Gaming / Sim Racing Spec

[Thrasher]

Hey, so after a few months of deliberation, holidays and busy work period I'm back at looking at my new system.
Will be used for general gaming and sim racing (iRacing, Assetto Corsa etc). Maybe VR for the racing rig later down the line.
Max budget flexible but up to £3k seems good.

Current monitors :
2560x1440 144hz for main display / FPS and indie games
AW3423DWF 3440x1440 Ultrawide for sim racing and AAA games

Future monitor upgrade :
LG 32" UltraGear Dual-Mode OLED (4k @ 240hz / 1080p @ 480hz)
One to get later in the year, but will become my "main" display for gaming/general use and Ultrawide purely for sim racing

How's this looking? Wondered about replacing the stock fans in this case with some Corsair AF120's but when selecting 4 (3 front, 1 back) of them I get this warning :

The computer case you have selected can support up to 4 additional fan(s) and the processor cooler that you have selected will use 3 fan slots. Therefore the case can only support a further 1 additional fan(s). You have currently selected 4 additional case fan(s). Please reduce the quantity you have selected.

How do I add these letting PCS know I want to replace the stock fans? I think I must be missing something obvious?

Case
FRACTAL NORTH TG XL GAMING CASE (BLACK)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E) <-- wasn't sure between this and the STRIX model
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER - HDMI, DP, LHR
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti / RX 7700 XT AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W RMx SHIFT SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H150i ELITE LCD XT RGB CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe 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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Price: £2,679.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/Xb8fmEQJMW/



Thanks!

 

[sck451]

Looks like an amazing system. Literally the only thing I'd change is the storage: I'd get the Solidigm P44 Pros instead of the 990s: the speed is very, very close (each drive wins in different scenarios, but never by much) and the Solidigm drives are a little cheaper. Samsung's reliability issues do seem to be dealt with now on those drives, but I'd still prefer the Solidigm ones myself (and indeed have one in my own PC).

I wouldn't bother with the Strix board. Even the X670E is arguably excessive: you won't gain performance over the B650 (though I'd still choose the X670E board personally, given the extra USB and PCIe capacity that could be useful, maybe, perhaps, one day.) I would also not bother upgrading the fans unless you want RGB ones: the Fractal ones are perfectly good.

Otherwise, I'm just deeply envious.

 

[Thrasher]

Thanks, I'm quite excited to finally have a quality system where I'm not having to worry about budget and make hard decisions - only took me to my mid 40's to get there!

I might switch over to the Solidigm drives - I'd actually meant to select a 4TB Samsung one for the secondary drive as Solidigm max is 2TB. But seems switching to Solidigm 1 x 1TB / 2 x 2TB actually don't make a huge difference in price. With how big some games are now even 2TB can disappear surprisingly fast.

I think I'll stick with the TUF motherboard then - tried to compare but didn't see any obvious reason to go to the STRIX.

If I did want to upgrade the case fans to the Corsair RGB, do you know how I'd do this and avoid that config error?

 

[Martinr36]

If I did want to upgrade the case fans to the Corsair RGB, do you know how I'd do this and avoid that config error?

I'd give them a call and see what they say, or get and fit the corsairs yourself

 

[Thrasher]

Any opinions of ASUS Proart 4080 Super compared to the Palit / Zotac? I understand performance will be almost identical but wonder if the Asus one will provide lower temps? Keen to keep the system running as cool and quiet as can be.

 

[sck451]

Any opinions of ASUS Proart 4080 Super compared to the Palit / Zotac? I understand performance will be almost identical but wonder if the Asus one will provide lower temps? Keen to keep the system running as cool and quiet as can be.

I would suggest "not significantly". There may be a measurable difference, but almost certainly not one that's worth bothering about.