My First build

[Turndown08]

Budget (including currency): $3500-$4000

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Battle royale’s, iracing, streaming and video editing

 

What do you guys think? I’ve received everything except for my PSU (shipping says Thursday) and the GPU obviously since it’s not released yet. I just hope I’ve hooked everything up right so far, this is my first build but I’ve done quite a bit of video watching and did some reading up on what I need to do. The manuals for my MB and CPU Cooler were like jibberish to me when it came to wiring and the few videos I did find on my MB kind of helped but this being my first rodeo n all I don’t feel all that confident, I’m gonna attach some photos so maybe someone can give me some input if I’ve done everything right.  I already had the monitor, I purchased it a while back and figure it’s still pretty good for now. Will my PSU be enough for the 3080? I should have got a bigger case, the radiator and fans for my CPU Cooler kind of cover up a small portion of the top of the MB (the portion that has the little read out screen) but I can still see it I just have to look under the radiator and fans. Pictures below. Did I bite off more than I can chew for a first build? Any input is greatly appreciated especially in the wiring department!

 

 

 

 

CPU : AMD Ryzen 9 3900x

GPU : Aftermarket RTX 3080 when available

Motherboard : Asus ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Hero ( Wi-Fi )

Memory : Crucial Ballistix RGB 3600mhz 32GB ( 2 x 16GB )

Storage : ( HDD ) - WD Black 4TB HDD

( SSD ) - WD Black SN750 1 TB

Power Supply : Corsair Rm850x

CPU Cooler : Corsair Hydro Series H100i RGB Platinum SE

Operating System : Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - OEM

CASE : Corsair Carbide SPEC-OMEGA - White/black

monitor : Acer Predator XB271H

keyboard : ROCCAT VULCAN 122 AIMO

mouse : ROCCAT KAIN 202 AIMO

[flashiling]

looks nice. the monitor is just a single 27 inch right?

i'd suggest getting a big ultrawide (or 3 small ones) for a racing sim rig.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Cool! You have all those cable management holes, but you dont use them. I bet you could run the USB front pannel conectors to come out through the hole next to the HDD.

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18 hours ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Cool! You have all those cable management holes, but you dont use them. I bet you could run the USB front pannel conectors to come out through the hole next to the HDD.

I tried that but There is actually a shroud that isn’t in the case during the photos, it covers the holes that I think your talking about. Shroud covers the PSU and HDD. There is only one “cable management” hole that isn’t being used I’m pretty sure.

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18 hours ago, flashiling said:

looks nice. the monitor is just a single 27 inch right?

i'd suggest getting a big ultrawide (or 3 small ones) for a racing sim rig.

Correct on the single 27in, but I definitely would like to get an ultra wide monitor. I think I’d like that better then the 3 screens. Going to look into upgrading the monitor after I get my pedals, steering wheel, wheel base, shifter and e-brake. I’m a fan of the fanatec stuff and will most likely buy their sim stuff.

[flashiling]

1 minute ago, Turndown08 said:

Correct on the single 27in, but I definitely would like to get an ultra wide monitor. I think I’d like that better then the 3 screens. Going to look into upgrading the monitor after I get my pedals, steering wheel, wheel base, shifter and e-brake. I’m a fan of the fanatec stuff and will most likely buy their sim stuff.

well fanatec wheels usually have paddle shifts on the wheels.

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4 minutes ago, flashiling said:

well fanatec wheels usually have paddle shifts on the wheels.

I think they have the option to not have paddle shift. Honestly won’t even need a shifter or the e-brake, I want iracing for the sprint cars, midgets, usac’s and late models. Late model would be the only thing that would require a shifter I believe.