12th Gen Intel Gaming PC / Media Server

12th Gen Intel Gaming PC / Media Server Introduction

Only one year old. Custom built by me. I build a new PC every year. I have been in the IT Field for over 30 years. This PC was never over clocked, it was built to be fast without needing to be. Runs cooler and will last many years longer. Also see picture of the UserBench score I did after the fresh install of Windows 11. This PC is still in the 97th percentile of all current gaming machines tested to date. Don't be fooled by older i7 CPU's, they are not as fast as this i5. 12th Gen Intel Gaming PC (1 year old) - Z690 Aorus Elite AX DDR4 (Current retail $417.99 newegg) - Intel LGA 1700 Socket: Supports 12th Gen Intel Core Series Processors - DDR4 Compatible: Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4 - Commanding Power Design: 16+1+2 Digital VRM Design with 70A Power Stage with Tantalum Polymer - Capacitors - Cutting-Edge Thermal Design: Fully Covered Thermal Design and High Coverage MOSFET Heatsinks, - Enlarged Thermal Guards - Next Gen Connectivity: PCIe 5.0. Quad NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C - Fast Networking: 2.5 GbE LAN, WiFi 6 802.11ax, BT5 - AMP-UP Audio with ALC1220 and WIMA Audio Capacitors - Fine Tuning Features: RGB FUSION 2.0, Supports Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips, Smart Fan 6, Q-Flash - Plus Update BIOS without installing CPU, Memory, and GPU 12th Gen Intel CPU - i5 12600K (Current retail $239.00 newegg) - Much faster than older i7 (Don’t be fooled, the first two digits in the CPU model are the Gen) 32GB Corsair Rampage Extreme Memory (PC3200) (Current retail $191.00 newegg) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 8GB video card (Current retail $528.99.00 newegg) - 8GB 128-Bit GDDR6 - 1 x HDMI 2.1 3 x DisplayPort 1.4 - 2560 Cores CUDA Cores - PCI Express 4.0 Corsair RM850x Power Supply (Current retail $159.99 newegg) 1TB NVMe boot drive (Current retail $99.00 newegg) 500GB NVMe Samsung 970 Pro NVMe M.2 (Current price $55.00 used) 6TB WD drive (Current retail $209.00 Amazon) New keyboard and 3200 DPI gaming mouse (Current retail $40.00 Amazon) Senser Pro Gaming Headphones (Current retail $34.00 Amazon) 4 beQuiet Shadow Wing case fans (Current retail $80.00 Amazon) - No flashy lights just quiet efficient cooling. Vetroo V5 CPU Air Cooler w/ 5 Heat Pipes (Current retail $38.00 Amazon) Case is older, I like the size and cooling of the case so I put new parts in it last year. ( Current value $20) Total: $2490 I know if you shop around you could find lower prices, just giving a quick estimate of today's value.