Build 196 – Dirty Durham: 4K Gaming Computer

Dirty Durham is a 4K gaming computer, designed around a 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X processor and an RTX 4090 24GB video card.

Description

Dirty Durham is a 4K gaming computer, designed around a 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X processor and an RTX 4090 24GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X processor and an RTX 4090 24GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer was looking for a new powerful gaming computer built for 4K gaming that would last a long time and be easily upgraded over time.

This build was influenced by Spectre v4, Bertha The Beast, and The Rivaderchi.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 64GB DDR5-6000

Storage (SSD): Kingston KC3000 512GB

Video Card (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB Founders Edition

Power Supply (PSU): be quiet! Straight Power 11 1200W

Case: Lian Li O11D XL Black

Fans: 9x Lian Li UNI FAN SL-INFINITY v2

OS: Windows 11 Pro

Custom Loop: 2x EK-Quantum Surface P360M Black, EK-Quantum Surface S360 Black, EK-Quantum Reflection² PC-O11D XL D5 PWM D-RGB Plexi, EK-Quantum Convection D5 Black, EK-Quantum Velocity² D-RGB – AM5 Nickel + Plexi, EK-Quantum Vector² FE RTX 4090 D-RGB ABP Set – Nickel + Acetal, EK-Quantum Torque 6-Pack HDC 14 Black, EK-Quantum Torque Color Ring 10-Pack HDC 14 Nickel, EK-CryoFuel Indigo Violet, Barrowch G1/4″ Water Temperature Sensor & Flow Meter with OLED Display, Corsair Hy​dro X Seri​es XT Hard​line 14mm ​Sati​n Transpar​ent

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Design Rationale

  • The Ryzen 9 7900X gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for high end gaming, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm AIO is recommended. The customer opted for a hard-tube custom loop for visual appeal and increased cooling power.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality and high speed memory support.
  • The customer wanted at least 64GB of RAM, didn’t want last-gen tech, wanted very fast memory, and wanted RGB that synced with the rest of the system.
  • We recommended a new 512GB Gen4 NVME for OS.
  • We used the existing RTX 4090 24GB.
  • The overall design of the build meant that a 1200W power supply was recommended.
  • We used a bigger mid-tower case to fit the build.
  • We used RGB fans and secondary pressure fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

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