Build 34 – White Comet: VR Workstation

White Comet is a VR workstation, designed around an 8-core i7 9700K processor and an RTX 2070 8GB video card.

Description

White Comet is a VR workstation, designed around an 8-core i7 9700K processor and an RTX 2070 8GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around an 8-core i7 9700K processor and an RTX 2070 8GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer needed a powerful new workstation to handle their growing professional workload that would last a long time. This build is designed for VR, 3D printing, CAD, and some gaming.

This build uses several components selected for visual appeal by the client, including: CPU cooler, memory, video card, case, fans.

This build was influenced by Pegasus.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel i7-9700K

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dark Rock 4

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ELITE

Memory: GSkill Trident Z RGB 2x16GB DDR4-3000

Storage (SSD): Crucial MX500 1TB

Video Card (GPU): Gigabyte RTX 2070 8GB Gaming OC (White)

Power Supply (PSU): Corsair RMx (2018) 650W Gold

Case: NZXT H500 White

Fans: 4x Phanteks PH-F120MP Black

Accessories: RGB Lighting

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Design Rationale

The i7-9700K gave the customer a good amount of single-core performance for gaming, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, air cooling with a single-tower cooler was recommended.
The customer wanted a stable motherboard with functionality for 2 internal capture cards.
The customer wanted at least 32GB of RAM, RGB was preferred for visual appeal.
The customer only wanted a single 1TB SSD.
For good VR gaming performance at the budget level, we recommended the RTX 2070.
The overall design of the build meant that a 650W power supply was recommended.
We used a mid-tower case to fit the build, white was preferred for visual appeal.
We used our default fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure, black was preferred for visual appeal.

Customer Review

“Very professional and courteous. Having simple conversations with the Top Flight Crew made it very easy to determine what would be ideal for my needs.
Recommend to anyone in the market for a custom or really any PC.”
Daniel, Coats NC