it might be the high of seeing that "in-building" for the first time but what a lovely group of people on this forum, particularly following this thread has made it so much easier!
I LOVE YOU ALL 😍
thanks for your insights, the rig will also be used for my work and for video editing/streaming.
i checked benchmarks of what I wanted to play with these parts and I don't think I agree that the 3080 is overspend for 1080p. This is personal preference anyway, I'm not sure what you find...
i wish i had the money to get all the trimmings, but yes as scott said the main attraction was getting the GPU and CPU at the price offered in December. the mobo can be upgraded when I'm more financially able, the loss in performance in the mean time is not something I will lose sleep over...
appreciate the advice. i've not read such damning reports of the b550f paired with the 5900x, but i understand you see this as an act of incompetency and i'll do some further reading and see if I can squeeze £80 more out of my wallet for that sweet x570.
as for the rest of the build there isn't...
i have an m.2 sitting next to me waiting to grace the pc for boot.
i am aware the mobo is not perfect, hence why i asked earlier - but am happy with the decision.
as for the case thats a good point, i picked it purely on aesthetics.
as for the rest of the spec, i didn't really ask to have my...
i never said i posted it here.
very confused by your worry, please tell me what is so inefficient in the parts i put forward so i can rectify it. for clarification the ram is 2x16 and the SSDs are for storage not boot.