…and now my 5-year old motherboard appears to be in its last legs - USB ports are dropping out. Might as well upgrade the CPU at the same time, right?
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Well, duh! 
Is it at all possible to find a Mobo for a 5yo CPU?
My new rig which I’ve been experimenting with and learning about since last Friday.
UserBenchmarks: Game 128%, Desk 144%, Work 153%
CPU: Intel Core i9-7920X - 111.2%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 - 141.6%
SSD: Intel SSDPEKKW010T8 1TB - 249.1%
SSD: Intel SSDPEKKW010T8 1TB - 256.4%
SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 500GB - 111.2%
HDD: Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB - 76.8%
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB - 115.6%
MBD: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE
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Very nice - how is that 2070 doing?
No complaints.
Very nice Red! Should drive the P-47 perfectly!
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Finally got around to testing the new build
UserBenchmarks: Game 137%, Desk 120%, Work 122%
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K - 120.1%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080 - 166.1%
SSD: WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018) - 135.1%
SSD: Crucial MX500 1TB - 123.5%
SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB - 120.3%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB - 110.9%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB - 88.8%
MBD: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0-CF
Looks like I need some new memory…
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UserBenchmarks: Game 163%, Desk 160%, Work 160%
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K - 120.6%
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti - 210.8%
SSD: Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB - 291.7%
HDD: Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB - 69.9%
RAM: Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB - 89.1%
MBD: MSI MPG Z390I GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7C04)
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WOW. just wow…
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Wonder why they put that Seagate in there. Again…an odd selection when there are much better alternatives for not much more money. Weird.
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Probably a price cut if they buy a certain amount. That 25 or so dollars would add up over the sale of a hundred machines.
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Updated with the dual Intel SSD installation:
UserBenchmarks: Game 162%, Desk 154%, Work 156%
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K - 119.1%
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti - 211.6%
SSD: Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB - 265.6%
SSD: Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB - 267.5%
HDD: Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB - 69.6%
RAM: Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB - 88.4%
MBD: MSI MPG Z390I GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7C04)
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HDD’s have in the past more longevity. With current SSDs handling up to petabytes of writes before dying - not so much an issue.
The other thing is a dead HDD may be recoverable. An End-Of-Life SSD will brick itself (and not even power up - it takes the cyanide pill) and all the data is gone, without a final warning. You should see worse performance and a “reaching end of life” alert beforehand.
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Just retested my latest build
UserBenchmarks: Game 111%, Desk 92%, Work 76%
CPU: Intel Core i5-8600K - 98.9%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 - 130.4%
SSD: Corsair Force LS 120GB - 32.7%
SSD: SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB - 87.4%
SSD: Crucial M4 64GB - 60.5%
HDD: Maxtor 6L160M0 164GB - 19.9%
HDD: Maxtor 6L160M0 164GB - 26.4%
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB - 46.6%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB - 77.7%
MBD: Asus PRIME Z370-A
Sharing this thread has given me an opportunity to compare my latest upgrades
UserBenchmarks: Game 229%, Desk 106%, Work 194%
CPU: Intel Core i5-8600K - 102.1%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090 - 229.7%
SSD: Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB - 283.1%
SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB - 132.3%
SSD: SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB - 85.5%
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB - 45.7%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB - 101.5%
MBD: Asus PRIME Z370-A
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UserBenchmarks: Game 156%, Desk 104%, Work 133%
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K - 104.6%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti - 149.2%
SSD: Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB - 166.5%
SSD: Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB - 124.5%
SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB - 130%
SSD: Corsair Force 3 60GB - 54.4%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) - 109.8%
HDD: Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB - 98%
RAM: G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB - 107.6%
MBD: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
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After a motherboard, CPU, GPU, and CPU cooler swap. SSDs and memory are getting long in the tooth.
UserBenchmarks: Game 214%, Desk 104%, Work 194%
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - 105.6%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3080 - 207.3%
SSD: Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB - 69.4%
SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 4TB - 114.7%
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB - 101.4%
MBD: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI)
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UserBenchmarks: Game 165%, Desk 99%, Work 163%
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K - 97.8%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti - 171.1%
SSD: Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB - 179.6%
SSD: Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB - 191.3%
SSD: SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB - 92.4%
HDD: Toshiba HDWF180 8TB - 98.6%
HDD: Toshiba HDWF180 8TB - 128.4%
HDD: Toshiba HDWF180 8TB - 127%
HDD: Toshiba HDWF180 8TB - 123.7%
RAM: Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB - 87.9%
MBD: MSI MPG Z390I GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7C04)
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Look at all those terras of Bytes 
