Hey guys.
sorry if this isnt the right thread for this, happy to redirect if not. just let me know.
few questions here about a prospective build. its gona be a big one, sorry. i'm the kind cautious kind who asks a tone of questions and doesn't go ahead till i think iv found the perfect solution for me. SO thank you in advance if you replay and stick with it. The machine will be used for gaming and entertainment primarily and other tasks as a side note.
I will post the spec below.
the main questions iv got is, any suggestions as to where I could reduce cost or optimize my options. here without to much compromise in performance and staying as near future proofed (as one can get when it comes to these things) as possible.
as you can see iv jumped on the AMD bandwagon after using Intel for many years due tot he good reviews and feedback iv seen and heard.
a few specifics:
im not to familiar with the Palit or Zotac manufacturers of the Nvidea cards, so im not sure whether to put my eggs in that basket or not but as they are indeed cheaper that the ASUS 2080 TI 11GB option on PCS, if people think they are okay to role with I could consider it. The other option which is a swing in the other direction totally is leaving the GPU off this order and either putting my own in on delivery or giving a 3rd part bought GPU to PCS (i dont live far from their warehouse so can hand deliver it). If i were to buy my own GPU for fitting i was considering the Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 11G (for £1400) or the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC Hybrid Gaming, 11GB (for £1308) this obviously hykes the price up and is more of a faff but both these GPU's have the AOI water coolers already fitted. The comeback to this is obvious, design a full water cooled system and dont get 2 water separate AOI water coolers (1 for CPU and one for GPU, im keen to get the best cooling i can for the GPU as this is where the real heat and work will take place for my rig) especially as 2 AOI watercolors will take up a tone of space and may no even fit into he case) however the price difference is about £300 cus i would have to go for a mid range water cooling kit from PCS and the ASUS 2080 TI 11BG. so thats one to figure out (also if people can advice what they think about the whole water cooled scene in general as iv heard mixed options Vs air cooled and things like water cooled maintains more stable temps where as air is more of a reactive system to when temps get high) .
I think this MOBO will do good, but i must admit im not really sure where im standing with MOBO's. not 100% sure what im looking for out of one (other than 4.0 PCI slots, up to date USB (3.1 and 3.2) decnet build quality and sturdiness and heat/power management which i think the ASUS CROSSHAIR VIII HERO covers.
im not bothered about wifi as it will only ever be seriously used with Ethernet but its only £8 to ahve it and im not currently planning on using the slot for anything else as the in built sound card is totally fine.
storage is fine, OS on the M.2 SSD, and games etc on the Samsung SSD (can just buy more if i want some for anything)
iv gone for a 750W PSU on purpose as i would like it to not have to work to hard to supply the components. (open to persasive arguments those PCS says i only need a 650)
a little on the case here, it says "1 x Fan Controller" in the description. not does that mean it already comes with one? or that if u select one then it can go in. i ask as if i select one from he configuration menu it does jump up and stop me when i click proceed. similar query with the case fans descriptions details 4 front and 1 rear extractor. (im not precious about looks and bloody RGB, im a functionality man. went for this case as it had some good prospective bells and whistles and options without being too pokey so as to provide decent air flow. the other aspect for the water cooled bits would be to help reduce fan sound which may be counter productive if i have this case with its 5 fans? but i'm thinking if i can control them then i can turn them down and i'm not sure but i think they can be linked with MOBO to automatically down RPM if temps are okay (which should be low if the main 2 heat sources GPU AND CPU are water cooled)
price is sitting at £2,751.00 as below.
The spec
Case
PCS SR-819 RGB FULL TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.6GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Get 3 Months of XBOX Game Pass for PC w/ select AMD Ryzen CPUs
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
1TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Get Ghost Recon: Breakpoint with select SAMSUNG SSDs!
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
Get Ghost Recon: Breakpoint with select SAMSUNG SSDs!
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 PORT (1 x TYPE A, 1 x TYPE C) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
link to the saved confg
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/FzV3Gu6wN8/
sorry if this isnt the right thread for this, happy to redirect if not. just let me know.
few questions here about a prospective build. its gona be a big one, sorry. i'm the kind cautious kind who asks a tone of questions and doesn't go ahead till i think iv found the perfect solution for me. SO thank you in advance if you replay and stick with it. The machine will be used for gaming and entertainment primarily and other tasks as a side note.
I will post the spec below.
the main questions iv got is, any suggestions as to where I could reduce cost or optimize my options. here without to much compromise in performance and staying as near future proofed (as one can get when it comes to these things) as possible.
as you can see iv jumped on the AMD bandwagon after using Intel for many years due tot he good reviews and feedback iv seen and heard.
a few specifics:
im not to familiar with the Palit or Zotac manufacturers of the Nvidea cards, so im not sure whether to put my eggs in that basket or not but as they are indeed cheaper that the ASUS 2080 TI 11GB option on PCS, if people think they are okay to role with I could consider it. The other option which is a swing in the other direction totally is leaving the GPU off this order and either putting my own in on delivery or giving a 3rd part bought GPU to PCS (i dont live far from their warehouse so can hand deliver it). If i were to buy my own GPU for fitting i was considering the Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 11G (for £1400) or the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC Hybrid Gaming, 11GB (for £1308) this obviously hykes the price up and is more of a faff but both these GPU's have the AOI water coolers already fitted. The comeback to this is obvious, design a full water cooled system and dont get 2 water separate AOI water coolers (1 for CPU and one for GPU, im keen to get the best cooling i can for the GPU as this is where the real heat and work will take place for my rig) especially as 2 AOI watercolors will take up a tone of space and may no even fit into he case) however the price difference is about £300 cus i would have to go for a mid range water cooling kit from PCS and the ASUS 2080 TI 11BG. so thats one to figure out (also if people can advice what they think about the whole water cooled scene in general as iv heard mixed options Vs air cooled and things like water cooled maintains more stable temps where as air is more of a reactive system to when temps get high) .
I think this MOBO will do good, but i must admit im not really sure where im standing with MOBO's. not 100% sure what im looking for out of one (other than 4.0 PCI slots, up to date USB (3.1 and 3.2) decnet build quality and sturdiness and heat/power management which i think the ASUS CROSSHAIR VIII HERO covers.
im not bothered about wifi as it will only ever be seriously used with Ethernet but its only £8 to ahve it and im not currently planning on using the slot for anything else as the in built sound card is totally fine.
storage is fine, OS on the M.2 SSD, and games etc on the Samsung SSD (can just buy more if i want some for anything)
iv gone for a 750W PSU on purpose as i would like it to not have to work to hard to supply the components. (open to persasive arguments those PCS says i only need a 650)
a little on the case here, it says "1 x Fan Controller" in the description. not does that mean it already comes with one? or that if u select one then it can go in. i ask as if i select one from he configuration menu it does jump up and stop me when i click proceed. similar query with the case fans descriptions details 4 front and 1 rear extractor. (im not precious about looks and bloody RGB, im a functionality man. went for this case as it had some good prospective bells and whistles and options without being too pokey so as to provide decent air flow. the other aspect for the water cooled bits would be to help reduce fan sound which may be counter productive if i have this case with its 5 fans? but i'm thinking if i can control them then i can turn them down and i'm not sure but i think they can be linked with MOBO to automatically down RPM if temps are okay (which should be low if the main 2 heat sources GPU AND CPU are water cooled)
price is sitting at £2,751.00 as below.
The spec
Case
PCS SR-819 RGB FULL TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.6GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
1TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 PORT (1 x TYPE A, 1 x TYPE C) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
link to the saved confg
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/FzV3Gu6wN8/