New to PC building and need advice...

Drake1234

Drake1234

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Hi guys. I need to check if the following components are fine to put together for a PC and if there is anything I have to watch out for. I've never done a PC build before. I plan to put the following stuff together:

  • Corsair Hydro 115i RGB Platinum, Hydro Series, 280 mm Radiator (Dual ML PRO 140 mm RGB PWM Fans, Advanced RGB Lighting and Fan Control with Software) Liquid CPU Cooler, Black
    • Corsair RM850x 80 PLUS Gold, 850 Watts, Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Unit - Black
      • addlink S70 2TB SSD NVMe PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive with Read 3500 MB/s Write 3000 MB/s
      • ZOTAC ZT-T20810D-10P NVIDIA GeForce RTX2080Ti AMP! 11G FH DP/HDMI/SLI/DX12/GDDR6 PCI Express Graphics Card - Black
        • Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz C16, Enthusiast RGB LED Illuminated Memory Kit - Black
          • ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wi-Fi) CE Z390 LGA1151 (Intel 8th and 9th Gen) ATX DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 Hero Call of Duty Special Edition Gaming Motherboard

          Intel Core i9-9900K Retail - (1151/8 Core/3.60GHz/16MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
          • Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition Tower Case (M-ITX/M-ATX/ATX/E-ATX) ,BLACK,MCC-C700P-KG5N-S00



        • I also need this PC to perform at the highest level for digital audio workstation stuff like protools as well as games etc. I have an external sound card,Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 USB Audio interface, 3rd Gen, which I plan to use with it.


          Will this all go together? Thanks...
 
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I'd watch out for the price of that Intel CPU.

I'd assume that this is looking to be gaming build?

Smart money is on the AMD 3900x at that price point which is 12c/24t vs the Intel 8c/16t. The AMD is similar in performance and quite a bit cheaper. Put it on a X570 motherboard (such as an ASUS Strix-E) and you can put AMDs next 4000 series processor in meaning there is more upgrade-ability .

If you were a fan boy and wanted to stick to Intel, hold off until their 10 series are out, you could be looking at a 10700k which is essentially a re-branded 9900k for similar pricing to a 9700k.

Aaaand next generation GPUs are out towards the end of the year which are rumoured/due to offer quite the performance increase over current offerings

I'd also remove the competitor links before you get a slap from a moderator.

And welcome to the forums :)
 
Adam123 said:
I'd watch out for the price of that Intel CPU.

I'd assume that this is looking to be gaming build?

Smart money is on the AMD 3900x at that price point which is 12c/24t vs the Intel 8c/16t. The AMD is similar in performance and quite a bit cheaper. Put it on a X570 motherboard (such as an ASUS Strix-E) and you can put AMDs next 4000 series processor in meaning there is more upgrade-ability .

If you were a fan boy and wanted to stick to Intel, hold off until their 10 series are out, you could be looking at a 10700k which is essentially a re-branded 9900k for similar pricing to a 9700k.

Aaaand next generation GPUs are out towards the end of the year which are rumoured/due to offer quite the performance increase over current offerings

I'd also remove the competitor links before you get a slap from a moderator.

And welcome to the forums :)
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Thanks! Around when are the 10 series out?
 
Drake1234 said:
Thanks! Around when are the 10 series out?
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Who knows when they have good availability.
I mean Intel's releases of last three years or so have had serious availability problems for months and months after "release".
AMD's actually improved Zen3 architecture might be out by that time.
Intel's "10th" gen is same old 2015's 6th gen rebranded fourth time...
Only thing which is saying tick-tock in Intels is counter of sockets and vulnerabilities.
 
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