The PC Build Thread

[UrBaN963]

Hi.
I'm putting together a new PC. Any last minute suggestions? (Anything I left out?). I'll be buying in the coming week. I know there are new processors and graphics cards on the way, but I can not wait any longer. Current PC is very old and I'm struggling to run newer games. Feels a bit over the top, but it must last again for a few years. I'll be buying from Wootware and Techfox.
Monitor already bought and received from Evetech this week (was on massive special for one day).

Intel Core i7-12700KF - 12700kf
Corsair iCUE H150i Elite Capellix 360mm Liquid White CPU Cooler - H150i
ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 Intel Z690 - Asus Z690
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32GB - Vengeance
Galax GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Serious Gaming Edition - RTX 3080Ti
ASUS ROG STRIX 850G WHITE 850W 80 Plus Gold Certified Fully Modular Desktop Power Supply - PSU
Mushkin Pilot-E 2TB 3D TLC NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 Solid State Drive - SSD 2
Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 SE Cherry MX Speed Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - K70
Corsair Premium Spill-Proof Cloth Gaming Extended Mouse Pad - Mouse pad

Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive - SSD 1
Corsair iCUE 5000T RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case - White - Case
Cooler Master MM711 RGB Gaming Mouse - Retro - Mouse
Corsair LL120 RGB 120mm Dual Light Loop Fan - White - Fan

AOC CU34G3S 34" UltraWide QHD (3440 x 1440) - Monitor (Already purchased)

Thanks.

I'd go for a cheaper case and get the DDR5 version for about the same money.

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[Sup3rc]

I'd go for a cheaper case and get the DDR5 version for about the same money.

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Thanks. Looks like a nice motherboard. I guess it makes more sense to go with DDR5 now. Nice for future proofing. I've updated my cart.
I'm sticking with the case. It gets bad reviews for it's pricing, but I just like the looks of it and the extras you get with it.

 

[UrBaN963]

Thanks. Looks like a nice motherboard. I guess it makes more sense to go with DDR5 now. Nice for future proofing. I've updated my cart.
I'm sticking with the case. It gets bad reviews for it's pricing, but I just like the looks of it and the extras you get with it.

Is it much different to the one I put in? If you can afford the extra, go for it man. I see that case supports 10 fans, are you grabbing any extras?

 

[Sup3rc]

Is it much different to the one I put in? If you can afford the extra, go for it man. I see that case supports 10 fans, are you grabbing any extras?

No looks similar. I've had a lot of motherboards in my cart during the last month or two. Buying anything takes a lot of research from my side. I had the Gigabyte Auros DDR4 in for a while but changed it again. At this price range there's not a lot of differences. But DDR5 makes more sense. Maybe not now but I'm sure software will start optimizing it.
On the fans side. Still not sure. It's got the 3 intakes with the case and the 3 exhaust fans for the AIO. Will add another exhaust on the back for now. Maybe later, some more intakes.

 

[UrBaN963]

No looks similar. I've had a lot of motherboards in my cart during the last month or two. Buying anything takes a lot of research from my side. I had the Gigabyte Auros DDR4 in for a while but changed it again. At this price range there's not a lot of differences. But DDR5 makes more sense. Maybe not now but I'm sure software will start optimizing it.
On the fans side. Still not sure. It's got the 3 intakes with the case and the 3 exhaust fans for the AIO. Will add another exhaust on the back for now. Maybe later, some more intakes.

I would add one rear exhaust and call it a day, unless you find you need additional airflow. At some point it just becomes more noise without any real benefit. Also, DDR5 isn't amazing just yet, but I agree, rather get it now, it'll pay dividends in future I reckon.

 

[Rouxenator]

I tried DDR1 again recently and nearly burned down the house.

 

[UrBaN963]

@Rouxenator - explain your actions at 9:56 please

 

[Rouxenator]

@Rouxenator - explain your actions at 9:56 please

That was, like every other action in the video, a complete waste of time and effort.

