Big Chonk , The epitome of assistance

Big Chonk, the epitome of assistance

This blog has been somewhat overdue - however, I hope that everyone will like this new PC I have built in early July! The reason for the name Big CHONK is because the CPU cooler was huge, and it took up a lot of space. The photo shown below consists of the parts that I used to build the PC. The parts list will be provided at the end of the blog post.

This build was made for a speedrunner in the Singapore community, as he had reached 1200 followers a few weeks before I built the computer, so I decided to surprise him.

First, the build starts off with the Motherboard shown above. The motherboard is an ASRock Z390m Pro4. It's one of the entry-level boards available due to budgeting required for the other parts. It has 10 Power Phases and It allows for simple overclocks to improve the performance of Intel’s K CPUs by a little. After placing the motherboard on the box that it came with, I decided to place the processor on the board.

The Processor I selected is an I7-8700K, the best 8th Generation (or coffee lake) Intel CPU available. Its base clock is clocked at 3.7Ghz and it can turbo up to 4.3Ghz on 1 core. The CPU is still good for this period and it's able to play most AAA titles well.

For the RAM, I picked out a pair of G.Skill Sniper X RAM (8GB x2); clocked at 3600Mhz. The reason why I picked out this RAM is because it is able to clock at fast speeds at 3600Mhz. This enables me to XMP it to its current settings which is good for the user of the PC.

The CPU Cooler of choice is a Cooler Master Hyper 212 X air CPU Cooling fan. It's able to remove heat quickly from the CPU due to its 4 heat-pipes that it has. It will enable me to do a mild overclock on the CPU to improve the performance slightly.

The case of choice as shown above is a Tecware M3+. It has 3 120mm fans provided inside as cooling solutions and it is a little spacious to enable me to wire all wires neatly.

This is how the PC looks like after inserting the motherboard into the PC and the wiring is completed. I am quite happy with all the wiring I had done as it looks neat. The dark interior looks amazing when seen from the outside and none of the parts stood out among the others.

Last but not least it is the GPU or graphics card. The card of choice is the Zotac GTX 1070 Twin Fan. Even though it is used, it still has a warranty of 3 years and it can run most AAA games on High settings at 1080p.

After placing all the parts together, this is what it looks like.

The interior looks dark and none of the parts stood out. However, the case has an RGB setting that allowed the user to change the colours of the case whenever he wants.

Overall, I was happy with the outcome and I decided to run a few tests to check the average temperatures and stats of the PC.

When pitting this system against Psyras’s score, it is quite amazing to see the difference between an Intel 6Core/12Thread system against an AMD system.

Psyras’s specs (Short version):

CPU- Ryzen 5 2600 (Stock)

MB- ASRock B450m Steel Legend

16GB of ram at 3000mhz

Zotac GTX 1660 Super Twin Fan

 

Cinebench R20 Scores:

CHONK at stock – 3371

CHONK at 4.8Ghz OC – 3750

Psyras at Stock – 2825

 

Cinebench R15 Scores:

CHONK at stock – 1293

CHONK at 4.8Ghz OC – 1503

Psyras at Stock – 1270

 

Geek Bench 5 Scores:

CHONK at 4.8Ghz OC- Single Core (1318), Multi Core (7008)

Psyras at Stock- Single Core (1001) , Multi Core (4834)

Other benchmarks:

3D Mark Fire-strike Normal: GPU – 18432, CPU – 20243

3D Mark Fire-Strike Extreme: GPU - 8660, CPU – 20280

Geek Bench 5 GPU Test – 46854 (OCL)

Thank you to all who have been journeying with me so far, reading my blog posts and enjoying my content. I hope everyone will stay safe as the pandemic is still ongoing and things are not going too well in the world. I also hope I can be more punctual in releasing more new content for you.

Special Thanks to Justin or Juh0rse for allowing me to take photos during the building process.

Do check out his content at : https://www.twitch.tv/juh0rse

PC Parts List (All Prices are in SGD/CAD/AUD):

CPU- I7 8700K (6Core/12Threads) (Used) (200)

CPU Cooler- Cooler Master Hyper 212X (Used) (30)

Motherboard- ASRock Z390m Pro4 (New) (189)

RAM- G.skill Sniper X (8GB x2) 3600mhz (Used) (100)

SSD- Lexar NM610 Nvme M.2 SSD 500GB (New) (113)

HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 7200rpm (Used) (50)

PSU- FSP Hyper K 600W Non-Modular PSU (New) (79)

Case- Tecware M3+ TG MAtx Case (New) (63)

GPU- Zotac GTX1070 Twin Fan (Used) (240)

Total Cost: 1074