aorus Party Like it's 2019! Aorus Intel / Nvidia Build

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Intro

I have updated Home Workstation V3 (even though I said I would do a scratch build next – I am full of BS). The reason for a new thread is the GPU, Motherboard, Monitor, KBD & Mouse are the same brand now so its now a Gigabyte Aorus build and so really is a themed build as opposed to throw a bunch of stuff together from random vendors type-build. In 2019 this was the specification of the ultimate single GPU gaming rig - what a difference a year makes! In 2020, it still can play with the newer CPU/GPUs on AAA titles without being left too far behind. I was thinking about a Gigabyte/Aorus case, cooler and RAM to properly finish off the look but the Corsair and Noctua components do a wonderful job I will leave the build as a trio of brands - a quintet if you include Intel and Samsung!

 

Specifications

 

• CPU: Intel i9 9900kf
• Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Pro
• RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (4x16 GB) DDR4 3200MHz C16
• GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 2080 ti Xtreme 11G
• Case: Corsair 275R Airflow
• Storage: (OS) Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB / (Data) Samsung 860 EVO 1TB
• PSU: Corsair RM750x 80 PLUS Gold 750W
• Display: Aorus FI27Q-P
• Cooling: Noctua NH-D15 CPU + 4x NF-S12A PWM case fans
• Keyboard: Aorus K1
• Mouse: Aorus M3 / Aorus AMP500 pad
• Sound: Onboard HD Audio
• Headset: Aorus H5
• Operating System: Win 10 Pro 64 Bit

 

Benchmarks

 

Stable CPU all-core OC at 5.1GHz / RAM OC at 3600MHz C16 / GPU using Aorus Engine to set boost to 1900MHz & Memory clock to 16000MHz to achieve the following benchmarks:

CPU-Z: https://valid.x86.fr/xwht7d
Passmark: https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V10/display.php?id=133093128271
Basemark GPU: https://powerboard.basemark.com/benchmark-result/868105
3DMark Time Spy: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/55634449 

3DMark Time Spy Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/55655576
PCMark 10: https://www.3dmark.com/pcm10/53901645
Blender BMW CPU: https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/1e1b3d36-1087-49d9-b9b3-2ae177467654/
Blender BMW GPU (Optix): https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/3259b48b-b860-46d0-bfc9-4963f5b55bee/
UBM: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37545145
Geekbench 5 CPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/5087816
Geekbench 5 GPU (Cuda): https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/compute/1969429
Bright Memory - Infinite RTX Benchmark (Max settings @ 1920x1080) FPS: 192
Resident Evil 6 Benchmark (Max settings @ 1920x1080) Score: 35039
Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 DX11 (Max settings @ 1920x1080) Min/Max/Avg FPS - Score: 41.8/414.9/198.2 - 4993
Cinebench Release 23 Multi Core: 13607
Cinebench Release 23 Single Core: 1336
FurMark Preset 1080 (FHD / Fullscreen): https://gpuscore.top/furmark/show.php?id=244239

FurMark Preset 1440 (QHD / Fullscreen): https://gpuscore.top/furmark/show.php?id=244240

 

Pictures

 

[AndreiArgeanu]

Great build, though the noctua fans hardly fit in with the overall looks of everything else. Though I guess function over looks is probably more important.

[Brooksie359]

All that pc and only one monitor. It feels like you haven't actually experienced the true desktop experience until you get two monitors. 

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1 minute ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

Great build, though the noctua fans hardly fit in with the overall looks of everything else. Though I guess function over looks is probably more important.

Thanks. Yeah I am a sucker for air cooling and the i9 9900 has limited options in that respect.

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2 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

All that pc and only one monitor. It feels like you haven't actually experienced the true desktop experience until you get two monitors. 

You are right - I have two monitors at work but they aren't high refresh gaming monitors: 

 

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Just now, ItsJakeJucie said:

Quick question did your glass on your side panel break? I've been hearing that, that corsair case tends to have a bunch of reviews saying that the side panels are breaking

 

No mate, seems pretty strong to me - it's tempered glass this one - not sure if they all are. I could imagine them breaking if people tightened the nuts up too much (there are rubber washers on them so they would have to be going crazy tight), or perhaps they could break in transit?

