The PC Builders Thread ("I Need a New PC") v3

Morzak · Feb 14, 2022

Man I'm looking to replace my RX5600 XT, to drive my 1440P display and maybe get ready for VR in Racing Sims. But the prices are just stupid at the moment, like 800 bucks for a 3060 is just insane and 3070 going for at least 1200 ..... Oh well will just need to hope that the situation gets better over the year....

ChitonIV · Feb 14, 2022

Morzak said:
Man I'm looking to replace my RX5600 XT, to drive my 1440P display and maybe get ready for VR in Racing Sims. But the prices are just stupid at the moment, like 800 bucks for a 3060 is just insane and 3070 going for at least 1200 ..... Oh well will just need to hope that the situation gets better over the year....

Antonline's evga bundles are okay deals (especially if you need a new PSU) and often available.

Waggles · Feb 14, 2022

Has anyone bought panels from v1tech?

I know that they're reputable, but i cant get their support to confirm or deny that their case plates for the o11 dynamic will fit without modification into the o11 dynamic evo.

And i dont know what the dimensions of the former are.

Anyone have experience with v1tech on custom sized orders?

Captjohnboyd · Feb 14, 2022

Quick question for yall. I have a friend who's tryinf to unload his PC on me for $3k. Tell me if it's worth it (with the GPU market being the way it is I don't know how difficult it would be to find these affordable for myself)

Ryzen 9 5900x

AMD 6800XT founders

32gbs ram @3600

2TB M.2 drives

ICUE H-150i liquid cooling

Gigabyte x570 motherboard

Tuf Gaming GT501 case

I think he bought it prebuilt but I can't remember for sure. Anyway he's telling me $3k is a deal but that seems steep as fuck

super-famicom · Feb 14, 2022

Captjohnboyd said:
Quick question for yall. I have a friend who's tryinf to unload his PC on me for $3k. Tell me if it's worth it (with the GPU market being the way it is I don't know how difficult it would be to find these affordable for myself)

Ryzen 9 5900x

AMD 6800XT founders

32gbs ram @3600

2TB M.2 drives

ICUE H-150i liquid cooling

Gigabyte x570 motherboard

Tuf Gaming GT501 case

I think he bought it prebuilt but I can't remember for sure. Anyway he's telling me $3k is a deal but that seems steep as fuck

Here's what I get when I put those parts in pcpartpicker:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($498.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory ($204.99 @ GameStop)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($255.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card ($1484.35 @ Amazon)
Case: Asus TUF Gaming GT501 ATX Mid Tower Case ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $3039.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-02-14 16:27 EST-0500

I am guessing on the motherboard, RAM, and NVMe drive and didn't add any case fans. The price for this build is grossly overpriced because of the 6800XT, but that's just how the market is nowadays. Minus the graphics card, you can definitely find cheaper alternatives to every component. There are NVMe drives that are slightly slower for cheaper, you can get Crucial RAM that's not 3600 MHz and just OC it to that speed, Arctic Liquid Freezer II AIO is cheaper and performs way better, and maybe get a different motherboard or case as well.

asmith906 · Feb 14, 2022

Captjohnboyd said:
Quick question for yall. I have a friend who's tryinf to unload his PC on me for $3k. Tell me if it's worth it (with the GPU market being the way it is I don't know how difficult it would be to find these affordable for myself)

Ryzen 9 5900x

AMD 6800XT founders

32gbs ram @3600

2TB M.2 drives

ICUE H-150i liquid cooling

Gigabyte x570 motherboard

Tuf Gaming GT501 case

I think he bought it prebuilt but I can't remember for sure. Anyway he's telling me $3k is a deal but that seems steep as fuck

You can go online to NZXT and build a pc with similar specs to about this price. That's pretty high for a used pc.
This is also the last AMD CPU to support the AM4 socket so paying 3k for this build doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me unless you really need it.

