First pc build

[Epichollywood]

Budget (including currency): Let's not talk about it

Country: USA 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, video editing, 3d rendering. Auto cad, graphic design.

 

Some of this is carry over from other projects. Mostly brand new though. Plan to upgrade monitor and add more ram and storage over time.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pJTtz7

CPU: Intel Core i9-11900K 3.5 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($549.99 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($169.65 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590 AORUS MASTER ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($359.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($224.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB Vision OC Video Card  ($2399.98 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($204.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($72.55 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Westinghouse WM32DX9019 31.5" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($259.98 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: ROCCAT Vulcan Pro RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse  ($37.99 @ Walmart) 
Headphones: Astro A50 + Base Station  Headset  ($288.82 @ Amazon) 
Total: $5071.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-11 00:49 EDT-0400

 

[JaxTer193]

if your willing to spend a little bit more money then i recommend that you get a 3tb Hard Drive or maybe Even 4 or 6tb there on a little bit more 

 

[Jonathan Lee]

33 minutes ago, Epichollywood said:

CPU: Intel Core i9-11900K 3.5 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($549.99 @ Best Buy) 

This is a pretty bad value CPU. 8 cores for 550 is really not worth it. I would suggest going 10900K/10850K (10 cores) or just go "down" to 10700/11700 (still 8 cores lol).

[Epichollywood]

36 minutes ago, JaxTer193 said:

if your willing to spend a little bit more money then i recommend that you get a 3tb Hard Drive or maybe Even 4 or 6tb there on a little bit more 

 

Plan to, I have a 2 tb portable I use.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Absolutely horrible in therms of value

 

Overpriced garbage cpu, best just swap it for a ryzen 9 5900x instead

 

Overpriced asf and uneccesary cooler, a decent dual tower such as phantom or fuma 2 will do the job, or if you wanna do some overclocking go for a liquid freezer 360 or 420

 

Board is overkill but if you are ocing it would make sense

 

Horribly overpriced ram, crucial ballistix 3600mhz is cheaper and also cl16, though you could just buy some silicon power 3200mhz rams for around 130$ and oc them to 3600mhz or higher

 

Ssd is overpriced, swap for a kingston a2000 or silicon power a80 as they both have dram cache

 

Horribly overpriced case, 150$+ is when youll reach the diminishing returns zone for cases in terms of quality or other things, i suggest a p500a instead

 

The psu is abit overpriced but hey atleast its actually a decent unit and not a bomb

 

Case fans are overpriced, go for phanteks fsk fans, p12 rgb, or bionix p120 rgb fans

 

Not sure on the peripherals tho

[ShockWire]

14 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Absolutely horrible in therms of value

 

Overpriced garbage cpu, best just swap it for a ryzen 9 5900x instead

 

Overpriced asf and uneccesary cooler, a decent dual tower such as phantom or fuma 2 will do the job, or if you wanna do some overclocking go for a liquid freezer 360 or 420

 

Board is overkill but if you are ocing it would make sense

 

Horribly overpriced ram, crucial ballistix 3600mhz is cheaper and also cl16, though you could just buy some silicon power 3200mhz rams for around 130$ and oc them to 3600mhz or higher

 

Ssd is overpriced, swap for a kingston a2000 or silicon power a80 as they both have dram cache

 

Horribly overpriced case, 150$+ is when youll reach the diminishing returns zone for cases in terms of quality or other things, i suggest a p500a instead

 

The psu is abit overpriced but hey atleast its actually a decent unit and not a bomb

 

Case fans are overpriced, go for phanteks fsk fans, p12 rgb, or bionix p120 rgb fans

 

