Views on my new incoming system

DBFmancini · 23 Feb 2022 at 10:42

Waiting for this to come from OC, anyday now hopefully: -

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...force-rtx-3080ti-pro-gaming-pc-fs-1el-og.html

Modded a bit of it including: -
- Swapping out the RAM for Corsair Dominator DDR5 64GB
- They couldn't give me the RTX 3080 ti card so swapped it for the MSI Suprem X RTX 3080 TI 12GB
- Storage wise went with WD Black SN850 SSD (Gen 4) 2TB for primary and WD SN750 SSD (Gen 3) 2TB for secondary

Also went with the LG 27inch GP950-B monitor and a new DAS Root mechanical keyboard

Thoughts?

Also OC - hurry up! :cry:

DBFmancini · 23 Feb 2022 at 10:59

MikeTheNative said:
You should be able to get 60fps on Fortnight at 1080p with that.

Well that is a relief

DBFmancini · 23 Feb 2022 at 13:02

turbot1984 said:
That's a bit rough, OP may have saved up for years?
Only issue is as a self build you could get 90% of that gaming performance (12700K/3080ti FE) way cheaper.

He is entitled to his opinion, I mean I disagree with him about it!

especially the assumptions he makes about me but some people like to just throw stuff out there for a debate/row

Anyway, I agree with your point I could get it cheaper, especially if I selfbuild, my issue is being time poor and not trusting myself to break something! lol

DBFmancini · 23 Feb 2022 at 13:10

DBFmancini said:
He is entitled to his opinion, I mean I disagree with him about it! especially the assumptions he makes about me but some people like to just throw stuff out there for a debate/row

Anyway, I agree with your point I could get it cheaper, especially if I selfbuild, my issue is being time poor and not trusting myself to break something! lol

On the point about being over-specced and mid-range by next year I'd have to disagree anyway. My current machine (A desktop replacement gaming laptop) has served me well for the last 6 years with no need to upgrade, until this year when the processor became the bottleneck (I-7 Skylake) and that is the only part that cannot be upgraded. The I-9 12900 series is going to be the foundational processor for a fair while yet and the 3080 TI has been shown to be on a par and sometimes better than the 3090 card, with 4 series coming at some point this year and chip issues expected to still be a problem with supply I don't see this machine being anywhere near mid-level for a while yet, happy to revisit this time next year!

DBFmancini · 23 Feb 2022 at 15:59

turbot1984 said:
Aye, it will last for years
My only minor criticism is the psu in your build. For that dosh maybe a 1000W platinum would have enabled a bit of headroom if you are overclocking cpu/gpu. Still that Asus is a good unit.

Yeah I did think about that but spoke to one of the guys on the OC support team and he said its a pretty solid PSU, and with the out the box overclocking on this I doubt I'll need to push it too hard for a while at least