Building from scratch wooooo

Darren · June 28, 2021

Budget (including currency): $4500 NZD

Country: New Zealand

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: AAA title gaming, occiasional virtualisation, would love to play the new MS Flight Simulator well

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):

I'm starting from scratch as I'm writing this from a PC built a decade ago and it seems to crash and reboot increasingly often. It's done this twice tonight and failed to boot one of these times.

pbtech.co.nz / computerlounge.co.nz are my preferred retailers, particulrly the prior as its down the road from me.

I cobbled together a rough list of items that I'd happily buy https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/dJm3TJ

Component availability is really good in NZ for some reason, a couple local retailers seem to have 30+ of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra for example, so the world is my oyster, I'm sorry

Basically my requirements are mainly

1. Have something that can pick up any title and max out the settings at 1440p ultrawide at 144hz, bonus points for 4k.

2. That case is preferred, but I'll take anything reasonably quiet, good airflow, USB-C on it

3. Quiet > RGB

4. Quite happy to spend on a 3080

The list https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/dJm3TJ

I would love any recommendations, particularly for the cooler. I have an OG H100 from a long time ago that still works so I'm not put off by any concerns around AIOs but after watching a Linus video on AIO vs Air, I'd happy pick up a black Noctua kit, though PC Part Picker did hint at a compatibility issue.

A side note is that I haven't purchased a new monitor yet either, so if anyone has recommendations for something that is 1440p ultra-wide that supports picture by picture (like the ROG STRIX XG43VQ, as I do play my console fairly often) that would be awesome.

Thanks everyone!

Omar.B · June 28, 2021

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/q9vbMv

I put the be quit over noctua because its cheaper and not miles from it in thermals, for the ram a 16gig if enough for everything, for the PSU a 750w is enough and you can save some going with this one Antec earthwatts and for the MB a b550 is best option and for wifi you can get a dongle for 20-40$ maybe less

or you can go with this one which is pricer https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/gG66Hz