New Computer - Sanity Check

Pish · 28 May 2021 at 14:55

Looking to build a new PC, currently on an i7-4790k, no real budget in mind, but Im doing a bunch of house stuff atm and the other half spends money like its going out of fashion, so under 1k would be handy

Already have an asus 3080 non oc and a Corsair RMx Series RMx850 850W PSU

Its for VR and gaming at 4k

so far my list looks like;

Ryzen 5 5600x (edited)
Noctua NH-D15s
Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro V2
Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8gb) DDR4-3600 CL16
Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb SSD
Samsung 980 pro 250gb m.2 NVME (OS Drive)
Lian li Lancool 2 Mesh performance

Kind of avoiding MSI for its bad practices, want to try out the 6gb SATA and the nvme side of things, as im currently on 3gb SSD drives

Any thoughts or advise welcome

Cheers

Dg834man · 28 May 2021 at 15:17

Wd sn550 1tb/2tb not really worth extra for the samsungs, 5600x instead of the 3600x if budget allows

Quartz · 28 May 2021 at 15:41

Pish said:
Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb SSD

Samsung 980 pro 250gb m.2 NVME (OS Drive)

Why bother with two drives? Just get one big one.

mickyflinn · 28 May 2021 at 15:45

If you need Wi-Fi get the arourus pro ac version.

Pish · 28 May 2021 at 16:29

Quartz said:
Why bother with two drives? Just get one big one.

wanted to see what this nvme is about, dont really like to clutter my OS drive, some of my top games, and the things like total war needs a fast SSD, the rest will probably be my old 3Gb SSD drives

mickyflinn said:
If you need Wi-Fi get the arourus pro ac version.

The thinking here is its not wifi 6 for cordless VR right? so would probably need an add in card or dongle anyway?

mickyflinn · 28 May 2021 at 16:43

Pish said:
The thinking here is its not wifi 6 for cordless VR right? so would probably need an add in card or dongle anyway?

Your right its not Wi-Fi 6 on that board not sure about cordless vr specs but if you need 6 then a dongle , etc is the option.

Though the msi boards have WiFi 6 but your not a fan.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...J39p10gKKijZJ0yLQF1wsO7vdOdoAlhps_K8OeQyUKoqA

EsaT · 28 May 2021 at 17:46

Pish said:
Ryzen 5 5600x (edited)

Noctua NH-D15s

Sanity has left the building...

Brocken 3 is basically overkill for just six core Ryzen.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpenfohn-brocken-3-cpu-cooler-140mm-hs-05a-al.html
For bang per buck £25 Arctic Freezer would be good considering gaming won't hammer all cores/threads 100%. (while 4K kicks GPU stomach)
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-freezer-34-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-077-ar.html

Pish said:
Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb SSD

Samsung 980 pro 250gb m.2 NVME (OS Drive)

Sanity has left the city.

Unless finding some special discount 860 Evo is extremely brand hype overpriced costing more than NVMe.
And zero sense to waste very limited M.2 slots for tiny drives.

You could get 2TB NVMe for less to actually fit games on fast drive.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds200t2b0c-hd-57n-wd.html