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Ok, so the current final build *horns playing* is:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £2,317.85 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
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Slightly annoying three things are out of stock (mobo, RAM, GPU) but I guess this is just the whole silicon thing and lack of supply.​
 
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail
PRO-AMD-04501
£700 (incl. VAT)
£600 (incl. VAT)
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Thermal Grizzly Duronaut - 2g
COO-TGZ-03948
£9 (incl. VAT)
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MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (AMD AM5) B850 ATX Motherboard
MOT-MSI-03993
£230 (incl. VAT)
FREE DELIVERY
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Corsair Vengeance 96GB (2X48GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel
MEM-CRS-02844
£240 (incl. VAT)
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Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 Solid Core OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card
GRA-ZTC-04821
£1,050 (incl. VAT)
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Super Flower LEADEX III GOLD UP 1000W 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply PCIe 5.1 ATX 3.1
POW-SFL-04172
£150 (incl. VAT)
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Mint_Sauce said:
Budget fades out when we start getting to £3k+, £4k is more than I want to be spending.
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what about this?

Your Order​

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1 X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £699.95
SKU: PRO-AMD-04501
1 X MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (AMD AM5) B850 ATX Motherboard - £218.99
SKU: MOT-MSI-03993
1 X Corsair Vengeance 96GB (2X48GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel - £239.98
SKU: MEM-CRS-02844
1 X MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £2,099.99
SKU: GRA-MSI-04859
1 X NVIDIA - DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Edition Game Bundle - £0.00
SKU: DIG-NVI-05178
1 X Phanteks AMP GH 1200W 80 Plus Platinum ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 Fully Modular - Black - £159.95
SKU: POW-PHK-04741
Grand Total: £3,418.86

:D
 
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tamzzy said:
what about this?

Your Order​

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1 X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £699.95
SKU: PRO-AMD-04501
1 X MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (AMD AM5) B850 ATX Motherboard - £218.99
SKU: MOT-MSI-03993
1 X Corsair Vengeance 96GB (2X48GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel - £239.98
SKU: MEM-CRS-02844
1 X MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £2,099.99
SKU: GRA-MSI-04859
1 X NVIDIA - DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Edition Game Bundle - £0.00
SKU: DIG-NVI-05178
1 X Phanteks AMP GH 1200W 80 Plus Platinum ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 Fully Modular - Black - £159.95
SKU: POW-PHK-04741
Grand Total: £3,418.86

:D
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haha, I mean it's tempting. I did flirt with getting a 5090 but I feel that I can't really justify it as I'm mostly working on my PC rather than gaming on it so it'd be a waste on me for most of the time. A 5080 packs a lot of punch and saves me a bunch of cash (especially coming from a 3080). If HL3 was going to be VR then I might have persuaded myself but it sounds like it's likely to not be VR. :P
 
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Mint_Sauce said:
Are any of the in stock 5080s (that might be slightly more expensive) worth going for
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The table in TPU's review gives an idea how they perform:
www.techpowerup.com

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition Review

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is out now. Priced at $1000 it includes all the new GeForce RTX 50 features and offers good gaming performance. On the other hand, the gen-over-gen performance increase is smaller than expected, but NVIDIA didn't raise their pricing either.
www.techpowerup.com www.techpowerup.com

Zotac are usually recommended because they have a long warranty (5 year on most parts). I think Gainward are 3 year.
 
Tetras said:
Zotac are usually recommended because they have a long warranty (5 year on most parts). I think Gainward are 3 year.
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exactly why i specced the zotac
a certain other etailer will have the zotac solid core (non-oc) in stock in 3 days, and £50 cheaper because, non-oc
 
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tamzzy said:
exactly why i specced the zotac
a certain other etailer will have the zotac solid core (non-oc) in stock in 3 days, and £50 cheaper because, non-oc
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I saw that and wondered if the OC card had an overclock that I could just apply myself (and save the £50), or if it had something physically different with the card (like larger heatsinks) or something, it's hard to know.
 
