I’m not very tech savvy and building my 1st PC from scratch! Used to PC game perhaps 20 years ago but always bought pre-built PCs from Best Buy.Cocole gaming since.
Would you mind reviewing the PC that I intend to build and make any recommendations? I want this PC to run at the highest settings with good FPS. I tried to do my research but again my baseline knowledge is woefully lacking. I just purchased everything except the monitor, CPU, and GPU…but I can return if something doesn’t make sense.
I suppose I’m mostly hesitant about the motherboard and RAM.
Don’t hesitate to be brutally honest.
Monitor: 45" UltraGear™ OLED Curved Gaming Monitor WQHD with 240Hz Refresh Rate 0.03ms Response Time (will see what releases ~CES 2025 as it has matte coating and PPI isn’t great for non gaming)
I would use Micro Center as my source for parts and get a "build warranty" if there is one near you.
Now, Lian Li is not my favorite case maker. I have one and pretty much to sum it up as "never again"
Ask yourself this. Since you want a 5090, do you want a case that is vertical GPU mount compatible? This is a good option to consider as if you go with a horizontal mount, you will need massive supports. My next case will have a vertically mounted GPU.
How many fan do you want?
Are you going to be installing any "old style" 2.5 or 3.5 in hard drives?
How many USB C slots do you want on the case itself?
are you going to do custom cooling or AIO? If you go AIO, get the biggest one that will fit your case in the orientation you are using.
For the case, I would go with Coolermaster , Corsair, Thermaltake, or Fractal Design
The 45 inch monitor is going to be huge. Depending on the distance, you may experience a situation where it's too big and you are looking at one area and not noticing something in another area of the screen that is important.
CPU and GPU are fine, PSU is fine. Remember, you will want a very good surge protector/UPS for this thing (not noted in your post)
I prefer Samsung as my storage medium, but Crucial is a quality brand.
Other than your RAM, the rest looks good. I am running 192 GB of ram right now and my system runs so much better. I would suggest that you install 128 MB now (2x64), and then have room for up to another 128 MB in the future. While 64 is "okay" for now, it's getting to be pretty much the minimum for SC these days. If you run any other applications, even 64 is going to get a bit dicey. That said, I've been known to have Word, Excel, FFXIV, SC, and WoW up on my computer all at the same time, plus 20+ browser tabs, so as long as you have discipline, you should be okay with 64, but with the system you are already building, just go with 128.
I don't see ant problem with your build, it Is in face quote solidi.
My suggestions Will be to add a standard SSD for operating system and general programs ( they don't need a super fast drive) and really consider and AIO for the CPU.
Also for the case and fans take a look at phantex site: I've a phantex case and both design and production quality are really on the spot without breaking the bank too much.
I mean you've pretty much picked the best of everything so hard to give any corrections.
Only change I would make, I would get a 1TB NVME for O/S and Apps and the 2TB NVME just for games. I have always kept OS and APPS/GAMES on separate drives since the 1990s lol. Does mnake a faster reinstall just point the launcher/steam etc towards the D drive and have at it.
I’ll up the storage though. 2TB isn’t much these days. I’ll set aside the NVMe SSD for your operating system and some storage intensive games then grab regular SSDs for additional storage. You’ll use up 2TB in no time. I had my OS, Star Citizen, (both Live and EPTU), Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, and that was already a huge chunk of my storage.
Also consider 3rd party Geforce cards as opposed to the Nvidia founders stuff. 3rd party stuff generally have better cooling, overclocking, etc capabilities. I’m a big fan of the ASUS Strix series myself and have one of their 4070s.
I mean you've pretty much picked the best of everything so hard to give any corrections.
Only change I would make, I would get a 1TB NVME for O/S and Apps and the 2TB NVME just for games. I have always kept OS and APPS/GAMES on separate drives since the 1990s lol. Does mnake a faster reinstall just point the launcher/steam etc towards the D drive and have at it.
