Build check

[yaced]

Hello,

Looking for someone to check the below is all compatible. Used for gaming - replacing my i7-3770k

Also any ideas if the 5900X will need a motherboard bios update? I don't have another CPU to boot it to update so would be a problem.

Does this cooler fit the case? I've read around and answers were mixed. I'll look to overclock - Could I make do with a 280mm radiator without much difference?

Does the SSD really matter for gaming? Could spend more but does it actually yield results?

Does this meet the requirements rumoured for windows 11?

p.s. I know a graphics card is missing. Will use my 1080ti until prices settle.

Thanks,

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail £479.99 £479.99
Arctic Liquid Freezer II High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm £99.95 £99.95
Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard £239.99 £239.99
Crucial Ballistix RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit £188.99 £188.99
WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C) £89.99 £89.99
Seagate 4TB Barracuda HDD 5400RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST4000DM004) £79.99 £79.99
Phanteks Eclipse P500 Air ATX Case Tempered Glass DRGB Satin Black £127.99 £127.99
NZXT C-Series C850 850W 80+ Gold Fully-Modular Power Supply £109.99 £109.99

Total - £1416.88

 

[yaced]

Boot drive should be an SSD. For games they are currently designed to run on spinning rust, so there is little difference in most of them at the moment between SSDs and HDDs, in the future with the new consoles this is expected to change. Check out DirectStorage - this technology is expected to be a revolution for games that requires a Gen 4 SSD. I would wait until this actually happens to get a Gen 4 drive for game storage, however.

Thanks for the replies. Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant is it worth buying a higher speed SSD for gaming rather than HDD vs SSD. Good point on DirectStorage - Perhaps buy cheapest for now and upgrade later.

 

[yaced]

The build looks fine although I'd go with a B550 if it's just for gaming and save £100, B550 is also better than X570 for overclocking especially the memory.

8 cores is also fine for gaming although I do see the merit in going with 12cores if your planning on keeping the PC for over 5 years

Thanks. Given I've had this CPU 8 years I think I'll go for 5900. I'll report back in 8 years if it's still good ;P
Interesting on the motherboard. I did a bit more reading and will go for B550.