[AndreiArgeanu]

12 minutes ago, WikiForce said:

i wonder why such high end mobos has only 1 display output, they should have also added dp along with the hdmi

ikr, my old optiplex 7010(ivy bridge) that I still have laying around has 1xVGA and 2xDisplay Ports.

[A1200]

10 hours ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

ikr, my old optiplex 7010(ivy bridge) that I still have laying around has 1xVGA and 2xDisplay Ports.

@WikiForce Perhaps they don't see why someone with a high end motherboard would be using an iGPU? They perhaps assume everyone would be using a discrete graphics card?

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Despite being last gen RTX I still think the Aorus Extreme RTX2080TI looks freakin' awesome!

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Updated/added benchmarks with CPU-Z / 3DMark Time Spy / 3DMark Time Spy Extreme / UserBenchMark / FurMark FHD / FurMark QHD (see original post).

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Added some LED strip lighting in the front corner and top of the case for some better illumination.

 

 

[A1200]

Since built another system, see here. Not selling/dismantling this one though as its still quite a beast and is the main general purpose PC at home.

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After building my latest rig, I enjoyed building in the Corsair A4000D Airflow so I decided to transplant last year's rig into the same case and use the 275R case for the office computer. No major changes except I thought I would uprate the PSU to 850w and, again pass the RM750x to the office computer.

[A1200]

Changed the build spec to be more like my main machine. Changes:

 

Aorus Elite Z690 DDR4

i9 12900kf

Aorus Master RTX3080

Corsair HX1000

 

[A1200]

Not going to do a suite of benchmarks as this PC is too similar to my other build. But just to show there is some performance headroom, I did get it over the stock 12900k on Cinebench R23 albeit not as high as my other rig but silicon lottery + ambient temp + my level of effort + ram speed difference all probably contribute to the 329 point difference. I should have perhaps benched single core too but I didn't and I cannot be bothered setting it all up again.

Just done a UBM test because it's quick, all at stock settings: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/55322419

[A1200]

Another change - moved the i9 12900k from my other machine to this one (as I have a spare chip now I have upgraded to the i9 13900k on my main machine) and I have changed the Aorus Master RTX 3080 to the Aorus Master RTX 3080ti, again because I have just put a Aorus Master RTX 4090 in my main machine.

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Added sleeved power cables to the GPU.

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Changed memory for 32GB (4X 8GB) Aorus DDR4 3733 CL18-22-22-42 and cooler for Aorus Waterforce x280. So far excellent temps.

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Wasn't happy with the radiator orientation and the amount of Noctua fans removed, so put the AIO on the ceiling and added the front 120mm fans back in. 

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Current desktop.

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Realised today I hadn't inverted the fans after moving the radiator. Doh. Now blowing upwards for better balance. Minor improvements to the cable management as well.

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One more change. Although the Aorus RAM has great performance and its great having another Aorus branded product, dropping from 64GB to 32GB didn't sit well with me for the sake of aesthetics. Shame Aorus never did any bigger than 8GB modules for DDR4, not that I could find anyway. Alas this Kingston Fury memory was a bargain, works with RGB Fusion 2.0 so I still only have to run 1 RGB application and at 3600MHz C18 its a fairly high performer. I ordered 2 kits of 64GB, bringing system RAM to 128GB - the maximum for the CPU/Chipset and the most I have ever had in any non server system.

[A1200]

Another change. Since "upgrading" my other system to an i9 13900ks I have put the i9 13900k into this system and sold the i9 12900k. The Aorus Waterforce X280 kept the CPU well under tjmax on a quick multicore run and so I am very happy.

[A1200]

I have since gone back to an NH-D15 in a 3 fan configuation like my other rig. I just prefer air cooling what can I say?

 

This week I have swapped the Aorus Master RTX 3080ti for the Aorus Master RTX 4080. I have used a Cablemod 3x16 pin to 12HPWR sleeved cable. I have the 4x16in to 12VHPWR cable in my other build but I managed to get one next day from a reseller instead of waiting for the usual leadtime from Cablemod themselves. It was running fine when I tested it with the official Corsair 2x16 pin to 12VHPWR cable so don't have any worries - weird how they all run into the one little connector anyway!