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Also, I have two 1TB Samsung SSD890 Pro drives. Reads are around 7000 MB/s and Writes are 5000 MB/s in Samsung Magician. I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading those while I'm at it all?

I'm considering:

2 x Crucial T705 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 5.0 SSD/Solid State Drive
 
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Mint_Sauce said:
I saw that and wondered if the OC card had an overclock that I could just apply myself (and save the £50), or if it had something physically different with the card (like larger heatsinks) or something, it's hard to know.
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they're physically the same card, the oc just has a factory overclock
back in the day, nvidia factory oc cards had better silicon, i'm not sure if this is still the case

factory overclocks are guaranteed, but self-overclocking will vary literally with every individual card, so YMMV
personally, i'd save the £50
 
Mint_Sauce said:
Also, I have two 1TB Samsung SSD890 Pro drives. Reads are around 7000 MB/s and Writes are 5000 MB/s in Samsung Magician. I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading those while I'm at it all?
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980 pros are basically near the top of the food chain for gen 4 drives

Mint_Sauce said:
2 x Crucial T705 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 5.0 SSD/Solid State Drive
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not worth it to get two
maybe 1 for just the main drive as you deal with large pictures which i assume are basically extremely large files (i assume in RAW format?)
 
tamzzy said:
980 pros are basically near the top of the food chain for gen 4 drives


not worth it to get two
maybe 1 for just the main drive as you deal with large pictures which i assume are basically extremely large files (i assume in RAW format?)
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That's correct, RAW files. It's quite a lot of money and I'm wondering if I just stick with the drives I have. It's hard to know what kind of impact the (what looks to be 3X the performance) will have in the real world. I could just get one for my OS and go from there. If I find a massive increase in performance I can always get another and swap the second one out.
 
Mint_Sauce said:
It's hard to know what kind of impact the (what looks to be 3X the performance) will have in the real world.
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correct, synthetic performance does not always translate to RL performance, which is why i do not usually recommend gen 5 drives
however for your use case, you would probably see a performance uplift because you deal with large single-file transfers, which is what gen 5 drives do better than any other ssd.
basically, you would want the T705 to store your RAW files and be your scratch disk and main drive
outside of that, your 980 pros will suffice

you don't really need a second T705
 
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tamzzy said:
correct, synthetic performance does not always translate to RL performance, which is why i do not usually recommend gen 5 drives
however for your use case, you would probably see a performance uplift because you deal with large single-file transfers, which is what gen 5 drives do better than any other ssd.
basically, you would want the T705 to store your RAW files and be your scratch disk and main drive
outside of that, your 980 pros will suffice

you don't really need a second T705
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OK, great. I've gone with one drive for OS and RAWs.

Everything is ordered so I'm waiting on it to arrive now. Most stuff should be here tomorrow or Wednesday. :D

My current rig isn't a slouch, it actually still feels pretty fast honestly so I'm ready to be amazed by the 9950X3D (I really hope I'm amazed as all this wasn't cheap). :D

Thanks so much for all your help, it's massively appreciated - I would have probably put off upgrading for another few months if everyone here hadn't been so helpful. It's made my upgrade a breeze, I owe you all one.
 
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tamzzy said:
if you did get the zotac, don't forget to register the warranty within 28 days of receipt, else the warranty is only 2 years
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Thanks for the heads up, I would definitely not have registered it if you hadn't said. :D

Final build *more playing horns* is:

MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI Motherboard - £214.99
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Retail - £699.98
2 x 48GB COR VENG DDR5 5600 C40 - £229.99
ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SOLID CORE 16GB Blackwell Graphics Card - £949.99
Crucial T705 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 5.0 SSD/Solid State Drive - £239.99
Phanteks AMP GH 1200W 80 Plus Platinum ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 Fully Modular - White - £169.90

£2504.84

I guess I can sell my AM4 bits for around £800, so a £1704.84 upgrade. Probs keep me going for another 4 years. £426.21 a year isn't bad if you look at it like that. :D
 
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