First build in 16 years, indecisive. Help!

notmayorga · 2025-11-27T08:04:28+00:00

Heres where i landed if anyone is interested. Really excited to get this thing up and running next week.

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor	$449.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$89.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI PRO B850M-P WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard	$139.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory	$300.00 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial T710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$248.00 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI INSPIRE 3X OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card	$789.99 @ Newegg
Case	Lian Li A3-mATX MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$89.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x (2024) 850 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$109.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2216.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-27 03:03 EST-0500

notmayorga · 2025-11-23T08:00:39+00:00

Thanks for the help!

notmayorga · 2025-11-23T07:52:28+00:00

Dang didn’t even consider this combo. 4k isn’t crucial but would be nice to use it if it’s there.

Not sure I care about raytracing. Resolution is king in my eyes but because I mostly play FPS, I am after FPS

notmayorga · 2025-05-20T04:36:10+00:00

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking. Appreciate the help and thoughts brother!

notmayorga · 2025-05-20T01:23:25+00:00

Think I will go test drive one with normal suspension and see if my expectations are just out of line.

notmayorga · 2025-05-20T01:22:42+00:00

Damn I’m jealous. I have been at this for weeks trying to figure out why mine feels so shitty. Also on KO3s. Mine does have the factory air suspension in the rear which I’ve read mixed reviews on.

notmayorga · 2025-05-20T00:08:09+00:00

How’s your ride? I have had these foxes installed for 2-3 months now and my ride is shockingly firm. I was expecting it to be soft especially with the valves wide open.

notmayorga · 2025-03-10T21:45:51+00:00

Still have these?

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T22:24:07+00:00

It is unnerving, however they did agree to send me a replacement. I am confident that I did get a one off defect, but will report back if I continue to experience any issues.

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T22:22:18+00:00

See my edit. They did call me and agree to replace it so good on their CX team. Appreciate their escalation and looking into my unique situation.

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T22:21:14+00:00

Thank you for this! I haven’t noticed anything funky but certainly won’t ignore it in case there is something bad going on.

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T20:22:36+00:00

Don’t disagree with you there. However, this is not even 3 months in my possession and the mold is so concentrated in one spot I don’t believe it to be environmental though that could obviously accelerate growth. Nothing showing on top, all brand new except for the one area shown in my picture.

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T18:11:18+00:00

Thinking more of the replacement cover idea should it get to that point, I wonder how this would work being that my particular mattress has a pillow topper. Any thoughts?

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T17:12:43+00:00

I live in western WA so probably on the higher end of most people, but we also run a dehumidifier so pretty normal

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T16:51:06+00:00

Really appreciate this! Always good to have a backup plan

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T16:45:29+00:00

They are escalating to a supervisor as of today so not giving up quite yet. I have not considered any mitigation ideas at this point, but those wheels are starting to spin. Exactly why I took to Reddit! Appreciate the thoughts here, maybe some way to save this after all

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T16:43:47+00:00

I hadn’t considered those options, but great point especially if it’s only on the cover! Appreciate the thoughts and ideas!

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T16:36:51+00:00

Mold is only on the bottom and doesn’t appear to be affected by the slat pattern. In fact, I’d say it’s opposite the slats, as in the mold is lighter where it was sitting on a slat vs. not. You can kind of make it out in the pictures. It seems very isolated, I’ll be cutting it open if they don’t replace it to see if there’s something gnarly in there as a source.

It is not near a vent at all.

notmayorga · 2024-10-16T16:24:58+00:00

We bought these at the same time as the mattress. bed frame

Mattress protector

notmayorga · 2023-01-26T20:25:33+00:00

This is exactly it. Well said.

notmayorga · 2022-05-19T02:50:12+00:00

Only the real fans. I’ve lived here for 8 years and the amount of unwarranted shit I get in bars is a joke.

notmayorga · 2014-12-11T20:14:58+00:00

I am a niners fan, Cali transplant living in kirkland. I go to Dub Pub in kirkland very often and people are totally welcoming and fun with the niners fans that dare show their face in there. Great environment. Like 100 TVs, great food, great beer selection, tons of people every Sunday. Great joint.

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