AMD 5900X / 3080TI

[Frogbox]

Hey guys. This post is going to look eerily similar to one created just an hour or so ago, but I assure you that we're not the same person.

The PC is going to be used for gaming. I have a 1440p monitor at the moment (ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q). I'll be looking to upgrade to a 1440p ultrawide, or perhaps something better. This is something I'll be doing towards the end of the year, when my partner has granted me forgiveness and/or left me.

I'm 20 days at pre-production at the moment, and I've made more amendments than I care to admit. Here's the spec:

Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES 500D SE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-Plus Gaming
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 3080 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB HYDRO SERIES HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
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 16 to 19 working days
Promotional Item
Get Resident Evil Village with select Samsung SSDs
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland

EXTRAS:
I asked through email and have added a Corsair LL120 RGB LED FAN for the back exhaust.

The formatting may be a bit off as I am on phone, and the post to forum link didn't recognise all the changes I had made.

I chose the RAM (4X 8GB) as I understand that the new Ryzen CPUs enjoy using all the channels (may be the wrong phrase), and 16GB and above should be dual rank, but people are reporting cases of this not being true. I went with 4x8 as they are guaranteed to be single rank, providing optimal performance.

I know savings could be made on the graphics card, but I love the look of the Strix, and I'm not a fan of Palit/Zotac.

Budget isn't too much of an issue, but I'd appreciate advice on the storage front. I've got with the 970 m2 as I understand that the difference between the 970 and 980 is practically imperceptible. I wouldn't be moving large files about, so it would be from a purely gaming perspective. Would I still benefit from making changes here? Especially with Windows 11 looming and rumour of Direct Storage, or whatever it's known as.

I have the 2TB standard 870 SSD as an additional drive to stick games on, particularly those where load times really won't matter. I've avoided mechanical drives as I want things to be as quiet as possible.

I'd appreciate advice on the motherboard too. I've gone for the ASUS TUF range as I don't plan to overclock, and I'm unsure whether I'd use the features of anything better. I don't plan to do any rendering or design work.

I chose the 570 board as I understand that it provides better cooling, and has access to PCI4 (could be the wrong phase). I considered the 570F Strix board which costs a little bit more, but I heard it has audio issues. I currently have the ASUS MAXIMUS IX whose audio issues (clicking and popping) caused me to buy a separate AMP/DAC to bypass the on-board audio, after hours of searching for a real fix.

I've been lurking for weeks picking up tips from other users' posts, so figured it's time to post my own.

Any and all advice is welcome!

Thanks

 

[sck451]

Looks awesome. There's nothing that needs changing there (except that the monitor won't nearly be maxing out the capabilities of the graphics card), but there's a few things I'd consider.

• I'd go for the 500GB 980 Pro as a boot drive. The speed difference to the 970 is not going to be massive, but the price difference isn't that big either. I'd go for a smaller boot drive to help me keep the discipline of keeping files on separate drives!
• I'd take a second M.2 drive, such as the 2TB Intel 670p, rather than the SATA SSD. There are no advantages to the SATA format now (except in extreme high capacities); it's often the same memory chips, but they're bottlenecked by the SATA interface.

The 5900X is a surprisingly easy chip to drive: I think you'll be just fine with the Tuf X570. The 5900X is definitely luxury territory in terms of gaming (most games won't see a significant improvement over the 5600X, never mind the 5800X), but if you can afford it it's definitely not a bad call. The audio is definitely excellent: I can't hear the difference between my onboard sound and the external DAC on headphones.

 

[Frogbox]

Looks awesome. There's nothing that needs changing there (except that the monitor won't nearly be maxing out the capabilities of the graphics card), but there's a few things I'd consider.

• I'd go for the 500GB 980 Pro as a boot drive. The speed difference to the 970 is not going to be massive, but the price difference isn't that big either. I'd go for a smaller boot drive to help me keep the discipline of keeping files on separate drives!
• I'd take a second M.2 drive, such as the 2TB Intel 670p, rather than the SATA SSD. There are no advantages to the SATA format now (except in extreme high capacities); it's often the same memory chips, but they're bottlenecked by the SATA interface.

The 5900X is a surprisingly easy chip to drive: I think you'll be just fine with the Tuf X570. The 5900X is definitely luxury territory in terms of gaming (most games won't see a significant improvement over the 5600X, never mind the 5800X), but if you can afford it it's definitely not a bad call. The audio is definitely excellent: I can't hear the difference between my onboard sound and the external DAC on headphones.

Great stuff, thank you. I'll do some tinkering with the storage options.

As a general question open to anyone, I had a look at the Samsung G9, and noticed there were a handful of models. Is there a certain model I should aim for? Amazon had a few up for grabs with varying prices.

How would it compare to other monitors in the same price range?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Great stuff, thank you. I'll do some tinkering with the storage options.

As a general question open to anyone, I had a look at the Samsung G9, and noticed there were a handful of models. Is there a certain model I should aim for? Amazon had a few up for grabs with varying prices.

How would it compare to other monitors in the same price range?

The latest one is 240Hz, and HDR 1000, the others are a lot older and 120Hz and far lesser panels.

The G9 is this one and it's on sale atm at Amazon:

Samsung Odyssey G9 Curved Gaming Monitor, 49 Inch, 240hz, 1000R, 1ms, 1440p, Black White: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Buy

www.amazon.co.uk

It's quite frankly the ultimate monitor you can buy at the moment, for immersive gameplay, for multitasking and multi windows, just generally, it's leaps and bounds over anything else on the market.

 

[Frogbox]

The latest one is 240Hz, and HDR 1000, the others are a lot older and 120Hz and far lesser panels.

The G9 is this one and it's on sale atm at Amazon:

Samsung Odyssey G9 Curved Gaming Monitor, 49 Inch, 240hz, 1000R, 1ms, 1440p, Black White: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Buy

www.amazon.co.uk

It's quite frankly the ultimate monitor you can buy at the moment, for immersive gameplay, for multitasking and multi windows, just generally, it's leaps and bounds over anything else on the market.

That'll do for me. Can't pull the trigger quite yet, but I think the STRIX 3080TI will have me waiting a few months anyway. Thank you!