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Computer
GPU: 3080 RTX, GameRock, crystal-like plastic the RGB shines through, 3 translucent fans and fancy metal outside case.
CPU: i9 10850K
CPU Fan: Dark Rock Pro 4
Motherboard: ROG Strix Z490-E
Storage: 2 'V-NAND 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2's; 2 terrabytes each
RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 64GB (2×32GB) DDR4 3200
Tower: Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB Mid-Tower, White, came with 3 RGB fans.

Peripherals
Monitor: Ultrawide AOC CU34G2X. 3440 × 1440, 144hz, VA panel
Second Monitor: A TCL Roku 4K 42"-ish TV I rarely ever turn on for use. But it's there.
Vanatoo Transparent Zero Speakers
Mouse: Razer Basilisk Ultimate HyperSpeed Wireless Gaming Mouse, RGB, 20K DPI
Keyboard: Ducky One 2 SF White; metal arrow keys; metal skull delete key; transparent smoky resin esc key.
Keypad: Noodlepad V.1 (flashed/custom-coded with FMK)
Mousepad: A large white mousepad I regret buying and will have to buy another; don't buy a white mousepad under any circumstances they 100% will never stay clean no matter how careful you are. For that matter, don't buy a full keyboard+mouse-sized mousepad like I did they get too easily dirtied no matter the color.
Chair: Cheap rolling office chair took some getting used to but it's comfortable enough now.
Desk: A makeshift coffee table that has a separate Kitchen table's detachable middle section laid upside down on top of it for added desk space and rotatability; very ghetto setup I'll be changing later.

Gaming Hardware
Gamecube NGC Controller (adapter used for the Gamecube's DK Bongos controller)
Mayflash W010 Wireless Sensor DolphinBar (for easily connecting Wii controller to Dolphin emulator)
Original Wii Controller with Wii MotionPlus (for Wii games)
PS4 Controller (with DS4 program, used for emulator games)

Notes
I have no camera, a crappy mic I normally don't use, and no VR setup. Most cables are 6 feet long and braided so I can keep my desktop at a range of short distances as I desire and don't have to worry about bent cables needing to be replaced.

Why is my setup like this

Emulation
I wanted to nuke all of my consoles and emulate them on this 1 machine so I could save space in my room; I have been able to get all games and consoles to emulate at near OG performance, except for the PS Move game Sports Champions due to 1) the original Sports Champsions game still not having bugs fixed on the rpcs3 PS3 emulator to the point it can't be played, and 2) PS Move controller setup with PC requires remapping buttons, which requires a program that can not only interfere with DS4 but is known to be hard to manage. This all of course excludes anything as new as PS4/Xbox One or newer.

Gaming
I really wanted TF2 at max settings, and now that I have achieved this, I don't really know what I was expecting. At least the refresh rate is nice. I have a bunch of other fancy games but eh… I'll get around to them. Maybe.

Steam is a really smart service. You can buy games at such low prices while also getting all the benefits of Steam's cloud storage and achievements that it is actually smarter for me in many cases to just buy the games through than bother with the time it takes to emulate them. Steam really is nothing short of miraculous in its level of quality from the forums to the creative output to doing literally anything I can think of that I would want it to do. Very happy with their help.

You haven't lived until you've played Friday Night Funkin on an RTX 3080.

I have an RTX 3080 I bought above market price if you are offended by that then push for legal change, quit hating the player for making the best of a rigged game; Redditors and PC masters really love to engage in that holier-than-thou retardation as if I wanted to pay the stupid prices. I'm not rich I just care enough about computers to where I would funnel a majority portion of my money into one. God I hate Reddit. Anyway

Graphics Work
I got this fancy setup so I can do peak-level graphics work when desired, especially with 3D in Blender. I will get around to that. Eventually.

Future-Proofing
I won't be creating a PC for another decade due to the cost, so I really needed this to last; as long as it lasts I didn't care if I put a fuck-ton of money into it so long as that money held me over for a decade. Future-proofing normally doesn't work that well past 5 years, but I think I can be patient in spite of technological advances. Probably.

Wallpaper Engine + Plane9 (Animated Desktop Background and Screensaver)
For a fully animated 3D desktop background and 3D screensavers you will need a powerful graphics card as it's like having a low-key 3D benchmark constantly running. I use Wallpaper Engine because it automatically pauses the background when I fullscreen any program such as games, and because it has a huge amount of user-made 3D-animated audio-reactive backgrounds you can put in playlists and thoroughly customize, literally thousands, for just 1 payment of 4 dollars. I use Plane9 because it's the best 3D-animated screensaver collection I could find and does a very good job all for the low price of free.

