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so I've finalized my build now. I'll be using the AIO as originally planned but ill have a Dark Rock Pro 4 available for a backup since it still fits while clearing the ram and I've added a rear fan for good measure but will tie it to VRM temps until i switch to air cooling. here's the build sheet

 

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($413.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Celsius+ S28 Dynamic X2 PWM 85.71 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($166.26 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL14 Memory  ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($178.75 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Black 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($176.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card  ($409.00 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design Define 7 Compact ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion+ 760 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM chromax.black.swap 54.97 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($22.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $1817.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Budget (including currency): $2500-3000

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Hitman 2, Borderlands 3, Project Cars 2, Dirt Rally 2.0, various indie games and low graphics intensive JRPGs

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): running an LG CX 4K 120Hz tv as monitor but dont expect to do more than 60FPS (maybe 90) until GPUs with HDMI 2.1 come out.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8L7XrV

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($413.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Celsius+ S28 Dynamic X2 PWM 85.71 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($166.26 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($472.60 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($114.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($178.75 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Black 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($176.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card  ($409.00 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design Define 7 Compact ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion+ 760 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $2156.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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my main issue right now is picking a cooler and figuring out orientation and space allowances for such. I've been considering swapping out the Celsius+ S28 for a Noctua NH-D15 Chromax or Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 while maintaining my plan of having 2 140mm fans in the front and 2 140mm fans in the top. the AIO would be mounted to the front as its the only spot that a 280mm radiator would fit and the airflow path planned would work well with that without adding too much heat to the GPU. If i switch that out for an air cooler I need to take into account if i should have it exhausting heat towards the back (without adding a rear fan) or towards the top (and possibly moving the GPU to a lower PCIe slot to open airflow.

this is only my second system I've built and my first time working in a compact case (coming from Define S) so Input is greatly appreciated.

 

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So "Compact" is the name of the build, not an adjective? Cuz I dont see anything "compact" about an ATX system.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Just now, Jurrunio said:

So "Compact" is the name of the build, not an adjective? Cuz I dont see anything "compact" about an ATX system.

its a compact case but not a small form factor. its just meant to be a good balance between full size hardware in the smallest enclosure that has the features I was looking for.

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36 minutes ago, mechVixen said:

 

 

Tower or AIO should both work. If you go for the air cooler you could add a rear exhaust to help. Im no airflow expert, but if you fill out all the fan mounts with some decent fans it should be good. Also  make sure you dont pay that much for that motherboard

PC

Ryzen 5 2600 Stock

Sapphire Nitro+ Special Edition Radeon RX580 8GB (Would Recommend)

Gigabyte B450M DS3H (Don't recommend)

Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition

Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15 

Phanteks P300 (Would Recommend)

Kingston A400 240GB SSD

Seagate BarraCuda 1TB HDD

Corsair CX550M 550W  80+ Bronze

Deepcool FH-10 Fan Hub

3x BeQuiet Pure Wings 2

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/marmour/saved/QTY3ZL

 

Peripherals

LG 24MK400H

Logitech G413 Carbon

Logitech G305 (AAA Adaptor - 10g reduction) (Would recommend)

Logitech Z150

HyperX Cloud II (Would recommend)

Moto G5 Plus (Webcam)

 

Phone

Pixel 3A XL (Would recommend)

 

*Useful Link* PSU Tier List: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psucultists-psu-tier-list/

 

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6 minutes ago, marmour said:

Tower or AIO should both work. If you go for the air cooler you could add a rear exhaust to help. Im no airflow expert, but if you fill out all the fan mounts with some decent fans it should be good. Also  make sure you dont pay that much for that motherboard

I'm sure everything is compatible (other than maybe some ram/case clearance with the ram i picked for use with the AIO on the noctua) and I'm trying to not add another fan. the main question i need answering is can i make the air coolers work with my setup instead of having to deal with pump noise and what modifications would i need to make to accommodate that (or if i should just stick with the AIO).

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so since I posted this ive done some further research and it seems that my options are

  • replace forward top fan with 120mm at the back and exhaust CPU cooler to the rear if i switch to the tower coolers
    • case clearance is 169mm which might require different RAM for clearance or removal of front fan
  • stick with AIO and live with some pump noise
  • 3rd unconsidered option

will my ram clear? (what would be a good low profile ram option for ryzen?) am I better off with the AIO? should i go for the Noctua or Be Quiet!?

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so I've finalized my build now. I'll be using the AIO as originally planned but ill have a Dark Rock Pro 4 available for a backup since it still fits while clearing the ram and I've added a rear fan for good measure but will tie it to VRM temps until i switch to air cooling. here's the build sheet

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($413.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Celsius+ S28 Dynamic X2 PWM 85.71 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($166.26 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL14 Memory  ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($178.75 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Black 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($176.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card  ($409.00 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design Define 7 Compact ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion+ 760 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM chromax.black.swap 54.97 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($22.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $1817.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-24 23:25 EDT-0400

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