TheDestructiveSquirrel · Feb 14, 2022

I can't seem to figure out how to connect my 20 year old PC speakers to my modern PC....

The old speakers have cables that all connect individually to the Subwoofer and the sub has 3 RCA cables for front, rear and centre/sub that connect to the PC but uhhh I don't think I have the inputs for that on my monitor or motherboard. Is there an adapter for that lol.

My monitor has speakers built in but the new monitor I'm thinking of buying does not.

I thought I saw 3 audio inputs on my rear panel but it didn't work.

What's a good 2.1 speaker system these days?

Edit - Got the speakers to work but they are super quiet even with volume all the way up lol

Smokey · Feb 14, 2022

Sacrilicious said:
I'm rebuilding my PC (now in parts) and I'm looking at upgrading to an Alder Lake CPU.

How is gaming performance of the i7 (12700k) vs i9 (12900k)? Most reviews put gaming performance as roughly equal, but I'm curious about how the differences (higher clock speed vs higher parallelism).

Is there much of an advantage to an i9 for gaming? On first read the i7 looks better suited for gaming (especially since it runs cooler and has better overclock potential) but I just wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything.

Is over clocking a big "thing" with the Alder Lake chips and the new architecture?

Dr. Zoidberg · Feb 14, 2022

TheDestructiveSquirrel said:
Edit - Got the speakers to work but they are super quiet even with volume all the way up lol

Are the speakers themselves powered separately or do they just plug into the PC?

TheDestructiveSquirrel · Feb 14, 2022

Dr. Zoidberg said:
Are the speakers themselves powered separately or do they just plug into the PC?

They are powered separately.

I think they are Logitech X-540

I looked in my mobo manual and it turns out I do have the ports needed to connect everything, just need to figure out the volume issue.

Captjohnboyd · Feb 14, 2022

super-famicom said:
Here's what I get when I put those parts in pcpartpicker:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($498.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory ($204.99 @ GameStop)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($255.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card ($1484.35 @ Amazon)
Case: Asus TUF Gaming GT501 ATX Mid Tower Case ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $3039.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-02-14 16:27 EST-0500

I am guessing on the motherboard, RAM, and NVMe drive and didn't add any case fans. The price for this build is grossly overpriced because of the 6800XT, but that's just how the market is nowadays. Minus the graphics card, you can definitely find cheaper alternatives to every component. There are NVMe drives that are slightly slower for cheaper, you can get Crucial RAM that's not 3600 MHz and just OC it to that speed, Arctic Liquid Freezer II AIO is cheaper and performs way better, and maybe get a different motherboard or case as well.

asmith906 said:
You can go online to NZXT and build a pc with similar specs to about this price. That's pretty high for a used pc.
This is also the last AMD CPU to support the AM4 socket so paying 3k for this build doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me unless you really need it.

Thanks for the info. I doubt I would have bit since I'm not really that interested in bleeding edge PC (in fact I don't even have a PC at all right now and primarily game on PS5) but I was considering. It did seem steep. The only thing that gave me pause was the price of GPUs never going down so if this was a reasonable one I might have thought on it some more.

I will say, in regards to it being used, this guy constantly buys stuff like this and uses it for one month and then sells it so it likely had very little use

wihio · Feb 14, 2022

TheDestructiveSquirrel said:
I can't seem to figure out how to connect my 20 year old PC speakers to my modern PC....

The old speakers have cables that all connect individually to the Subwoofer and the sub has 3 RCA cables for front, rear and centre/sub that connect to the PC but uhhh I don't think I have the inputs for that on my monitor or motherboard. Is there an adapter for that lol.

My monitor has speakers built in but the new monitor I'm thinking of buying does not.

I thought I saw 3 audio inputs on my rear panel but it didn't work.

What's a good 2.1 speaker system these days?

Edit - Got the speakers to work but they are super quiet even with volume all the way up lol

I have used multiple versions of the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers over more than a decade and their sound quality always surprised me. Quite reasonable (like $100) these days too.

