Question Building new pc, questions about modern hardware.

[Dilbert41]

I am building a new gaming pc, and there are several components that I have no experience with.

What I have so far:
MSI MEG B550 Unify mobo
Ryzen 7 5800x
32 GB Corsair Dominator memory
Corsair RM850X psu
Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic Evo

First, I was considering an RTX 3080 ti gpu, but someone told me that an AMD card would work better with my cpu. If this is true, what does AMD have that is comparable to a 3080?

Second, I want to use all NVME drives, and I have seen videos that say I'd be as well off with 3rd gen drives for gaming. I'm planning on using a 500 GB drive for the OS, and a 2TB for games. If I need heat sinks, am I going to have trouble getting them to fit on this mb?

Third, I am going to be using an AIO, and am trying to avoid the Lian Li Galahad because the cpu block is large and is hard to fit on some mobos. I really like the look of the Lian Li ARGB fans, so is it possible to use those on a non Lian Li cooler?

This is not my first build, but I don't know much about NVMEs, AIOs, and ARGB lighting.

Any help you can give will be appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[Phaaze88]

Also Galahad is not the best perfomer.

Says who? The bevy of AIOs in the market right now are so close in performance in practice... there's an elephant(s?) in the room that gets overlooked.
Most of them come down to:
-aesthetics
-whether you want to deal with mandatory software(NZXT CAM and Corsair iCUE), of which you will have a love/hate experience.
Performance is up in the air, due to almost no one actually running their fans at 100% - it'd be an EASY win for some models if that metric could be used. But most become too audible before they get that fast, and no 2 persons use the same fan curves, because hearing perception differs.
A fan's performance below 100% isn't linear either. Some fans perform better/worse than others at a given rpm.

So it looks like I'd be better off with one M.2 for the os, and a SATA SSD for games?

Yes.

 

[Zerk2012]

Yea noctua is great, I have the same D14 for over 10 years now, still works great. I thought you’re working for Noctua? Not sure what the “Ambassador” tag means otherwise. I can easily understand if anyone is a fan of Noctua, they never did anything wrong.

The only person I know from a company that will post here is in the memory section G Skill.

gskill support

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[Dilbert41]

Elden

Elden ring seems to favor Nvidia, but not by that much where RDR seems to favor AMD by quite abit it seems,
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6950-xt-reference-design/24.html
elden ring is also amongst the titles tested,
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6950-xt-reference-design/15.html
seems to be that AMD fits you more with the games you talk about.

Thanks. This is definitly I'll consider.

For the same price as that board + cpu you have in your build you can do something like this.

https://www.newegg.com/asus-tuf-gaming-z690-plus-wifi-d4/p/N82E16813119506
ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi D4 $234.83

TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 | Motherboards | ASUS Global

ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 is an Intel® Z690 (LGA 1700) ATX gaming motherboard with 16 DrMOS power stages, PCIe 5.0, four M.2 slots, WiFi 6, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C®, and Aura Sync RGB lighting.

www.asus.com

https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i7-12700f-core-i7-12th-gen/p/N82E16819118359
Intel Core i7-12700F $312.96

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...2700f-processor-25m-cache-up-to-4-90-ghz.html

Intel Core i7-12700 + Intel B660 Review

Today we have a combo review of all-new Intel hardware, our first look at the affordable Intel B660 platform, the non-K Core i7-12700 and Intel's latest box...

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i7 12700 / 12700F gaming benchmarks.

Thanks. Looks like a good deal.