Monday, June 2, 2025

Looking At A New System:

My little Dell "potato" is definitely running overheated lately...which means that no matter how much I use the compressed air to blow out dust, it's not meant to be playing games on. So while I'm looking for an interim replacement, I'm also looking at having my PC built for me to my specs as per the following PC Part Picker List:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor $999.99 @ Amazon Canada
CPU Cooler Thermalright AXP90-X53 42.58 CFM CPU Cooler $35.90 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard Gigabyte X870E AORUS PRO ATX AM5 Motherboard $579.99 @ Amazon Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory $180.99 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $169.80 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card $1599.99 @ Amazon Canada
Case Fractal Design Pop XL Air ATX Full Tower Case $155.91 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $159.97 @ Amazon Canada
Optical Drive Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer $215.48 @ Amazon Canada
Optical Drive LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer $175.00 @ Amazon Canada
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $4273.02
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-02 21:19 EDT-0400

Yeah, from the looks of it, this is going to take a while.