Out with the old... In with the new! | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

mellow fulcrum Apr 26, 2023, 2:19 PM

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Parts finally arrived for my new build, finally time to retire my ~10 year old machine.
I'm carrying over the PSU and CPU cooler between builds, but I plan on keeping hold of the old hardware to maybe replace the home NAS.

I'll update you all with photos of the complete setup when put together

hard cape Apr 26, 2023, 3:25 PM

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New specs?

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Nvm good whit man

cosmic latch Apr 27, 2023, 4:16 AM

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@mellow fulcrum i have the same old motherboard

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what case is that

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i want it

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what cpu do you have

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i have an amd fx 8350

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are you giving away your old one?

hard cape Apr 27, 2023, 6:16 AM

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Old specs?

mellow fulcrum Apr 27, 2023, 2:23 PM

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Ye Olde, circa 2012ish:
CPU - AMD FX8350
MoBo - Asus Sabertooth 990FX r2.0
GPU - XFX R9 280 black 3GB
Mem - Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 (2133)
Boot drive - Kingston 120GB SSD (SATA3)
Case - Silverstone Raven RV03
PSU - XFX 850W pro core edition (80+ bronze)

Shiny new, est 2023:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7800X3D
MoBo - NZXT N7 B650E
GPU - PowerColor RX6800XT 16GB
Mem - Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB DDR5 (6000)
Boot drive - Samsung 1TB 980pro m.2 NVME (PCIe4)
Case - Corsair 4000D airflow
PSU - Corsair RM750 (80+ gold)

Carried over:
Cooler - Noctua NH1-U4S
Additional storage - WD 2x 1TB blue SSD (SATA3)

I'm not particularly an AMD fan, I was driven by price on component choice last time, and more by value this time

hard cape Apr 27, 2023, 3:44 PM

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Is Nice New

icy wadi Apr 27, 2023, 8:26 PM

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Good quote

mellow fulcrum May 3, 2023, 12:43 AM

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Out with the old... (In with the new!)

#Out with the old... In with the new!