Upgrading to AM5 and need advice for RAM and misc

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First of all I would like to thank everyone in advance for their future help. You are amazing.

So I bought:
- B650 Aorus Elite AX AM5 rev.1.2 ATX/RTL8852CB
- Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12 cores, 24 Thread
- iCUE H150i Elite Capelix XT
- GPU 7900 XTX Red Devil

I have:
- Seasonic Focus Plus 1000W 80 Plus Gold
- be quiet Dark Base Pro 900 Full Tower Gaming Case - Silver

I want:
- a fast gaming RAM that is stable and loves my new motherboard. 4×16 or 2×32 (don't know what's best)

I am interested:
- a new case with excellent airflow and utility.

I am eagerly awaiting your input. Please provide some links with your recommendation


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I am interested:
- a new case with excellent airflow and utility.
You could go Corsair (one that is iCUE compatible), to pair with the cooler?

Not sure if there would be a usability benefit for RGB if you got Corsair memory too, but possibly?

- a fast gaming RAM that is stable and loves my new motherboard. 4×16 or 2×32 (don't know what's best)
Definitely the second option!
 
For ram with amd, I'd go 6000C30, I've you're going corsair aio , then maybe the corsair , as will all tie in with ICue. you can save a little going non rgb if you want.
For case, lian li 216 has excellent airflow and can fit the 360mm aio in roof.
Also put the 5000x caser there as again can tie in with the corsair software. It's a lot bigger and I know it has glass, but I have it and airflow is excellent. You can take the side shroud off as well and put another 3 fans vertically so have 6 intake and then again put the aio on roof expelling. Price just gone back up here but still on offer for £156 away..if you do put more fans in you'll have to get a commander core for the extra fan control, as you've gone for the cappelix aio rather than the new ilink one
I've also goa lian li 011d evo case which has great airflow also...you'll need to get more fans though, 3 pulling in from bottom, and 3 from side with your aio in roof expelling again


My basket at OcUK:

Total: £729.96 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
 
- a fast gaming RAM that is stable and loves my new motherboard. 4×16 or 2×32 (don't know what's best)

For 64 GB you want DDR5-6000C30 - 2x 32 but also consider 2x 24 (for 48 GB) or 2x 48 (for 96 GB).

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £239.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

I didn't spot any decent 48 GB or 96 GB kits on OCUK - they all seem to be C46 instead of C30

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £449.98 (includes delivery: £0.00)​


I expect faster modules are available elsewhere.
 
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ahh, sorry missed the 64gb requirement on the ram...but same really, just the bigger size @Quartz but the gskill 64gb above, corsair do the same....

@Quartz I was watching a kitgurutech the other day, who said the larger modules can still be problematic with AM5(hence non are expo as work better with intel). you seen these in action? as haven't really looked myself. just curious

 
@Quartz I was watching a kitgurutech the other day,

I've not yet watched that, and all of my PCs currently only have two DIMMs installed but I thought that the problem was only with four DIMMs, not two. I scrubbed through that video and the benchmarks do indicate that better RAM gives better performance on AMD but the differences are not large.
 
For ram with amd, I'd go 6000C30, I've you're going corsair aio , then maybe the corsair , as will all tie in with ICue. you can save a little going non rgb if you want.
For case, lian li 216 has excellent airflow and can fit the 360mm aio in roof.
Also put the 5000x caser there as again can tie in with the corsair software. It's a lot bigger and I know it has glass, but I have it and airflow is excellent. You can take the side shroud off as well and put another 3 fans vertically so have 6 intake and then again put the aio on roof expelling. Price just gone back up here but still on offer for £156 away..if you do put more fans in you'll have to get a commander core for the extra fan control, as you've gone for the cappelix aio rather than the new ilink one
I've also goa lian li 011d evo case which has great airflow also...you'll need to get more fans though, 3 pulling in from bottom, and 3 from side with your aio in roof expelling again


My basket at OcUK:

Total: £729.96 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
First of all, thanks for the reply.

