Advice on Build Components – 9800X3D + RTX 5080 for 4K Gaming/Work

[Lamus]

Hi all,

I’ve been putting together a build for gaming at 4K and general work, and I’d really appreciate a second opinion before spending the money. The case I’m using is the Phanteks NV9, which I already have. I’ve tried to choose quiet components where possible, and I haven’t finalised the rest of the case fans yet.

I’ve included two motherboard options in my basket — both seemed decent, but I’m not sure if there’s any real difference that matters. I’m also not fully confident about the PSU choice, so any thoughts there would be very welcome.

I’ll paste my basket below. If anything’s out of stock, I’m happy to wait or source elsewhere. Just very keen to make sure I’ve not missed something obvious or made any poor choices. Would be really grateful for any input or advice from those with more experience than me.

Thanks in advance.

Sam

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 Solid Core OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04821) = £999.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £449.99
• 1 x MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WIFI (AMD AM5) B850 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03994) = £189.99
• 1 x be quiet Silent Loop 3 420 High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 420mm (SKU: COO-BEQ-04534) = £124.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B850 Aorus Elite WIFI7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03856) = £220.00
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £126.95
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14Q-BQ) = £129.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO RGB 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-03749) = £199.99

Total: £2,441.81 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[tamzzy]

1 x be quiet Silent Loop 3 420 High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 420mm (SKU: COO-BEQ-04534) = £124.99

you don't need a 420mm cooler, a 360mm one is sufficient. also, better compatibility.
the thermalright frozen prism 360mm is less than half the price and near the top of the cooling charts
(i use one for my 7800x3d, so my recommendation is also from first-hand experience)

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also, if you don't mind buying used parts...a 4090 is a much, much better buy than a 5080 (faster and has 24gb vram)

 

[Tetras]

I’m also not fully confident about the PSU choice, so any thoughts there would be very welcome.

Saw some early reports about dodgy fans, but can't remember seeing anything since then. I don't know if these have been updated to include the 12v2x6 cable or if they're still the 12VHPWR.

I’ve included two motherboard options in my basket — both seemed decent, but I’m not sure if there’s any real difference that matters.

You could have a look at the spreadsheet linked here, which has been updated for X870/B850:

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/xvvl9b/comment/ir6koh8/

On the face of it, the price of the Gigabyte is high, since it is in X870 territory (which is required to have USB4).