clean and beautiful lmao

[ashen saffron]

But getting a cooler only then having to buy 3 more 120’s to match the rest of the build would be such a hassle

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have u made ur build?

[ashen saffron]

Yeah, one sec

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YZ3jNz

[wanton needle]

yh no thats very true
it is a hassle but its a long term thing and it looks clean af imo so its worth it

oh

your gonna buy it?

5090?

[ashen saffron]

Yeah, if stock ever opens up

[wanton needle]

lmaoo

itll be a whileee

till u get it

id recommend a 5080 or even the 5070

your not gonna be doing anything that will ever

require a 5090 levle performance

[ashen saffron]

I mean, I don’t like it, I’d prefer the 5080 or the xtx. I didn’t want the xtx because of poorer RT and the 5080 only has 16gb vram. And I do heavy modding

[wanton needle]

unless ur like going for 4k 120fps

[ashen saffron]

Yeah it’s 4k build

[wanton needle]

i see fair enough
itll be a long term build ig

[wanton needle]

yh but thats 4k ultra max settings on everything

tryna get over 100fps

[ashen saffron]

Indeed. But I really wanted path tracing on cyberpunk 😫

[wanton needle]

true but cyberpunk even on a 4080/4090 is really good

[ashen saffron]

If only the 5080 had 24gb vram. That would have been my choice

[wanton needle]

yh very true

nvidia is

sooo

stingy with vram

[ashen saffron]

EXACTLY. I wanted the 4090, but it’s scalped to all hell

4090 is the perfect choice for what I want

[wanton needle]

ur cosair 6500D is weird ngl

[ashen saffron]

How come?

[wanton needle]

its a weird choice for the type of build ur going for

like its really bulky

its a masive case

[ashen saffron]

I didn’t want fish tank. So I could prioritize airflow. The airflow cases don’t leave much room. This one was big and still had the aesthetic

It is indeed massive

[wanton needle]

believe me

if you have fans in your build

the difference is gonna be like 1-5 degrees

at max

for fish tank and normal pc cases

• u have a really good cooler

so airflow isnt something id worry about

[ashen saffron]

Probably right. That’s actually why I went with the 6500D instead. It comes with mesh, and I can swap out the front for glass for like 35 bucks if my cooling is good

[wanton needle]

just make sure the fans are in the right direction

personally id go for an nzxt h9 flow

[ashen saffron]

It’s modular, that’s what I really liked

[wanton needle]

i think it looks so much better

a build like tht

with that case

[ashen saffron]

Tis sexy

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i mean personally i love nzxt

they make insanely clean builds

a little more on the premium side

but worth it

[ashen saffron]

I AM going for a clean build. I really like the unifan TL’s though

[wanton needle]

true

i like them

[ashen saffron]

Not the infinites I like the minimilistic RGB

[wanton needle]

i used to not like them

but its grown on me

i saw a build before

wait lemme send

[ashen saffron]

Yeah, it’s very similar to the fans you have, just more ‘boxy’

[wanton needle]

with th euni fans

lmao

yhh

i know

[ashen saffron]

This is sort of what I’m going for

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i saw this a lil while ago

[ashen saffron]

Sexy 😮‍💨

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fr 🙏

it looks clean

this one

genuinely looks clean

[ashen saffron]

Yeah that’s like my only gripe, is the sqaure LCD

[wanton needle]

from the ones u just sent

that is really nice as well

[ashen saffron]

I knowww that’s pretty much exactly what mine will look like minus the circle lcd

[wanton needle]

im telling

you

ur gonna regret

getting a square one

[ashen saffron]

But then I gotta buy the fanssssss

😔

Hmmm lemme look

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like imagine a cooler like that

wtf is that

rectangle cooked ahh shape

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do u work?

[ashen saffron]

I do.

[ashen saffron]

😭😭

[wanton needle]

i see
if you dont mind me asking how much do u make a day? 😭

[ashen saffron]

Ion even know. Honestly getting the extra money for doing it that way won’t kill me

[wanton needle]

ill jus assume u make idk 200 a day?

if u work like 1 day u can get an AIO that will last you for years

everytime u look at the pc

you dont wanna regret it

cause i can see ur not cheaping out on the other parts

cause of this was a budget build sure

but its a 4k rig

and itll be jus hitting you everytime u look at that cooler

[ashen saffron]

Yeah it’s an all out build

[wanton needle]

esp cause its one of the main things on the pc

the LCD on the cooler really does bring the pc together

[ashen saffron]

