Submitted 4 days ago by wildworld@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
The list looks great! The only recommendation I’d make is to maybe add an additional 500 GB SSD and put the OS on that, and use the 4 TB drive for just storage. I like to do this with builds so that if something happens with the OS drive (e.g. corruption or driver issues), you can comfortably reinstall the OS on the smaller drive and minimize data loss.
Those are really great specs and yeah you should be able to run just about anything released so far at the maximum settings with those specs.
That’s quite the build, a dream for most of us. Lucky boyfriend you got lol
Maybe go for a 1200W PSU… Just to be sure. And FYI the 50 gen is just about being released so the 4090 will be dated a little faster.
1200w is unnecessary for these specs. I have a 7700X & a 4090 and my PC never draws more than 450w from the wall.
I would be careful with recommending trying to price-optimize power supplies. Sustained/average power draw under load is not peak power draw, and tolerances beyond the rated PSU wattage vary by manufacturer.
The OP is also looking into the RTX 5090, which is even more power hungry.
Why a 4090 now? A 5090 costs 11% more but is ~30% faster. If you’re going to get a high-end GPU, it’s a better bang for your buck.
They’re expecting the 50 series to have some scarcity issues, so be aware of that. In addition to that, it’s possible that people may scalp up 40 series because of an expected shortage, so be aware of that as well.
That’s what I experienced when trying to upgrade from the 10 to the 20 even when the 30 came out. People were still hoarding 20 series and I wasn’t able to comfortably upgrade until the 40 series came out.
While there’s nothing wrong with having an oversized cpu cooler, you could definitely drop down to the 280 if you wanted to try to go for a more compact build. You will have a lot of empty space in that case.
If you’re interested in saving money you could tweak this. (Unless you can get the 4090 for MSRP it’s burning money)
I’d suggest using pcpartpicker as well.
That ram is probably not going to work correctly.
If you don’t wanna deal with the hassle of building one yourself. I’ve heard good things about these guys www.digitalstorm.com
Add a smaller boot drive to run the OS and programs from, for sure. Maybe 2 if he wants to dual boot Windows and Linux(Steam OS full release is on the horizon).
If you can snag a 5090 in 2-3 days when they release, you’ll definitely be future-proofing yourself a bit more. There’s a liquid cooled version of the 5090 by Gigabyte that’s sure to be one of the best performing aftermarket variants.
I’d also swap the motherboard with the Asrock Taichi X870E, which is the best featured X870E board IMO. I’ve also had loads of issues with Asus products. Otherwise, it looks pretty maxed out. You win all the brownie points!
He’ll never need 64gb of ram, 32 is plenty. Careful with that cooler the arctic freezer rads are pretty thick and don’t fit in most cases
32 isn’t plenty, and the difference in price is miniscule compared to everything else. I’ve had 64 7 years ago and it was great, not a gaming rig tho.
Is that ram compatible with the mainboard?
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah this should absolutely run anything you throw at it. I can vouch for bequiet cases. Great airflow and silent fans.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Same. Just built in a bequiet dark base 901 pro last weekend, absolute dream to build in compared to my last case (coolermaster h500m), so easy to customize