General spec check for 7800X3D

[Addicted]

So I've been trying to nail down a motherboard for a potential upgrade, and I'm stuck as to which to go for!

I'm looking at the following components (ignore the CPU it's just a placeholder, I plan to go 7800X3D);

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor (£589.98)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£82.66)
Motherboard: ASRock X670E PG Lightning ATX AM5 Motherboard (£272.99)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£192.21)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£184.99)
Total: £1322.83


Is there anything I'm missing/obviously badly specced? I added in a new Sabrent Rocket to replace my current Samsung 970 EVO as boot drive for the extra speed. Is there any reason not to go with this motherboard? It seemed to be relatively highly rated and was also used in a recent LTT video for the 7900/7950X3D tests.

I currently have a Corsair H115i Platinum RGB which I'm tempted to switch out for an air cooler (though undecided 100%), so ignore this cost for now.

Current spec (though mostly irrelevant) is:

• 9900K @ 5Ghz
• 32Gb Corsair DDR4 @ 3200MhzCL16
• RTX 3090 FE
• Soundblaster ZxR soundcard.

Thanks!

 

[Addicted]

You need to remove the competitor names

I would swap:
- Dark Rock Pro 4 for Thermalright Peerless Assassin (review).
- Sabrent Rocket 4 for WD SN850X (here, £149.99).
- Memory for 32GB Kingston 6000 C36 Expo (here, £139.99)

Oops, they were in just from a part picker - removed - out of interest why go for that ram and WD drive?

I'll take a look at the cooler thanks


edit: I've looked up on the SN850X and that seems to be a bargain for the size/performance, so that's switched out too (as well as the cooler which is insane value for money lol)

 

[Addicted]

Yeah I'll be keeping the better timing/speed RAM most likely because for the games I play (Escape from Tarkov) faster ram is definitely more favourable, but appreciate the suggestion!

The others have been great too, the only thing I wonder - what about the motherboard? It seems ASUS are pretty hated on at the moment so I pretty much avoided most of those, and most other X670E's are frankly stupid prices.