Landed a 3080 FE - forced me to get a PC together spec

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Hi all,

So been trying to get a 3080 FE all year and somehow got one a couple of weeks ago. Really bad timing as I'm currently decorating a few rooms so limited with my spare time. Still I've throw money at the problem and just want to make sure I've been somewhat sensible:

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI MPG X570S CARBON MAX WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard
Team Dark Pro 8PACK Edition 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory
Western Digital Black SN850 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Case ?!?
SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
6x ARCTIC P12 PST A-RGB 0dB 48.8 CFM 120 mm Fan

Still need to source a case to fit all this - likely to be a O11 variant (sorry), but any suggestions are welcome.

I think the spec is sound and might have spent a little more here or there but think it all works well together. Could have gone for a 5800X, but the 5900X feels better 'value for money' right now. Mobo is a bit overkill but thought the extra quality was worth it as doubt I'll change platforms until DDR5 matures and expect just a GPU upgrade within the next 5 years. I guess I need a big, slow storage SSD/HDD as well...

Still need to get a monitor (probably get a LG OLED 48C2 when out), keyboard and mouse (Logitech I suspect).

EDIT: Forgot to say what its for, mostly gaming but will be using it for software dev and hopefully 3D printing. Want something to be used daily, but will want to get it OCed to a sensible, stable level for 'fun'.

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Joxeon said:
Supprise you didn't consider the 12700k since it beats the 5900X in most workloads including gaming yet only costs a similar amount as the 5800X.
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TBH I don't know enough about the Intel 12th Gen launch, beyond some YT - think its being so W11 centric put me off as well as being so power hungry. I kinda rushed getting the spec together so was limited in my research beyond what I had already looked at earlier in the year.

I guess I've dedicated about £700 to my CPU+Mobo so I am open to changing if it makes a lot more sense? Unsure if anything else like PSU might need to be improved?

Glad I asked as I've kinda put this spec together in isolation and relied on what I was gonna buy several months ago...

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wookiee87 said:
i'd go amd it still a compelling platfrom to choose, just make sure to pick ddr4 3600mhz cl16 ram and you'll be fine, problem with z690 unles you go ddr4 is that ddr5 isnt in stock at resonable prices, if you do find any it be the slow cl40 4800mhz speed or cost well north of £500 for the fatser cl36 kits 5200-6400
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Yeah I'm determined to keep with DDR4 as I think once o/ced it won't be far off DDR5 and without the expense. The RAM I've specced I already had delivered but its Samsung B Die so should work well with Intel anyway AFAIK. I also have some Crucial Ballistix 3200 CL16 DR too (I went on a memory spurge to get DR kits)...

I just need to possibly compromise with the mobo as the DDR4 Z690 boards aren't as feature full. Like to have the same as the MSI X570S Carbon Max.

Thanks for the advice - should have asked sooner!

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Craig_d1 said:
I'm running 5800X with my 3080FE, but I'd consider 12700k also. Disregarding the fact the 12700k beats the 5900X in a lot of benchmarks, as you said you'd probably just change the gpu in next 5 years, the z690 mobo is slightly more futureproof than the AM4 platform. You can have 4 m.2 nvme's on there as opposed to normal 2/ occasionally 3 on the X570 boards, and the gpu slot is pcie5 on z690 as opposed to pcie4 on the am4. If you look at AM4 boards, the slightly older ones are pcie3 gpu slot, which although don't impact that much as gpu's aren't limited by the current slotsd, pcie4 still gives a slight fps advantage over the pcie3 boards, and that will only grow with the new generation of gpu's...so 3/4 years down the line, when you upgrade your gpu, I'd want a pcie5 slot.

12700k reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B14h25fKMpY&t=1s&ab_channel=GamersNexus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlngwUuDYoc&t=684s&ab_channel=HardwareUnboxed

for case the 011d xl below is on offer
the tommahawk is a solid z690 board, no rgb , if you wanbt that then the edge for £30 more is the next step up


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,088.16 (includes shipping: £13.20)


As an alternative to the 011 range( I like all of them), I went corsair 5000X, which gives plently of space also and you can bling it up if you want..​
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Thanks for the suggestion - was just looking at the Buildzoid roundup and yeah I like the look of the Z690 Tomahawk, I don't think the Edge provides anything other than some RGB and some of the USB ports are faster (same amount of USB ports overall). Considering Z690 DDR4 mobos aren't going to be high-end I don't want to spend that much so around £250 sounds sensible. BTW just noticed that DDR5 is pretty much vaporware at this stage!!!

And yeah I recommended the 5000X to a mate of mine for his build - its definitely the improved version of the decent 4000X. Hoping to get something a bit smaller as I've always had full tower cases before.

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Craig_d1 said:
Couple other differences too...the edge board uses 16+1+1 75A VRM's vs 16+1+1 70A on the tomahawk.. also the m.2 nvme slots, edge is 4xpcie4 whereas the tomahawk is 3xpcie4 and 1xpcie3
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Getting the Edge I guess then - rather avoid PCIe 3 nVme M.2 slots when my only expansion choices will be PCIe 3 slots. Did not spot this difference on the comparison on MSI's website!

Ah Tomahawk has a PCIe x16 slot as 3.0 x1 and not x4 as the Edge too...

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I've been told I have a couple of days before I need to make any changes to my order - so gonna spend some time on YT/google tonight. Liking the 12700K/MSI Edge/DDR4 option purely because its new tech and faster, loathed about having to need Win11 to get the most out of the platform though...

I don't have most things apart from the GPU, PSU, nVme and memory, so its still kinda fluid, but I think my spec still is fine just dropping in the CPU and Mobo.

Thanks for giving me options though guys, I was focused solely on AM4 due to previous research and probably discounted Intel too quickly. I'd liked to have waited for Zen 4 but who knows when that will turn up beyond sometime next year - arrival of GPU dictates all for a lot of us.

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OK think I've decided on the 12700K (just so I'm not beholden to GPU availability) and MSI Z690 Edge DDR4 (no other bling apart from fans). With the £50 cashback its a decent enough saving over the 5900X and MSI X570S Carbon Max I was going to get. I doubt there will be more Z690 DDR4 that are better. Gigabyte seems to have issues with its Z690 DDR4 boards and not too interested in paying extra just for ASUS.

Think I'm done, need to sort out the Seasonic 12P cable and LGA1700 mounting kit for the Arctic AIO but I think thats me done apart from the case, monitor, keyboard and mouse.

@Guest2 - would have gotten the X570 Unify originally - lovely looking board...

EDIT: Forgot to ask - I guess I need thermal paste (Kryonaut?) and the little bits and pieces - anything stupid you think I might have forgotten to purchase?

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FFS the O11 Evo I was after isn't due until Jan/Feb if OcUK are to be believed...

I could run it caseless I guess - enjoying the thought of trying to throw it in a very old ATX case - have an Antec sound-damped or Lian Li alu mid-tower somewhere. At worst I have the original Stacker!

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Stu said:
Consider the ALF II 280 rather than the 360 if it fits your case... similar performance but quieter (and cheaper).
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Found it about the same price, also I wasnt sure how much clearance you had with 140mm fan/rad for any wiring or the vrm heatsinks/ io shield. Just felt safer with the 360 since it should most of the 011 variants.

Think that and the case is only essential things I'm waiting for now

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