End of Year PC Build

The subwoofer we have (though I don't think they're around anymore) is from GEKKO. It's amazing. Gives the "feel your internal organs rumble and vibrate" deep kind of bass without sounding distorted or muddy. I think the size is 10 inches, 300 watts.

Then that is what I will order thank you.

So, audio talk huh. Audio equipment is important for gaming, so we're still on topic, right?

I'll start by telling what I used to have and what I have now. My living room setup used to be Pioneer A-class preamp > Quad 100W power amp > Seas 303 floor speakers. But we used to move a lot, and those spakers were a chore to move, so I replaced them with a pair of Kef Q10s. I used to be well-versed in surround sound systems, but I've only designed and executed a 5.1 setup once for my mate.

I'm still using those Kef Q10s, but my preamp crashed and burned, so I replaced it with a no bells nor whistles Denon stereo amp. The Quad is sulking in storage, hoping to get out one day.

My PC setup is simply a Pro-Ject USB DAC and a pair of Genelec 8030s. For the uninitiated: Genelec makes professional studio monitors. They are very, very good, but they are monitors, so you have to sit in the hot spot for them to sound proper.

Finally, my headphone set is the Sony WH1000XM3. For bluetooth headphones they are quite good, and the noise cancelling is phenomenal.

So there. Who's next?

Maybe I am wrong but:
The Low Hash Rate 30 series actually have slightly better FPS across most games.
People also seemed to have noticed that they use slightly less memory.
They also seem to run a few degrees cooler.

Well I think I know why this is the case:
The LHR cards seems to use slightly less power:


To me its a good enough trade off -I like efficiency and the LHR looks like a good choice come January.

Uhh, I don't know, I'm not an expert in this stuff... I have some big floor standing Klipsch speakers that I ... liberated inherited, they're 5-something (from the late 90s.) They're paired up with 4 additional more-modern Klipsch surround speakers and an SVS cylinder sub, which is about 16in/40cm in diameter and 4ft/1.2m tall - it has no problem making the room vibrate. This is really just for movies, since I basically stopped going to the movie theatre quite a few years ago. I'm using an older Denon AVR 4xxx to run all this. I don't have any speakers on the computer, I'm using a TEAC dac/amp to drive my audio-technica ATH-A900X headphones. I spend more time listening to music on the computer while working or whatnot.

I don't really care all that much about FPS score, so can't say.
That seems true. They also OC like crazy. I didn't go anywhere near that high in my testing.

Surgeons, what a bunch of butchers.
Yup.
The fans were manually set to 100%, but yes, no issues whatsoever. Seems to run fairly quiet and cool while gaming too. Although some of it may be due to the good airflow.

Never mind, I just googled and found my answer.

Where is everyone? The thread looks kinda quiet these days. Surely there is some hardware stuff to discuss.

I’m going to make a point to take a picture of my finished build from last year, which I don’t think I ever put up here.

Making this post as a reminder, so I don’t forget again!