I can’t decide on which GFX card for this build, please help.

[N00bbuilder79]

Hi all, a month or two ago I decided I was going to move away from my iMac setup and build a new system primarily for video and photo editing but with some gaming on the side. Initially I decided on a socket 2011 system but since then Intel released new processors and I’ve decided to go with the below spec.

CPU - I9 9900k
MB - ASUS ROG Maximus XI Extreme
Case - Collermaster C700
PSU - Corsair HX1200
RAM - 32GB Vengeance RGB Pro
Storage - Samsung 970 1TB M.2 and Crucial MX300 1TB SATA SSD
Cooler - Not decided yet on custom loop or AIO

I am undecided on if I should go with a 1080TI or a 2080, any advice would be appreciated.
If you see any potential issues with the above spec I’d also be happy to hear from you.

Thanks in advance.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

Go for the master, better designed board but bios isn't as slick

, £100+ cheaper

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-576-gi.html

If not, for almost the same price you can go for the Xtreme which is prob the best designed board with 16 phases for the z390 you can get !!!

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...et-1151-ddr4-e-atx-motherboard-mb-57l-gi.html

Rog is asking silly money for their boards compared to MSI/Aorus

Plus coming from Mac, Xtreme and Designare have native Thunderbolt 3 support

Thanks for the feedback Orbitalwash, the only reason I was looking at the ASUS ROG range is because most of my previous builds have been based around these boards so they’re familiar to me however I’ve seen lots of positive things about the Aorus boards, I think I’ll take a look at them, I can handle a less slick BIOS if it excels everywhere else.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

There's also the radeon VII coming at the start of Feb that looks to be same price/ performance as the 2080. But we don't really know if it's worth it or not. I'd say likely not worth delaying a month as it's unlikely to be better than either of those and we already know it won't be cheaper. Just mentioning so you're aware of the option .

For me unless you can get the 1080ti significantly cheaper I would go with the 2080. Only real advantage the 1080ti had was price, and the cheap ones have just about all gone away now

Hi Starshock, I haven’t even considered the Radeon cards as the programs I use benefit more from CUDA than from OpenCL.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

That psu is massively overpowered for a single gpu setup.

It allows me to have the potential to add a second GPU later without having to worry about PSU headroom.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

Can your editing software make use of SLI ? For gaming I wouldn't bother.

Yes Lee32uk, I wouldn’t be interested in SLI for games but when it comes to speeding things up with rendering etc a second card will make a huge difference.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

davinci resolve ?

4k + it does add up

I use Resolve for colour grading, the majority of the work is done in Premier Pro and After effects with a tiny amount occasionally done in Blender.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

see good gains with intel i9 ove ryzen 7 with after effects, specially if you clock the cpu to 5ghz all cores

The performance of Intel with these programs is the main reason I have decided to go the i9 9900k route. Which AIO would you recommend for decent performance till I get round to doing the custom loop?

 

[N00bbuilder79]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Alphacool Eisbaer LT360 CPU AIO Water Cooling Unit - 360mm (11446)= £99.95
• 1 x be quiet! Silent Loop Superior Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm= £149.99
• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-MLC Phoenix 360mm All in One CPU Water Cooler= £147.49

Total: £407.93 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Thanks Orbital, I had been looking at Corsair options but like the look and reviews of the be quiet one you linked above.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

Thank you everyone who replied, the system is now built and running, I opted for a RTX 2080 in the end.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

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let us know how you get on

Will do Orbital, thanks for your input. Very impressed with performance so far.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

get some snaps up of the beast

I will do, I’m away from home with work at the minute but back this evening.