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I’m aiming to get 3 monitors with the remaining budget.
yea, stock is unpredictable especially with whatever happens come 1st jan.
I have a feeling a lot of things will be coming in from up north if the France/ Dover situation continues on for much longer
yea, stock is unpredictable especially with whatever happens come 1st jan.
I have a feeling a lot of things will be coming in from up north if the France/ Dover situation continues on for much longer
Soldato
The RTX 3090 is a massive waste of money in terms of price/performance vs the RTX 3080. A 15% max performance boost is not worth twice the price.
If it was me I would go Ryzen (R9 5900X), but you would have to wait for stock.
Also for the SSD stick with an NVMe as you will be able to use Direct Storage down the line. So if you are going with Western Digital then get the SN550 drive, or an alternative like the WD SN750 or Adata SX8200 Pro.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directstorage-is-coming-to-pc/
If it was me I would go Ryzen (R9 5900X), but you would have to wait for stock.
Also for the SSD stick with an NVMe as you will be able to use Direct Storage down the line. So if you are going with Western Digital then get the SN550 drive, or an alternative like the WD SN750 or Adata SX8200 Pro.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directstorage-is-coming-to-pc/
The ssd selected is the sn550.
I don’t have time to wait for things to become available as I have a short window to get the machine parts ordered and the machine built.
I totally get that the 3090 does not represent the best price/performance, however this is a small luxury I’m affording myself for this build
it represents over 50% of the build cost, but it’s available now, the 3080 is not.
I don’t have time to wait for things to become available as I have a short window to get the machine parts ordered and the machine built.
I totally get that the 3090 does not represent the best price/performance, however this is a small luxury I’m affording myself for this build
it represents over 50% of the build cost, but it’s available now, the 3080 is not.
Soldato
Ok just wanted to make sure it wasn't the WD Blue SATA. With a £4K budget though you should be able to get a 2TB NVMe SSD. The Adata SX8200 Pro 2TB for example is around £210 although not sold on here.
If you are ok paying the extra for the 3090 then you are good to go.
No, the one in the basket is listed as:
Western Digital Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (S100T2B0C)
I have plenty of other SSD's in my current system that I will repurpose for storage, that will be fast enough.
Although I should repurpose some of them I have 2 500GB Samsung Evo SSD's a 1TB 970 Evo SSD and a 4TB WD RED drive.
One of the 500GB SSD's currently has the OS installed, so that will get repurposed as storage for games.
trying to find 3 monitors. Not sure with what to go for, either 3x 24", 2x 24" and 1x 27" and whether to go for 4K or step down but go for a higher refresh rate.
Is it possible to find 3x higher refresh screens for 1k that are decent?
Currently using a 4k 40" tv as a monitor but it's slowly dying.
Western Digital Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (S100T2B0C)
- 1TB SSD
- WDS100T2B0C
- WD Blue PC SSD M.2 2280
- NVME Interface
- 3D NAND
- Read 2400MB/s
- Write 1950MB/s
- Read 410K / Write 405K IOPS
- 5 Year Warranty
I have plenty of other SSD's in my current system that I will repurpose for storage, that will be fast enough.
Although I should repurpose some of them I have 2 500GB Samsung Evo SSD's a 1TB 970 Evo SSD and a 4TB WD RED drive.
One of the 500GB SSD's currently has the OS installed, so that will get repurposed as storage for games.
trying to find 3 monitors. Not sure with what to go for, either 3x 24", 2x 24" and 1x 27" and whether to go for 4K or step down but go for a higher refresh rate.
Is it possible to find 3x higher refresh screens for 1k that are decent?
Currently using a 4k 40" tv as a monitor but it's slowly dying.
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Right, pulling the trigger on the build. The only thing I need to do is look for Monitors now.
Thanks for all the input and help.
I will attempt to put a build log together.
Watch this space...or the build log forum...
Thanks for all the input and help.
I will attempt to put a build log together.
Watch this space...or the build log forum...
Check out my sig, built it a couple of weeks ago. It would be a good starting point for you. Swap the 3060Ti for a 3090 and you're laughing.
EDIT: Missed a whole page, looks like you're sorted.
No problem, thanks.
the only question I have which I missed is do I need a sound card for this motherboard.
My current board just has audio channels that I plug the speakers directly into. 5.1 audio.
Nothing fancy required.
Thanks
the only question I have which I missed is do I need a sound card for this motherboard.
My current board just has audio channels that I plug the speakers directly into. 5.1 audio.
Nothing fancy required.
Thanks
Man of Honour
The onboard audio should be good enough and you could always add one at a later date.
Thanks, now to find 3 monitors.
So everything arrived....and pc was running for about 30 minutes and then just died.
I don't think I overloaded a rail or anything like that as the system was running seemingly happily for about 30 mins.
There were no pops or smells coming from the PSU.
I think it's the power supply, it' a Corsair 1000W Gold rated PSU.
Motherboard flickers, fans attempt to spin up and then it just dies and it just repeats.
Code 37 flicks up for a split second but not sure what that means.
Replacement PSU coming tomorrow.
I've checked other things like making sure that there aren't any potential shorts on the motherboard, and that it's sitting correctly on the standoffs.
