My First order for a gaming pc is this suitable or does anyone recommend any changes?

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LeoBad

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COOLERMASTER COSMOS C700M TOWER GAMING CASE (LS)
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Liquid Series RGB High Kit - Corsair Hydro X
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Clear Hardline Acrylic Tubing (Metallic Fittings)
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GPU Water Block - For Two Identical Graphics Cards!
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EK-CryoFuel Mystic Fog
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ASUS® ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME ENCORE: DDR4, 6Gb/s, CrossFireX/SLI, Wi-Fi AC - ARGB Ready
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128GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (8 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3090 - HDMI, DP
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16TB SEAGATE IRONWOLF PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 256MB CACHE
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16TB SEAGATE IRONWOLF PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 256MB CACHE
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2TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 1800MB/sR | 1800MB/sW)
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CORSAIR 1600W PRO SERIES™ TITANIUM AX1600i DIGITAL MODULAR PSU
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ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
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2x 120mm Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
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ASUS STRIX Raid DLX 7.1 PCIe sound card
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10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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Steveyg

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Yeah I wouldn't recommend going for a liquid series build unless your well experienced. They require pretty heavy maintenance

Can you let us know what it's for, what your budget is and what kind of monitor you'll be using and we'll help spec you something? Thanks

The monitor listed above is no where near enough to get the most out of that system. If you want a 3090 you should be looking at a monitor like the Samsung G9 not a 24" 1080p. That's like putting wooden cart wheels on a Ferrari
 
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LeoBad

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Hi thanks for the fast response :) the monitor Iv ordered from pcs is the ASUS PG259QN 24.5" G-Sync ROG Swift my budget was 9k and the purpose was just for gaming. my order is processing just wondered if I should change anything before I can’t.
 
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Steveyg

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LeoBad said:
Hi thanks for the fast response :) the monitor Iv ordered from pcs is the ASUS PG259QN 24.5" G-Sync ROG Swift my budget was 9k and the purpose was just for gaming. my order is processing just wondered if I should change anything before I can’t.
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Yeah I'd change the whole build to be honest. That monitor is no where near suited to your build mate, let me spec something here. Are you absolutely sure you want to go with a liquid series because you're really not going to get the most out of just gaming?
 
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Steveyg

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This is an absolutely nonsense gaming build at half your budget without the massive experience and maintenance required of a liquid series build. Use the left over budget and get a Samsung G9 Monitor to pair with this and you'll have something that's more powerful than any game can currently make use off. This is massively over specced for gaming though and I'm just blowing money on silly things like 8TB SSDs

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BE QUIET! DARK BASE PRO 900 REV. 2 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4)
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ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
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32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3090 - HDMI, DP
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8TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive
8TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
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500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
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2TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
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CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
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Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
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STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
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3x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit
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10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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Martinr36

Martinr36

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LeoBad said:
Hi thanks for the fast response :) the monitor Iv ordered from pcs is the ASUS PG259QN 24.5" G-Sync ROG Swift my budget was 9k and the purpose was just for gaming. my order is processing just wondered if I should change anything before I can’t.
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Yes cancel it, and go with the build that @Steveyg posted above linked to the G9
 
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JUNI0R

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For what I’d recommend, you’d be spending half your budget and it’ll still be one insane beast. I see your order is processing. I’d recommend calling up and cancelling as you won’t be able to amend to a non water cooled build. Intel is also a bad choice right now and AMD is smashing it, so I’ve gone with an AMD build.

The 5000X is a beast of a case. For gaming, the 5800X is THE CPU to have. They are better designed for gaming through their good single core performance. The Ryzen 9’s are more focused on multi core performance and therefore good for extreme video editing, motion graphics, or other similar creative tasks. I wouldn’t have a R9 for a pure gaming build personally. 32GB is tonnes, and will comfortably cover you if you decided you wanted to stream or video edit. The 3090 is a monster of a card. If you were looking for more RGB you could go for the STRIX but it’d cost more and likely increase wait time. For storage, I’m a little confused about your setup and why you need so much. I’ve gone for a 500GB Gen 4 M.2 boot SSD for windows and programs then a 2TB SSD for games and 2 2TB SATA SSD’s for everything else. If you need the storage you’ve put in, let us know and we can have a rejig. The 1000W will happily power everything in this build, the 1600W is just unnecessary unless you plan on running 3090’s in SLI. For top end cooling, the Corsair Capellix will be incredible and will keep the 5800X icy cool, the Corsair paste is high grade stuff so the extra one isn’t needed. Unless you do sound editing, the sound card isn’t needed, motherboard audio is pretty great these days. You’ll only need the capture card if you plan to stream game consoles with your PC. If you want to stream PC, you can just use software, Its currently out of stock so I haven’t put it in my spec. Norton will just be bloatware and Windows defender does a perfectly good job for free and the silver warranty is well worth the £5 although looking at the cost of this build, I’d be tempted to go with a higher tier.

For all your other parts/peripherals I’d look externally. PCS doesn’t have the best range of products and a lot of the time you can find better deals elsewhere. As has been recommended, the Samsung G9 will be an absolute dream with this spec.


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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
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ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3090 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
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2TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
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CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
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1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
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Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
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STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
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3x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit
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ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
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10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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scarpa1

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Yes its a bit over the top for the monitor, G9 at least or 4k ones.
As regards to the liquid series, yes they cost more than the AIO coolers but if you have the budget and its something you want then there's no problem with them.

I actually have one and they really don't need the massive maintenance like people say.
I've had mine since November and all the maintenance I've done so far is dust it.

PCS recommends coolant changes every 1 to 2 years and if your arent comfortable doing it yourself you can send it to them and they will do it, they do a liquid series package.
As for the rest, listen to the other posters, though if its purely for gaming then perhaps a 3090 and 5950x are going into the extremes.
Though again, if the budget is there why not go all in.
Just go all in on the monitor too, otherwise its a total waste.
 
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Steveyg

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If we're going to get stupid with Liquid Series this is what I'd go for

Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 1000D FULL TOWER CASE (LS)
Custom Liquid Cooling Kit
Liquid Series RGB High Kit - Corsair Hydro X
Tubing
Clear Hardline PETG Tubing (Bent/Metallic Fittings)
Graphics Card Cooling
GPU Water Block - For One Graphics Card!
Coolant Colour
EK-CryoFuel Mystic Fog
LED Lighting
2x 50cm UV LED Strip
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core (3.4GHz @ up to 4.65GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
24GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 3090 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
8TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive
8TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
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 SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
8 x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + 2 x Controller Kit (1000D ONLY)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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scarpa1

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When I first specced my liquid series I had the Corsair 1000D case until I realised I would need to build an extension to fit it in. :LOL:

Why is there do much storage needed? Can buy every game on steam and still have enough left for epic and gog.

The liquid series is the least of the over the top stuff the more you look at it.
 
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Steveyg

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scarpa1 said:
When I first specced my liquid series I had the Corsair 1000D case until I realised I would need to build an extension to fit it in. :LOL:

Why is there do much storage needed? Can buy every game on steam and still have enough left for epic and gog.

The liquid series is the least of the over the top stuff the more you look at it.
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The storage is for funsies a 9K budget why wouldn't you have absurd storage
 
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