9900K 2080ti Build Thoughts

[Oawalker]

Replacing my old 5820k 980ti build. system will be used main for gaming/livestreaming.  just want to get your toughts on the parts below??

Only thing i am not sure on is the cpu cooler, ive had two corsair aio coolers that failed on me. i was thinking i might give air cooling a try hopeful this should be enough for a 5.1Ghz overclock or i'll get a Thermaltake 360mm Floe Riing RGB.

 

GPU : MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GAMING TRIO  -Already bought this

Case: Thermaltake View 71 Snow Edition

MotherBoard: Z390 AORUS MASTER

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K

CPU Cooler: be quiet Dark Rock PRO 4 250W or Thermaltake 360mm Floe Riing RGB

Ram: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO White 32GB 3000 MHz DDR4

SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2

Optane: Intel Optane Memory 16GB M.2 NVMe

PSU: Corsair HX1000 Fully Modular 80PLUS Platinum

Fans: Thermaltake Riing Plus 12 RGB LED 120mm x4

 

 

[Jurrunio]

Totally what I expect for a streamer.

 

As for the cooler, no air cooler will let you reach 8 cores 5.1GHz, period. Thermaltake liquid ones are rather prone to leaking though, so not that either. If you want RGB then my recommendation will be the NZXT X72

[lmeneses]

The dark rock pro 4 will be fine for that oc, but if you really want a solid one, obviously the noctua nh-d15. Also, maybe consider getting a separate smaller ssd to separate your os from the rest of your programs, and 32gb is pointless for that build, unless you're gonna be running some editing programs and such

[DocSwag]

-9900k... I have to ask though if it's really that worth it over a 9700k? Though I guess if you want the best streaming performance possible then the 9900k might be a bit better

-There's little reason for an NVMe SSD for just games and livestreaming; a solid SATA SSD like the mx500 or 860 evo would be fine. And on top of that, I don't see any good reason for Optane with an NVMe SSD... You can't cache an NVMe SSD with Optane, plus even if you could there would be little appreciable difference

-The PSU is WAYYY overkill wattage wise. A 650w would be fine; if you really want you could grab 750w

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, lmeneses said:

The dark rock pro 4 will be fine for that oc, but if you really want a solid one, obviously the noctua nh-d15. 

seriously, that's a 9900k, not a poultry 7350k or 8350k

[Spotty]

10 minutes ago, Oawalker said:

SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2

Optane: Intel Optane Memory 16GB M.2 NVMe

Why Optane if you're already using a 970 evo?

[lmeneses]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

seriously, that's a 9900k, not a poultry 7350k or 8350k

wha wym, the deepcool gammax gt can cool the 8600k at a stable 5.1 GHz. Yea it has rgb but still

[Fasauceome]

10 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

no air cooler will let you reach 8 cores 5.1GHz,

Not without the fabled blowiematron

[Oawalker]

7 minutes ago, lmeneses said:

The dark rock pro 4 will be fine for that oc, but if you really want a solid one, obviously the noctua nh-d15. Also, maybe consider getting a separate smaller ssd to separate your os from the rest of your programs, and 32gb is pointless for that build, unless you're gonna be running some editing programs and such

i have other hard drives that will have games.

the 970 evo will hold my os and programs etc.

i currently have 32gb ram i cant downgrade

7 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

-9900k... I have to ask though if it's really that worth it over a 9700k? Though I guess if you want the best streaming performance possible then the 9900k might be a bit better

-There's little reason for an NVMe SSD for just games and livestreaming; a solid SATA SSD like the mx500 or 860 evo would be fine. And on top of that, I don't see any good reason for Optane with an NVMe SSD... You can't cache an NVMe SSD with Optane, plus even if you could there would be little appreciable difference

-The PSU is WAYYY overkill wattage wise. A 650w would be fine; if you really want you could grab 750w

i am keeping this build for a few years i would rather invest the extra money to get the best.

The NVMe is for os and programs i have a 10tb hard drive for my games that i hope to use optane on if that makes a difference.

i'lll look into getting a smaller psu

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

Why Optane if you're already using a 970 evo?

i have a 10tb hard drive for my games i plan on using it on

[DocSwag]

3 minutes ago, Oawalker said:

The NVMe is for os and programs

Yeah you'd be better off with a large SATA SSD as there would be little if any noticeable speed difference.

https://techreport.com/review/30813/samsung-960-pro-2tb-ssd-reviewed/5

4 minutes ago, Oawalker said:

i have a 10tb hard drive for my games that i hope to use optane on if that makes a difference.

If you want to cache it I would honestly recommend using something else (like Intel RST which comes with any Intel PC) or Primocache and use part of your SSD (say, 64gb) for caching. It would save you a bunch of money and there wouldn't be any difference (it probably will come down more to the software you use for caching rather than what you use for it)

[Jurrunio]

16 minutes ago, lmeneses said:

wha wym, the deepcool gammax gt can cool the 8600k at a stable 5.1 GHz. Yea it has rgb but still

We're talking about a hyperthreaded 8 core here, not the hyperthread-less 6 core. Also I'm assuming 1.4V, bad luck can get CPUs that bad.

 

https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3378-intel-9900k-cpu-review-solder-vs-paste-delid-gaming-benchmarks-vs-2700x/page-2

Even NZXT X62 (280mm rad) everything full speed (same performance as NH-D15) still let the 5GHz 9900k hit 64.4C above ambient, so to most people that's nearly 90C. Air cooler? Forget it, it's more like 'AIO vs custom loop and too many radiators'.

[lmeneses]

7 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

We're talking about a hyperthreaded 8 core here, not the hyperthread-less 6 core. Also I'm assuming 1.4V, bad luck can get CPUs that bad.

  

https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3378-intel-9900k-cpu-review-solder-vs-paste-delid-gaming-benchmarks-vs-2700x/page-2

Even NZXT X62 (280mm rad) everything full speed (same performance as NH-D15) still let the 5GHz 9900k hit 64.4C above ambient, so to most people that's nearly 90C. Air cooler? Forget it, it's more like 'AIO vs custom loop and too many raidators'.

oh yeaa, i forgot the 9900k had hyper threading but not the 9700k. Never mind, you are right lmao

[Oawalker]

33 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Totally what I expect for a streamer.

 

As for the cooler, no air cooler will let you reach 8 cores 5.1GHz, period. Thermaltake liquid ones are rather prone to leaking though, so not that either. If you want RGB then my recommendation will be the NZXT X72

i'll probably go for the NZXT 360mm Kraken X72. just hope it doesnt leak for fail after a year