New mega build advice needed please ;-)

xy16644

xy16644

xy16644

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Hi All

Been travelling for the last year so am out of touch with hardware so need some advice/assistance in building a new PC please! :)

I'll be using this PC for the following:

  1. Gaming
  2. Virtualisation (HyperV and/or VMware Workstation)
  3. Web browsing
  4. Email
  5. Office 365 apps
  6. Watching 4K movies/shows using Potplayer
  7. YouTube (4K)
  8. Plex server for the home
  9. Spotify
The hardware I have on my list so far is as follows:

  1. Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 1000D
  2. Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO Intel Z790
  3. CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K
  4. RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 192GB DDR5-5600MHz
  5. CPU air cooler: Cooler Master MasterAir MA624 Stealth Black 140mm Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler
  6. GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 ROG Strix OC Edition
  7. PSU: ASUS ROG Thor 1600W
  8. SSD: 3 x Crucial T700 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (one for OS, one for data and one used for VMs)
  9. Case fans: 13 x Corsair QX120 iCUE Link 120mm
  10. Monitor 1: Dell U4323QE UltraSharp 43 4K (in landscape mode)
  11. Monitor 2: Dell P3223QE 32 4K (in portrait mode)
  12. Keyboard: Corsair CH-K100 AIR WIRELESS RGB CHERRY MX Ultra Low Profile Tactile Gaming Keyboard
  13. Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3S
  14. Headset: Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless XT High Fidelity Slate Black Gaming Headset
  15. OS: Windows 11 Pro 64bit
So two questions that come to mind (am sure there will be more!):

  1. Any issues with these parts working when used together? ie: RAM clearance, CPU cooler clearance, GPU, cabling etc?
  2. I have read that the case is best used with a water cooling system (which I am not interested in) so will there be issues with cooling if I ONLY use air cooling for everything?

Thanks for any help and assistance, cheers! :)

PS: Yes, this system is a BEAST. My previous setup was over 10yrs old so it's time for a SERIOUS new system!
 
The custom PC I built myself over 10yrs ago had 32GB of RAM. This was unheard at the time and when I started using the machine I thought it was insane and that I would never use all this memory. Fast forward to last year and I was constantly running out of RAM and pushing the machine to it's limits! So I'm trying to build this machine using the same logic...crazy now but not so much in a few years time ;-)
 
sx_turbo said:
Change the air cooler for a 360mm aio. Arctic freezer has pretty good reviews, it's not loads more expensive than the cooker master but considering the usage case and the cost of the rest of the items, keeping the 14900 cool should not be skimped on.
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Thanks! I am not familiar with the cooler you suggested so will need to do some research on this. Pardon my ignorance, is this a self contained water cooler for the CPU only?
 
mickyflinn said:
It's is.

It's an aio cooler meaning all in one .

I did mention in my post 3 you can put up to a 420mm aio in the case you chose .
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Ok, I have some reading to do! Two questions please:

1) I assume I can still install the 3 case fans at the top of the case if I use this AIO CPU cooler?
2) I was looking at the "Corsair iCUE Link H150i LCD AIO 360mm" to use as the CPU cooler (instead of the Cooler Master I originally mentioned), will this be sufficient to keep the CPU cool and happy?
 
Thanks everyone, you've given me LOTS to think about. I don't mind starting with 2 x 48GB of RAM and then later on adding another 96GB of RAM if/when the BIOS updates make things more stable.
 
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