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[souperM]

Hi Friends,

I would really appreciate your advice on developing a build.

I am trying to create a system around a 3090 but will be using it for mining to subsidize its cost.

Trying to optimize for cost/performance on all components except GPU/CPU.

Objectives (not in order):

1. Semi-high-end pc

2. Good aesthetics - I would love to purchase a Snow White edition of the case but it is not in stock. An all white build is not possible as I have a black GPU/MB

3. Good temperature control as 3090 will be used for mining when not gaming - I am limited to a 280mm rad for side mounting in the case, there is no space for a rad at the top

4. Good 1440p/4K gaming performance

5. Ability to host 24/7 uptime docker services

6. Running VMs (2-3 at a time)

7. Significant file transfers of photo and video library (I have 2 x 14tb drives not listed in the components below)

8. No plan to overclock the system other than attempt to lower ram CAS latency - I have chosen 4 x 8GB for aesthetics (i.e. more color) however do you think I should swap to 2x16gb (I will not be purchasing B-Die)

Please tell me what changes you would recommend?

Do you have recommendations for 140mm fans I could use on the AIO? Corsair QL140's are supposed to have bad static flow.

 

Thank you!

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price	Bought
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor	-	Yes
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken X63 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$119.99 @ Amazon	No
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER ATX AM4 Motherboard	$280 @ FB Marketplace	Yes
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$259.99 @ Newegg	No
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$199.95 @ Amazon	No
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB GAMING Trinity Video Card	-	Yes
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini ATX Mid Tower Case - White Edition	$119.99 @ Newegg	No
Power Supply	Cooler Master V SFX Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply	$99.99 @ RogueCast	Yes
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit	$139.88 @ Other World Computing	Yes
Case Fan	Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack	$105.99 @ Newegg	Yes
Case Fan	Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack	$105.99 @ Newegg	Yes
Total	$1431.76

 

 

Budget (including currency): Anything priced closely to the current parts list

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Medium gaming, 24/7 Dockers, 2-3 VMs and large file transfers (of home photos and videos)

[Somerandomtechyboi]

A few things you may want to change

Dont waste 130$ on windows, just buy a windows key from scdkey or a similar site, or if you are fine with a random liscence ebay, 15-20$ and 3$ respectively

 

Water is abit expensive, consider swapping for a dark rock pro 4 which will problably perform the same or better than the aio for 90$ amazon

 

You may want to use a 1000w psu just to be safe cause these rtx 3090s have some insane power spikes.

 

3 fans for 100$ !? Thats ridicolous, maybe consider 3 fans for 40-60$ instead of the ridicolous price of 100$ for 3 aka 33$ a fan

 

200$ for 1tb ssd??? A 1tb sn 550 will cost around 100$.

 

Srry if this comes off as rude but yea there are some questionable choices here tbh

[souperM]

Thanks for your insights. I hear what you are saying, definitely agree on some points and can give more context to others:

• $130 on windows - This is the default value inserted by PCPartPicker, not what I actually plan to buy. I will definitely try a cd key site
• This is my first build where I have a nicer budget and have decided to aim for for a semi-high end PC which is the reason why I am splashing out :
  • on the liquid AIO (for the aesthetic benefit)
  • the fans (they are definitely expensive but actually on sale - again I am going for the looks)
• Unfortunately my current case only allows SF and SFX power supplies. 850W is the largest PSU you can get without paying over $250 for a 1000W unit
• I do A LOT of file processing based work so the higher throughput of the SN850 should make me life easier. However any additional drives will be much more reasonable (e.g. I am using regular HDDs for long-term storage)

[Somerandomtechyboi]

12 minutes ago, souperM said:

 

• I do A LOT of file processing based work so the higher throughput of the SN850 should make me life easier. However any additional drives will be much more reasonable (e.g. I am using regular HDDs for long-term storage)

Maybe just buy 2 sn 550s and raid 0 them? So 2tb with the combined speed of 2 ssds

[Guest]

Have a look at the Arctic Liquid Freezer AIO as they now do an A/RGB version. They also do A/RGB fans. Should be cheaper than an NZXT cooler and Corsair fans.

 

I would stick with the SN850 SSD if you are doing lots of large file transfers etc. A Sabrent Rocket Gen 4 is cheaper though on Amazon.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fVYQzy/sabrent-rocket-40-1-tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-sb-rocket-nvme4-1tb

[Downkey]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($210.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($159.97 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB GAMING Trinity Video Card
Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master V SFX Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($150.98 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Phanteks FSK 84.5 CFM 140 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Phanteks FSK 84.5 CFM 140 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1027.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-06-21 10:59 EDT-0400

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, lee32uk said:

Have a look at the Arctic Liquid Freezer AIO as they now do an A/RGB version. They also do A/RGB fans. Should be cheaper than an NZXT cooler and Corsair fans.

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Jk i hate rainbow puke but single colour can look really good on some builds, only reason to avoid rgb is when you are on a really tight budget but then again you can just buy one of those cheap led strips and get some decent lighting that way.

1 hour ago, lee32uk said:

Have a look at the Arctic Liquid Freezer AIO

A good aio cooler, also comes in weed joke number mm as maximum size (420mm), i guess if you are ocing your cpu to its limits this would be useful but the cpu would problably hit an unsafe voltage like 1.5v before thermal throttle anyways.