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First time building a PC

ChrisMcMuscles
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Budget (including currency): $2,700

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Total War Titles,Star Citizen, The Isle,Skyrim,Assasins Creed:Odyssey,The Witcher 3,MCC collection,Bannerlord 2, RDR2.

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): Motherboard: Z490 Asus Maximus Hero XII (Pre-ordered)

Processor: Intel I9-10900k. (awaiting release)

GPU:Asus Strix 1080ti (bought it used for $475, also would like to buy another as most of the games above support SLI)

Storage:Samsung 1 Tb 970 pro, Samsung 1tb 860 Evo.

Memory: 64gb TridentZ RGB DDR4-3600.

AIO:ROG Ryujin 360.

PSU: ROG Thor 1200W Platinum

Case:ROG Strix Helios

Lighting:Rog Aura Terminal, however I do not know which RGB strips to buy and that is something I would like to know. I'm basically building the pc from this video 

and would like to know which rgb strips to buy. Also I'm aware alot of the parts are unneccesary and excesive but this is a dream machine for me as my current pc was built in 2013. 

Thank you guys. Everything has been purchased aside from the new processor and the Rgb strips.

 

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Grats on your machine. 

 

No other comments since you said parts were purchased and you were fine with unnecessary stuffs.

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

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OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green. OnePlus Watch 2 - Radiant Steel, OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

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Man, that's a good chunk of change. Since you know it's unnecessary and excessive I won't give you any grief about it. Have fun!

 

As to which RGB strips, the Aura Terminal has 4 ARGB ports so you just need 5V addressable strips (referred to as ARGB, Digital RGB, or DRGB). Pick your poison/rainbow. Or if you really want to stick with Asus as much as possible: ASUS ROG Addressable RGB

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@lee32uk why not pre-order? I didn't want to start my new pc build by being a generation behind already. Also I'm sure the maximus XII and 10900k are going to be significantly better than whatever gigabyte motherboard from 2013 that I have now and my i7-4770k.

 

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12 hours ago, ChrisMcMuscles said:

@lee32uk why not pre-order? I didn't want to start my new pc build by being a generation behind already. Also I'm sure the maximus XII and 10900k are going to be significantly better than whatever gigabyte motherboard from 2013 that I have now and my i7-4770k.

 

Always better to wait for reviews, then you don't get your fingers burnt. I would have waited until after the embargo on May 20th. 

 

If the rumours are true regarding CometLake then the i9 10900K pulls as much power as an RTX 2080 i.e around 224W. Considering a 16 core 3950X pulls about 146W that just shows how bad14nm+++++++++ is. 

 

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/intel-comet-lake-power-draw-turbo/

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