Storage:
Just happened to my friend a couple days ago in the middle of the holidays, his main SSD (an old Samu 870 SATA) died, like fully died. PC wouldn't even post if plugged in. Good thing I convinced him to get a second one instead of just changing up to a bigger one, he could continue using his PC after a fast reinstall of windows on his gaming SSD. Always have 2 drives at least.
If you are planning on "owning" a large quantity and size of media as well (movies pics and whatnot), I'd suggest investing in at least a high capacity (possibly external) HDD. Still the cheapest and safest choice for long term bulk storage.
Also just as a note of how little 2TB is, I got a casual train sim game that takes up 350gigs. I also had MSFM the previous one installed, that was nearing 800gigs. Not a typo. 800.
Cyberpunk in it's current state is what, like 80 gigs? Plus your saves and mods and shit, well over a 100gigs, and that's one of the smaller ones.
DCS, I only own a couple of modules and some mods, well over 250gigs...
Stalker2, 150gigs or something like that?
Sick CPU choice (no idea, I'm team blue forever baby!)
PSU probably great as well!
GPU: I'd wait for third party. Faster, possibly cheaper, better, maybe stronger. But most importantly, probably better cooling thus more quiet, and if there's issues like with the 4090 power cables, those should get fixed up by third parties after a while.
Case:
Can't tell you much about the case choice, LianLi isn't available in my country.
I've been using Fractal Design for the past 15 years, both at home and work, I love em. Maybe a bit behind current trends, more professional than gamer. Built tufff, solid heavy rigid bodies, no sharp edges that would cut you or the wires, rubber around the holes for cable managment, good foam and mesh inserts on vents, and the ones we used came with optional parts like vented top panels and extra ssd cages...
Airflow could be better, they run a bit on the hotter end, but I usually go with the more compact designs and avoid water cooling so it's understandable.
RAM
I wouldn't worry about the 64gig ram. SC runs fine with 32 even, hell it ran okay with 16 not so long ago... I have not found a game yet that could take advantage of anything above 64gigs, most games with windows running fat and some stuff open in the background still won't push it above 24gigs overall.
I'm running 128gig only because I use it for work (vfx sims). Chrome still crashes with 90gigs RAM free lol so that won't help you there.
Crucial is a fine brand I guess. Never owned anything from them, I think, but haven't heard anything bad either.
I've used corsair vengeance and now using hyper x fury, haven't had any issues with em in the past 15 years or so.
Mobo:
As for the mobo, no idea, probably fine? If the CPU fits...
ASUS used to be a good brand, until they weren't. I don't trust em nowdays, I think their rog gaming stuff is way overpriced.
My irl friends run em, heard good and bad (from boards being just dead on arrival, smaller issues like fans getting noisy after a couple of months despite cleaning, to having +10% performance over other brands)
I stay with Gigabyte.
Monitor:
UltraWide monitors... well they can be great or not if the game you're trying to play doesn't support it, which is still fairly common with a lot of games being console ports.
I don't know about the very expensive high-end LG-s, but in the low-mid range I'd buy anything before I buy LG. Their colors are amazing, the panels are sick, yes. As long as nothing moves. But their picture processing is god aweful. Intolerable amounts of ghosting, tearing, the picture is so messy that I'd rather play on a CRT in 640x480....
When I was building the second PC for the wife, I bought her a mid range LG monitor. She stopped playing. She literally couldn't see shit and just gave up gaming then and there until I got her a cheap Acer.
Friend bought an ultrawide one cos it was cheap relatively to others. Same thing, he exchanged it the next day for a samsung. It didn't have the same popping colors but it was crisp and clear and well worht it.
Another friend bought an LG OLED TV on BF a couple years ago, seemed like a great deal. I was highly regarded model by LMG and other reviewers... Well, payed shills will sell you trash, and he learned it the hard way. Basically no blacks to speak of, HDR was the "barely qualifies" useless 800 standard, and again, ghosting.... He still has it cos it cost half as much as any other OLED would in that size, but damn it's a shit TV.
