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

N00bbuilder79

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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.
 
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 :)

Also, what's programs you using for video editing ? Guessing g it's Adobe ?

Prem Pro 2700x matches 9700k and 9900 pulls a little ahead (ryzen at 4.3ghz and intel at 4.8ghz)

But with aftereffects and lightroom intel blows amd out the water .
 
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orbitalwalsh said:
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 :)
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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.
 
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
 
N00bbuilder79 said:
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.
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Master ram lacks behind the rog brand. Asus focuses a lot on 2 Dimm slot population to Aorus 4 Dimm priority .
Guessing you'll be using 3200/3600hz ram so you'll be fine .

Xtreme can handle 4000hz 4 stick solution as it's a different beast all together .

Designare blend master and Xtreme both together with features

@StarShock amd does have advantage of being able to use true 10bit displays unlike Nvidia that need quadro cards .
Think Aorus Freesync monitor will be one of the first gaming 10bit Freesync monitors , rest should follow I believe
 
StarShock said:
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
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Hi Starshock, I haven’t even considered the Radeon cards as the programs I use benefit more from CUDA than from OpenCL.
 
If he overclocks, the CPU and GPU may draw 500W, add to this the other components and he will be exactly in the golden middle of the PSU coverage, so in other words - the perfect fit.
 
4K8KW10 said:
If he overclocks, the CPU and GPU may draw 500W, add to this the other components and he will be exactly in the golden middle of the PSU coverage, so in other words - the perfect fit.
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You don't need double the wattage in the first place.
 
4K8KW10 said:
Exactly.
I have seen on multiple instances here how some members force their views that a PSU has to work on 80% load and more. Which means dead PSUs sooner or later.
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A power supply is most efficient from about 20% load up till about 90%. Even if you looked at the efficiency curve you might find a couple of % difference across that range.

Also a high quality psu is more than capable of running at full load if needed. That is why they are high quality units....they can provide a continuous output.
 
Not sure about the Z390 boards but I know the Z370 Auros boards suffered significantly with overheating vrm, even on the 2.0 model that was built to rectify the problems the first iteration had. I saw a video of one reviewer who goes to great lengths when testing Motherboards hit a whopping 123C on vrm's (suffice to say that is unacceptable) on the Auros 2.0 using Blender with an 8700k at only 5GHZ. I would say the Asus board was the better choice, or an MSI or even AsRock over the Gigabyte.

Edit: Found the video. Like i said, not sure if it applies to the Z390 boards or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wuT7cCgOCg&t=2490s
 
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Lankoss said:
Not sure about the Z390 boards but I know the Z370 Auros boards suffered significantly with overheating vRam, even on the 2.0 model that was built to rectify the problems the first iteration had. I saw a video of one reviewer who goes to great lengths when testing Motherboards hit a whopping 123C on vRam (suffice to say that is unacceptable) on the Auros 2.0 using Blender with an 8700k at only 5GHZ. I would say the Asus board was the better choice, or an MSI or even AsRock over the Gigabyte.

Edit: Found the video. Like i said, not sure if it applies to the Z390 boards or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wuT7cCgOCg&t=2490s
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You can pretty much say the opposite for Z390. The Gigabyte boards are far superior in the VRM department than Asus at the same price point.
 
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