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Not sure tbh, I keep reading it's total overkill. Any reason why you picked the Meshify, I had considered that case before bur from what I could find it would fit a 4080/4090 but just barely. I'd also have to upgrade the PSU to a 1000w, right?

Budget (including currency): Not a factor Country: Belgium Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Purely gaming Other details Current setup: 9700k, 1080Ti, 16GB // 27" 2560x1440@144Hz & 2nd 27" 2560x1440@60Hz (happy with those displays but I might upgrade to ultra-wide in the future). I'm set for peripherals. The build is for gaming only and I'm hoping it'll last about 4-5 years, 13700k and 4080 might be a bit overkill but I always like to have some headroom. I don't care about RGB, the SP120 fans will be the non RGB variants. Originally had the Samsung 990 in the build, but those seem to be failing at an extremely rapid rate. Other storage suggestions are welcome. PCPartPicker Part List CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor ($418.17 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i RGB ELITE 65.57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($169.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z790-E GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($543.28 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($179.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: Asus ROG-STRIX-RTX4080-O16G-GAMING GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card ($1549.99 @ ASUS) Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case ($174.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: be quiet! Dark Power 13 850 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro OEM - DVD 64-bit ($153.36 @ Amazon) Case Fan: Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fan ($24.19 @ Amazon) Case Fan: Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fan ($24.19 @ Amazon) Total: $3378.14 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-01-29 08:39 EST-0500 Any suggestions are welcome.

My old Asus board doesn't know what RGB is. Still it should work regardless of the other hardware, but that wasn't the issue, it was the software itself that wouldn't start, would crash or wouldn't remember previous set functions, etc... I realize I might've been alone or among the unlucky few with that experience. I'll have another look at Gigabyte. Any board in particular I should check out?

Thanks for the feedback all! I'll think about reducing the storage, might be a bit to much at the moment. Still in doubt about the case, I've been looking at the Meshify C, any opinions on that one? Airflow should be better but it'll surely be louder. I've read around 40 dBA vs aprox. 30 dBa for the R6. I that a real audible difference? Any other remarks are very welcome! @ChewToy! I currently own a Gigabyte Aorus gpu and the software isn't all that great. I don't really care about RGB, but the Aorus Engine and RGB Fusion has been hit or miss. Usually I had to revert to previous older versions of the software. I can manage without the software, still I was kind of hoping for a better experience. While the Asus software for my current mobo isn't anything spectacular, all functionality is there and working.

Hi guys, I'd really appreciate some advice with my next gaming build. Apart from gaming I'll also occasionally run a few VM's, hence the 32GB ram. I'm all set for monitors (2x 23" 1080p @ 60Hz & 1x 27" 1440p @ 144Hz) and peripherals. Budget isn't really an issue, I don't mind a little overkill or paying premium for service, but nothing to extreme. Here's my build so far. Intel Core i7-9700K Be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING Corsair Vengeance LPX (32 GB: 2 x 16 GB - 3200 MHz / PC4-25600 - CL16) Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 Samsung 860 EVO 2TB be quiet! Dark Power PRO 11 850W Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11G Although I'm not happy with the Gigabyte software, I'll be using the GPU from a previous build, upgrading to a RTX series just doesn't seem worth it ... for now at least. The 1TB 970 EVO might chance to a 500GB model, not sure on that yet. While I like the Define R6 and it seems to get good reviews, I'm not to sure about the airflow. I'm not going balls to the walls with OC'ing, but a little can't hurt. A mix between silence and cooling seems hard to find. A 2nd onboard NIC would be great, but the choice seems limited or costs a hefty premium, an additional pci-e NIC seems a better option. Any advice is welcome. Regards