Sex
I'm led to believe those with the best computer rigs are bound to achieve the best sex. Still waiting on this, but I have high hopes.

Kinda sounds like you just want to brag about your computer.

If this post isn't just gloating, then it must be some kind of parody or troll post. Who would pay above MSRP for a 3080 only to play flashgames, emulated games from generations ago, and a shooter that's 14 years old?

I would.

• >MFW People are spending thousands of dollars on the newest possible components while I'm sitting here with a budget build doing almost everything Crispy Cream is with a $150 Graphics card and the same 1280×1024 monitor I've been using since the Early 2000's…
• >…And an actual desk!

>buying an Intel Core i9 10850K and a RTX 3080 so the funny Russian guy who has a PhD in Russian literature can say pootis after eating a sandwich and get killed by a lime Scout (aka a Scunt) soon after at 144hz on max settings, on the absolute meme known as 2fort.

Sounds pretty overkill for a 14 year old game with Hale's own genuine self-made strange haunted decorated festive spaghetti code if you ask me.

On a serious note, an NVMe SSD is absolutely overkill for a gaming PC as games won't be able to make use of the read and write speeds they provide. Having 32 gigabytes of RAM is also overkill unless the PC is going to be used for stuff like rendering or video editing.

It's ok OP, I'll justify your purchasing of an expensive investment

Mine is an old dell inspiron 14 with a 500gb harddrive and 4gb of ram. It sucks and i hate it. I can't even watch youtube videos on in without having to let them completely load first.

I've had my eyes set on an Inspiron 15 with 12gb of ram for a while now. Hopefully I'll be able to get it soon.

try using h264ify, it makes YouTube stream H.264 videos instead of VP8/VP9 videos

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX-6300 89 °F
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. GA-78LMT-USB3 (Socket M2) 99 °F
Graphics
HF255D (1920×1080@60Hz)
8192MB ATI Radeon RX 480 Graphics (MSI) 121 °F
Storage
465GB Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB ATA Device (SATA (SSD)) 96 °F
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 ATA Device (SATA ) 83 °F
931GB Seagate ST31000340NS ATA Device (SATA ) 87 °F
931GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA ) 83 °F
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
USB Audio Device

(I just copy and paste and video card is hot because I just played Surviving Mars 5 mins ago)

Why Windows 7?

Because I had too many problems with windows 10 and switched back to windows 7.

To respond to the thread seriously, my build is as followed:

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra
CPU: Intel I7-9700K
GPU: Gigabyte Geforce RTX 2060
PSU: Corsair 850M
RAM: G.Skill 16GB DDR4 3200
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO 500G M.2 + Samsung 860 EVO 2.5 Sata + Western Digital 3TB HDD
Case: Thermaltake V200 RBG
Monitors: AOC 23.6" + Acer 19.5"

I originally built my computer back in 2019 using Cyberpunk 2077 as a benchmark but I lost interest in getting the game after the second delay. My intention was to use my new computer exclusively for gaming and use the laptop that I already own for school. My plans changed though when 2020 happened and I was stuck working and schooling from home. My computer really came through for then, glad I built it when I did, without it I would not have been able to get anything done. I've used it to play games like Doom(2016), Prey(2017), Titanfall 2, and Monster Hunter: World. Dual monitors is also great for multitasking, letting me play Civilization 6 while responding to work emails, and thank the Devs for having the game pause when you click off the screen.

OS: Windows 10
Mobo: Gigabyte B550 Aurous Pro
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
GPU: Geforce RTX 2070
RAM: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz
Storage: Kingston 250GB SDD and WD 1TB HDD
PSU: Forget the brand, but 700W
VR: An Oculus Rift ( a old CV1) but I only play a handful of games for it.

It's what I could find/afford considering the current circumstances and I'm more than happy with it. I grew up with Sega/Nintendo consoles, but I made a switch to PC gaming in my mid teens and never looked back.

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C
PSU: Corsair CX650M 650W Bronze
Motherboard: MSI B350 PC Mate
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
CPU Cooler: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Wraith Spire
GPU: MSI Rx580 8GB Armor
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB (2×16GB) 3200MHz CL16 DDR4
SSDs: Crucial CT275 275GB (boot drive), Samsung SSD 860 Evo 1TB (games), Crucial MX500 1TB (games)
HDD: A random 2TB Seagate external HDD I shucked

Some of these parts I bought only because they're on sale. I don't do AAA gaming so this is more than enough for anything I can throw at it. The heaviest games I played with this are probably GTA V and Dark Souls 3 and this rig can handle it just fine. Not max graphics, but good enough.

