Cyberpunk 2077 - April 2020 build

[Yanashydo]

Hi guys, 

after 8 long years, I am planning to sell my old rig and build completely new one, based around upcomming game Cyberpunk 2077. 

 

I am saving for quite some time, therefore I am aiming for the high end products, which should be a little bit future-proof. 

 

If I would buy the components now, this would be my build:
 

Case	Lian Li PC-O11D Razer Edition	€169.90
AIO	Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB 360 TT Premium	€174.90
Fans	Lian Li BR120 Digital RGB PWM Fan 3er Pack + Controller	€49.90
Fans	Lian Li BR120 Digital RGB PWM Fan 3er Pack + Controller	€49.90
PSU	Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 850W Platinum	€164.90
Motherboard	MSI MEG Z390 ACE	€284.00
CPU	Intel® Core™ i7-9700K	€399.00
RAM	G.Skill Trident Z Royal 16 GB DDR4-3200 Kit	€147.90
GPU	ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti ROG STRIX A11G Gaming	€1,269
SSD	Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB	€239.80

Monitor

Asus ROG Strix XG438Q

€1,199.00

 

 

Total summ

€4,148.20

 

The overall theme of the build is supposed to be cyberpunk-ish looking. In cyberpunk world, there are bright neon lights etc. and as I have all my peripherals from Razer, I opted for the the Lian Li O11D Razer Edition. As for cooling solution, I went with AIO from Thermaltake and fans from Lian Li, as they are working great in the Razer ecosystem via Synapse. I still hope, there would be an AIO from the Lian Li itself, that would be great. 

 

As from the power of the build itself, I opted for the i7-9700K, as I really do not see benefit of i9 CPU with an almost 200€ additional cost. Strictly for gaming, 16 GB of DD4-3200 CL16 RAM should be enough, I am aiming to upgrade in the future of 2020 up to 32 GB. The GPU has been for me nobrainer, as I want the best at the market, for a reasonable price (looking at you Titan RTX). 

With all this components, I am hoping to achieve stable 60 FPS/60 Hz at 4K with the maximum graphic settings in the game itself for the "panoramatic" gaming experience. When I would opt to play something more demanding in the terms of refresh rate, I would play in 2560x1440 resolution with 144Hz or 120Hz, based upon the monitor available at the time. And this makes a nice segway to the "problem" of mine, the monitor.

Agh, the monitor. As it is right now, I am currently playing some titles on the PC and some on my PS4 Pro and I am planning to buy PS5 eventually. Therefore, when I would buy a gaming monitor, I would LOVE to have 4K resolution, higher refresh rate at least at 120Hz and good HDR experience (at least VESA HDR 600 certification). But as it is right now, there is just one monitor available at the market for the normal price (under 1,500€), the Asus ROG Strix XG438Q, which has no G-Sync, but AMD FreeSync 2 HDR. I would be okey with that, BUT, the monitor itself has HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.4, therefore, you can't play in 4K 120Hz with 10-bit color. Does it even make sense, to buy such an expensive monitor, when there is really no future-proof aspect in it? I mean, with the new consoles, there should be HDMI 2.1 with much higher bandwith. therefore better experience and really future-proof features. 

 

The whole build with the monitor should be MAX around 4,200 €. 

 

Well, that's it. I would love from you guys, to hear some suggestions to the build and some advices about the monitor situation. Thank you!

[19_blackie_73]

Technically speaking you could get i9 performance for the same price as the i7 with the 3700X

[5x5]

Get the 3700X - it's equal to the 9700K in games, obliterates it in everything else, uses less power, runs cooler, has a real upgrade path up to 16/32 3950X unlike 1151 where you are stuck with a dead socket and a max of a 8/16 space heater (aka 9900K). Lastly, the 3700X is not affected by the multiple security flaws in Intel CPUs that necessitate security patches and constantly degrade performance.