I was planning to add this to the topic I made yesterday but for some reason it was locked.
I'm looking for advice when it comes to the purchase of a 3090 card. Yesterday I asked about the branding available for the ~£1700 3090 on offer via PCS vs the ~£1900 Strix version that is currently out of stock. I reached out to PCS' sales team this morning with questions about the branding and received the information I was after. Yesterday it was suggested by a moderator that I just wait for the 3090ti but the sales representative said they don't plan on having the 3090ti (at least that's my understanding of the message?) and said that they're actually looking ahead at the 40 series, which as far I know have no confirmed release date but are expected around the end of this year.
I'd heard of 3 out of 4 of the 3090 brands mentioned by the sales rep and having done quite a bit of googling about different brands it seems they all perform quite differently when it comes to cooling and headroom for overclocking (using this video as a reference, though its based on specs and some OC card versions:
).
I'm happy to post my planned specs here but I'm not really looking for ways to make things much cheaper, I fully understand that I wouldn't be getting much value vs performance from my chosen parts, hence why I'd be happy to pay ~£200 more for the Strix's shroud. I have considered using a site like ebuyer but I'm wary as that would limit me to the manufacturer's warranty on the card rather than the extended warranty I'd be purchasing from PCS and in my limited experience of custom PCs the GPU was the only part I've had to have replaced.
With this message about the 3090ti potentially not being stocked and the 40-series cards being at best like 10 months away, what would you advise? I considered purchasing the PC now and using the upgrade service to grab a good 3090 when one becomes available through PCS, but there are apparently no estimates on when/if this card will be in stock and if I'm waiting for the 40 series it seems redundant to buy the PC now when 10 months down the line there could be better CPU/Ram/Motherboard/etc. options available for a similar price to now, but at the same time my current rig is not longer sufficient for my needs.
My planned specs:
I'm looking for advice when it comes to the purchase of a 3090 card. Yesterday I asked about the branding available for the ~£1700 3090 on offer via PCS vs the ~£1900 Strix version that is currently out of stock. I reached out to PCS' sales team this morning with questions about the branding and received the information I was after. Yesterday it was suggested by a moderator that I just wait for the 3090ti but the sales representative said they don't plan on having the 3090ti (at least that's my understanding of the message?) and said that they're actually looking ahead at the 40 series, which as far I know have no confirmed release date but are expected around the end of this year.
I'd heard of 3 out of 4 of the 3090 brands mentioned by the sales rep and having done quite a bit of googling about different brands it seems they all perform quite differently when it comes to cooling and headroom for overclocking (using this video as a reference, though its based on specs and some OC card versions:
I'm happy to post my planned specs here but I'm not really looking for ways to make things much cheaper, I fully understand that I wouldn't be getting much value vs performance from my chosen parts, hence why I'd be happy to pay ~£200 more for the Strix's shroud. I have considered using a site like ebuyer but I'm wary as that would limit me to the manufacturer's warranty on the card rather than the extended warranty I'd be purchasing from PCS and in my limited experience of custom PCs the GPU was the only part I've had to have replaced.
With this message about the 3090ti potentially not being stocked and the 40-series cards being at best like 10 months away, what would you advise? I considered purchasing the PC now and using the upgrade service to grab a good 3090 when one becomes available through PCS, but there are apparently no estimates on when/if this card will be in stock and if I'm waiting for the 40 series it seems redundant to buy the PC now when 10 months down the line there could be better CPU/Ram/Motherboard/etc. options available for a similar price to now, but at the same time my current rig is not longer sufficient for my needs.
My planned specs:
| Case | Send In Your Own Case |
| Case Model: | 5000d Airflow |
| Case From: | Corsair |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel® Core™ i9 16-Core Processor i9-12900K (3.2GHz) 30MB Cache |
| Motherboard | ASUS® ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO WIFI (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready |
| Memory (RAM) | 32GB Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM DDR5 5200MHz (2 x 16GB) |
| Graphics Card | INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU) |
| 1st Storage Drive | 4TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW) |
| 1st M.2 SSD Drive | 4TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W) |
| 2nd M.2 SSD Drive | 4TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W) |
| DVD/BLU-RAY Drive | NOT REQUIRED |
| Power Supply | CORSAIR 1600W PRO SERIES™ TITANIUM AX1600i DIGITAL MODULAR PSU |
| Power Cable | 1 x 1 Metre IEC C19 UK Power Cable |
| Braided Power Supply Cables | CORSAIR Premium Individually Sleeved PSU Cable Kit Pro - Black |
| Processor Cooling | CORSAIR iCUE H150i ELITE LCD Display RGB CPU Cooler |
| Thermal Paste | ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND |
| LED Lighting | 2x 50cm RGB LED Strip |
| Extra Case Fans | 5x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit |
| Sound Card | ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) |
| Network Card | 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT |
| Wireless Network Card | NOT REQUIRED |
| USB/Thunderbolt Options | MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS |
| Operating System | Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003] |
| Operating System Language | United Kingdom - English Language |
| Windows Recovery Media | Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account |
| Office Software | FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required) |
| Anti-Virus | NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE |
| Browser | Firefox™ |
| Warranty | 3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) |
| Delivery | STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI) |
| Build Time | Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days |
