Final check before I order...

[Jed Shields]

Morning all,

Here's my current list, just want a final check before I commit. There's no CPU here, I've got a 5700X3D that I can temporarily use until either the 7800X3D comes back down in price, or 9800X3D becomes available.

Mainly a gaming rig for 1440P.
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Lian Li O11D EVO RGB Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-01220) = £169.99
• 1 x MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-375-MS) = £160.00
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-KNG-03706) = £109.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-1000 ATX 3.1 1000W 80 Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-SSC-03149) = £169.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Nitro+ Vapor-X 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A6-SP) = £679.99
• 1 x Lian Li UNI SL120 V2 Addressable RGB Black 120mm Fan (SKU: FG-014-LL) = £26.99
• 1 x Lian Li UNI SL WIRELESS LCD RGB Reverse Flow 120mm Fan Triple Pack - Black (SKU: COO-LIA-03027) = £119.99
• 3 x Lian Li UNI SL120 INF Reverse Blade Addressable RGB Black 120mm Fan (SKU: FG-01U-LL) = £29.99
• 1 x Lian Li Galahad II LCD SL-INF AIO 360mm Performance ARGB CPU Water Cooler - Black (SKU: COO-LIA-00533) = £269.99

Total: £1,796.89 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

I know that there are cheaper cooling options, but part of the build is for aesthetics.

One thing I'm struggling with is fan orientation.

Here's how I want it:

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Hmmm, I always struggle to embed images

AIO at the top, pulling out air
3x fans with LCD displays on side drawing in air - reverse type required?
3x fans at bottom drawing in air - reverse type required?
1x fan at rear pulling out air

Any other suggestions for motherboard, GPU etc? I probably don't want to spend much more, but could cave if there's something that's definitely worth a bit extra.

 

[Jed Shields]

You Can not use 5700X3D in that Msi motherboard as it is a am4 processor and the motherboard is am5.

Ahh, that puts a halt until the AM5 CPUs come down in price then! At least my son will be happy at getting a CPU boost sooner though

DDR5 RAM is required for AM5 CPUs though, right?

 

[Jed Shields]

AIO at the top, pulling out air
yes
3x fans with LCD displays on side drawing in air - reverse type required?
reverse
3x fans at bottom drawing in air - reverse type required?
reverse
1x fan at rear pulling out air
standard

regarding imgur..so when logged in, and you've uploaded your photo's in the top right of screen where your name is then click the icon(in my case a C for 1st letter of my name). on the drop down I then select images at the bottom
you'll then get all your uploads in a grid
find the phto you want and click it
it will enlarge and on the right of it will be 6 links...top to bottom 1)image link, 2) Direct link, 3) Markdown link, 4) HTML link, 5) BB code link and 6) linked BB code
below that will be size. i have set on large thumbnail
copy the direct link button
then in OCuk forum click the insert image icon along top line of the post(one to the right of the smiley face, and paste the link..it should upload photo as below (which is large thumbnail siz)

image below is my setup...didn't have reverse fans when built so ideal to see where they go. All my fans are standard so to get air being pulled ito the case i have to have them facing outwards so you can see, the bottom and side, I see the backside(bad side)...these are the ones you want reverse fans for(then you'll see the nice side)..top is standard(which will be set up on aio anyway)..rear would be standard, but i didn't bother with that..so much airflow anyway...ive got an air cooler with my 7800x3d, so just fans at top, but aio would look the same, you'd just have the radiatorbetween the fans and case top

at mo my setup, my cpu is sitting at 37 degrees and ambient temp in room is 24 degrees (not in uk, so no heating)...so don't see need for rear fan

That's really useful Craig, many thanks!

 

[Jed Shields]

679 seems expensive or a 7900 XT at the moment. Is the sapphire version a lot better than the ones you can get for under 600? maybe it is

Someone recommended it over the £620 model on another thread. It's one area where I can save money... or go the other way and add more for an XTX lol