GAMING POWERHOUSE

We set out to assemble a powerful eight-core PC for gaming. Break out the LEDs with Christian Guyton.

We started out with a budget for this. Our initial idea centered around an eight-core CPU and a Radeon RX 5700 XT, but this was soon scuppered by the arrival of a beautiful, mirror-fronted RTX 2070 Super FE at the APC office. The price rose, and our CPU/GPU cost ratio skewed, so up we went from a Ryzen 7 3700X to the 3800X – sticking with our eight-core plan. Of course, a gaming PC needs more than just a good CPU and powerful graphics. We needed an X570 motherboard to support that chip, and those don’t come cheap. The addition of memory and a non-stock cooler drove us over our original budget. And so, this build shifted; no longer a sensibly priced machine, but a gaming powerhouse. Treasure this rare…

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