Rtx 3080 5 year build

[MinVer]

Hi guys! I’m waiting for my pc to be built and was just wondering whether it would be worth upgrading to 5900x from 5800x. My main concern is battlefield 2042 as it’ll be my primary game and it seems to be very cpu heavy according to reviews etc (massive maps, 128 players). I just want to make sure that the cpu won’t bottleneck the 3080. Is it worth it or will it be fine with the 5800x? Please see the build below and thanks in advance! 😊


Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
2TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
4 x CoolerMaster SickleFlow 120 ARGB + Controller Kit
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 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
Google Chrome™
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 14 to 17 working days
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[SpyderTracks]

You already have a suitable motherboard for the 5900x which is really good, so it would cost around £100 just to upgrade the processor.

The 5900x is the optimal for gaming, price aside.

BTW, you want to drop the thermal paste as the cooler already comes pre applied with higher quality paste.

I also wouldn't recommend the sickleback fans as the rest of your fans are corsair and they're not compatible, so you'd have to use different software to control RGB, seems a bit pointless.

You also don't have any wifi configured?

There's also no benefit to over 16Gb RAM for your uses, just won't be used.

 

[AgentCooper]

As above. Wouldn’t do any harm to bump that PSU up to the 1000w unit with some of the money you can save. That’d cover you for any future GPU upgrade 👍

 

[MinVer]

Thanks guys, for whatever reason I assumed that motherboard already came with wifi! Would it be worth to downgrade to a b550 motherboard and get the 5900x?
And I’ll swap the fans to the Corsair ones, will also remove the thermal paste.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thanks guys, for whatever reason I assumed that motherboard already came with wifi! Would it be worth to downgrade to a b550 motherboard and get the 5900x?
And I’ll swap the fans to the Corsair ones, will also remove the thermal paste.

No, not at all.

Just add a wifi card to the board you already have, that's the best setup for the 5900x. You want the AX200 card, it's not expensive.

You also don't need the RAM, a lot of people don't understand how RAM is used, unless there are uses you haven't mentioned, you won't get any benefit from 32Gb, just throwing money down the drain, it literally would never be used.

 

[MinVer]

Added the wifi card, removed thermal paste, changed to 5900x, upgraded to 1000w psu, taken off the ram and changed the fans to the Corsair ones (3x). Any obvious advantages to the strix 3080 when compared to the standard edition? Also, any other suggestions?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Any obvious advantages to the strix 3080 when compared to the standard edition?

Not for gaming, no, it's using the same GPU chip, so all cards perform exactly the same.

If it was for intensive use purposes like rendering or scientific acceleration, then yes.

 

[MinVer]

Not for gaming, no, it's using the same GPU chip, so all cards perform exactly the same.

If it was for intensive use purposes like rendering or scientific acceleration, then yes.

Okay, no point spending extra on it, thought it’d provide better cooling which would benefit when overclocking but I guess it’s all down to a silicone lottery anyway regardless 🤣

 

[SpyderTracks]

Okay, no point spending extra on it, thought it’d provide better cooling which would benefit when overclocking but I guess it’s all down to a silicone lottery anyway regardless 🤣

There's very little to gain from overclocking graphics these days as they auto overclock so efficiently. Again, it's only really relevant for hardware accelerated applications, not gaming.

Plus it would void your warranty to overclock graphics on a PCS build.

 

[MinVer]

Great, thank you for your advice. I have made all the changes you guys mentioned and upgrade to cpu, psu and still only £40 more, considering I probably wouldn’t have got any use out of that ram, it’s a no brainer. I would’ve also been extremely disappointed finding out there’s no wifi 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you guys!