End of Year PC Build

Thanks rewindbutton , I think the issue at that time was actually a broken Windows 10 update, that messed up a lot of people's systems and the system reverted to base profile at that time... this is all fuzzy, it was much closer to when I built the machine and that has been a bit now.

The memory is up to snuff, bought it with 3600 in mind which you need XMP to achieve (Ryzen base is 3200 iirc). I should turn it on again and see about stability; I need to do some maintenance on the homelab anyways, a couple things need updating.

Turning off Nvidia GFE did not completely cure my FPS issues on CP2077, but they are generally better. The issue is mostly with the crafting UI and the map, the game itself maintains stable frames most of the time and only bogs slightly in congested city areas with lots of pedestrian and automotive traffic. I am going to tinker some with the settings, but I agree with bmwcrazy that the game looks gorgeous with all the goodies turned on. I did notice on a mission to rescue a certain nomad leader, that when I was talking with nomads leaning on the car, the lighting was freaking out because of the tent maybe. Couldn't look in certain directions without bad flickering of lighting, which I assume was something clipping the light source (bad uv mesh on the tent we were standing under or somesuch).

Anyways, happy computing ya bunch of nerds!

(Puts on Skolnick pocket protector, fixes tape on glasses, smiles toothily and moves along)

Well since I didn't want the X570 with its fan and all sent that back and got this:


And since I will not be needing the M.2 slots but may need even more USB I think this will be a nice offset:

Also note my chosen ram:
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 64GB & 32GB will finally be here by Saturday -IF shipping is adequate to not be laggy:

I really like both G.SKILL RAM and Gigabyte/Aorus Motherboards.  Even with an AMD platform, I think you've chosen a good board and good manufacturer for the motherboard, and the RAM...well, GSKILL is the best-selling RAM at CanadaComputers- known for both price to performance ratio, and stability/lack of product returns in comparison to other companies like Kingston or Mushkin.   I've been buying GSKILL since 2013 and only ever had 1 chip fail, but I got it replaced within 2 days completely free of charge...so I call that a win.

I think you will be very happy with your system.  I hope it serves you well and lasts a long time.

Jesus, that's a lot of money wasted and that's coming from me. These mobos aren't cheap at all.

Well, most retailers only accept returns within 30 days of purchase. You should know this before you buy anything.

That's why I keep saying you need to finish that PC as soon as possible. If you find out anything is faulty within 30 days, you can simply return it and get your money back. I returned my original X570 Hero to Newegg without any issues because I only had it for three weeks.

Anyway, I thought I had way overspent on my build but you're taking it to the next level.

That looks like an Athlon XP to me.