Does my PC have any bottlenecks? ?

[GamerBlake]

Hey everyone, I just finished building my first PC ever and I’m wondering if I have any bottlenecks in my computer?  

 

Here are the specs:
MOBO: MEG Z390 ACE 

 

CPU: i7 8700K (OC’ed to 5.1 GHz)

 

AIO: EVGA CLC 280 - 280mm

 

GPU: EVGA XC2 Ultra 2080 Ti

 

RAM: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 3200 MHz CL16 (OC’ed to 3600)

 

PSU: Corsair RM850x 850W 80+ Gold (fully modular)

 

STORAGE:

- 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus (boot/games with long load times)

- 1TB Samsung 860 Evo (games with medium load times)

- 1TB Samsung 860 QVO (games with shorter load times)

- 2TB Seagate Firecuda 7200rpm SSHD (non-game related programs)

- 1TB WD Blue 5400rpm HDD (videos, music, TV shows, extra storage)

 

CASE: NZXT H510 Elite

 

Monitor: MSI Optix MAG271CQR 27” 2560x1440 144hz 1ms

 

Keyboard: Razer Cynosa Chroma

 

Mouse: Corsair Scimitar RGB/Razer Deathadder Elite

 

Headset: Steelseries Arctis 5

 

Webcam: Logitech C922x Prostream

 

[Wh0_Am_1]

It depends on the workload, but I don't see any major bottlenecks, although at this point in time I would not have chosen to utilize the 8700k in such a build.

[Brooksie359]

I see a clear bottleneck. There is not enough rbg for a build of this caliber. I dont even see 12 rgb light strips in there. 

[GDRRiley]

your drive selection bothers me and you'll always have some sort of bottleneck.

[GamerBlake]

15 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

It depends on the workload, but I don't see any major bottlenecks, although at this point in time I would not have chosen to utilize the 8700k in such a build.

I didn’t go out and buy an 8700K  

 

I had a prebuilt with an 8700K in it and like a 1070 Ti (which I sold) and 16GB of 2400 MHz ram (which I sold) and a 250GB SSD and some other stuff but I sold most of it and just kept the 8700K since I couldn’t justify paying $400+ for a 9900K with 5% better performance at most. Plus if I went AMD I’d have to buy another motherboard so I just used the 8700K.

[GamerBlake]

10 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

your drive selection bothers me and you'll always have some sort of bottleneck.

Why is that? Nothing wrong with Samsung drives or WD or Seagate.  

[GamerBlake]

11 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

I see a clear bottleneck. There is not enough rbg for a build of this caliber. I dont even see 12 rgb light strips in there. 

Lol! I didn’t want too much RGB but I’m guessing you’re joking.  

[GDRRiley]

12 minutes ago, GamerBlake said:

Why is that? Nothing wrong with Samsung drives or WD or Seagate.  

I would have gotten 1 TB 970 evo

2tb 860  EVO/pro

5-8tb 7200 fast HDD so like a WD black, X300

 

 you just used 2 more sata ports and made finding stuff harder.

[GamerBlake]

7 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

I would have gotten 1 TB 970 evo

2tb 860  EVO/pro

5-8tb 7200 fast HDD so like a WD black, X300

 

 you just used 2 more sata ports and made finding stuff harder.

It’s cheaper to buy 2x 1TB drives than 1x 2TB drives.

 

My board has enough SATA ports to handle all those drives + 2 more so it’s really not an issue for me.

 

I guess that’s one of the things about PC building, everyone had their own likes and has their own way they want to do things but none of them are “wrong”.

[GDRRiley]

39 minutes ago, GamerBlake said:

It’s cheaper to buy 2x 1TB drives than 1x 2TB drives.

 

My board has enough SATA ports to handle all those drives + 2 more so it’s really not an issue for me.

 

I guess that’s one of the things about PC building, everyone had their own likes and has their own way they want to do things but none of them are “wrong”.

at least looking at prices right now nope.

benefit of a lot of ATX boards but even then If you decide you need more space you'll be down to 1

[Wh0_Am_1]

1 hour ago, GamerBlake said:

I didn’t go out and buy an 8700K  

 

I had a prebuilt with an 8700K in it and like a 1070 Ti (which I sold) and 16GB of 2400 MHz ram (which I sold) and a 250GB SSD and some other stuff but I sold most of it and just kept the 8700K since I couldn’t justify paying $400+ for a 9900K with 5% better performance at most. Plus if I went AMD I’d have to buy another motherboard so I just used the 8700K.

Fair enough

[HumdrumPenguin]

@GamerBlake Unless you got a crazy deal on the 8700K, it wasn't the best option for a gaming build at this point. AMD has much better options. The computer is still very well balanced in my opinion, quite close to mine.Now I'd invest in a good sound system, and later on the best monitor you can get. It doesn't matter if you have great specs if what you see is all meh.

[GamerBlake]

24 minutes ago, HumdrumPenguin said:

@GamerBlake Unless you got a crazy deal on the 8700K, it wasn't the best option for a gaming build at this point. AMD has much better options. The computer is still very well balanced in my opinion, quite close to mine.Now I'd invest in a good sound system, and later on the best monitor you can get. It doesn't matter if you have great specs if what you see is all meh.

I didn’t go out and buy the 8700K recently.

 

It came with a prebuilt I bought back in 2018 and it’s just a re-used component I put in my new build since it’s still a great CPU and it’s not worth it to me to pay $450+ for a 9700K or 9900K just for the ~5% performance increase.

 

I also didn’t want to have to buy a new motherboard and AMD CPU since it would’ve cost more and Intel CPUs tend to be better for gaming. AMD CPUs might have more cores but Intel CPUs have higher clock speeds which is more relevant to gaming and gaming is all I do on my PC.

 

My monitor is 1440p/144hz which is pretty good. Even Riley from LTT said he prefers 1440p with a high refresh rate over 4K 60fps.  

[For Science!]

2 hours ago, GamerBlake said:

 

Well, for 1440p gaming your 2080Ti is likely the bottleneck for games at max settings.

 

The question is kind of ill posed since there is ALWAYS a bottleneck in a system. A system with no bottleneck is a system where everything is bottlenecking each other, which means nothing will improve unless if the whole system is improved, which never happens.