New Gaming PC. AMD, RTX 4080/4090.

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Hi,

My 8 year old PC is dying and I need a new one. I have Monitor, case, peripherals, PSU (EVGA 1200W). I have seperate budget for GPU. It will be 4080 or 4090. Depends on the bonus at work ;). I need motherboard (optical s/pdif is a must), CPU, RAM, AIO, fast storage. Budget is £1200 for the parts mentioned. I've been out of the game for the last eight years so I don't know exactly what I should buy. After a little reading of articles on the internet, I decided on the AM5 platform because it should be more future-proof. I play FPP games and other AAA titles. I want to be able to play at 4k with RT. Ideally, I would like components that do not cause me problems, run quiet and won't lose their settings from time to time. I've read that asus am5 platform motherboards have problems with drivers on windows 11, but I'm using windows 10 and even if I upgrade to the newer version I can somehow manage to install them. Asus is a brand I trust. I like that this motherboard has nice audio components. I've listed the ryzen 7700x below, but I'm aware the 7800x3d is coming soon and I'm willing to wait for it if someone can convince me it's worth it to spend some extra. I've got a pretty old PSU and I'd like to keep it but I don't know if I'll need to buy an adaptor to use the 4080/4090. Yes, I know it's old and it would be better to buy a new one but if it hasn't let me down I'd like to keep using it. I'm stubborn. AIO is quite expensive so feel free to suggest cheaper AIO but I like that LCD screen and be able to see the temps. Sooner or later I'll get Gen5 ssd so 990 Pro will be used as OS drive but then it will be a game drive.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £1,261.90 (includes delivery: £8.00)​



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Edited to change board, because it had no spdif.

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Eight Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £338.99
MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £249.94
Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF560C36BBEK2-32) - £139.99
Phanteks Glacier One 240T30 Premium All In One CPU Water Cooler D-RGB Black - 240mm - £129.95
WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) - £149.99

Grand Total: £1,008.86 (includes delivery charge, £0.00
 
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Tetras said:
Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £269.99
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The motherboard is no good for the OP's needs as he needs a spdif out and he would have to use the master at@£499 to get that. The rog strix does have spdif out.
 
tamzzy said:
It plugs directly into the Corsair PSU, not an extension. The pinouts may be different.
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My bad. It looks like all the adapters on OC are only for specific psus and not generic 8 pin adapters :(

Removed it from my original post.
 
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ok so first off...spending that much on a mobo is madness
the alc 4080 is not a successor to the alc1220 - it has exactly the same specs: https://www.igorslab.de/en/the-old-...ied-and-the-differences-from-alc1220-insider/
afaik, most board manufacturers have ditched spdif on the rear ports except asus
however asus tend to have worse value and worse vrms compared to other manufacturers' offering at similar price points...aka paying the asus tax (branding/advertisment tax)
if you want to have spdif out and enjoy proper audio quality then going for an aftermarket sound card is probably a wiser choice
if you're just gaming, for now the 7600 is sufficient and will save you some £££, yes the 7600 is measurably slower in benchmarks, but not horrendously so (we're looking at ~5% max-ish)
when 8 cores are needed you always have the option to drop in the 8000/X3D series ryzen in future

this would be what i would get (agree with mickyflinn's and dfour's choices of ssd and cooler)
better cooler
better latency ram
double the ssd capacity
cheaper mobo/6 core ryzen - mobo still has vrms capable of handling a 7950x so not gimped, but no pcie 5.0 for ssd...not really sure how important that is as current pcie 4 ssds aren't really stretched either
much better audio solution
£300 cheaper

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £960.94 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Thanks guys. Yeah pcie5 is something that I would like to take advantage of in the future. The ssd that I will purchase with my motherboard will be my temporary OS drive. I'll get gen5 when it will be more available and gen4 will be use to store games on it. Sound card? I'm not convinced. I have topping dx30 pro+ and I think that's enough for my needs.
Oh and I forgot to mention that I need spdif because of my speakers.
 
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