Do I need more fans/cooling to this spec?

kondziu80

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Case
NZXT H500 MID-TOWER GAMING CASE (BLACK)
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i9-9900K Eight Core (3.60GHz @ up to 4.9GHz)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Master: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs WIFI - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
11GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, DP
2nd Graphics Card
11GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
2nd Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Braided Power Supply Cables
CORSAIR Premium Individually Sleeved PSU Cable Kit Pro - Black
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Asus Xonar AE 7.1-Channel Gaming Audio Card
Wireless/Wired Networking
ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 2100Mbps/5GHz, 1000Mbps/2.4GHz
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]
 

SpyderTracks

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what's it for and what's your max budget?

What monitor are you pairing it with? What resolution and refresh rate? or make and model if you're unsure?

What's the reason for the soundcard?
 

VenatoS

Well-known member
More case fans don't make a difference nearly. Maybe 1/2'C TOPS.
There was a LinusTechTips Video which basically confirmed that.

That spec looks like an absolut overkill if its for gaming :|
 

kondziu80

Member
what's it for and what's your max budget?

What monitor are you pairing it with? What resolution and refresh rate? or make and model if you're unsure?

What's the reason for the soundcard?

Monitor will be 4k 144Mhz Acer predator(probably)
What you mean what`s the reason for the sound card?
 

kondziu80

Member
What was your reason for choosing the soundcard over on board?
And what’s the build for?
Wasn't sure about the soundcard on board to be honest. Do you suggest to remove it from the build?
The build is a gift for my daughter as she got accepted on the uni . It'll be for her uni work 3d animation and rendering(future) and gaming of course. I know it may be too much at the moment but I'm hoping this pc will serve for another 5 years minimum as it was still new (Hope you understood what i mean)
 

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
Wasn't sure about the soundcard on board to be honest. Do you suggest to remove it from the build?
The build is a gift for my daughter as she got accepted on the uni . It'll be for her uni work 3d animation and rendering(future) and gaming of course. I know it may be too much at the moment but I'm hoping this pc will serve for another 5 years minimum as it was still new (Hope you understood what i mean)
It's not best practice to kit out a full PC with the view of long term performance for a few reasons:

The GPU will be outdated within 3 years whatever you do, there's no avoiding that. Definitely for gaming and moreso for rendering. Any gamer will look to upgrade a top tier card within 3 years certainly, more likely within 2.

SLI is not recommended for gaming certainly as very few games support it anyway and nVidia themselves don't really support it anymore, and those that do often suffer from microstuttering and other performance issues. It's always advised to go for one card. You're requirements may differ for rendering, but I would suggest buying 2 2080ti's now when you're not even sure what kind of workload your daughter will require (being that for rendering and animation, a Quadro card would be much better suited anyway) is not the best plan. I would opt for one 2080ti now and look to upgrade further down the line once she knows what her requirements are.

The on board sound is really really good these days, the dedicated soundcards are only required for specific uses in competitive gaming.

If opting for 1 GPU, you could drop the PSU to 750W

You don't need the higher thermal paste as the cooler has high quality paste pre applied.

I get the urge to slam everything up to the max straight away, but often you'll find the increase cost over the increase in performance just doesn't make any sense, and actually saving that cash for a normal future upgrade path actually offers better performance in the long term.
 

kondziu80

Member
It's not best practice to kit out a full PC with the view of long term performance for a few reasons:

The GPU will be outdated within 3 years whatever you do, there's no avoiding that. Definitely for gaming and moreso for rendering. Any gamer will look to upgrade a top tier card within 3 years certainly, more likely within 2.

SLI is not recommended for gaming certainly as very few games support it anyway and nVidia themselves don't really support it anymore, and those that do often suffer from microstuttering and other performance issues. It's always advised to go for one card. You're requirements may differ for rendering, but I would suggest buying 2 2080ti's now when you're not even sure what kind of workload your daughter will require (being that for rendering and animation, a Quadro card would be much better suited anyway) is not the best plan. I would opt for one 2080ti now and look to upgrade further down the line once she knows what her requirements are.

The on board sound is really really good these days, the dedicated soundcards are only required for specific uses in competitive gaming.

If opting for 1 GPU, you could drop the PSU to 750W

You don't need the higher thermal paste as the cooler has high quality paste pre applied.

I get the urge to slam everything up to the max straight away, but often you'll find the increase cost over the increase in performance just doesn't make any sense, and actually saving that cash for a normal future upgrade path actually offers better performance in the long term.
Thank you for your explanations really appreciate it. The only thing is this is a gift from my daughter's Godfather (one off) so I am not paying for it. I get what you mean but when the times come to replace anything gpu.cpu etc that will be me paying then so as for now I'll take your advise to remove soundcard and leave the rest as it is. Thank you
 
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