 

[ponder]

Hi.
I'm putting together a new PC. Any last minute suggestions? (Anything I left out?). I'll be buying in the coming week. I know there are new processors and graphics cards on the way, but I can not wait any longer. Current PC is very old and I'm struggling to run newer games. Feels a bit over the top, but it must last again for a few years. I'll be buying from Wootware and Techfox.
Monitor already bought and received from Evetech this week (was on massive special for one day).

Intel Core i7-12700KF - 12700kf
Corsair iCUE H150i Elite Capellix 360mm Liquid White CPU Cooler - H150i
ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 Intel Z690 - Asus Z690
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32GB - Vengeance
Galax GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Serious Gaming Edition - RTX 3080Ti
ASUS ROG STRIX 850G WHITE 850W 80 Plus Gold Certified Fully Modular Desktop Power Supply - PSU
Mushkin Pilot-E 2TB 3D TLC NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 Solid State Drive - SSD 2
Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 SE Cherry MX Speed Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - K70
Corsair Premium Spill-Proof Cloth Gaming Extended Mouse Pad - Mouse pad

Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive - SSD 1
Corsair iCUE 5000T RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case - White - Case
Cooler Master MM711 RGB Gaming Mouse - Retro - Mouse
Corsair LL120 RGB 120mm Dual Light Loop Fan - White - Fan

AOC CU34G3S 34" UltraWide QHD (3440 x 1440) - Monitor (Already purchased)

Thanks.

There are two models for mushkin ssds, can't remember which is which but get the better one.

 

[_kabal_]

Hi.
I'm putting together a new PC. Any last minute suggestions? (Anything I left out?). I'll be buying in the coming week. I know there are new processors and graphics cards on the way, but I can not wait any longer. Current PC is very old and I'm struggling to run newer games. Feels a bit over the top, but it must last again for a few years. I'll be buying from Wootware and Techfox.
Monitor already bought and received from Evetech this week (was on massive special for one day).

Intel Core i7-12700KF - 12700kf
Corsair iCUE H150i Elite Capellix 360mm Liquid White CPU Cooler - H150i
ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 Intel Z690 - Asus Z690
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32GB - Vengeance
Galax GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Serious Gaming Edition - RTX 3080Ti
ASUS ROG STRIX 850G WHITE 850W 80 Plus Gold Certified Fully Modular Desktop Power Supply - PSU
Mushkin Pilot-E 2TB 3D TLC NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 Solid State Drive - SSD 2
Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 SE Cherry MX Speed Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - K70
Corsair Premium Spill-Proof Cloth Gaming Extended Mouse Pad - Mouse pad

Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive - SSD 1
Corsair iCUE 5000T RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case - White - Case
Cooler Master MM711 RGB Gaming Mouse - Retro - Mouse
Corsair LL120 RGB 120mm Dual Light Loop Fan - White - Fan

AOC CU34G3S 34" UltraWide QHD (3440 x 1440) - Monitor (Already purchased)

Thanks.

Awesome build but that PSU seems ridiculously priced, compared to the Superflower Leadex III or EVGA SuperNova GT which are A tier PSU’s. Obviously they aren’t white, but not sure how much that affects the asthetics of your build.

 

[ponder]

Awesome build but that PSU seems ridiculously priced, compared to the Superflower Leadex III or EVGA SuperNova GT which are A tier PSU’s. Obviously they aren’t white, but not sure how much that affects the asthetics of your build.

I think the asus is made by seasonic while the evga is probably superflower. R1500 is a heavy premium assuming he wants a white psu.

 

[Barbarian Conan]

There are two models for mushkin ssds, can't remember which is which but get the better one.

The pilot is the one with DRAM, the Helix is the worse one.
I wanted to say he should get rather get a PCIe 4.0 one since the system is a beast, but saw he already did include that as well...

For a pure gaming system I would rather look at a 5800X3D or for mixed use I would save money on the case and get an i9. Still, nothing wrong with it as configured, and at 1440p ultra wide you probably won't be CPU limited for this GPU or the next one you upgrade to in 3 years time.

 

[Sup3rc]

Thanks alot for the input. I've looked into the 5800x3d, but something just doesn't do it for me, don't know. Its a beast of a gaming CPU, no doubt, but it struggles with productivity work.(against the other CPU's, I doubt I'll see the actual difference) I'm worried its going to catch up with me later on.
I'm not locked into anything, buy I think I'll go with the Intel.
The case I'm going to stick to. That one is like a collectors item where no one understand why you spend unnecessary money, but you must do it.

