My 1st Build

[gabegotflame]

Budget (including currency): 2500€

Country:  Austria

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  CoD, Photoshop, Cyberpunk

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): MSI MPG Z490M Gaming Edge WIFI, i9 10900K, H100i RGB Platinum, 2x16 GB 3600 MHz Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio, 500 GB 970 Evo Plus + 2 TB 860 EVO, NZXT H710, Corsair RM750x

 

Hi guys, so I'm new to PC building but those are all the parts that have arrived (besides the case) and I was wondering if I'll need PSU cable extensions for that case and in general, what I should look out for.

 

Cheers,

Gabe

 

[Bombastinator]

14 minutes ago, gabegotflame said:

Budget (including currency): 2500€

Country:  Austria

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  CoD, Photoshop, Cyberpunk

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): MSI MPG Z490M Gaming Edge WIFI, i9 10900K, H100i RGB Platinum, 2x16 GB 3600 MHz Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio, 500 GB 970 Evo Plus + 2 TB 860 EVO, NZXT H710, Corsair RM750x

 

Hi guys, so I'm new to PC building but those are all the parts that have arrived (besides the case) and I was wondering if I'll need PSU cable extensions for that case and in general, what I should look out for.

 

Cheers,

Gabe

 

I personally would avoid cable extensions entirely if possible.  Your PSU could be small anyway considering the combo of 10900k with AIO, and 3080. (Yes crazy large 750w PSU might actually be too small. Crazy days) My move would be build the thing, and see if the PSU cables are long enough, find out what you need, and if you need more length find out how much, then return the PSU and get a 1000w PSU with cables that are long enough (yea I know it sounds stupid. It sounds stupid to me too.  It’s what I’ve been hearing though) 

[gabegotflame]

17 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

I personally would avoid cable extensions entirely if possible.  Your PSU could be small anyway considering the combo of 10900k with AIO, and 3080. (Yes crazy large 750w PSU might actually be too small. Crazy days) My move would be build the thing, and see if the PSU cables are long enough, find out what you need, and if you need more length find out how much, then return the PSU and get a 1000w PSU with cables that are long enough (yea I know it sounds stupid. It sounds stupid to me too.  It’s what I’ve been hearing though) 

Thank you for the reply!

 

Yeah, we live in crazy times (however, it's mostly Intel's fault tbh, 125W TDP and sometimes even 250W, crazy) but I've no intention on pulling an All-Core overlock. According to PcPartPicker I'd need 579W (+125W for Intel's short bursts of whatever it's doing, so like 700W) which means 50Wish overhead, and considering this PSU should be good, in reality, I could probably get away with it. The only reason I have a 10900K and not a 10900 is because there was a deal going on and the 10900K was the same price as the 10900 so i thought, f-ck it.

 

But the reason I ask regarding the PSU cables is, there is so much conflicting information. I've looked at a couple of build guides. One dude says you need extensions, one says you don't.... it's just meh.

 

Btw. is the shroud on the H710 removable? And, is it better to first plug the motherboard side in, then psu or reverse?

[Bombastinator]

14 minutes ago, gabegotflame said:

Thank you for the reply!

 

Yeah, we live in crazy times (however, it's mostly Intel's fault tbh, 125W TDP and sometimes even 250W, crazy) but I've no intention on pulling an All-Core overlock. According to PcPartPicker I'd need 579W (+125W for Intel's short bursts of whatever it's doing, so like 700W) which means 50Wish overhead, and considering this PSU should be good, in reality, I could probably get away with it. The only reason I have a 10900K and not a 10900 is because there was a deal going on and the 10900K was the same price as the 10900 so i thought, f-ck it.

 

But the reason I ask regarding the PSU cables is, there is so much conflicting information. I've looked at a couple of build guides. One dude says you need extensions, one says you don't.... it's just meh.

 

Btw. is the shroud on the H710 removable? And, is it better to first plug the motherboard side in, then psu or reverse?

If you’re not going heavy overclock I don’t understand the AIO.  I don’t need to though I suppose.

[Bombastinator]

15 minutes ago, gabegotflame said:

Thank you for the reply!

 

Yeah, we live in crazy times (however, it's mostly Intel's fault tbh, 125W TDP and sometimes even 250W, crazy) but I've no intention on pulling an All-Core overlock. According to PcPartPicker I'd need 579W (+125W for Intel's short bursts of whatever it's doing, so like 700W) which means 50Wish overhead, and considering this PSU should be good, in reality, I could probably get away with it. The only reason I have a 10900K and not a 10900 is because there was a deal going on and the 10900K was the same price as the 10900 so i thought, f-ck it.

 

But the reason I ask regarding the PSU cables is, there is so much conflicting information. I've looked at a couple of build guides. One dude says you need extensions, one says you don't.... it's just meh.

 

Btw. is the shroud on the H710 removable? And, is it better to first plug the motherboard side in, then psu or reverse?

The issue is extensions rarely work well.  They have a rep for causing problems.  There are three advantages to modular PSUs. One of them is it’s easier to run cable setting up the machine (imho for myself so minor it barely matters. A big deal for some though) it’s easier to get cables redone to match color schemes (imho even less important than the earlier one for me) and third the cables are much easier to make in variable lengths, making extensions unnecessary.  For me personally this is the only one that really matters.  The others are, for me, near useless.

[gabegotflame]

2 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

If you’re not going heavy overclock I don’t understand the AIO.  I don’t need to though I suppose.

Yeah the AIO is there in-case I DO decide to overclock but it's mostly cause it looks great hahah

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On 11/21/2020 at 9:29 PM, Bombastinator said:

The issue is extensions rarely work well.  They have a rep for causing problems.  There are three advantages to modular PSUs. One of them is it’s easier to run cable setting up the machine (imho for myself so minor it barely matters. A big deal for some though) it’s easier to get cables redone to match color schemes (imho even less important than the earlier one for me) and third the cables are much easier to make in variable lengths, making extensions unnecessary.  For me personally this is the only one that really matters.  The others are, for me, near useless.

Update: built my baby. 750W is enough!