The Setup · Built for AI

The Rig

Every tool, every chip, every keystroke —
the gear running the whole operation.

Here's everything I use to make the magic happen. Some of it is genuinely great. Some of it I'm still figuring out. I'll tell you which is which. If anything below sounds useful for your own setup, the links go through Amazon — full disclosure at the bottom.

✦   The Core Build   ✦

Inside the Tower

The brains
and the brawn

Processor

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

8-core, 16-thread desktop processor. The 3D V-Cache makes it ridiculous for gaming and surprisingly capable for the AI workloads I throw at it.

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Graphics

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE OC

The horsepower behind every render, every model, every "let's see what this can do." Loud-on-paper, quiet-in-practice cooling.

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Motherboard

GIGABYTE B850 AORUS Elite WiFi7

AMD AM5, ATX, WiFi 7 onboard. Everything I needed, nothing I didn't. Boring is a compliment when it comes to motherboards.

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Memory

G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB · 32GB DDR5

2 x 16GB at DDR5-6000 CL30. Fast enough for everything I'm doing now and the things I haven't tried yet.

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Storage

WD_BLACK SN850X · 2TB NVMe

M.2 NVMe drive that loads everything before I can finish thinking about it. 2TB fills up faster than expected — turns out AI generates a lot of files.

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Power

Lian Li EDGE 1000W

Fully modular, low-noise, ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1 compliant, Cybenetics Gold efficiency. Powers the whole circus quietly.

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Case

Lian Li O11D EVO RGB

E-ATX dual-chamber gaming case. The kind of build you actually want to look at. Cable management is borderline therapeutic in here.

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✦   The Peripherals   ✦

On the Desk

Where the work
actually happens

Display

ASUS ROG Strix XG27ACS

27" QHD (2560×1440) Fast IPS, 180Hz, 1ms, HDR400, USB-C, G-Sync compatible. Sharp enough for editing, fast enough to play whatever's next.

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Keyboard

CORSAIR K70 CORE RGB

Mechanical wired with a palmrest that my wrists actually thank me for. Solid daily driver — clicky enough to feel productive, quiet enough not to ruin the audio.

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Mouse

Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite

18,000 DPI, 17 programmable buttons, iCUE compatible. The 12-button thumb pad is overkill until the moment it isn't — then it's perfect.

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Fuel the Journey

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The studio runs on AI tools, late nights, and an embarrassing amount of caffeine. If something here helped you out — or you just want to throw fuel on the fire — every coffee genuinely matters.

"Thanks for being here. The journey's better with company."

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A Note on the Links

The Amazon links above are affiliate links. If you buy something through them, the studio earns a small commission at no extra cost to you — it helps keep the lights on (and the GPU fed). I only link gear I actually use and would recommend regardless. As an Amazon Associate, Stellar Rose Studio earns from qualifying purchases.