Family members had some basic cheap LG monitors, it works fine for looking at photos and facebook, but that's about it.
Do keep in mind I'm not talking the 3000usd top high spec range, mostly entry-mid tier stuff.
LG? Just no. Never again.
I run Acers from the cheaper kinda-gamer end, from back when 144hz on a FullHD monitor was something to write home about.... They held up fine, color accuracy is what it is, good enough for me to have worked on commercials/movies but far from perfect. I'd recommend em over LG for sure.
I can't imagine living without at least 2 monitors. Yeah I know an ultrawide is basically 2 monitors stuck together. Can be great for stuff like flight/space/racing. But I'd still rather have 2 monitors. It's just me being dumb but my brain needs the separated extra space lol
Cooling:
I stay away from water. It's just an aversion to having it near my PC. As you are going the highest top tier in all, I'd take the advice from others that you need the largest AIO that fits your case.
What's going to bump up the temps will be the giant size and wattage of the GPU. Size matters, it restricts a lot of airflow for the mobo/cpu and dissipates a ton of heat their way as well. When I switched from a 2060s to a 3080, my temps skyrocketed from no issues to thermal throttling the cpu after 5 mins of rendering. I had to change to a grill-top on my case to have enough airflow. (thankfully Fractal cases come with options, just had to grab it and pop it on instead of the solid top plate)
Another reason to look into cases that offer vertical mounting the GPU on a riser. Keeping it away from you m.2s and mobo and all that... It doesn't seem like an issue until it is.
Well, anyways, I'm officially jelly. I'd love to have a new build like that! Good luck!
Ok, so based on the OP with the question being raised between the motherboard & RAM, I chose to go to official sources to check things out. According to the official ASUS website, that RAM speed should be great, though as others have already mentioned, 64 is not going to keep you happy for long because SC is RAM hungry at an increasing rate due to being non-optimized during its development.
This being said for your Mobo & RAM, if money isn't an issue, then why not give the CPU its full support by swapping to the ASUS ROG Strix-x870E-E Gaming WIFI? This Mobo allows higher RAM speeds & is more dedicated for the CPU's generation. Which allows its RAM to go from the recommended 6400 up to 8400, though there is a sweet spot that allows you to maximize your RAM at the 7200 speed. So if you're doing this upgrade, the RAM I'd suggest is the CORSAIR Vengeance RGB 96GB (2 x 48GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 7200 as it would allow you to be able to get the max amount of RAM (192) at a higher speed than your listed option.
As for your storage, I'd equip a SAMSUNG 990 PRO 2TB SSD, PCIe Gen4 M.2 2280 in the single Gen 4x4 slot as your boot drive, giving you plenty of room for the basics of things while still fast, and then in 1 of the 3 Gen 5 M.2 slots Install a Corsair MP700 PRO SE M.2 2280 4TB PCI-Express 5.0 x4 for gaming or other programs that you want to have the best load times for. As time passes, programs just keep getting larger in size, so the larger the drive, the less you'll need to rotate programs in & out.
5090 is prob overkill if you're running 3440x1440
1600w psu is waaay over kill. 1200w would be more than safe and way cheaper.
prob gonna have better compatibility/stability with x870(e) with a 9k cpu
current gen5 ssd are just overclocked gen4. for the same money 4tb sn850x or 990 pro is better money spent.
when you go over 6000 stability can rear its head. just be aware.
lian li is love. lian li is life.
Thank you everyone! I’m in the process of getting a second 4TB SSD and an Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 AIO. Can’t wait to get this build put together in several months and join you in the verse.