TheDestructiveSquirrel · Feb 15, 2022

wihio said:
I have used multiple versions of the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers over more than a decade and their sound quality always surprised me. Quite reasonable (like $100) these days too.

Thanks

This is bugging me, the speakers are all confirmed connected properly now but on full volume I can't hear anything until I put my ear right to the speaker lol, would 15 years of not using them have broken them? The power lights are all lighting up and everything.

Vulcano's Assistant · Feb 15, 2022

TheDestructiveSquirrel said:
Thanks

This is bugging me, the speakers are all confirmed connected properly now but on full volume I can't hear anything until I put my ear right to the speaker lol, would 15 years of not using them have broken them? The power lights are all lighting up and everything.

How were they connected before, do they require an amp?

TheDestructiveSquirrel · Feb 15, 2022

Vulcano's Assistant said:
How were they connected before, do they require an amp?

No amp
Pretty sure they are connected the same as they were 15 years ago.

I checked all the volume settings and everything seems right.

Skel1ingt0n · Feb 15, 2022

Sacrilicious said:
I'm rebuilding my PC (now in parts) and I'm looking at upgrading to an Alder Lake CPU.

How is gaming performance of the i7 (12700k) vs i9 (12900k)? Most reviews put gaming performance as roughly equal, but I'm curious about how the differences (higher clock speed vs higher parallelism).

Is there much of an advantage to an i9 for gaming? On first read the i7 looks better suited for gaming (especially since it runs cooler and has better overclock potential) but I just wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything.

So I was in your exact position - I really wanted the i9, especially since I'd be upgrading from an i9 (9900K) and hated the thought of "downgrading," even if I knew I wasn't.

So I bought both and decided I'd test both. If the performance of the i9 was clear, then I'd stick with it. I'm going all out elsewhere (3080 Ti, 64GB, Gen 4 2TB PCIe, etc).

Between Halo Infinite, FFXIV, Doom Eternal, and Cyberpunk 2077, I was seeing ABOUT 2-3 fps higher on the 12900K vs. the 12700K at 3840x1600. Cyberpunk saw the biggest difference - about 5fps at all times.

Here's the deal, though - on my Fractal Torrent with Noctua DH-15, I was hitting 10c+ higher in pretty much every single game. From 55-65c on average, to 75c-80c across the board. In Cinebench, I went from maxing out at 74c on the i7 to hitting 94c on the i9. Sure, the i9 got a better score - but for those temps (in the winter no less) didn't seem worth it at all.

I returned the i9.

Morzak · Feb 15, 2022

ChitonIV said:
Antonline's evga bundles are okay deals (especially if you need a new PSU) and often available.

thanks for the tip, but I'm not in Europe and with shipping + Taxes + Customs that will be a bit to much. Will just have to watch out for some decent offers here.

Sacrilicious · Feb 15, 2022

Skel1ingt0n said:
So I was in your exact position - I really wanted the i9, especially since I'd be upgrading from an i9 (9900K) and hated the thought of "downgrading," even if I knew I wasn't.

So I bought both and decided I'd test both. If the performance of the i9 was clear, then I'd stick with it. I'm going all out elsewhere (3080 Ti, 64GB, Gen 4 2TB PCIe, etc).

Between Halo Infinite, FFXIV, Doom Eternal, and Cyberpunk 2077, I was seeing ABOUT 2-3 fps higher on the 12900K vs. the 12700K at 3840x1600. Cyberpunk saw the biggest difference - about 5fps at all times.

Here's the deal, though - on my Fractal Torrent with Noctua DH-15, I was hitting 10c+ higher in pretty much every single game. From 55-65c on average, to 75c-80c across the board. In Cinebench, I went from maxing out at 74c on the i7 to hitting 94c on the i9. Sure, the i9 got a better score - but for those temps (in the winter no less) didn't seem worth it at all.

