Skyrider117

Sorry... GodLike.. Sleep deprived on the night shift.

Howdy everyone. I haven't built a machine since my old P4. I have bought them pre-made since I left CompUSA way back when. I am looking to replace my dinosaur of a machine with a rig that would survive another 12 years. Unless Intel announces a 10NM chip before October I am going with AMD a 3950X I have a need to run Linux as well as Windows so I am tempted to run a hypervisor then virtualize both OS's. I will need to see what the performance of that solution is vs. booting off of a separate M.2 in a dual boot. Country: USA Currency: Freedom bucks Budget: Within reason for a higher end gaming rig (3200 -3400) Case: be Quiet! Dark Base pro 900 Silver Full Tower MB: MSI Godlike E-ATX MEG 570 ACE Proc: Ryzen 9 3950 Cooler: icegiant AM4 chipset Memory: G.skill ripjaw 2x16gb DDR3600 CL16 PCIE 4.0 drive: 2 x M.2 corsair 1tb Power supply: Corsair AX1000 Fan Cases: 140mm Noctua maybe 2 for exhaust Graphics: Nvidia 3080 ( whatever Ti XT RTX ABC) Fun Addon: Steam VR and Minecraft for Daughter. My reasoning for the E-ATX is because of the IceGiant cooler. I want to make sure I have room between the 3080 and the CPU Cooler for proper airflow. My reasoning for the Ice giant is my machines are a "set it and forget it" kind of thing. I would prefer not to have RGB as my epilepsy does not allow such things. The only real part I am concerned with is the Mother board. Thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated. K