Losing my mind

[Dazza 89]

Decided as its gonna be a long wait I'd go for something else I've had to cancel my previous order as couldn't be changed to a liquid series, finally been swung on amd also I'm just wondering if there's anything I could do better with my build as it's costing me a lot more than my original one

I have a Samsung odyssey g7 27 inch
Want it for gaming and streaming

Case
LIAN LI O11DYNAMIC XL ROG CERTIFIED GAMING CASE
Custom Liquid Cooling Kit
Liquid Series RGB Lian Li PC011D – EK
Tubing
Clear Hardline PETG Tubing (Bent/Black Fittings)
Graphics Card Cooling
GPU Water Block - For One Graphics Card!
Coolant Colour
EK-CryoFuel Neon Green
LED Lighting
2x 50cm RGB LED Strip
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core (3.7GHz @ up to 4.7GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year

 

[Martinr36]

What's the budget

 

[Dazza 89]

£3650 is my quote I'd like to make it cheaper rather than more expensive but that's my limit thanks

 

[thestokehero]

£3650 is my quote I'd like to make it cheaper rather than more expensive but that's my limit thanks

Plenty of ways that you could make it cheaper but they will of course reduced the performance of the build. Id say for quick wins adjust your storage - do you really need a 2tb m.2? And remove the WIFI card if you dont NEED wifi connectivity to the rig. Could also drop the warranty down, if you really want to save a little more there.

Without more info on what games youre playing, stats youre trying to hit (4k, fps etc) its hard to make suggestions.

Hope this helps though!

 

[AgentCooper]

Here you go, cheaper and easier to live with. I think the G7 is 1440p 240Hz so you could make it cheaper by going for a 3070. You won’t hit 240Hz... but you don’t need to anyway 🙂👍

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 680X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 4400MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
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 16 to 18 working days
Price: £3,000.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/av!apYHbmA/

 

[Dazza 89]

Plenty of ways that you could make it cheaper but they will of course reduced the performance of the build. Id say for quick wins adjust your storage - do you really need a 2tb m.2? And remove the WIFI card if you dont NEED wifi connectivity to the rig.

Without more info on what games youre playing, stats youre trying to hit (4k, fps etc) its hard to make suggestions.

Hope this helps though!

I play games like warzone, total war, cyberpunk, strat games, fps games mainly I thought the 2tb m.2 would be ideal for the games as quite a few are big games I'm happy with 2k as that's all my monitor outputs with 240hz 1ms refresh but would be upgrading to 4k in the future I want as much fps as I can get I'm not bothered about making it cheaper but don't wanna go anymore expensive thanks

 

[Dazza 89]

Here you go, cheaper and easier to live with. I think the G7 is 1440p 240Hz so you could make it cheaper by going for a 3070. You won’t hit 240Hz... but you don’t need to anyway 🙂👍

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 680X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 4400MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
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 16 to 18 working days
Price: £3,000.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/av!apYHbmA/

I want liquid series lol want something that looks awesome only cancelled my order due to finding they did liquid series

 

[thestokehero]

I play games like warzone, total war, cyberpunk, strat games, fps games mainly I thought the 2tb m.2 would be ideal for the games as quite a few are big games I'm happy with 2k as that's all my monitor outputs with 240hz 1ms refresh but would be upgrading to 4k in the future I want as much fps as I can get I'm not bothered about making it cheaper but don't wanna go anymore expensive thanks

Take a look at AgentCooper's reponse above mine, basically everything in a nutshell and saving yourself a few bob . Will hit everything you want to do from what youve said there.

 

[AgentCooper]

I want liquid series lol want something that looks awesome only cancelled my order due to finding they did liquid series

But do you really need the extra hassle that comes with liquid? It gains you no extra performance. You’ll have to drain and refill it once a year or so to keep it fresh which isn’t the easiest of tasks. PCS will do it for you but it’ll cost you about £150 each time for the privilege and you’ll be without your system for a week or two whilst they do it.

Just seems a bit much effort and money for no actual benefit.

 

[thestokehero]

But do you really need the extra hassle that comes with liquid? It gains you no extra performance. You’ll have to drain and refill it once a year or so to keep it fresh which isn’t the easiest of tasks. PCS will do it for you but it’ll cost you about £150 each time for the privilege and you’ll be without your system for a week or two whilst they do it.