The one I wanted was out of stock so the replacement is a bit beefier...1200W.
I don't think it was a lack of power that was the issue.
I'm not driving anything overly demanding at the moment with the exception of the 3090.
3 SSDs an m.2 drive and a 4TB WD Black.
I took the 3090 out of the equation and it still did the same thing.
Plugged the power supply into my old rig, and it also did the same thing.
Am I right in thinking it is the power supply?
Thanks
spikey57
I don't think I overloaded a rail or anything like that as the system was running seemingly happily for about 30 mins.
There were no pops or smells coming from the PSU.
I think it's the power supply, it' a Corsair 1000W Gold rated PSU.
Motherboard flickers, fans attempt to spin up and then it just dies and it just repeats.
Code 37 flicks up for a split second but not sure what that means.
Replacement PSU coming tomorrow.
I've checked other things like making sure that there aren't any potential shorts on the motherboard, and that it's sitting correctly on the standoffs.
The one I wanted was out of stock so the replacement is a bit beefier...1200W.
I don't think it was a lack of power that was the issue.
I'm not driving anything overly demanding at the moment with the exception of the 3090.
3 SSDs an m.2 drive and a 4TB WD Black.
I took the 3090 out of the equation and it still did the same thing.
Plugged the power supply into my old rig, and it also did the same thing.
Am I right in thinking it is the power supply?
Thanks
spikey57
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Man of Honour
There was some problems with corsair psu made after July 2020 there was a recall according to another thread.
Which new psu did you get ?
Which new psu did you get ?
The one being replaced is the Corsair RM1000i
and is being replaced with a Corsair HX1200i
and is being replaced with a Corsair HX1200i
Man of Honour
Hmm hope its ok amd not one of those faulty batch.
Fingers crossed.. 
Man of Honour
Lets us know how you get on, how was the msi motherboard ?Fingers crossed..
Will do. Motherboard seems to be great, no issues building with it, haven't had the opportunity to actually look into it properly.
I forgot to format the SSD with my previous Windows install, and it booted up too quick for me to do anything...It was in the process of 'setting up your machine' when the PSU gave out, so will be sorting that out when the PSU arrives.
Order of the day will be plugging in the new PSU, installing windows, and assorted apps.
Fingers crossed it should be fairly straight forward.
I'm hoping it comes relatively early in the day so that I can get on with getting everything set up.
The only thing I need to do is unscrew the radiator so that I can plug the CPU power in as the radiator is obstructing those plugs.
The motherboard power is easily routed, and so are the SATA power cables.
With the PSU issue, I took my time to then do some proper cable management and tidy things up at the back so that when the replacement arrives, it will be a case of routing things accordingly.
I forgot to format the SSD with my previous Windows install, and it booted up too quick for me to do anything...It was in the process of 'setting up your machine' when the PSU gave out, so will be sorting that out when the PSU arrives.
Order of the day will be plugging in the new PSU, installing windows, and assorted apps.
Fingers crossed it should be fairly straight forward.
I'm hoping it comes relatively early in the day so that I can get on with getting everything set up.
The only thing I need to do is unscrew the radiator so that I can plug the CPU power in as the radiator is obstructing those plugs.
The motherboard power is easily routed, and so are the SATA power cables.
With the PSU issue, I took my time to then do some proper cable management and tidy things up at the back so that when the replacement arrives, it will be a case of routing things accordingly.
Machine is up and running...The only thing I'm concerned about is the relatively high temperatures of the processor.
Coretemp reads the processor at the moment whilst it is pulling emails and downloading a few games at around 50 degrees.
I've had to reseat the cooler a few times as I've had a message at start up saying that there is poor contact with the cooler, or had the processor hit its thermal limit.
I've reached out to arctic to see if there is anything that they can do as I'm not convinced that the bracket on the back is allowing the screws to go down enough in order to allow for the copper to make consistent / adequate contact. I've confirmed that I am using the right mounts for it, and i've tightened it as much as I dare to prevent damaging the motherboard.
I've put what I would normally put on in terms of thermal compound (about the size of a grain of rice) and its clear that when you remove it that it isn't spreading as you would think.
Any ideas or is 50 degrees 'normal' for this processor with this sort of cooler.
I thought it would be sitting at around 35-45 under light loads / not really doing anything.
Thanks
Coretemp reads the processor at the moment whilst it is pulling emails and downloading a few games at around 50 degrees.
I've had to reseat the cooler a few times as I've had a message at start up saying that there is poor contact with the cooler, or had the processor hit its thermal limit.
I've reached out to arctic to see if there is anything that they can do as I'm not convinced that the bracket on the back is allowing the screws to go down enough in order to allow for the copper to make consistent / adequate contact. I've confirmed that I am using the right mounts for it, and i've tightened it as much as I dare to prevent damaging the motherboard.
I've put what I would normally put on in terms of thermal compound (about the size of a grain of rice) and its clear that when you remove it that it isn't spreading as you would think.
Any ideas or is 50 degrees 'normal' for this processor with this sort of cooler.
I thought it would be sitting at around 35-45 under light loads / not really doing anything.
Thanks