Just ordered my new system!

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I got my annual bonus this week and after paying off the credit cards and a few items I'd promised the wife I've gone ahead and order the new PC I've been promising myself. I'm very happy. :D
Finally decided that I can't justify £2500 on a 5090 and with the rumour of a 5080ti in the summer I've decided to get a 5080 based system today and potentially upgrade later in the year if that card appears.

I've gone with the "OcUK Gaming Claymore - Intel Core i9 14900KF, Geforce RTX 5080 Gaming PC" as the base system, upgrading the RAM to 64GB, the storage to 5TB (1+4) and swapping the case for the Hyte Y70 Touch infinite black, which I've always had a thing for.
Also there is a 6% discount on the system which is really timely for me, last week when I was speccing it there was no discount. :)

Hyte Y70 Touch Infinite Black
Intel Core i9-14900KF (Raptor Lake-S) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail
Kingston FURY Beast 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C40BBK2-64)
Asus Prime LC 360 ARGB AIO CPU Liquid Cooler - 360mm
*Build* Asus GeForce RTX 5080 Prime OC 16GB GDDR PCI-Express Graphics Card
WD Black SN850X 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2X0E)
WD Black SN850X 4TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS400T2X0E)

All for £3,299.99 which while significantly more than I spent on my old system, I still see as pretty reasonable for a machine I expect to last me the next five years.

I'll be able to pass my current 3080ti based system down to my son and sell off his old 1080ti based system on Facebook to recover a few pennies.

Now it's just the tense wait for build and delivery!
 
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Nice System! Giving my honest opinion I would probably say an AMD based system would be a better choice. I say this because those Intel 14th Gen CPU's can be problematic (some known issues that have been discussed here) and the AMD CPU's will perform better (gaming) and chuck out a lot less heat. I had to RMA my 14900K and the replacement I got was starting to show issues after a few months (stock settings on latest BIOS).

That being said, its still a great PC and definitely not trying to rain on your parade. The 5080 should be a real nice card!
 
spooks said:
Nice System! Giving my honest opinion I would probably say an AMD based system would be a better choice.
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Is the Z790 chipset with the LGA1700 socket is EOL? AM5 would have been a safer choice for future upgradeability.
 
Mujja said:
Is the Z790 chipset with the LGA1700 socket is EOL? AM5 would have been a safer choice for future upgradeability.
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Yep, LGA1700 is the previous generation socket. I was exactly the same as the OP for a long time. Intel have burned their bridges with many previously dedicated customers inc me.

Everyone can choose their own poison though and I'm sure the PC will be great - factoring in the warranty via OCUK and also intel the OP should be good!
 
spooks said:
Nice System! Giving my honest opinion I would probably say an AMD based system would be a better choice. I say this because those Intel 14th Gen CPU's can be problematic (some known issues that have been discussed here) and the AMD CPU's will perform better (gaming) and chuck out a lot less heat. I had to RMA my 14900K and the replacement I got was starting to show issues after a few months (stock settings on latest BIOS).

That being said, its still a great PC and definitely not trying to rain on your parade. The 5080 should be a real nice card!
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Yeah, I wouldn't feel comfortable given the potential degradation issues with the 14900K, although for mixed use/productivity it's a beast of a CPU.

For purely gaming I'd have went for a 9800X3D, although the i9 will still give stellar performance.
 
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Looks a nice system mate. I am sure your have hours of fun with it. Also a very nice looking case
 
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