Hey gang,
I’m about to build a new rig and I’m going with a pretty beefy setup this time around. I’m undecided on cooling for the 9900K. I’ve gone with custom loops on my last two rigs and may do that this time around as well, but if there’s a decent AIO I can fit on the top or front the Cooler Master H500M I’d be willing to give one of those a shot. Thing is, the reviews I’ve seen haven’t been particularly encouraging. Any thoughts on cooling or the overall build? Harsh criticism welcome... I find it titillating.
Approximate Purchase Date: One/Two Weeks
Budget Range: 3500K-ish (including owned GPU)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Video Editing for personal & business (After Effects, Premiere, etc), VR, sobbing at online news (this might actually be the primary use)
Are you buying a monitor: Have Monitor
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg/Amazon/Others
Location: USA, VA redacted
Overclocking: yes
SLI or Crossfire: no
Your Monitor Resolution: 2560 x 1440, might do 4K in the future but I’m pretty happy with what I have now.
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bLhZ7W
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bLhZ7W/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($529.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS MASTER ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($247.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 2 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($497.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterCase H500M ATX Mid Tower Case ($189.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit ($119.49 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2240.32
Already own items below:
GPU: EVGA 2080Ti FTW Ultra
Additional Storage/Scratch Drives: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 1TB
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I’m about to build a new rig and I’m going with a pretty beefy setup this time around. I’m undecided on cooling for the 9900K. I’ve gone with custom loops on my last two rigs and may do that this time around as well, but if there’s a decent AIO I can fit on the top or front the Cooler Master H500M I’d be willing to give one of those a shot. Thing is, the reviews I’ve seen haven’t been particularly encouraging. Any thoughts on cooling or the overall build? Harsh criticism welcome... I find it titillating.
Approximate Purchase Date: One/Two Weeks
Budget Range: 3500K-ish (including owned GPU)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Video Editing for personal & business (After Effects, Premiere, etc), VR, sobbing at online news (this might actually be the primary use)
Are you buying a monitor: Have Monitor
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg/Amazon/Others
Location: USA, VA redacted
Overclocking: yes
SLI or Crossfire: no
Your Monitor Resolution: 2560 x 1440, might do 4K in the future but I’m pretty happy with what I have now.
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bLhZ7W
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bLhZ7W/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($529.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS MASTER ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($247.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 2 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($497.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterCase H500M ATX Mid Tower Case ($189.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit ($119.49 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2240.32
Already own items below:
GPU: EVGA 2080Ti FTW Ultra
Additional Storage/Scratch Drives: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 1TB
This is a family friendly site.
Mind your language.
Moderator
Lutfij