Synthmind's My Computers

08/28/2019

6FG15AV

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz

Installed RAM 16.0GB Was increased for a total of 32GB early in 2025.

The 3 TB hard drive alerted as going defective 6/04/2025 from the SMART. First time SMART worked for me. I was able to get a full backup done before the drive crashed the next day.

Because of that and the fact that all drives were at their end of life, I under took a complete replacement of all internal storage. The 3TB upsized to 4TB and the 1TB to 8TB. This Shire motherboard includes two M.2 connectors. I am replacing the 1TB SSD (OS drive) with a 4TB and adding a second 4TB SSD. While I'm in there I'll replace the CMOS battery.

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is a-available for this display

NVIDA GeForce RTX 2080 video card.

Four 4K LG 24UD58- 24" 4K monitors set up 2 x 2.

A low cost external 5:1 USB sound device and a Logitech 5.1 speaker and amp system serves for daily work at the computer.

For music and movie creation: as this mother board only has a video slot the video card becomes the sound card. It provides the best quality highest bandwidth audiophile satisfier. The video card comprises a HDMI and three display outputs. The audio is stripped out of the HDMI through a Sony Multi Channel Receiver STR-DH800 for stereo and 5.1 surround sound work.

Using Win 10 Home because this machine is running Vegas Pro 17. Updated to Win 11 Home in 2023.

For a desktop this machine is very quiet until... that is until its rendering video. Then its so loud I leave the room. Liquid cooled and LED lighted with a clear side panel. I solved the noise issue when I routed the video rendering through the NVIDA card using the configuration in Vegas Pro instead of the CPU.

I am maintaining the outdated Win7 as it is compatible with the Microsoft FrontPage web software I use.

A very reasonable 5.1 Logitech. Its subwoofer will blow a column of forced air up your skirt.

This is my primary drive machine with three LG Flatiron monitors, the Toshiba Smart TV, and a Logitech 5:1 sound system. I'm maintaining the Win 7 OS because its more cost effective and versatile considering the cost of software updating to the the Win 10 64 KB computer. I added two USB-3 and two USB-2 connections off the motherboard's unused connections. This way the four 8TB external drives each get their own USB connector. The USB-2's are used a 8TB and smaller external drives and components. I'll keep actual clone copies of the primary HD to combat the long term security risks.

I use this every day for many things but purchased it to control all the GoPro cameras. This is a must have for GoPro owners.