Just seems a bit much effort and money for no actual benefit.

Completely agree. Go for an AIO cooler. Much less hassle, essentially everything you could need.

 

[MrWilson]

But do you really need the extra hassle that comes with liquid? It gains you no extra performance. You’ll have to drain and refill it once a year or so to keep it fresh which isn’t the easiest of tasks. PCS will do it for you but it’ll cost you about £150 each time for the privilege and you’ll be without your system for a week or two whilst they do it.

Just seems a bit much effort and money for no actual benefit.

I am with AC on this. Liquid cooled builds look better, but with that comes additional cost and maintenance. You are trying to save money; quite simply the best way to do that is to not go for a liquid cooled build.

There wouldn't be a whole lot I would recommend downgrading from the liquid build either. You could probably downgrade to the 5800x and still game and stream without issue, but looking at how much more value, savings and convenience you can get with an AIO over a custom loop, I would personally recommend dropping the liquid cooled aspect of the build.

 

[Dazza 89]

But do you really need the extra hassle that comes with liquid? It gains you no extra performance. You’ll have to drain and refill it once a year or so to keep it fresh which isn’t the easiest of tasks. PCS will do it for you but it’ll cost you about £150 each time for the privilege and you’ll be without your system for a week or two whilst they do it.

Just seems a bit much effort and money for no actual benefit.

I've literally just canceled my order a few days ago due to wanting a liquid build I could of just swapped to a amd build and not lost my position for the 3080, I'm pretty sure it can't be rocket science to drain and refill ? I want it for how it looks aswell as performs and I really like the look of the liquid series and a lot shorter queue than a standard build

 

[Dazza 89]

I am with AC on this. Liquid cooled builds look better, but with that comes additional cost and maintenance. You are trying to save money; quite simply the best way to do that is to not go for a liquid cooled build.

There wouldn't be a whole lot I would recommend downgrading from the liquid build either. You could probably downgrade to the 5800x and still game and stream without issue, but looking at how much more value, savings and convenience you can get with an AIO over a custom loop, I would personally recommend dropping the liquid cooled aspect of the build.

I'm not trying to make it cheaper just don't want to make it more expensive I'm pretty set on the liquid build as cancelled my order and don't want to go to the back of the 1500 people for the 3080

 

[AgentCooper]

Well... if you’re really set on it I’d recommend changing your motherboard to the ROG Strix X570 and swapping in the AX200 WiFi card. That’ll take your price up, you could consider dropping the warranty to silver and maybe changing the 2TB 970 to the 1TB PCS.

 

[Dazza 89]

I have to admit, I haven't been a fan of liquid builds due to the fishtank bowl reservoirs in them....However, I will admit that the Lian Li is a stunning looking system...someone did a review post recently and it looked amazing.

On your spec, you may want to upgrade that Wi-Fi card if you are using one as it's fairly dismal (you want the AX200)...or remove completely if you only use a wired connection to save yourself £8

Yeah I've seen a few builds and fell in love with it definitely something to catch the eye and didn't realise I even had that in and don't need it as I only do wired thanks.

 

[Martinr36]

Oops...didn't mean for it to be so big

The size does it justice

 

[Dazza 89]

Thanks for all of your input just a little tweak get rid of the WiFi and I'll get it ordered 👍 I'll be sure to post my beauty when it eventually arrives lol

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thanks for all of your input just a little tweak get rid of the WiFi and I'll get it ordered 👍 I'll be sure to post my beauty when it eventually arrives lol

If you want the 5900x you NEED the strix motherboard as a minimum for stability. The VRMs aren't suitable on lesser boards.

 

[AgentCooper]

Oops...didn't mean for it to be so big

The size does it justice

Have I just stumbled into an episode of ‘Allo, Allo!’ or something?

 

[Dazza 89]

If you want the 5900x you NEED the strix motherboard as a minimum for stability. The VRMs aren't suitable on lesser boards.

I've changed to that I belive I'm the actual worst as slightly regretting cancelling my old order just to get a liquid series but I'm sure I'll be super happy when I get it