I returned the i9.

Interesting, I heard that it tends to run hotter but that's a bigger difference than I expected.

Never felt comfortable with higher temps, especially since that was the biggest issue with my first rig (long ago). I definitely don't want to mess with that again.

Thanks for the information, direct experience and hard numbers really help!

PhantomFFR · Feb 15, 2022

TheDestructiveSquirrel said:
No amp
Pretty sure they are connected the same as they were 15 years ago.

I checked all the volume settings and everything seems right.

I would strongly assume that the people trying to help you troubleshoot don't quite know how you had your speakers connected 15 years ago. It might be helpful for everyone involved if you were to describe which cables are plugged into what sockets and where those sockets are and what they are labeled as.

Baring a software issue I'd guess that your speakers are not amplified. I would think that a 2.1 system usually has passive speakers and the subwoofer has the integrated amplifier, thus the speakers will need to be connected to the proper outputs of the subwoofer. Also for PC speakers and a 2.1 system I don't think you'd have 3 wires that go from the amp to the PC.

Morzak said:
thanks for the tip, but I'm not in Europe and with shipping + Taxes + Customs that will be a bit to much. Will just have to watch out for some decent offers here.

Luckily for you neither is antonline. They are from the USA. But it might rove helpful for you to disclose your location roughly.

SiegeDamage · Feb 15, 2022

How's the 5800X CPU stack up for gaming? Should I go for it or are there better alternatives? I'm eyeing the following build with a target of 3440x1440 at 144Hz or 4K at 120Hz:

5800X CPU
MSI Ventus RTX 3080 Ti OC
Vengeance 64 GB (4x16) DDR4 3600 MHz
ROG Strix x570-e Gaming

chaobreaker · Feb 15, 2022

SiegeDamage said:
How's the 5800X CPU stack up for gaming? Should I go for it or are there better alternatives? I'm eyeing the following build with a target of 3440x1440 at 144Hz or 4K at 120Hz:

5800X CPU
MSI Ventus RTX 3080 Ti OC
Vengeance 64 GB (4x16) DDR4 3600 MHz
ROG Strix x570-e Gaming

Get a 5600X instead. That's sufficient enough for gaming even at 4K. With a 5800X, you would be paying exponentially more on a CPU with marginal improvments in single threaded performance over a 5600X. Modern PC gaming doesn't need all those extra cores in a 5800X and onwards.

Sellda · Feb 15, 2022

Vulcano's Assistant said:
If you have not done so already, I would try clearing the CMOS of your motherboard.
You mobo doesn't have a button on the back panel, so you would have to disconnect the power cable from your PSU, and short the CMOS jumper or remove the battery and wait a couple of minutes / press the power button with the computer disconnected from the wall.

It works, thank you.

Anyway to downgrade to windows 10 without losing data,?

hussien-11 · Feb 15, 2022

chaobreaker said:
Get a 5600X instead. That's sufficient enough for gaming even at 4K. With a 5800X, you would be paying exponentially more on a CPU with marginal improvments in single threaded performance over a 5600X. Modern PC gaming doesn't need all those extra cores in a 5800X and onwards.

The 5800X is worth it if the budget is there and its a better match for the 3080 Ti. It was expensive when it launched but now its more affordable and better value.

chaobreaker · Feb 15, 2022

hussien-11 said:
The 5800X is worth it if the budget is there and its a better match for the 3080 Ti. It was expensive when it launched but now its more affordable and better value.

It's still pretty expensive here in Canada but if SiegeDamage has competitive prices where they live then go for it.

SiegeDamage · Feb 15, 2022

I also live in Canada so prices are quite high (moreso for the 3080 Ti). I do have some disposable income set aside for this build, however, so if budget is not a blocker should I go for the 5800X over the 5600X? Sounds like it might be a better pairing for the GPU? Is it worth going for a 5900X?

arrado · Feb 15, 2022

SiegeDamage said:
I also live in Canada so prices are quite high (moreso for the 3080 Ti). I do have some disposable income set aside for this build, however, so if budget is not a blocker should I go for the 5800X over the 5600X? Sounds like it might be a better pairing for the GPU? Is it worth going for a 5900X?