Thank you everyone! I’m in the process of getting a second 4TB SSD and an Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 AIO. Can’t wait to get this build put together in several months and join you in the verse.
those arctic aio's are the best bangbuck. prob still overkill for a 9800x3d but i spent the extra for a aio this round and everything is nice and quiet :D
edit: also you dont have to wait months tbh. the only thing you have to wait on right now is 9800x3d when it pops in stock at retail and the case if you're dead set. use the gpu you have now and build the rest. thats what i did.
You named your Carrack Mustard? Interesting choice. I named mine after the legendary explorer Ferdinand Magellan because I thought that would be a suitable name for it, hopefully I won't die aboard it before returning home on it from some epic adventure.
I’m not very tech savvy and building my 1st PC from scratch! Used to PC game perhaps 20 years ago but always bought pre-built PCs from Best Buy.Cocole gaming since.
Would you mind reviewing the PC that I intend to build and make any recommendations? I want this PC to run at the highest settings with good FPS. I tried to do my research but again my baseline knowledge is woefully lacking. I just purchased everything except the monitor, CPU, and GPU…but I can return if something doesn’t make sense.
I suppose I’m mostly hesitant about the motherboard and RAM.
Don’t hesitate to be brutally honest.
Monitor: 45" UltraGear™ OLED Curved Gaming Monitor WQHD with 240Hz Refresh Rate 0.03ms Response Time (will see what releases ~CES 2025 as it has matte coating and PPI isn’t great for non gaming)
Every ASUS board I've had (and there have been a fair few) has lost SATA and/or M2/PCIE drives. (Sometimes both at once). It is a royal pain to get them back. Gigabyte is likely to serve you better.
I would also recommend going with a wide Screen 32-35 inch ultra widescreen monitor and use the money on a 4TB drive instead of 2TB.
The 5090 is overkill for gaming. It will never be fully used, especially by Star Citizen. The 5080 should be more than enough unless you are doing high end 3D graphics work as well.
Now for getting parts. Unless you are really wanting to build your own computer, there are people that will build to your spec. I've dealt with XoticPC, Revel, and Origin (owned by Corsair), and would recommend all three. They are more likely to get the high end parts from their suppliers than you are.
If you are going to build it yourself, your buy list is missing a good anti-static mat. You definitely want one plus a grounding wrist strap. (Very expensive things happen without them.)
I would research your ram choice as 6000 mhz is the sweet spot and 6400 mhz is usually max stable, with 6800 mhz you are going to have to do some bios tweaking and hope that you won the silicon lottery with your cpu to get a stable crash free gaming experience. Being this is your first build I recommend going for a stable build over spending hours tweaking your system which can be frustrating for experienced builders and infuriating for someone new since the cpu is designed to run at a 1:1 ratio.
So in short I would go with 6000 mhz ram as recommended by AMD unless you are willing to put the time in learning to overclock your ram and the infinity fabric on your cpu which can destroy your cpu if done wrong, there are plenty of videos showing ram choices and what is required to get them stable here is a simple one explaining it.
1. Welcome to Test.
2. I wonder if you own an Aurora. Cough.
3. Grey Poupon isn't all that fancy, though if you need your sinus cavities cleaned out, it's a fair bet.
4. I was just a kid, but I can remember the Argus.
Try us in Discord too, if you haven't yet. Usually a bunch around.
those arctic aio's are the best bangbuck. prob still overkill for a 9800x3d but i spent the extra for a aio this round and everything is nice and quiet :D
edit: also you dont have to wait months tbh. the only thing you have to wait on right now is 9800x3d when it pops in stock at retail and the case if you're dead set. use the gpu you have now and build the rest. thats what i did.
1. Welcome to Test.
2. I wonder if you own an Aurora. Cough.
3. Grey Poupon isn't all that fancy, though if you need your sinus cavities cleaned out, it's a fair bet.
4. I was just a kid, but I can remember the Argus.
Try us in Discord too, if you haven't yet. Usually a bunch around.
Thanks! My original game package was an Aurora LN, which may or may not be coming back. I did also work on the CP-140 Aurora during my time in the Air Force if that counts ;)
