Help deciding between two options

[mashedbanana]

Budget (including currency): £1500

Country: uk

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, light streaming (games/video in discord to friends)

Other details:

 

Hi all, just wondering if you could help me decide between a couple of builds. Both are coming in at roughly the same, I've already got the 2080 Super and a couple of hard drives to move over. Both are pretty much the same except mobo and cpu which is where I'm stuck. It's basically going to be for gaming, 144hz, so no heavy video or photo editing and the like. I'm assuming the cooler will be sufficient for both.

 

 

Corsair Air 680x
Ryzen 5 5600X
Crosshair VIII
16gb 3200mhz
2080 super
850w psu
corsair h115i pro xt

 

OR 

Corsair Air 680x
i7-11700k (or would a 10700k be better?)
Asus ROG Z590-f
16gb 3200mhz
2080 super
850w psu
corsair h115i pro xt

 

[Chris Pratt]

11700K is the better build. However, the Crosshair Hero VIII is pretty overkill. If you dropped down to a still good even X570 board for around $250-300, you could roll the cost savings into a 5900X, and then *that* would be the infinitely better build.

 

You also don't even remotely need an 850W PSU.

[mashedbanana]

Is a 5900X not a bit overkill for primarily gaming?

[SupaKomputa]

Just now, mashedbanana said:

Is a 5900X not a bit overkill for primarily gaming?

same as 10700k, 11600 would be as good.

Drop the crosshair, unless you're doing hardcore overclocking.

Spend more for everything else such as 32gb ram or better gpu.

[Chris Pratt]

Just now, mashedbanana said:

Is a 5900X not a bit overkill for primarily gaming?

Not really. Some games like Cyberpunk will already scale to 12c/24t, and that's likely to become the case more an more. At this point, I'd consider 8c/16t the bare minimum for a new build, regardless, since all new games from here on will likely utilize at least that, thanks to the influence of the next gen consoles.

 

Even if the game doesn't utilize the full 12 cores, it still gives you headroom for additional activities like streaming.

[mashedbanana]

Doubt I'll be doing any overclocking to be honest.

 

Seems you both think a better choice would be to drop down to, for example, Gigabyte or Asus Strix X570 and put the money in to the 5900X. Thanks.

[Boyohan]

23 minutes ago, mashedbanana said:

Budget (including currency): £1500

Country: uk

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, light streaming (games/video in discord to friends)

Other details:

 

Hi all, just wondering if you could help me decide between a couple of builds. Both are coming in at roughly the same, I've already got the 2080 Super and a couple of hard drives to move over. Both are pretty much the same except mobo and cpu which is where I'm stuck. It's basically going to be for gaming, 144hz, so no heavy video or photo editing and the like. I'm assuming the cooler will be sufficient for both.

 

 

Corsair Air 680x
Ryzen 5 5600X
Crosshair VIII
16gb 3200mhz
2080 super
850w psu
corsair h115i pro xt

 

OR 

Corsair Air 680x
i7-11700k (or would a 10700k be better?)
Asus ROG Z590-f
16gb 3200mhz
2080 super
850w psu
corsair h115i pro xt

 

 

2 minutes ago, mashedbanana said:

Is a 5900X not a bit overkill for primarily gaming?

 

Between these two builds I would choose the 11700K..... but.... 

 

I agree with @Chris Pratt that the Crosshair VIII is unnecessary.

Even a good B550 board would be enough. 

The money you save on the motherboard could be used for a 5800x/5900x or keep the money and invest in a better GPU when prices has normalized. 

6 core CPU is absolutely fine but if you plan to keep the PC for 3-5 years then having 8 or 12 cores is never a bad idea. 

 

 

 

[Downkey]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£509.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£52.27 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£134.95 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £776.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-05-23 23:51 BST+0100

 

So -

—Yeah, you don’t need an X570 or Crosshair board. This B550 board is more than good enough. 
-I replaced the PSU, as you don’t need an 850W for a 2080S.

[mashedbanana]

Wow, that's awesome. Thanks for taking the time to do that!

[Downkey]

20 minutes ago, mashedbanana said:

Wow, that's awesome. Thanks for taking the time to do that!

Haha NP, in all honesty it only took me 1 minute to make that list xD