Introduction
I have been engaged on upgrading my take a look at rig for some time, however it bought to the purpose that I used to be ready on {hardware} for a lot too lengthy… so I shifted over to new companions and it sped up significantly. I am nonetheless ready on some elements, however the core system is now prepared and I’ll start re-testing every thing subsequent week.
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The earlier GPU take a look at rig that I have been utilizing for all GPU evaluations right here on TweakTown was powered by ASUS and their X570 ROG Crosshair VIII HERO motherboard. I switched from the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X to the newer Zen 3-based Ryzen 9 5900X just lately, however now we’re upgrading once more.
Within the new 2022 take a look at rig, I am utilizing Intel’s newest twelfth Gen Core “Alder Lake” CPU within the type of the Core i9-12900K processor which is slotted into the attractive, and ridiculously high-end ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Excessive motherboard.
Sabrent was the most important assist in supplying the harder-to-get DDR5 RAM, with the corporate sending over 4 x 16GB sticks of their newest Sabrent Rocket DDR5-4800 RAM. I am utilizing 64GB of Sabrent Rocket DDR5-4800 reminiscence, whereas the corporate additionally supplied a deliciously massive, and super-fast Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 8TB SSD. Yeah, 8 terabytes of Gen4 SSD goodness, I can set up Name of Responsibility: Warzone twice, simply!
The plan is to make use of the brand new Core i9-12900K system for our GPU evaluations shifting ahead, main into NVIDIA’s next-gen Ada Lovelace-based GeForce RTX 40 collection GPUs and AMD’s next-gen RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7000 collection GPUs. Oh, and we won’t neglect about Intel coming into the race with their desktop Arc Alchemist GPUs later this 12 months.
That is my construct thus far…
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CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K
Intel was very type to ship over their Core i9-12900K a couple of months in the past now, or else I’d’ve pushed for the KS variant… however the Core i9-12900K is a superb CPU, one of many absolute best you may get. We’ve 16 cores and 24 threads at as much as 5.2GHz.
I had personally bought a Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX cooler for a earlier construct — the Core i7-12700K system from final 12 months that I performed with — after which bought the iCUE H150i ELUTE LCD Show Improve Package. The outcomes converse for themselves: it appears completely superior, and it retains the Core i9-12900K good and funky.
Right here it’s constructed and prepared, with its 360mm radiator on the high with some great-looking RGB followers. I would make some adjustments to the CPU cooler earlier than these methods are completed, however we’ll see.
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Excessive
I requested ASUS if they may assist out with their flagship ROG Maximus Z690 Excessive motherboard, and after some forwards and backwards with them, they really delivered. ASUS despatched over not one, however two of the flagship ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Excessive motherboards.
We’ve the LGA 1700 socket that homes Intel twelfth Gen Core “Alder Lake” CPUs, the place I am utilizing the Core i9-12900K processor right here. We’ve PCIe 5.0 assist, prepared for PCIe 5.0 SSDs and a few upcoming PCIe 5.0 GPUs of the long run as properly.
ASUS has actually over-built the ROG Maximus Z690 Excessive motherboard, which is why I selected it: we have now 24+1 teamed energy staged raged for 105A, ProCool II energy connectors, a big warmth sink throughout the motherboard which retains the Z690 chipset cool, and the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 8TB NVMe M.2 SSD.
You’ll be able to match a couple of NVMe M.2 SSDs right here, with 3 x slots (the primary M.2 slot is PCIe 5.0 succesful) however I am utilizing the second M.2 slot because the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 8TB SSD inside is a Gen4 SSD. As soon as I’ve bought a Gen5-capable SSD then I am going to use that further M.2 slot above the GPU. Ooooh boy, Gen5 SSDs… convey it, Sabrent.
ASUS does a terrific job with 90-degree 24-pin ATX energy connectors, good really relating to a motherboard for a GPU take a look at mattress. You will additionally require 2 x 8-pin EPS energy connectors to get the ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Excessive motherboard up and working.
Even the again of the ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Excessive motherboard appears nice, among the best backplates on a motherboard I’ve used, ever. It is actually lovely, and it is a disgrace, since you’ll by no means see it. Nevertheless, it’ll defend the again of your board from any injury throughout set up, and acts as an enormous warmth sink.
Possibly I have to discover a chassis the place I can take a look at the motherboard from behind, too… hmmm.
RAM: 64GB Sabrent Rocket DDR5-4800 + SSD: Sabrent 8TB
Sabrent helped out in an enormous method, sending me over each a bunch of DDR5 RAM, and an enormous 8TB Gen4 SSD. First off, we have now the Sabrent Rocket DDR5 16GB DDR5-4800 sticks: 4 x 16GB DDR5-4800 for a complete of 64GB of Sabrent Rocket DDR5-4800 reminiscence. Oooh boy. That is a giant improve over the 32GB of DDR4-3200 that I used to be utilizing within the earlier GPU take a look at rig.
I believe the Sabrent Rocket DDR5 RAM appears nice: there is not any RGB bling, and whereas I might like that in some methods, the design stays in step with the Rocket-branded SSDs.
Took some lovely glory photographs with my Mercy statue from Overwatch, I am a Mercy Foremost within the recreation and needed to stability that rattling stick of DDR5 RAM for an unbelievable quantity of instances to get these photographs. However man… they’re price it.
Sabrent helped out in a fair larger method, with an extremely large 8TB model of its Rocket 4 Plus NVMe M.2 SSD. Yeah, 8TB… with speeds that can hit 7.5GB/sec (7500MB/sec). The motherboard can absorb a PCIe 5.0-based SSD, however we’ll wait a short time longer and I am going to have a second system prepared and shift over to Gen5.
Whereas I used to be getting the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 8TB SSD into the ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Excessive motherboard, I believed I might take some photographs with the 8TB drive and its 4TB brothers. Do not all of them look dapper collectively? A lot super-fast storage there, sufficient to put in Name of Responsibility, twice.
Ultimate Ideas
Nicely, that is the brand new TweakTown GPU take a look at mattress for 2022 and 2023 thus far. I’ve bought some cooling, followers, energy provides, and instances to get but… then it will be finalized, however there will probably be a sister system that can have AMD’s new Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 collection CPU later this 12 months.
The primary recreation to get pumped into this method is Hitman 3 which I am working proper now, and as soon as the primary three resolutions are completed I am going to do some 8K benchmarking beginning on the Core i9-12900K. The large new 8TB SSD from Sabrent is superb to make use of, as I can now higher fill the SSD with video games with out stressing of needing one other drive. 8 terabytes of seven.5GB/sec+ SSD goodness feels so OP.
I will be spending the subsequent month or so benchmarking every thing over again, introducing some new video games and exams into the fray as properly. We’re solely a few months away from next-gen GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD, after which the entry of Arc Alchemist GPUs from Intel, lastly, perhaps, hopefully.
I might like to increase a big due to Sabrent and ASUS… they helped me immensely on this construct, and thanks to Intel for sending over the scrumptious new Core i9-12900K processor. Sabrent and ASUS helped in an enormous method, with ASUS offering an incredible flagship ROG Maximus Z690 Excessive motherboard, and Sabrent to assist me fill it with Rocket DDR5 and 8TB of Rocket 4 Plus SSD storage.
Now, I simply have to get some coolers, some PSUs, followers, and instances and it may possibly all be finalized. Till then, benchmarking my life away is my gas. Thanks, everybody!