Not sure on the peripherals tho

Peripherals wise I think his keyboard choice is not great, there are much better keebs for that price, such as a leopold or something. OP, if you want a good keyboard recommendation I suggest looking at reddit keyboard recommendations or someone like glarses (Youtuber). In regards to the mouse I'm unsure if its the logitech g502 or the other one but if its the eggshell designed mouse recently the razer orochi v2 is supposed to be the better version of that. Could be thinking of another logitech mouse tho not sure. Also techyboi I agree with basically everything u said but i would also suggest the arctic fans especially the 5 pack for 30 bucks. It has a noise issue at 1000 rpm but if you do some fan tuning you won't have issues with that. Also for cooling if you want a smaller cooler that is on par with the nh-d15 I would suggest the nh-U12A which is a lower profile cooler with amazing performance metrics. Also OP, dunno if you need the gpu now or something but I would highly suggest you don't buy at the absolutely outrageous scalper price of 2400, if u really need a gpu rn i would suggest going for a ryzen apu like the ryzen 7 5700g, its not great performance but if its good enough for u it at least isn't at such an outrageous price and when u can get a gpu at msrp u just resell the cpu, buy the ryzen 9 5900x, then get the gpu then.

Edited August 11, 2021 by ShockWire
Accidentally put ryzen 9 3900x not 5900x

[ShockWire]

Also with regards to the board if you want to go ryzen i suggest a b550 board. if u want advice on a specific board's pros and cons i suggest this video. if you are dead set on oc u can go with an x570 or something but the diminishing returns are pretty high with that so the b550 is generally a great deal instead

 

[Epichollywood]

12 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Absolutely horrible in therms of value

 

Overpriced garbage cpu, best just swap it for a ryzen 9 5900x instead

 

Overpriced asf and uneccesary cooler, a decent dual tower such as phantom or fuma 2 will do the job, or if you wanna do some overclocking go for a liquid freezer 360 or 420

 

Board is overkill but if you are ocing it would make sense

 

Horribly overpriced ram, crucial ballistix 3600mhz is cheaper and also cl16, though you could just buy some silicon power 3200mhz rams for around 130$ and oc them to 3600mhz or higher

 

Ssd is overpriced, swap for a kingston a2000 or silicon power a80 as they both have dram cache

 

Horribly overpriced case, 150$+ is when youll reach the diminishing returns zone for cases in terms of quality or other things, i suggest a p500a instead

 

The psu is abit overpriced but hey atleast its actually a decent unit and not a bomb

 

Case fans are overpriced, go for phanteks fsk fans, p12 rgb, or bionix p120 rgb fans

 

Not sure on the peripherals tho

So couple of things, 

The prices listed are not what I paid just pc parts picker put in. A solid 80% is either something I got on sale or had already. 

 

Motherboard came with the graphics card (Newegg shuffle) which is why I went to the I9 plan.

 

Ssd, cooler, and ram all picked up at great prices. Or I wouldn't have gone with those choices, ram alone was $50 off for some reason.

 

Fans came with the case and case was on sale as well.

[Epichollywood]

8 hours ago, ShockWire said:

Peripherals wise I think his keyboard choice is not great, there are much better keebs for that price, such as a leopold or something. OP, if you want a good keyboard recommendation I suggest looking at reddit keyboard recommendations or someone like glarses (Youtuber). In regards to the mouse I'm unsure if its the logitech g502 or the other one but if its the eggshell designed mouse recently the razer orochi v2 is supposed to be the better version of that. Could be thinking of another logitech mouse tho not sure. Also techyboi I agree with basically everything u said but i would also suggest the arctic fans especially the 5 pack for 30 bucks. It has a noise issue at 1000 rpm but if you do some fan tuning you won't have issues with that. Also for cooling if you want a smaller cooler that is on par with the nh-d15 I would suggest the nh-U12A which is a lower profile cooler with amazing performance metrics. Also OP, dunno if you need the gpu now or something but I would highly suggest you don't buy at the absolutely outrageous scalper price of 2400, if u really need a gpu rn i would suggest going for a ryzen apu like the ryzen 7 5700g, its not great performance but if its good enough for u it at least isn't at such an outrageous price and when u can get a gpu at msrp u just resell the cpu, buy the ryzen 9 3900x, then get the gpu then.

Keyboard was an impulse purchase. Liked the way it looked and felt. And it was 50$ off.

Mouse I already had and it's ok for now.

And I know the cooler is overkill but I couldn't pass up the price I got it at.

GPU and MB came together in Newegg shuffle bundle. 

 

Posted this as it's my first build mostly to check that there isn't a huge issue I haven't thought of yet.