Build 168 – Electric Hound: 1440p/240hz Gaming Computer

Electric Hound is a 1440p/240hz gaming computer, designed around a 16-core i9-12900K processor and an RTX 3090 24GB video card.

Description

Electric Hound is a 1440p/240hz gaming computer, designed around a 16-core i9-12900K processor and an RTX 3090 24GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 16-core i9-12900K processor and an RTX 3090 24GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer was looking for a new powerful 1440p/240hz gaming computer that would last a long time and be easily upgraded over time.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel i9-12900K

CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 2x16GB DDR5-5200 CL40

Storage (SSD): Kingston KC3000 512GB

Storage (SSD): Kingston KC3000 2TB

Video Card (GPU): EVGA RTX 3090 24GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING

Power Supply (PSU): SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 1000W

Case: Lian Li O11D XL-W

Fans: 9x Corsair ML120 RGB ELITE

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Design Rationale

  • The i9-12900K gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for 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 wanted an RGB model.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
  • The customer wanted at least 32GB of RAM, wanted RGB, and wanted faster memory.
  • The customer was fine with the 512GB NVME boot drive, and requested an upgrade from 1TB to 2TB for secondary.
  • The customer wanted the RTX 3090 for ideal gaming performance.
  • The overall design of the build meant that a 1000W power supply was recommended.
  • We used our bigger mid-tower cases after showing the customer our previous build Phlegethon’s Keep.
  • While we recommended using our highest-performing fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure, the customer wanted to use RGB fans for visual appeal.

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