Is it better to go then with the Superflower Leadex III or EVGA SuperNova GT PSUs? I'll just buy white power cables. The black PSU will contrast the white case a bit. The motherboard will in any case be black. The 5000t has a small window to show off part of the PSU.

I've added the Muskin Pilot as an extra drive. I looked for the cheapest medium spec drive. Seems like a good secondary drive. Seagte firecuda will be the main drive.
Below pick of a white 5000t with black PSU.

 

[ponder]

Is it better to go then with the Superflower Leadex III or EVGA SuperNova GT PSUs?

Whichever has the longest warranty.

 

[airborne]

Awesome build but that PSU seems ridiculously priced, compared to the Superflower Leadex III or EVGA SuperNova GT which are A tier PSU’s. Obviously they aren’t white, but not sure how much that affects the asthetics of your build.

It also isn’t platinum rated, from what I understand over the life of a pc that small electricity savings you get from platinum efficiency rated psu’s could add up to a fair bit?

 

[Sup3rc]

It also isn’t platinum rated, from what I understand over the life of a pc that small electricity savings you get from platinum efficiency rated psu’s could add up to a fair bit?

Thanks a lot for all the details so far everyone . I did not go deep into the PSU's research. I'll still do some fine tuning before I make the final purchase. This last few months has been hectic with deciding where to go, and reviewing each product. I hate myself for triple checking everything. The monitor was a biggest schlep, that took me the longest time to research everything available in South Africa. Couldn't decide on 4k or UltraWide 1440p. But that one day when the AOC ultrawide was on special for almost R5000 less, I knew I must take it.

 

[ponder]

It also isn’t platinum rated, from what I understand over the life of a pc that small electricity savings you get from platinum efficiency rated psu’s could add up to a fair bit?

The savings going from gold to platinum is minimal, over a year it won't even buy you a beer in the pub.

 

[Solarion]

AMD Build
R3849 - AMD Ryzen 5 5600
R2387 - Gigabyte B550M DS3H Motherboard
R1199 - G.Skill F4-3600C18D-16GVK Ripjaws V 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL18
R849 - Corsair CP-9020221-WW CX650M 650W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular PSU
R8284 - TOTAL


Intel Build
R3599 - Intel BX8071512400F Core i5-12400F
R2371 - Gigabyte B660M DS3H Motherboard
R1199 - G.Skill F4-3600C18D-16GVK Ripjaws V 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL18
R849 - Corsair CP-9020221-WW CX650M 650W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular PSU
R8018 - TOTAL


I just looked at one site quickly but also compare prices from,

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I'm about to go ahead with this. I've decided to throw in a solid state drive to possibly around the 500gig region. I'm still on a mechanical drive!! Could you please suggest something. I see Mushkin is quite popular but I've never heard of them. Also they seem to plug into the motherboard? Is that some type of adapter that is needed? Thank-you in advance

 

[Lupus]

I'm about to go ahead with this. I've decided to throw in a solid state drive to possibly around the 500gig region. I'm still on a mechanical drive!! Could you please suggest something. I see Mushkin is quite popular but I've never heard of them. Also they seem to plug into the motherboard? Is that some type of adapter that is needed? Thank-you in advance

Technically your mechanical drive plugs into the motherboard via the sata port .
But if you buy an m2 or nvme drive it slots into an m2/nvme slot on the motherboard

 

[greg_SA]

I'm about to go ahead with this. I've decided to throw in a solid state drive to possibly around the 500gig region. I'm still on a mechanical drive!! Could you please suggest something. I see Mushkin is quite popular but I've never heard of them. Also they seem to plug into the motherboard? Is that some type of adapter that is needed? Thank-you in advance

I got this one recently - seems very popular (good performance for the price).

Mushkin MKNSSDPE500GB-D8 Pilot-E 500GB​

Wootware

One more thing - I see you are going with the i5-12400F - for the same price, you can get the non-F from Evetech. At least if your GPU gives issues, you can still use the onboard graphics.