Building a *bright* PC around a 3080 - Specs please

[Devlish]

Hey all

Bought a 3080 yesterday for the kid and I want to build a computer around it. Him being him, he is looking for something flash, LEDs galore kind of thing. My experience is with solid midis that get hidden under the desk - apparently he wants to be blinded. Can you recommend a setup for about a grand?

 

[mickyflinn]

6 core fancy water cooler

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MPG B550 Gaming Edge WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £159.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £169.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £89.99
• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh RGB Midi-Tower Case - White= £96.95
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK)= £104.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £248.99
• 1 x Lian-Li GALAHAD 240mm High Performance RGB CPU Water Cooler - White= £109.99

Total: £994.01 (includes shipping: £13.20)


8 core air cooler

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MPG B550 Gaming Edge WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £159.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £169.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £89.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK)= £104.95
• 1 x Scythe Mugen 5 ARGB Plus Dual Fan CPU Cooler - 120mm= £64.99
• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh RGB Midi-Tower Case - Black= £96.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core 4.7GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £389.99

Total: £1,090.01 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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[lee32uk]

Cheaper Motherboard (If you don't need wifi). The SuperFlower Leadex III ARGB is also currently the same price as the Corsair unit so you might as well go for this. The Lian-Li case does have a psu shroud so not sure if it is removeable, but even if not you should still see some glow from the psu fan.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £129.95
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex III ARGB 750W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £104.99

Total: £246.04 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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[Devlish]

LOL thanks guys, that should do it.

 

[mickyflinn]

LOL thanks guys, that should do it.

White or black ?

Or will you get him to choose ?

 

[Devlish]

White or black ?

Or will you get him to choose ?

I reckon hes got to live with it, he should decide Thanks for your help mate.

 

[mickyflinn]

I reckon hes got to live with it, he should decide Thanks for your help mate.

Your welcome

For added bling you can get the 360mm aio cooler put in the front of the case and move the fans to the back and top.

Rgb overload.


Just to note the 6 and 8 core diffrence in builds.

Enjoy.

 

[Craig_d1]

What about the corsair 5000x case?.3 rgb fans on front comes with case, can put a 360mm rad on top, 3 more rgb fans mounted on side and 1 at back. Should light up more than Blackpool tower.

 

[ddylan]

I'd go for the Lian LI O11 case

 

[dfour]

LIan-Li 011D 6 core rgb build

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Super Flower Leadex III ARGB 750W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £104.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £248.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £89.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £94.99
• 1 x Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window= £135.95
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer II RGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm= £109.99
• 4 x Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST A-RGB 0db Black Fan - 120mm= £12.95
• 1 x Lamptron SP901 ARGB PWM Fan and RGB Controller - Black= £14.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550 AORUS Elite V2 (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £139.99

Total: £1,004.88 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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