First custom loop. 5800x & 3060ti FE


My first custom loop. 5800x with a Barrow block (will be getting an EK monoblock by Christmas), 3060ti Founder's Edition with an alphacool block, a 240 rad in front and a 120 rad in the back, 16 gb corsair lpx cl16 3200 ram that is OC'd up to 3600 at cl18, 1tb Sabrent gen4 nvme boot drive, 4tb PNY ssd in the back for games, running on an Aorus x570 Elite mobo, and all packaged in a NZXT h510 terrible airflow case. I actually modded the case by taking my dremmel to the side panel where the "airholes" were and cutting out larger square sections to give better airflow which improved my thermals by over 15 degrees.

Used an all core PBO2 offset to deal with the high temps of the 5800x and manage to peak at 83 degrees on a ten minute R20 run and tend to stay around 75 degrees during several hour long gaming sessions so not terrible but not exactly anything to write home about.

I know it's definitely not what you'd call a beast of a system but it runs like a champ and it games at over 150 fps on high settings in most of the games I play (can only hit about 100 fps in far cry 6 and cyberpunk but they are pretty demanding) so I'm really happy with it especially as someone who came from console this year and was used to playing at 45 to 60 fps this is a huge jump for me and it really improved my gameplay in Apex Legends which is the main game I play.

Thanks for checking out my system and feel free to roast me if I did something dumb that I haven't noticed.