I decided to go with your Corsair iCUE recomandation. Do they do full tower? Used to full tower set-up but mid is fine also.

Can you create me a basket with some good quality fans as I would like 6 intake.

Command core(no idea what's that) also and since we going corsair a 64gb ram kit (speed and quality) is important.

Please and thank you
 

above is the 5000x build i did a few years back. That'll give you an idea of the case size, and how it will look with the fans installed....they do do a bigger case, the 7000 series, which can fit 4 120mm fans vertically i think...looks the same, just bigger, but there's plenty of space in the 5000x...the gpu's a 3080 so not massive, but could easily fit a 4090 in there no problem...is that the look you're going for? I swapped out all the fans for ql fans, as after putting in tha aio to begin with, you don't really see the fans on the aio as they're pointing downwards, and with the ql fans, you get the outer ring lights both front and back, so can actually see them side on...downside of course is price escalates quickly...
if you look at the pic of the bach where I've done a little cable management, you'll see 2 rgb hubs(one comes with case), that you need as each hub controls 6 fan rgb, and the commander core is central below, where 6 fans are plugged in for power..other 3 fans power are plugged into a 3 way splitter (comes with the aio), and then plugged into the mobo cpu header, as they're on the aio...without the core you run out of sockets to controll everything, and I bought the lian li strimmers also later (you see at the end), and you can get a cable that connects them to the core also, so all controlled with the Icue software
cheapest option would be just get another 3 fans that match the ones that come with the case (corsair sp elite fans), which you can see in the picture, then the intakes are the same and the aio is seperate anyway..

so just before put it all together, are you happy with the size of the 5000x, and happy just getting original fans etc?
 
Thank you everyone for replying.

I decided to go for this.

Are the fans the right ones?

Got 2x32 Sticks.

Decided to get a power supply also. So I can send my old set-up to my parents house or I might sell it..

Any other advice?

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £1,039.81 (includes delivery: £11.98)​
 
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Thank you everyone for replying.

I decided to go for this.

Are the fans the right ones?

Got 2x32 Sticks.

Decided to get a power supply also. So I can send my old set-up to my parents house or I might sell it..

Any other advice?
ok, 5000T ha ha. You've gone full in

Depending on whether you just wanted to go 6 similar fans I had got just another set of SP fans that came with the 5000X, and a commander pro..if you were going to match all fans like I did, I had the QX fans lined up, with the caveat you'd have to change the aio you bought to the ilink you have fans above. The ilink fans have a little rgb down the sides etc, but main selling point is that they use a new connection system where the fans magnetically click together(you still have a little attachment you add to), and then you have 1 cable going from the fan group (or single from back) to a little control box(comes with a triple back)...you therefore have a lot less clutter and no need for the commander pro
Example, in my build with 9 fans, I had 9 cables from the fans for power, 9 cables for the rgb(so 18 going into 2 rbg controllers and the commander pro for power, as well as to the mobo for the fan control of aio)...with the ilink you have 1 cable from the control box to the aio, another from aio to side fans and aother from side fans to front fans, so a lot less headache
Downside to the 5000T case....it's very expensive for the rgb you have/it gives...the front fans are LL120's, which are like my QL120's i put in mine, except the only have the light ring around the front of the fan, no light ring on the back...also, being older fans, each fans come with 2 wires, so aren't compatible with the ilink. as only three fans they'll be prewired for you, and you can still control them in the icue software, but they are different fans.
If you want to get all the same, and want the least hassle, then I'd get 2 sets of triple pack qx120, get the 360mm ilink aio(return the capellix you have)...the ilini aio comes with the qx fans on them, so no swapping around afterwards, and just get the 5000x...just remove the sp fans from the front...the triple pack is £67 for them so either keep them for something else or sell them for £30 or so. I kept mine, sitting in a drawer somewhere but might use them for a little build and get an airflow case with no fans etc for a cheaper build down the line
If you like fans I have, then they are the ql120 fans, with light ring front to back...if you're having 3 down the side as intake using the 5000t and keeping the ll120's in front, you'll see the back of them so really you'll want a set of those at least to give the same look (the ll120's that come with the case, you don't really see the back that much unless looking side on, when again, you wont get the light ring round the side...if you go that route you'll need a commander pro
As side note, with my build, i didn't bother with rear exhaust fan. With 6 intake, I just put my hand at the back of the pc, and could feel the air being pushed out. There enough airflow to not need the rear exhaust
OCuk aren't selling the corsair 64gb vengeance rgb 6000c30, but it is available for £242, from another well known outlet. Not sure if the gskill can be run on icue software, but it is good ram
Unfortunately you've just missed the corsair discount week, but where I've seen the 5000x case for £156 with free delivery, they're selling the 3x120qx ilink triple pack for £112, so still £27 saving on the pack above...2 packs save £54 and if you get the case from there, that'll save another £46, so almost £100
If you want to get everything from OCuk, and are set on the 5000T, and keeping the cappelix you bought, then you need to swap the QX fans you have to LL120'(if you want same as front), QL120's with double light ring(like in my build), but think you'll have to get a commander pro....need to double check your mobo, but think fairly standard you get 2 usb headers on them, so you'll need more for the controllers
Don't know if that makes sense to you
 
