[GAMING PC] Draco1962's "Marvin" PC Build

[Draco1962]

CYBERPOWER XTREME 3070 GAMING PC

Operating System: Windows 11 Pro

Gaming Chassis: CyberpowerPC Eclipse P428X DRGB ATX Mid-Tower High Air Flow Gaming Case + 3x 120mm ARGB Fans (Black Color)

Extra Case Fans: Default case fans

CPU: 13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor i7-13700KF 8P/16 + 8E 3.40GHz [Turbo 5.4GHz] 30MB Cache LGA1700 [w/o Integrated Graphic]

CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: CyberPowerPC DEEPCOOL Castle 240EX ARGB 240mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate (2 x Standard 120MM Fans)

GPU Gigabyte GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti 8GB GPU Gigabyte GeForce RTX™ 3070 GAMING OC 8G (rev. 2.0)

Power Supply: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Gold Certified Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W Modular Power Supply 80 Plus® Gold ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.0 GPUs and 6+2 pin connectors 12VHPWR Cable Included Silent 120mm be quiet! Fan - BN506 I 10 Year Warranty

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI D5 DDR5 ATX w/ Wi-Fi, 2.5GbT LAN, (4)PCIe x16,(1)PCIe x1, (3)M.2, (4)SATA

RAM / System Memory: 64GB (16GBx2) DDR5/6000MHz Dual Channel Memory (Team T-Delta RGB)

Primary Hard Drive: 1TB Kingston SNV2S/1000G SSD (PCIe Gen4) NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 3,500/2,800 MB/s

Secondary Hard Drive (M.2 NVMe Slot 2): Samsung - 980 PRO Heatsink 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe

Third Hard Drive (SATA III):: Seagate FireCuda HDD 4TB Internal Hard Drive HDD - 3.5 Inch CMR SATA 6Gb/s 7200RPM 256MB Cache 300TB/year with Rescue Services (ST4000DX005)

Fourth Hard Drive (SATA III): WD RE 2 TB Enterprise Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA III, 64 MB Cache (WD2000FYYZ)

Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

Internal Network Card: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

Keyboard: CyberPowerPC Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard

Mouse: CyberPowerPC Lyra 01 RGB 6-Color w/ 7 Button USB wired, 4200DPI Optical Gaming Mouse

 

[Draco1962]

Brief video of the "bling" in action:

 

[Tom Speirs]

I really like Cyberpower too. Its normally my go to when I don't want the pain of building myself.

[Draco1962]

My only complaint is that they do not provide a copy of the component manuals that go into the build. I can find most of them myself but it would be a nice thing to at least provide links to the product pages for ease of access for those that actually read them.

So far I am liking my purchase and slowly adding content to it.

[Tom Speirs]

Yeah, they keep it bare. Not recently but i've been missing other things in the past. They provide a full description of whats in there though for the most part other than gpu and sometimes RAM.

[Draco1962]

I will keep an eye on temps. I may need to add some fans to vent through the top if I notice temps getting very high under load.

[Tom Speirs]

I don't think temps are a big a deal as people make out. Unless your overclocking I don't consider it that important and everything thermal throttles these days.

[Draco1962]

I had issues with my prior build initially, but resolved with a more robust heat sink/fan combo and adding a few intake fans from the front.

Unfortunately, the thermal throttling was almost non-existent on that Intel mobo. 

[Draco1962]

So far so good. I was able to run Star Wars Squadrons at full detail 1920x1080 at 120hz and it is beautiful! 

My game play with a HOTAS was ugly. I will need lots of practice. LOTS.

[Draco1962]

I could put a down payment for a decent car for one of these, but damn do I want!

 

[Draco1962]

I decided to add a sensor panel to my rig.  I will use AIDA64 to provide the system data sent to a Zyyini 8.8 Inch IPS Display, Aida64, CPU GPU SSD Data Temperature Monitor, 1920x480, IPS Full Viewing Angle, PC Case Bottom Screen, for RPi, Linux, Windows.

The purpose is to provide at-a-glance system stats, such as temps, fan speeds, network states, free drive space, etc.

 

[Draco1962]

Here is one that I mocked up via AIDA64 using Rivatuner to capture FPS - I am not convinced that this FPS is reading correctly as it was showing values at 2K+ when running Star Wars Squadrons.

This is a screen capture at 1920x480 so it will be a little larger than the size of the image within the post since the screen is only 8.5" long vs clicking to see it in the larger view.

Another view with dials slightly modified with a "red" zone:

 

[Draco1962]

Video of sensor panel in action:

 

 

[Draco1962]

I finally got around to replacing the Gigabyte GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti 8GB GPU with the Gigabyte GeForce RTX™ 3070 GAMING OC 8G (rev. 2.0) GPU (thanks Tom!) and have noticed some improvements frame rates and image quality as expected. I also noticed some GPU sag so bought an adjustable GPU brace support to prop it up.

Amazon.com: Graphics Card GPU Brace Support, Video Card Sag Holder Bracket, GPU Stand (L, 74-120mm) : Electronics

[Draco1962]

Not sure if you can notice the change in GPU sag in these pics but it was definitely a few degrees.

[Draco1962]

Finally got most of my RGB issues resolved except for an issue with Aura Sync and the RAM RGB not being recognized.

Otherwise, double-sided taped my sensor panel inside the case, which turned out well IMO.

 

 

[Draco1962]

After attempting to increase the total to 64GB, I discovered that one of the two original 16GB sticks of RAM was failing. The PC could originally detect and report it, but now it refuses to post regardless of the slot or if installed individually. 

[Draco1962]

All fixed now and up to 64GB of RAM goodness!

[Draco1962]

I replaced the 800w PSU with be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W Modular Power Supply 80 Plus® Gold ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.0 GPUs and 6+2 pin connectors 12VHPWR Cable Included Silent 120mm be quiet! Fan - BN506 I 10 Year Warranty. While the additional wattage is more future proof than need, it makes a difference in appearance and cable management. No "mustard and ketchup" wires going into the mobo or peaking through on the GPU power inputs - all black. No trying to tuck extra unneeded cables somewhere.
 

[ClassicGMR]

Nice build. I love that detail panel. If I ever put a desktop on the desk I will be doing something like that.