Right now I'm just using a hand-me-down I got from a friend. It's beginning to show its age significantly (it was kinda worse than my previous one in some respects) so I bought a new one on St. Patrick's Day. First computer I've ever bought with my own means so I'm pretty stoked.

New Specs:
- CASE: CyberPowerPC ONYXIA Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Front & Side Tempered Glass [-7] (White Color)
- POWER: POWERSUPPLY: 750 Watts – Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 Series
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6GHz [4.4GHz Turbo] 8 Cores/ 16 Threads
- MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME X570-P ATX
- HDD: 1TB WD Blue SN550 Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
- HDD2: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III
- MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/3000MHz Dual Channel Memory (Crucial Ballistix Sport)
- VIDEO: GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6 Video Card (Ampere)

I also added a capture card onto it for use for personal work or WFH purposes. Bit of a pricy add-on but I know I'll get use out of it. Hoping to run Enlisted in high quality or Back4blood when it comes out.

Case – Fractal Design R6 (I like a simple looking box with sound dampening)
PSU – Corsair AX 860w
CPU – AMD Ryzen 1700 (It SEVERELY lost the silicon lottery, cannot OC over 3.6GHz no matter what, crashes when RAM is overclocked)
MOBO – Asrock x370 Killer SLI (I have an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon to replace it but too lazy to install until I get a new CPU)
HDD1 – 1TB Samsung 860 evo (Boot drive)
HDD2 – 10TB Seagate Ironwolf (No it's not for that I swear)
HDD3 – 256GB Samsung PM981 (Scratch disk for video/audio editing, at least when I used to do that)
HDD4 – 525GB Crucial MX300 (For slow loading games)
HDD5 – 750GB laptop hdd I found in a cupboard (Dogecoin node)
RAM – 32GB Kingston HyperX 3200MHz (Only runs at 2400 otherwise the CPU borks, did some very basic video editing in the past)
GPU1 – Vega 56 Powercolor (General use/rendering)
GPU2 – Vega 56 Gigabyte (Mining, only got it 5 months ago, it was cheap)

The desktop is set up for streaming and video editing for YouTube but because of where I live I cannot make too much noise ;_;

>mining

First interesting use case of the thread imo. Making any good bank mining?

I've paid off the cost of the GPU now, but for some reason I'm now getting less than $2 per day and I haven't changed anything. That being said, the entire desktop is running really slow. Maybe windows update, don't know, I really don't want to reinstall windows and go through installing everything all over again

Case – Corsair Air 540
PSU – 600/650 EVGA bronze psu (don't know the exact watts on this)
CPU – Ryzen 2700 (poor upgrade in hindsight considering how I upgraded a couple years ago before we had the 3000 series but considering COVID-19 screwing up prices, I'd be screwed either way. Still better than the Ryzen 1200 I used)
CPU Cooler – Noctua u12s AM4+
MOBO – ASUS B350 (Originally it was gonna be an Asrock B350 but it came in broken and needing a new computer right away, I just chose to buy an Asus that was available at a nearby shop than wait a week or two from Amazon)
OS drive – Crucial 275 GB NVME
HDD 1 – 3TB Firecuda (technically it's 2.72 TB)
HDD 2 – 1TB Seagate (just a normal hard drive, not barracuda or firecuda)
SSD 3 & 4 – 500 GB and 250 GB respectively (use them for gaming though the latter is dedicated solely to some Bethesda games I play that are modded)
RAM – 32 (four 8 GB sticks that run at 2400)
GPU – GTX 1660 (wanted to get one of the RTX 2000 cards but the 3000 cards were coming until scalpers and miners ruined it. Went with the 1660 because at that point, my RX 480 8GB of 5 years gave up the ghost. Don't want to open it up since I feel like my attempts to clean it could break it.)

Also using a Sound Blaster Z card (I know soundcards are going the way of the dinosaur but I do want to actually mess with the sound settings on my PC to see what I can get from them while gaming or watching videos or listening to music) and a Asus wifi card that has bluetooth built into it. The antenna cord is borked but it still works without said cord.

Other than that, I got a bunch of low storage SSD's (around 4 or 5) bit of a data hoarder but I'd use them to help back up files from a external drive I got back in 2008 that is likely dead at this point. Only regrets I got with pc parts is giving away my first case. Would of used that to build a nostalgia PC that runs an older OS or linux that isn't on a virtual machine.