Yeah was hoping the RAM got thru the interior by now.....btw that 1000D is now closer to $700 .....cant believe the Radiator space in it though!!!
Alder Lake Build w Asus Apex - DDR5 Dominator & 3080Ti FTW3 Under Water ..Done!
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Yeah was hoping the RAM got thru the interior by now.....btw that 1000D is now closer to $700 .....cant believe the Radiator space in it though!!!
It is absolutely insane can easily water cool 2 systems in this thing. When I got it amazon stopped shipping to my address got lucky and got this before they realized. Still an amazing case will be ready for when it's time to go Thread Ripper lol
I'm building an Alder lake PC as well. Still waiting on the DD5 to show up, I not going to go too crazy on the MB, I'm likely going to use the either the Auros Pro of the ROG Strix 690-F.
NZXT is shipping me a bracket for their cooler I just got from them for the Z73 I've got waiting.
It's just going to be your typical build, I have an extra 3090 waiting for it, I still have to pick a case, and I can repurpose the PSU I have in the 9900k box I'm going to be stripping, and also some drives and the PSU. The case is a 750D that has served for 3 builds now, and I'm going to pick a new case. Any suggestions for a basic/standard Alder lake 12900k build like this?
I have 2 5950k systems, but I still need to keep 3 gaming PCs humming (we take care of our niece and nephew sporadically and as needed, and both are gamers and need a PC while they are here for everything else). So this old trooper 9900k is going to fall on its sword for the new Alder lake. I've sold quite a bit of equipment here, always had great transactions here. I'll put up my 9900k/MB/Ram up for sale once the Alder lake stuff starts becoming available.
Love to see the builds that those in this tread are going to be building.
RJ/Shadow/others - what are the advantages of going with the APEX over the $400-ish Asus Strix/etc boards? As I said, this is going to be just your "regular type" build, but I don't want to have regrets about not being knowed-up and purchasing something I shouldn't have.
NZXT is shipping me a bracket for their cooler I just got from them for the Z73 I've got waiting.
It's just going to be your typical build, I have an extra 3090 waiting for it, I still have to pick a case, and I can repurpose the PSU I have in the 9900k box I'm going to be stripping, and also some drives and the PSU. The case is a 750D that has served for 3 builds now, and I'm going to pick a new case. Any suggestions for a basic/standard Alder lake 12900k build like this?
I have 2 5950k systems, but I still need to keep 3 gaming PCs humming (we take care of our niece and nephew sporadically and as needed, and both are gamers and need a PC while they are here for everything else). So this old trooper 9900k is going to fall on its sword for the new Alder lake. I've sold quite a bit of equipment here, always had great transactions here. I'll put up my 9900k/MB/Ram up for sale once the Alder lake stuff starts becoming available.
Love to see the builds that those in this tread are going to be building.
RJ/Shadow/others - what are the advantages of going with the APEX over the $400-ish Asus Strix/etc boards? As I said, this is going to be just your "regular type" build, but I don't want to have regrets about not being knowed-up and purchasing something I shouldn't have.
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The only advantage of an Apex Board at this point is cheaper than Formula n Extreme Maximus Boards, as well as great Board for OC'ing, however it only has 2 DIMM Slots (vs 4).
For standard builds there are lots of great Case options out there!!
Personally I really like
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can't wait to see this build.
Pressure is on
I may build it in my current 900D (initially) as my present Rad set-up works so well…..but I really like the looks of that Lian Li case, its gorgeous.
Saw a build with it w 3 * 360 rads and looked very crowded, althiugh doable…would have to mount the Pump / Rez to the vertical 360 rad…
We’ll see….who knows how long till I get some DDR 5.
At this point kinda chompin at the bit just to get it set up on my bench and boot up
i can't wait to find some DDR5, i bought a 12900KF and Maximus Z690 Hero !
Hopefully see something this coming week….ya never know….my Z690 Apex kept saying “available 18 Dec Pre-Order” for the longest time amd it showed up last Friday….
the dynamic is one hell of a case, good luck on your ddr5 hunting
Was on Corsair site yesterday and actually had a Dominator 32G 5200 C36 kit in my cart and going thru the check out process.....suddenly switched to "not available".........was close..
Have everything else to set this up on my bech:
- 12900k
- Maximus Z690 Apex
- Sammy 980 Pro 1 TB
- Sammy 980 Pro 500G
- Corsair 240 AIO w 1700 mounting hw
- AX 1200i
- even my replaced 3080Ti FTW3
Just want my MTV ....it's an 80's thing! ( DDR5)
Have everything else to set this up on my bech:
- 12900k
- Maximus Z690 Apex
- Sammy 980 Pro 1 TB
- Sammy 980 Pro 500G
- Corsair 240 AIO w 1700 mounting hw
- AX 1200i
- even my replaced 3080Ti FTW3
Just want my MTV ....it's an 80's thing! ( DDR5)
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