Category: Gaming

BIOS Update What I already knew from previous builds was that the first thing you should do is to install the newest BIOS from your motherboard. It is very probable that a new version of it came out after your motherboard was shipped to you. My approach was to go to the website of the…

The First Launch Launching the beast for the first time is nothing you do when you are done. It is part of the built. You better do it when you’re not done. The case is still open, the cables are not managed yet and it is not sure whether it will start up at all….

The Monitor Alienware 3418DW The 34 inch full HD curved monitor 3418DW by Alienware is brilliant. With its 144 Hz refresh rate and 4 ms response time it is fast and fluent. It is super sharp with brilliant colors and also supports Nvidia G-Sync. It was a real Wow-effect when I started using it. In…

Finally, all parts arrived. All parts…? After to weeks I finally had all parts together – well, all parts needed to get started. It turned out that due to the Corona crisis, one part, the Corsair Commander Pro RGB and Fan controller is nowhere to get in Germany. Production in Asia has come to halt…

The Case Corsair Crystal Series 680X It didn’t take long to find my favorite case when watching case reviews on YouTube. The Corsair 680X is elegant, extraordinary and very thoughtfully designed. It is a little wider than regular tower cases but for a good reason. Looking at it from the front, Corsair added a closed…

Motivation My primary motivation to look into getting a gaming PC was performance. My primary workstation was an Alienware 17 R4 laptop from 2016. It was ahead of its time then and still was handling my regular work more than well but when it comes to modern games and their increased hardware requirements, it could…