Yeahhhh I’d say everything else is exactly what I want

[wanton needle]

and if your not happy with it

its gonna annoy you

foreverr

[ashen saffron]

I’m thinking it will

[wanton needle]

then ur jus gonna regret it 😭

[ashen saffron]

I can still cancel the hydroshift, it’s not shipped yet

[wanton needle]

exactly so jus fix up this final thing

and ur gonna have a dream build

u wont ever need to change it again

[ashen saffron]

Bruh, I’m not seeing an option to buy cooler only for the nxzt kraken elite

[wanton needle]

yh unfortunately they give you the fans as well
cause the fans are worth barely anything

its mainly the AIO

itself

[ashen saffron]

Mannn that’s so fucked, a lot of them will give you cooler only

[wanton needle]

cause the screen is high quality and its one of the best coolers on the market

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really?

[ashen saffron]

Yeah the hydroshift does

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i havent seen many people do that?

[ashen saffron]

Not like I needed it for that one, but yet

Ye*

[wanton needle]

tbf

hydroshift is one of the few

most big brands

dont do that

[ashen saffron]

I see I see

Oh and the ram too

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they always give their own fans to promote it

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have u gotten it or do u still need to get it/

?

[ashen saffron]

It’s not rgb, which I don’t really care about, but it is grey in an all black build, I don’t think that one will matter though

[wanton needle]

if you dont like it

return it

after u see it

[ashen saffron]

Yeah I got 64gb of team group t-create DDR5

[wanton needle]

is it CL30?

or 32?

[ashen saffron]

34

[wanton needle]

oh slightly slower but alr

[ashen saffron]

It meshes well with my taichi though. It’s got gold accents as well

No fucking way, LMAO

Bro, I shit you not, the hydroshift just shipped

Noooo fuckin way

[wanton needle]

man

no

way

talk about the odds

[wanton needle]

oo nice

[ashen saffron]

It’s been ordered for like a week, and it ships just now

That’s insane

[wanton needle]

lmaooo

unlucky but i mean

u can always return it

its just theres no point tryna get a maxxed out build with a component you couldve gotten better

[ashen saffron]

Yeahhh, I mean the aio itself is more than fine, it’s just an aesthetic choice. I was struggling with the taichi too, because the taichi lite is all black but the taichi is all black with gold accents. Not the biggest fan, but that one came with RGB, which I liked.

[wanton needle]

i mean

yh

ur choice

i cant force u

but i jus dont want u making a choice ur gonna regret

cause everytime you look at it

your gonna be like damn

if only-

[ashen saffron]

Exactly

I mean, the motherboard won’t be here until Wednesday. So I could go ahead and return the ram and grab some different ones

[wanton needle]

yh

agreed

[ashen saffron]

I think the slight gold accents of the mobo wont even really be noticeable, the only other thing would be returning the AIO and grabbing another one. I hate to waste the money on fans I don’t need though.

I could always paint over em or something if it reallyyyy bugs me, everything else about that mobo is perfect

Got any recommendations for ram? DDR5 6000 CL30?

[wanton needle]

sure 1 sec

rgb on ram or no?

[wanton needle]

you might neeed it aesthetically in the future

your gonna see it everyday

ur gonna regret it everyday

[ashen saffron]

For the screen?

Yeaaaaa

[wanton needle]

these are ur best picks

corsair is quite solid

so u can get the rgb or non rgb version

ifyw

[ashen saffron]

Lemme see lemme see

Since I have to wait anyways ima return this fan controller

It’s used- like new. It’s only $3 more to get a brand new one now.

It’s worth the wait to have it brand new imo

[wanton needle]

true

[ashen saffron]

Ok, yeah, I think ima swap out the ram and AIO, then I’ll have everything perfect but the gold accents on the mobo, which worse case I can paint over or wrap

The mobo is just too good, I don’t think there’s anything else I can settle for there

I’m thinking the kraken elite 2024, that’s the one you have right?

[wanton needle]

the one on this photo is a 2023

this a 2023 aio

the 2024 aio

is like this

like that

it has much smaller bezels than before

[wanton needle]

cause u can see how thick it is here

compared to the others

[ashen saffron]

The kraken elite 2024 seems to have a LCD screen

Sorry

Rgb ring around the LCD

[ashen saffron]

I can’t find one like this

Ohhhh, it’s only like that for the white version

[wanton needle]

it's not an RGB ring it's just a design thing in that photo

it has smaller bezels

[wanton needle]

I see

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yh damn

that loooks so leng