What do you think of my build?

What stands out is you've got an overclockable CPU, and a cooler to handle overclocking a 9700K, but the motherboard doesn't allow overclocking.

What's it for, and did you look at Ryzen 3700X + B450 motherboard option?
 
Danny75 said:
What stands out is you've got an overclockable CPU, and a cooler to handle overclocking a 9700K, but the motherboard doesn't allow overclocking.

What's it for, and did you look at Ryzen 3700X + B450 motherboard option?
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I am not interested in overclocking. It can damage components can't it?
 
My 2p's worth here :p

If you built your PC for Gaming, then the 9700k is fine. The problem is that the 9700k has, its competitor has caught up & you can get similar performance in Gaming with the 3700x for about £75 less. Even more so if you use your PC for gaming & streaming or Video Editing or Encoding. AMD also has more upgrade options with another generation of CPU's still to be released on the AM4 Socket which will bring a new architecture & more performance. With your motherboard, the Upgrade options are much less limited at the time of writing. Intel's B360 chipset has support for 2 generations of CPU, whereas AMD's B450 will have support for 4 generations at least & X570 at least 2 generations.

Most people stick with their current CPU throughout the lifetime of the motherboard anyway (I'm not one of them) 8 cores for gaming are going to be OK (disclaimer: AFAIK) for a few years & if you are happy with the performance, I wouldn't worry too much. I'd lose more sleep with what's going on in the world right now.
 
/\/\/\ I can see your point. I'm not one for overclocking either. I've spent a fair bit of money on PC's over the last 26 years & the last thing I want to do is break something because I've pushed a bit of hardware beyond its design specs. I can break stuff without even trying, like the time I plugged in a molex case fan with the PC still on, caused a short & there was a bit of a bang! :D:rolleyes::p;)
 
Avalez said:
Graphics Card | 8GB ASUS GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER DUAL EVO
Motherboard | ASUS ROG STRIX B360-H GAMING
Processor | Intel Core i7 9700K 3.6GHz Eight Core
CPU Cooler | Corsair Hydro H100x, x5 Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB PRO fans.
RAM Memory | 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 2666MHz DDR4
Power Supply | Seasonic Focus GX 750W Modular 80+ Gold
System Drive | 960GB Corsair MP510 M.2 SSD
Storage Drive | 2TB Seagate BarraCuda 3.5" SATA III Desktop HDD
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What is your budget for the pc ? Also do you already have a case ?
 
I think that your pc is a great gaming machine if you did not want to overclock, although that would have been pretty easy with the cooler that you chose. I'm not buying the AMD route for a new CPU in the future in 35 years I don't remember doing so without a major upgrade including ram etc. Your rig will likely be good for 4-5 years worry about it then.
 
jimmy321 said:
I think that your pc is a great gaming machine if you did not want to overclock, although that would have been pretty easy with the cooler that you chose. I'm not buying the AMD route for a new CPU in the future in 35 years I don't remember doing so without a major upgrade including ram etc. Your rig will likely be good for 4-5 years worry about it then.
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I Appreciate the positive comment.
 
If it does what you want it to do, then that is all that matters.

Yes you may have been better going for a Ryzen build, or a motherboard to overclock the 9700K but you still have a good gaming PC.
 
Not sure what the point is in asking people what they think after you've bought the rig, it's not like anyone can give you any advice at this point.

If you're happy with it that's the most important thing, but personally speaking I think you've spent poorly and could have built a better setup for less money.
 
Gray2233 said:
Not sure what the point is in asking people what they think after you've bought the rig, it's not like anyone can give you any advice at this point.

If you're happy with it that's the most important thing, but personally speaking I think you've spent poorly and could have built a better setup for less money.
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What do you think I could have done differently?
 
Avalez said:
What do you think I could have done differently?
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I'd have went Ryzen for a start, this is compounded by the fact you've no intention of overclocking as unlike Intel there's far fewer gains from overclocking the CPU. If you do almost anything other than gaming the gap in favour of Ryzen widens substantially.

Buying an unlocked CPU with a motherboard that doesn't let you OC is a waste, I've read your reasoning for this but it's poorly thought out. Your assumption that OC'ing is difficult and/or dangerous is antiquated, you'd need to go out of your way to damage an Intel system via overclocking. There are tons of guides and forums like this full of people that could have explained the process.

The H100X is an expensive and pointless purchase, again compounded by the fact you're not overclocking. You could have got on par cooling performance for your needs at half the price.

I suspect you've over spent on that RAM due to the RGB, which is slower than anything I'd buy at this point in time, and do you really need 32GB?

The PSU is overkill, you'd have been fine with a good 550-650W model.

The GPU you've chosen is often middle of the road cost-wise for 2070 Supers, I don't know exactly how much you paid for it but I wouldn't spend more than £470-480 on a 2070S and personally speaking I'd probably opt for a 5700XT for £350-380 given the minimal performance differences, but I do accept that some have a preference for Nvidia.

I can't speak for the rest but it depends on how much you paid for those items.

You'd have been much, much better off making a thread on here before building to ask peoples opinions. There's a lot of knowledgeable and helpful people that could have advised you and steered you in the right direction.
 
Gray2233 said:
I'd have went Ryzen for a start, this is compounded by the fact you've no intention of overclocking as unlike Intel there's far fewer gains from overclocking the CPU. If you do almost anything other than gaming the gap in favour of Ryzen widens substantially.

Buying an unlocked CPU with a motherboard that doesn't let you OC is a waste, I've read your reasoning for this but it's poorly thought out. Your assumption that OC'ing is difficult and/or dangerous is antiquated, you'd need to go out of your way to damage an Intel system via overclocking. There are tons of guides and forums like this full of people that could have explained the process.

The H100X is an expensive and pointless purchase, again compounded by the fact you're not overclocking. You could have got on par cooling performance for your needs at half the price.

I suspect you've over spent on that RAM due to the RGB, which is slower than anything I'd buy at this point in time, and do you really need 32GB?

The PSU is overkill, you'd have been fine with a good 550-650W model.

The GPU you've chosen is often middle of the road cost-wise for 2070 Supers, I don't know exactly how much you paid for it but I wouldn't spend more than £470-480 on a 2070S and personally speaking I'd probably opt for a 5700XT for £350-380 given the minimal performance differences, but I do accept that some have a preference for Nvidia.

I can't speak for the rest but it depends on how much you paid for those items.

You'd have been much, much better off making a thread on here before building to ask peoples opinions. There's a lot of knowledgeable and helpful people that could have advised you and steered you in the right direction.
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So do you think I'm going to have trouble?
 
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