A few new build questions

[Wolf_Lbh]

1) I'm looking for a good tower suggestion: I'm looking for something black, without rgb, has a basement/power shroud to hide my psu cables, and usb 3 type c front panel ports if possible.
2) What mobo should I get? The cpu I'm going with is the i9 9900k. All I really care is that it black or grey and is rgb free.
3) What cpu cooler should I go with, the dark rock pro 4? (I have 0 interest in water cooling and don't care to debate it) 
4) Is the evga 2080ti ftw3 a good gpu for the money? $1,600 is a bit steep so I want to make sure that is a strong air cooled option.
5) What storage should I go with for my system? The last time I built a computer there was just ssd and hdd but now there are things like optane, u.2, and m.2 and I'm not 100% sure which is the best.

[Eastman51]

For your case, I might recommend the Fractal Design Define R6 Blackout (all black, there is a TG model; there is a full PSU shroud if you choose that). You can get an addon to give you USB C on the front. The case is a little on the expensive side though, so I'd also suggest getting like a 5.25" bay front IO expansion with a USB C on it for any case with a 5.25" bay.

 

Most high end motherboards these days have RGB, so you can't avoid it without getting a lower end board; fortunately for you though, you can turn all of it off, usually in the BIOS or at least in the software. I'd recommend a Z390 board with all the slots and PCIe bandwidth you need.

 

I would personally recommend the Noctua NH-D15, but the Dark Rock Pro 4 is pretty comparable in performance. 

 

For storage, I would go with a 500GB NVMe SSD (Samsung 970 EVO/Pro are the highest performance drives out there) and a 4TB HDD (with optane if you have the M.2 slots for it, or a PCIe M.2 card). An optane accelerated HDD is still not as fast as a SATA SSD, but will be faster than an HDD by itself. You could also get a SATA SSD to avoid needing a board with 2 M.2 slots or getting a PCIe expansion card. In most use cases, with some exceptions, NVMe storage isn't much faster (if at all) than a SATA SSD.

 

From what I've seen with reviewers, EVGA FTW GPUs are quite good. I've never had experience with EVGA products, so I don't feel inclined to try and sway you one way or another.

[Wolf_Lbh]

14 hours ago, Eastman51 said:

For storage, I would go with a 500GB NVMe SSD (Samsung 970 EVO/Pro are the highest performance drives out there) and a 4TB HDD (with optane if you have the M.2 slots for it, or a PCIe M.2 card). An optane accelerated HDD is still not as fast as a SATA SSD, but will be faster than an HDD by itself. You could also get a SATA SSD to avoid needing a board with 2 M.2 slots or getting a PCIe expansion card. In most use cases, with some exceptions, NVMe storage isn't much faster (if at all) than a SATA SSD.

 Just checking to be 100% sure but this is the 1tb version of what you are talking about right?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BN217QG

Also for more long term storage I have 3x 10tb 7200rpm reds. So just to double check will this mobo be able to run a m.2 drive and 3 hdds at the same time?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HM3M86B/

[Eastman51]

On 1/31/2019 at 6:38 AM, Wolf_Lbh said:

 Just checking to be 100% sure but this is the 1tb version of what you are talking about right?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BN217QG

Also for more long term storage I have 3x 10tb 7200rpm reds. So just to double check will this mobo be able to run a m.2 drive and 3 hdds at the same time?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HM3M86B/

Sorry about the late reply. 

 

That SSD is indeed the 1TB model of the Samsung 970 EVO

That motherboard appears to have 6 SATA ports. Most boards like disable 2 SATA ports per M.2 slot, so you would be left with 4 SATA ports if you use one M.2. Of course this does differ from board to board and chipset to chipset, so make sure to consult the manual (and/or the official manufacturer product page) to see what storage configurations are possible.