Dream PC

It took me a decade, but I finally built my Dream PC. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My previous build had a 5950x and ASUS Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, but the motherboard started having power on issues.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7950x

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3090

MOBO: ASUS X670E Crosshair Hero

RAM: 32GB G.Skill Flare X5 @ 6000 MT/s CL 30

PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD: 1TB Firecuda 530

PCIe Gen 3.0 SSD: 1TB PNY CS3030

Funny story, I actually got the RTX 3090 for free by attending an NVIDIA tech talk to UIUC students in Fall 2021! They had a giveaway in which I had a 0.5% chance of winning, but I won and was extremely lucky given the GPU shortage.

The submission picture I went with for the contest
Illini Esports had a contest for beefiest PC and I threw the OG Dream PC in the ring despite there being some fierce competitors. Turns out the judges decided on my Dream PC and I got a gift card that I put toward the PCIe 4.0 SSD.
Mysterious person in the reflection of the NZXT waterblock

I tossed the HDDs from the OG PC into an Unraid server so I can enjoy OTA broadcasts with an HDHomeRun tuner. Currently almost maxing out on storage so once a great deal pops up count me in!

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