£5,500 and it's telling me my front USB ports will be disabled?

[sck451]

Dude I'm loving what you built here.
RE the drives, I think you are right. These will be sufficient -- and much safer now you've explained ^^
My only question is cooling. Is there any reason not to get the very best liquid cooler? And the upgraded thermal paste? I am more than 1k under my budget so I would be happy to spend more for a quieter / faster machine

That is the very best liquid cooler. The more expensive ones just add an LCD screen on the CPU block. This looks pretty but doesn't help the cooling! What you want is the big radiator, which is what the H150i has.

The Corsair cooler also comes with very good thermal paste applied, so there's no need to buy more.

To make the machine quieter, the only real thing you can do is get better case fans. That's probably not needed, but if you do need to, it's an easy thing to fix after the fact, especially as PCS doesn't really stock quality case fans. But the reality is that, with a 13900K and a 4090, you aren't getting silence under heavy load!

 

[TonyCarter]

I find the best way to have a quiet PC is to have something else running that is louder - for example my HP Z-Book running a huge Excel model, or my noisy 5-bay Thunderbolt enclosure

 

[BillyBigBs]

Dude this is how much of a boomer I am... I've been refreshing my last comment to see your reply and only just realized I was on page 1/2.
I'm ordering this. THANK YOU.
If you have a wishlist where you accept gifts or something send me link brother

 

[sck451]

Dude this is how much of a boomer I am... I've been refreshing my last comment to see your reply and only just realized I was on page 1/2.
I'm ordering this. THANK YOU.
If you have a wishlist where you accept gifts or something send me link brother

Just send us some pictures when the PC comes and let us know how you're getting on with it!

 

[BillyBigBs]

Sorry... One more boomer question from me.
Dwelling on your observation about noise... what if I got one of these liquid series things? Wouldn't that be quieter? Or is that all hype?
This is what I've built:

Case
CORSAIR 7000D BLACK TEMPERED GLASS FULL TOWER CASE
Custom Liquid Cooling Kit
Liquid Series RGB High Kit - Corsair Hydro X - White
Tubing
Clear Hardline PETG Tubing (Bent/Metallic Fittings)
Graphics Card Cooling
GPU Water Block - For One Graphics Card!
Coolant Colour
Mayhems X1 UV Purple
LED Lighting
50cm UV LED Strip
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 24-Core Processor i9-13900K (3.0GHz) 36MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO (DDR5, LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
96GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 5600MHz (2 x 48GB)
Graphics Card
24GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 4090 - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
8TB SEAGATE IRONWOLF PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
6x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit (WHITE)
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 11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on USB Drive
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
48 HOUR INSURED PALLET DELIVERY TO UK (MON-FRI, INC. HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Price: £5,641.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z690-liquid/tg45cRuTJD/


NOTE: I couldn't seem to get the nvidia 4090. Is the Asus weaker?
Does all this liquid stuff make the rig any quieter? I don't care about aesthetics.

Thanks to any dudes that see this and offer expertise

 

[sck451]

Sorry... One more boomer question from me.
Dwelling on your observation about noise... what if I got one of these liquid series things? Wouldn't that be quieter? Or is that all hype?
This is what I've built:

Case
CORSAIR 7000D BLACK TEMPERED GLASS FULL TOWER CASE
Custom Liquid Cooling Kit
Liquid Series RGB High Kit - Corsair Hydro X - White
Tubing
Clear Hardline PETG Tubing (Bent/Metallic Fittings)
Graphics Card Cooling
GPU Water Block - For One Graphics Card!
Coolant Colour
Mayhems X1 UV Purple
LED Lighting
50cm UV LED Strip
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 24-Core Processor i9-13900K (3.0GHz) 36MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO (DDR5, LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
96GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 5600MHz (2 x 48GB)
Graphics Card
24GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 4090 - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
8TB SEAGATE IRONWOLF PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
6x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit (WHITE)
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 11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on USB Drive
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
48 HOUR INSURED PALLET DELIVERY TO UK (MON-FRI, INC. HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Price: £5,641.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z690-liquid/tg45cRuTJD/


NOTE: I couldn't seem to get the nvidia 4090. Is the Asus weaker?
Does all this liquid stuff make the rig any quieter? I don't care about aesthetics.

Thanks to any dudes that see this and offer expertise

Might be quieter, a bit. But it's a lot more faff, and a lot more points of failure. It would need regular servicing. Really, unless you're majorly into maintaining the PC, I'd recommend against it.

The biggest advantage is that they look really good. The biggest downside is, well, honestly everything else.

 

[Rakk]

what if I got one of these liquid series things?

Liquid Series builds tend to be much pricier for the same performance and I would suspect the sound level would be roughly similar.

Though also note that the Liquid Series builds do need proper maintenance on the custom loop - ie it will need a proper service of complete emptying, cleaning and refilling every 1-2 years - whereas the AIO's need none of that - PCS do offer a service plan for it but its far far more effort than an AIO

 

[BillyBigBs]

Copy that gentlemen THANK YOU