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Metalface Mark

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So im a little out of the loop with regards to memory and storage, and also motherboards/ram etc, this is what i have put together. I like the ROG theme stuff so ive based it around that. Any ideas suggestion - is ram okay? Is there a better storage option?

Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard

Stock Code MB-6DU-AS

2 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 32GB (2x16Gb) 3200MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Kit

Stock Code MY-4C0-CS

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Twelve Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail

Stock Code CP-3B5-AM

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

Stock Code AC-000-AC

ASUS ROG THOR 850W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply

Stock Code CA-058-AS

Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive

Stock Code HD-23Z-SA

Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti ROG Strix OC 11264MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Stock Code GX-427-AS

ASUS ROG Strix Helios Midi-Tower ARGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass

Stock Code CA-05B-AS

ASUS ROG Ryujin Performance AIO CPU Liquid Cooler with OLED Display - 360mm

Stock Code HS-04P-AS
 

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3,600Mhz seems to be the sweet spot for Ryzen RAM.

Sabrent Rocket M.2 drive should give similar performance for less cost. I picked up the 2TB version for <£200. Or you could get the Gen 4 PCIe version for a very similar price to the 970 EVO Plus which would give 5,000Mbps transfer speed compared to the 3,500Mbps. Not sure if that really does much in the real world however.
 

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seeing as someone doesn't like my tl;dr response...i'll pad it out a bit...

there's at least £500 worth of money literally being wasted just to have the asus rog branding...
might as well use that for a nice overseas weekend trip instead
 

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tamzzy said:
seeing as someone doesn't like my tl;dr response...i'll pad it out a bit...

there's at least £500 worth of money literally being wasted just to have the asus rog branding...
might as well use that for a nice overseas weekend trip instead
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...but if that's his budget and build theme, doesn't it leave him to make the choice on what he spends it on? Whether we like it or not...
 

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snips86x said:
...but if that's his budget and build theme, doesn't it leave him to make the choice on what he spends it on? Whether we like it or not...
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oh no, don't get me wrong. i don't really care as it isn't my money.
just saying that the themed build is a lot of extra money, asus PR advertising isn't cheap :)
that's a ~30% jump in cost for literally zero performance gain

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £3,515.26 (includes shipping: £15.90)
​


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,720.52 (includes shipping: £14.70)

​
heck i could add in https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-3...-curved-widescreen-led-monitor-mo-14x-lg.html
and come close to the price of the rog themed build
 
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
AC-000-AC
£8 (incl. VAT)
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Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
HD-23Z-SA
£200 (incl. VAT)
£173 (incl. VAT)
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ASUS ROG Strix Helios Midi-Tower ARGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass
CA-05B-AS
£315 (incl. VAT)
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Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm
TH-020-TG
£8 (incl. VAT)
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Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window
CA-76S-LL
£140 (incl. VAT)
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tamzzy said:
oh no, don't get me wrong. i don't really care as it isn't my money.
just saying that the themed build is a lot of extra money, asus PR advertising isn't cheap :)
that's a ~30% jump in cost for literally zero performance gain
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Oh I absolutely agree mate and gone are the days when themed builds were reasonable (used to quite enjoy doing them with @Ethermaster he loved his bling bling)

I'd probably personalize it myself, custom backplates, memory heatsinks etc...if it was me. Same effect and nice little project.
 

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@snips86x i dunno, themed builds just don't really make any sense to me...
now customised builds on the other hand... i love some of the custom build logs found in the relevant subforum. very imaginative ;)
 

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tamzzy said:
@snips86x i dunno, themed builds just don't really make any sense to me...
now customised builds on the other hand... i love some of the custom build logs found in the relevant subforum. very imaginative ;)
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I guess it can go both ways...themed (colour) and customized (like braided PSU cables) kinda go hand in hand really. It's just down to interpretation.

I did a black & red parvum build about 7 years ago with matching colour fans, cable braiding, custom ROG GPU backplate, lighting etc
 

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@snips86x ah my usage of themed is slightly different to yours... :p
when i said theme, i meant it as in: "full corsair" or "full asus" etc
braided cabling/custom backplates etc all come under "customised"
 

Metalface Mark

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tamzzy said:
oh no, don't get me wrong. i don't really care as it isn't my money.
just saying that the themed build is a lot of extra money, asus PR advertising isn't cheap :)
that's a ~30% jump in cost for literally zero performance gain

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £3,515.26 (includes shipping: £15.90)
​


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,720.52 (includes shipping: £14.70)

​
heck i could add in https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-3...-curved-widescreen-led-monitor-mo-14x-lg.html
and come close to the price of the rog themed build
Click to expand...

With my business discount its £2650 + VAT (£3200). I like the look of the ROG stuff, and money isnt really a concern.
 
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
AC-000-AC
£8 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
HD-23Z-SA
£200 (incl. VAT)
£173 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
ASUS ROG Strix Helios Midi-Tower ARGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass
CA-05B-AS
£315 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm
TH-020-TG
£8 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window
CA-76S-LL
£140 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
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