New build

max1e · 7 Sep 2023 at 14:09

Hi all, i'm thinking of upgrading my old oc rig "Ultima Scimitar" Intel Core i7 5820K @ 4.0GHz Overclocked DDR4 Watercooled Gaming PC with a 1070 (8yrs old and struggling) for a custom build from oc if they'll do it. i'm thinking of this setup as it will be for gaming/video editing etc. i'll be keeping it hopefully for another 8yrs so going for high end, so basically was just wondering what your thoughts are. i'm not sure on which aio to get tbh and was thinking on waiting until lian li has their new fans out that can display temps so i can get 3...

new lian li xl case
Build Stock AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5)
Asus ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black
Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050W ATX3.0 Native PCIE 5 Fully Modular 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply
Build Asus GeForce RTX 4090 ROG Strix OC 24GB GDDR6X Graphics Card
Crucial T700 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen5 M.2 Solid State Drive FOR OS
WD Black SN850X 4TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive for working editing on
WD 16TB Red Pro 7200rpm HDD 512MB Cache Internal NAS Hard Drive video storage etc

Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H150i ELITE LCD XT Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm
or
MSI MEG CORELIQUID S360 ARGB Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm

(10FAN)Lian-Li UNI SL120 INF Addressable RGB Black 120mm Fan Triple Pack with Controller
Lian Li hub

Tetras · 7 Sep 2023 at 14:47

Can you give us a price and a budget? It is hard to comment without that.

There's nothing 'wrong' with your choices, but on the face of it, you're going to pay a lot of money, partly because of the premium brand tax.

If it was me, I would:
- Dump the board, £500 motherboard is just mega-ouch and it doesn't even have USB 4!
- Dump the Strix graphics card, since it is nearly £500 more than the Zotac, with 2 year less warranty.
- Dump the T700, since if you're just using it for the OS and games, you'll never notice the difference.

Which leaves something like:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x (unchanged) AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DR-AM) = £668.99
1 x (unchanged) AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £255.54
1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £199.99
1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity 24GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13E-ZT) = £1,499.99
1 x Nvidia Fight For Freedom Bundle - Overwatch 2 Invasion (SKU: DIG-NVI-00681) = £0.00

2 x Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM3A013) (SKU: HD-3DX-SE) = £109.99
1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £94.99
1 x (unchanged) WD 16TB Red Pro 7200rpm HDD 512MB Cache Internal NAS Hard Drive (WD161KFGX) (SKU: HD-57E-WD) = £359.99

2 x Lian Li Lancool III RGB Full Tower PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-7AY-LL) = £154.99
1 x Lian Li Galahad II Trinity High Performance AIO 360mm CPU Water Cooler - Black (SKU: HS-00Q-LL) = £169.99
1 x (unchanged) Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050W ATX3.0 Native PCIE 5 Fully Modular 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply (SKU: CA-1BR-TT) = £239.99
1 x (unchanged) Power Cable for Thermaltake PF3 750/850/1000/1200 Power supply (SKU: CB-001-TT) = £0.00

Total: £4,029.38 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Changes:
- The motherboard still includes PCI-E 5.0 graphics and 1x PCI-E 5.0 SSD, but is half the price.
- The case includes the fans.
- More SSD storage, in exchange for no PCI-E 5.0 SSD anymore.
- AIO chosen from this review.

max1e · 8 Sep 2023 at 09:16

Budgets around 5k. Thanks for the info.

Tetras · 8 Sep 2023 at 12:50

max1e said:
Budgets around 5k. Thanks for the info.

Just FYI, I made a mistake and included 2 cases in the build.