The performance from a pre built to a custom built cant be that bad can it?. Is it mainly the cost.
Totally dependent on the parts used, there's no general rule we could apply there. But, the DIY build was definitely better value, likely even after you pay OCUK to build it:
- 9800X3D instead of 7800X3D
- 64GB instead of 32GB
- 4TB of storage instead of 1TB
- High quality (based on a Seasonic Vertex) platinum-rated PSU versus whatever OCUK choose to fit.
How about upgrading the ram to this Kingston FURY Beast EXPO RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit which is in the selection.
It'll be a bit faster, but X3D CPUs don't care that much about memory speed, so the difference will be very small. Is it worth a tenner? I guess so.
I just want to press buy. But so scared mainly about the noise level while gaming and have cause performance from my 2080ti and CPU.
Not sure what the Phanteks is like, with air coolers you can use the curve optimiser and change your fan curve, but with an AIO even though you can change the fans, the pump noise sets a base level that you can't necessarily do much about. In theory, a 360mm AIO is huge overkill and should not be noisy in any circumstance excepting excessive boost behaviour from the CPU (AM5 Ryzens have something of a reputation for this) in highly demanding apps like Cinebench.
The graphics card: I'm not sure, you really need reviews that compare cards to tell (like TPU, who have MANY cards in their comparison) and preferably user experiences here on the forums or elsewhere. You could always just undervolt / power limit until it gets more tolerable, since these coolers are capable of handling hundreds of watts and should do very well if you ramp that down,.. though this might not help much if your card has high levels of coil whine.
Case fans: I have no experience of that particular Kolink case, but generally speaking: PWM fans shouldn't be that noisy when gaming even if they're not that great. That said, the GPU uses quite a lot of power (at stock), so they're going to have to dump a lot of heat out of your case.
Personally, if noise level is very important to you, I'd prefer to choose my own components and do more research, but you can normally do something about noise (with very little, if any performance cost) if you don't like it, by changing fan curves, using undervolts and power limits. To a certain extent, it is normal to make those kind of adjustments in any new build, to compensate for excessive clocks/volts and aggressive boost behaviour from the factory.