Feels like a 5900X, 12700K or even 12900K would be a better fit when I look at the rest of your spec sheet.

A 5600X with 64GB of ram would make no sense whatsoever

chaobreaker · Feb 15, 2022

SiegeDamage said:
I also live in Canada so prices are quite high (moreso for the 3080 Ti). I do have some disposable income set aside for this build, however, so if budget is not a blocker should I go for the 5800X over the 5600X? Sounds like it might be a better pairing for the GPU? Is it worth going for a 5900X?

5800X is like $150 more than a 5600X here. If that's within your budget the go for it.

5900X is nearly twice the price of a 5800X for marginal gains. Not needed at all unless you have money to burn.

Serpens007 · Feb 15, 2022

Morzak said:
Man I'm looking to replace my RX5600 XT, to drive my 1440P display and maybe get ready for VR in Racing Sims. But the prices are just stupid at the moment, like 800 bucks for a 3060 is just insane and 3070 going for at least 1200 ..... Oh well will just need to hope that the situation gets better over the year....

What's your budget?

super-famicom · Feb 15, 2022

SiegeDamage said:
How's the 5800X CPU stack up for gaming? Should I go for it or are there better alternatives? I'm eyeing the following build with a target of 3440x1440 at 144Hz or 4K at 120Hz:

5800X CPU
MSI Ventus RTX 3080 Ti OC
Vengeance 64 GB (4x16) DDR4 3600 MHz
ROG Strix x570-e Gaming

I have a 5800x and 3080 FE. It's an amazing combo that can run anything at 1440p and a high refresh rate for me. I'd recommend a 5800x over a 5600x if you were looking to be more future proof and not upgrade as quickly.

Morzak · Feb 15, 2022

PhantomFFR said:
Luckily for you neither is antonline. They are from the USA. But it might rove helpful for you to disclose your location roughly.

Sorry that should have been Europe, to be precise Switzerland.

Serpens007 said:
What's your budget?

I'd like to spend around 500 Euros, I can stretch that to 700, it's not that I don't have the money for that, but I really don't feel like paying that much for a 3060 or similar card, that is just way to much for that kind of performance.....

Serpens007 · Feb 15, 2022

Morzak said:
Sorry that should have been Europe, to be precise Switzerland.

I'd like to spend around 500 Euros, I can stretch that to 700, it's not that I don't have the money for that, but I really don't feel like paying that much for a 3060 or similar card, that is just way to much for that kind of performance.....

Yeah, for that budget you're better keeping the 5600XT, unless you take your chances and sell that 5600XT to combine the money and get something like a 6700XT or 3060Ti

PhantomFFR · Feb 15, 2022

Morzak said:
Sorry that should have been Europe, to be precise Switzerland.
I'd like to spend around 500 Euros, I can stretch that to 700, it's not that I don't have the money for that, but I really don't feel like paying that much for a 3060 or similar card, that is just way to much for that kind of performance.....

Just a quick example, but Alternate.ch do have 3060Ti starting from CHF 661,--; or 6700XTs for about 100CHF more. And after a brief look at ebay I think you might be able to get around 500 € (+/-100€) for your 5600XT.

Deleted member 30077 · Feb 15, 2022

I guess you can make a case for a 5800x because it isn't too expensive, even though I think it's not worth it over a 5600x, but a 5900x is 100% wasted money for gaming. More cores didn't make the 3700x/3900x more futureproof and it won't make the 5800x/5900x more futureproof. Before 8 cores will provide enough benefit these CPUs will be too slow in general.

