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My son's gaming PC is in my signature. He needs a new headset for gaming. He has 50% hearing in 1 ear and emphasizes surround sound and sound separation as being his top priorities. He's mentioned the Logitech Pro X Gaming Headset. What are the top options for his needs? Please help me narrow...

It's on the back port.

We tried, same result.

His current build: CPU: I9-9900k CPU cooler: Corsair H150i pro Motherboard: ASRock Z390 Taichi GPU: EVGA RTX 2080ti hybrid RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32gb(2x16) ddr4 3200mhz Storage: Samsung NVME M.2 2tb PSU: Corsair RM850 Case: Lian Li pc-011 Dynamic Case fans: 6 Corsair HD120 Pro Monitor...

Basically deciding between the 2080ti EVGA Kingpin, XC Hybrid, and FTW3 Ultra.

We want to stay away from from a custom loop for now. The last thing we're trying to figure out is should we get a GPU that has an AIO or a GPU with just fans.... With considering the CPU AIO and case fan setup.

In the morning we're going to Microcenter in IL.. We're getting a Samsung EVO 970+ M.2 SSD.... Just can't decide on the EVGA 2080ti FTW3 or a 2080ti that has an AIO already attached with it to go with our current setup. Is 2 AIO's a good idea(seperate AIO for each the CPU and GPU)?

Forgive me, I'm not good as matching the quotes for each reply... Case airflow is against what I originally thought, but we followed Gamers Nexus' best results with this case. Bottom 3 fans intake, top 3 fans intake, AIO as side exhaust. What online games will give much better, challenging...

Unless we can connect an AIO cooler to the GPU also with our current setup. I don't even know if that's possible, just thought I'd throw it out there. Edit: correct me if I'm wrong, but am I seeing the Kingpin comes with it's own 240mm radiator AIO? I can't find the dimensions of that radiator...

What about potentially overclocking but staying with the current cooling setup? Watching him play Dota earlier, his CPU temps stayed under 40, usage stayed under 20, GPU temp and usage both stayed around 50. FPS were bouncing around between 130's-70's. Not sure his settings, he's sleeping now...

Son's current build... CPU: I9-9900k CPU cooler: Corsair H150i pro Motherboard: ASRock Z390 Taichi GPU: EVGA RTX 2070 ULTRA XC RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32gb(2x16) ddr4 3200mhz Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SSD WD 1TB HHD (On monday, will be replacing storage with a...

Thank you. We'll go with a 2tb EVO 970+ M.2, and probably add a 2nd smaller 1, a 500gb or 1tb M.2 to get rid of the wiring from the 2 EVO 850's and WD HDD.

What if we use the 500gb SSD and/or 1tb HDD for backup?

My son's build... CPU: I9-9900k CPU cooler: Corsair H150i pro Motherboard: ASRock Z390 Taichi GPU: EVGA RTX 2070 ULTRA Xc RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32gb(2x16) ddr4 3200mhz Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SSD WD 1TB HHD PSU: Corsair RM850 Case: Lian Li pc-011 Dynamic...

Thank you so much. I will keep you posted on Monday after the fresh install with the new storage.