Steelseries Apex Pro FTW https://steelseries.com/gaming-keyboards/apex-pro
Seriously great keyboard. All secondaries light up, too. Got mine for $150 on sale.
BUT all my mice have been Logitech. Tried all the rest. Kept taking the L.
They are totally different games and I get that. I’m taking a break from Starfield and playing a purely action game right now. I think the depth of the Baldur’s gate three universe makes the Starfield universe feel a bit sterile. I’m hoping time away from Starfield will cool my bias against it...
I hear ya. I tried open ear hps… didn’t like them.
Maxwells rival my BeyerDynamic 770 250ohm Pros hooked to a Sound Blaster G6. Max’s soundstage is surprisingly broad given they are closed back.Never had the issue with comfort but I understand it.
I had a similar issue when going from a 3090 to a 4090. Setting bios to default settings worked for me. I then booted into safe mode, uninstalled drivers with DDU, and then rebooted. Installed new drivers and viola, good to go.
If you haven’t already, get a good pair of headphones. The Audeze Maxwells are amazing and wireless. They cut down on any noise from the PC.
The 4090FE is very quiet, IMO.
I picture AliExpress wares for sale spread on blankets under a train station awning supervised by a kid with no shoes. The image helps me decide if I want to purchase the item or not.
I got the Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL and the Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer II 420 just for that reason. But also consider that the cooler, with a mechanical pump, wont last forever.
I just did this.
Motherboard
Pretty much all of the main players have decent boards. My current rig has a Gigabyte Master and a 5900x. My daughter's rig has an MSI Tomahawk and a 5800x. I liked the features of the MSI Tomahawk.
I went with a B650 MSI MAG Tomahawk WiFi: Here
Cooler
I currently...
I live in the sticks but will have fiber in the summer. In the US there were some government funds earmarked for high speed internet rollouts. I'm one of the fortunate one's who live in an area that will get 1Gbps fiber to the home.