So below is the cheapest option using the cappelix aio you have, and just getting 3 more sp120 fans for the side, and a commander pro to give you the additional usb connections etc

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £580.92 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
 
if you wanted all the same fans then you need to swap them out for QL120 fans...it'll end up looking like mine...if you wanted to keep the fans on the aio, then just 2 packs of the ql120's

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £885.82 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
 
I swapped out the 5000x to the 5000d as an alternative so you can see..rather than glass has a perforated front and top, but comes with 1 non rgb fan, so you can swap them out...going with the full qx fan look now...you'd have to exchange the aio you have to make it the qx ilink aio, just so the fans and ilink all hook up together...nice thing is the fans are the same so no swapping out or having different fans...no need for a commander pro also...if youlike the glass look, then just swap back to the 5000x, or T if you like

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £694.84 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
 
Alternative if sending back the corsair aio is go all lian li. This is the newer version of the 011d evo i have, and put in the new trinity aio with infinity fans...comes with a l connect box also, and then added 6 reverse flow flans for intake along the bottom and side...this way all the fans will be facing into the case so you see the nice side...added the strimmer for the 24 pin mobo, but even with that it'scheaper than the corsair route...I can show a picture of mine if you like for an idea...just remember mine don't have the reversible fans as they weren't around when i bought, so the bottom and side you see the back, and I'm using an air cooler rather than aio for my 7800x3d, but it'll give you an idea....the new evo case doesn't have the bar obscuring view as the edge is glass to glass, and rgb runs along top and bottom of case by look. It'll show off your system and still provide excellent airflow if that's what your going for...I'm not too keen on the vision case as the top is glass too, and i think that restricts the airflow too much for my liking, but sure it's fine tbh, as you don't hear any complaints...

the infinity fans link together also with 2 leads per triple fan, or single fan, which all link into the l connect box...
My basket at OcUK:

Total: £579.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
Below is the trinity 240 aio in white, but provocked prawn is good at explaining how it all works and is set up​
 
provoked prawn shows the white evo rgb with the corsair ilink fans if youwant to see them in action below

oh, and he has the whire rgb with infinity fans vthough don't thnik he's using the trinity aio in either, but the lcd version, but you get idea
 
You might want to read some reviews of Corsair's i8100 gaming PC, since I believe it uses the same case and is full of Corsair bits.
I have read it now. How interesting. Thanks for letting me know.

Can someone create a basket that goes with my capelix with case, fans and new power supply. Needs to be atleast 1000 Wats.
 
provoked prawn shows the white evo rgb with the corsair ilink fans if youwant to see them in action below

oh, and he has the whire rgb with infinity fans vthough don't thnik he's using the trinity aio in either, but the lcd version, but you get idea

If I had seen these before buying what I have, I would have gone for the taichi motherboard
 
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