Budget (including currency): Loosely $2k, let's say $2200
Country: US
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: current gen gaming (eg flight sim), comfortably future proofed but not over the top.
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
$379.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
$159.99 @ Best Buy
Memory
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory
$144.99 @ Newegg
Storage
Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
$169.99 @ B&H
Video Card
Asus GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card
Purchased For $801.99
Power Supply
Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Purchased For $134.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total
$1791.89
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-24 06:53 EDT-0400
I'm a bit of a noob so please be gentle.
I have already bought the RTX 3080 and 850W power supply. I intend to be getting an i9 9900K with an AIO liquid cooler, 32 GB DDR4 3600 (2x16) (for now), and an nvme ssd (1TB I think, listed above). I have all peripherals taken care of already.
My last rig died when my already sketchy mobo finally gave up the ghost. It's been a few years and time for me to upgrade from my GTX 970 anyway. It has data spread over a 2.5" SSD and a 3.5" HDD which I might physically move over if it's easily doable--but I'll still be moving into an nvme regardless for the performance considerations.
I need help deciding on a motherboard and case still. I have, oh, in the range of $300-400 or so to spend on these two components combined, but this is a soft cap if it has to be, so I've been looking at cases and mobos both in the $1xx sorts of ranges I guess.
For the case I'd first considered nzxt 510 elite by looks as a first starting point reccomend by a friend until I saw the gamers nexus review of its abysmal thermals, which is a deal breaker for me. I'd then considered the P500A Digital RGB to remedy that problem but not only is it permanently out of stock everywhere, in truth the look of the fans from behind the mounting mechanism seems a bit scuffed to me, but I like the look of tripple RGB fans on the front I've decided. That's kind of a big move for me as I'm a very function over form sort of person and historically been somewhat anti-rgb but I've put a toe in and I feel myself now slinking all the way into the pool. I'm looking for any recommendations with 1stly great airflow/thermals, and 2ndly some nice looking rgb, absolutely in that order though. If I have to buy some extra fans I have no issue doing this but please provide some guidance here as I am a noob to a lot of this.
For a motherboard I want something with a good feature set, a bios that people don't hate, and with the headers to support whatever case I'll be getting. I mostly don't care what it looks like, but I have already vetoed the Asus Prime z390-A because I am not looking to build a white system and as such I thought that the trim on that otherwise great board was ugly as sin. Wifi/bluetooth is a nice-to-have but absolutely not mandatory in the slightest, as is support for 128GB of RAM--the likelyhood is I won't upgrade to more than 64 before an upgrade. I'm mostly concerned that the BIOS is very good and that there's plenty of useful and modern ports, and has the required headers for the case. I'm currently floating the gigabyte z390 aorus pro wifi as an option. Motherboards are the component I would say I know the least about.
This is my first real build without serious hand holding, so if I've made an egregious error somewhere please don't be shy to point it out.
Thanks for the help, LTT forum people
