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Alder Lake class, 2022 (refit 2025)
Alder Lake class, 2022 (refit 2025)
Current Status of Unit: Active - Secondary System
Tritonis (In Greek mythology: the goddess-nymph of the salt-water lake Tritonis in Libya, North Africa) had its design finalised on Feb 5th 2022. Parts were sourced from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany and the United States. It was commissioned on March 4th 2022 after an extensive build and test process. It replaced Sicarius as the Primary System after the latter unit had served for a phenomenal 6.5 years of continuous operation.
The PC component crisis of 2021 delayed the commissioning of Tritonis significantly, however the system was designed around the Intel Alder Lake 7 nm 12th Generation processor on an Intel Z690 platform with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a NVIDIA Ampere GeForce RTX 30 series GPU.
Tritonis was the first VerTecx21 unit to not use a mechanical HDD and was also not originally designed with a SATA SSD. It was also be the first unit to have SuperSpeed (20Gbps) USB and 2.5GHz Ethernet capabilities.
It was succeeded as Primary System by Vulcanus on February 3rd 2025 after almost 3 years in the role. Tritonis recieved a refit before replacing Sicarius as Secondary System on Feb 1st 2025.
Current Specification (refit) Jan 31st 2025
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-12700K 12th Gen, 3.6/5GHz, UHD Graphics 770 , BX8071512700K
MAINBOARD: ASUS Prime Z690-A, Intel® LGA 1700, ATX, PCIe 5.0, 4x M.2, DDR5, Thunderbolt 4, Aura Sync
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 980Ti Gaming 6GB GDDR5 PCI-e
RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5600MHz (PC5-44800) C36 1.25V, CMK32GX5M2B5600C36
SSD1: 1TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, PCIe 4.0, M.2 2280
SSD2: Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe
SSD3: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5” SATA Gbps 32 Layer 3D V_NAND SSD [MZ-75E250BEU]
SSD4: Samsung 870 EVO 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5", SATA III, 7200rpm, 64MB cache
PSU: EVGA SuperNova P2 850W ’80 Plus Platinum’ Modular PSU
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X53 RGB AIO CPU Water Cooler, 240mm, RL-KRX53-R1
CASING: Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower ATX – Airflow Edition
DISPLAY: Acer Predator 4K2K XB280HK 28” 3840x2160 1ms G-Sync Widescreen LED Monitor
Original Specificaion for Tritonis, finalised: February 5th 2022
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-12700K 12th Gen, 3.6/5GHz, UHD Graphics 770 , BX8071512700K
MAINBOARD: ASUS Prime Z690-A, Intel® LGA 1700, ATX, PCIe 5.0, 4x M.2, DDR5, Thunderbolt 4, Aura Sync
GPU: EVGA NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 3070Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming, 08G-P5-3797-KL, 8GB GDDR6X
RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5600MHz (PC5-44800) C36 1.25V, CMK32GX5M2B5600C36
SSD1: 1TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, PCIe 4.0, M.2 2280
SSD2: 2TB WD BLACK SN850 NVMe; PCIe 4.0, M.2 2280
PSU: Corsair HX850i 850W 80Plus Platinum
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X53 RGB AIO CPU Water Cooler, 240mm, RL-KRX53-R1
CASING: Corsair 5000D Airflow Tempered Glass Mid-Tower Black ATX
FANS: 4x Noctua Chromax NF-S12A PWM
Components from Sicarius:
DISPLAY: Acer Predator 4K2K XB280HK 28” 3840x2160 1ms G-Sync Widescreen LED Monitor
Significant changes to original specification:
31/05/22 - Replaced Acer Predator 4K2K XB280HK with Alienware AW3423DW QD-OLED Ultrawide connected [Display Upgrade]
10/04/23 - Replaced EVGA NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 3070Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming with MSI RTX4070Ti Gaming X Trio [GPU Upgrade]
01/02/2025 - Major Refit to serve as secondary system:
Replaced MSI RTX4070Ti Gaming X Trio with MSI Geforce GTX 980Ti Gaming 6GB GDDR5 PCI-e
Replaced 2TB WD BLACK SN850 NVMe; PCIe 4.0, M.2 2280 with Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe
Replaced Corsair HX850i 850W 80Plus Platinum with EVGA SuperNova P2 850W ’80 Plus Platinum’ Modular PSU
Replaced Corsair 5000D Airflow Tempered Glass Mid-Tower Black ATX with Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower ATX
Added Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5” SATA SSD [MZ-75E250BEU
Added Samsung 870 EVO 1TB SATA 2.5" SSD
Added Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5", SATA III, 7200rpm, 64MB cache
Status of parts not in current spec:
EVGA NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 3070Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming: SOLD 18/04/2023
MSI RTX4070Ti Gaming X Trio: Installed in Vulcanus 02/02/2025
2TB WD BLACK SN850 NVMe; PCIe 4.0, M.2 2280: Installed in Vulcanus 02/02/2025
Corsair HX850i 850W 80Plus Platinum: Installed in Vulcanus 02/02/2025
Corsair 5000D Airflow Tempered Glass Mid-Tower Black ATX: Housing Vulcanus 02/02/2025
4x Noctua Chromax NF-S12A PWM: Installed in Vulcanus 02/02/2025
Costing:
The total cost of all new components for the initial Tritonis system was €3413.65 (UK£2850.32) (US$3843.76) [Feb 2022 exchange rate]
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