Take the 12100 for example. It currently outperforms the 3700x, the 8 core CPU from last gen, and provides 80% of the performance of a 5800x. You basically spend 3-4x as much for 20-25% more performance and that's based on 1080p data. At 1440p+ it might be less than 10%. Imagine doing that for a GPU. For an equal amount of money over a given period you generally end up with much higher average performance by upgrading more often.

TheDestructiveSquirrel · Feb 15, 2022

PhantomFFR said:
I would strongly assume that the people trying to help you troubleshoot don't quite know how you had your speakers connected 15 years ago. It might be helpful for everyone involved if you were to describe which cables are plugged into what sockets and where those sockets are and what they are labeled as.

Baring a software issue I'd guess that your speakers are not amplified. I would think that a 2.1 system usually has passive speakers and the subwoofer has the integrated amplifier, thus the speakers will need to be connected to the proper outputs of the subwoofer. Also for PC speakers and a 2.1 system I don't think you'd have 3 wires that go from the amp to the PC.

Luckily for you neither is antonline. They are from the USA. But it might rove helpful for you to disclose your location roughly.

Its a 5.1 system, you connect all the speakers to the sub but I'm only using 3 of the 5 speakers.

Then 3.5mm wires connect the front speakers to the front speaker port on the pc rear panel, centre/sub to the corresponding port etc...

Sub has a power cable plugged into a power bar.

Randam · Feb 15, 2022

if my system can't run Elden Ring I am planing to upgrade my Motherboard, CPU and Ram.

what do you guys think about the Motherboard?
is it ok? or overkill?

and should one take 32GB Ram?
what about 3200 vs 3600 and CL16?

super-famicom · Feb 15, 2022

Randam said:
if my system can't run Elden Ring I am planing to upgrade my Motherboard, CPU and Ram.

what do you guys think about the Motherboard?
is it ok? or overkill?

and should one take 32GB Ram?
what about 3200 vs 3600 and CL16?

MSI Tomahawk is a pretty popular board. Good features for not being that expensive. 3600 MHz 16CL is the sweet spot for RAM with Ryzen builds.

Randam · Feb 15, 2022

super-famicom said:
MSI Tomahawk is a pretty popular board. Good features for not being that expensive. 3600 MHz 16CL is the sweet spot for RAM with Ryzen builds.

thx

arrado · Feb 15, 2022

Randam said:
if my system can't run Elden Ring I am planing to upgrade my Motherboard, CPU and Ram.

what do you guys think about the Motherboard?
is it ok? or overkill?

and should one take 32GB Ram?
what about 3200 vs 3600 and CL16?

Seems good!
Keep in mind that you will need a CPU cooler as well. The 5800X does not come with one and can get pretty hot. I would get a beefy air cooler or a 280 or 360mm AIO

Randam · Feb 15, 2022

arrado said:
Seems good!
Keep in mind that you will need a CPU cooler as well. The 5800X does not come with one and can get pretty hot. I would get a beefy air cooler or a 280 or 360mm AIO

oh okay.
was now thinking to just use my be quit!, but think I will get a new one and then sell my old stuff. (mainboard, cpu, cooler, RAM and my old GPU that I replaced 1.5 years ago)

Skyfireblaze · Feb 15, 2022

Randam said:
oh okay.
was now thinking to just use my be quit!, but think I will get a new one and then sell my old stuff. (mainboard, cpu, cooler, RAM and my old GPU that I replaced 1.5 years ago)

What beQuiet! cooler is it? I run a 5800X with a beQuiet! Dark Rock 4 non-Pro and it runs cool enough with a Ryzen Curve Optimizer -20 Undervolt.

Randam · Feb 15, 2022

Skyfireblaze said:
What beQuiet! cooler is it? I run a 5800X with a beQuiet! Dark Rock 4 non-Pro and it runs cool enough with a Ryzen Curve Optimizer -20 Undervolt.

the one I have? or the new one I would get?

old one is a be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced.
new one would be a Dark Rock Pro 4.

Skyfireblaze · Feb 15, 2022

Randam said:
the one I have? or the new one I would get?

old one is a be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced.
new one would be a Dark Rock Pro 4.

Hmm okay yeah then it might be better to get a new one.

Heysoos · Feb 15, 2022

Alright, looking for opinions. I currently have an RTX 3090 FE, got ahold of an RTX 3080 from an EVGA sign up from almost a year ago. I plan to eventually get the new Alienware QD-OLED monitor. Stick to the RTX 3090 and return the 3080 or sell the 3090 and keep the 3080? I feel like the 3090 is complete overkill for gaming but it was all I was able to get, which I thankfully got at MSRP.

arrado · Feb 15, 2022

Heysoos said:
Alright, looking for opinions. I currently have an RTX 3090 FE, got ahold of an RTX 3080 from an EVGA sign up from almost a year ago. I plan to eventually get the new Alienware QD-OLED monitor. Stick to the RTX 3090 and return the 3080 or sell the 3090 and keep the 3080? I feel like the 3090 is complete overkill for gaming but it was all I was able to get, which I thankfully got at MSRP.

I'd just stick to the 3090 FE if you are planning to get such a nice monitor.

I've had an EVGA 3080 XC3, EVGA 3080 FTW3 and now a 3090 FE, so I have some experience here, haha. Let me know if you have a specific question.

Rizific · Feb 15, 2022

if anyone is in the same shoes as me and has been waiting for a less-stupidly priced DDR4 z690 itx mobo, Newegg has an Asrock Z690 available for pre-order for $229. ive had this 12600k sitting in its box in my desk since before xmas just waiting for a mobo.

apathetic · Feb 15, 2022

Heysoos said:
I feel like the 3090 is complete overkill for gaming

I agree, but I am focused on 1440p gaming. Check benchmark comparisons for games you are interested in at the resolution you are going to target and decide if the extra is worth it for you. It was super low difference for me, and alot of the times when there was a big difference it was like "200fps instead of 190" kind of thing.

Also as a side note the 90fe would resell for quite a bit/is more desirable for certain people since it's a FHR card.

ChitonIV · Feb 15, 2022

Morzak said:
thanks for the tip, but I'm not in Europe and with shipping + Taxes + Customs that will be a bit to much. Will just have to watch out for some decent offers here.

Huh?----they are in Atlanta.

Humam · Feb 16, 2022

Is this good enough for a 1080/1440 build? or should I replace the i5 with an AMD processor.
I'm going to be building my first PC from scratch. Any helpful tips would be very welcome.

Intel Core i5-11400F 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
Gigabyte B560M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1200
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16
Zotac GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GAMING Twin Edge
ADATA XPG PYLON 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX

hussien-11 · Feb 16, 2022

Humam said:
Is this good enough for a 1080/1440 build? or should I replace the i5 with an AMD processor.
I'm going to be building my first PC from scratch. Any helpful tips would be very welcome.

Intel Core i5-11400F 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
Gigabyte B560M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1200
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16
Zotac GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GAMING Twin Edge
ADATA XPG PYLON 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX

It is good enough, but is there a reason not to go with the new i5-12400?
The motherboard is a bit mediocre in terms of VRM/cooling and you need to remove the power limit manually to push the CPU, there are better choices with no power limit and better VRM.
RTX 3060 is capable of 1440p, but RTX 3060 Ti would be more ideal for that resolution long term.

Humam · Feb 16, 2022

hussien-11 said:
It is good enough, but is there a reason not to go with the new i5-12400?
The motherboard is a bit mediocre in terms of VRM/cooling and you need to remove the power limit manually to push the CPU, there are better choices with no power limit and better VRM.
RTX 3060 is capable of 1440p, but RTX 3060 Ti would be more ideal for that resolution long term.

Just budgetary reasons but the difference isn't that much so I think I can squeeze the 12400 in.
What would you recommend as the motherboard for this build that doesn't cost toooo much?

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