Build Advice I finished picking out the components. What do you think? (Also, help picking exhaust fan?)

[sainthawke]

Hello! Made a post not so long ago about a build I'm doing for a friend, and based on further research I think I've finished picking the components and am satisfied with them.
Now, to reiterate from my last post: The GPU on the list is very much bottlenecking the whole system, but the point is that it will be upgraded in the near future, so please disregard it.
What I currently have here is within budget, so what I really want to know is whether there's anything blatantly wrong about it, just in case.
I'd also appreciate it if any of you had some suggestions for an exhaust fan to have at the back. As there are 4 fans included with the case and 3 with the cpu AIO radiator, I wonder how to would be best to set up the fans? Would exhaust through the top/radiator be alright? That's what they show on the Lian Li Lancool 207 page:

So to sum. Do I need to add an additional fan to the back? In that case, what's a good fan that doesn't cost too much?
Thanks so much!


https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7nQKh7

 

[Lutfij]

Just an FYI, might want to include your prior thread in your thread's opening post so people who are reading this thread for the first time are up to speed.

I'd leave the rear fan slot empty and see how your temps are with the front 140mm fans set to intake as well as the AIO at the top set to exhaust. The bottom 4 fans should be set to intake air from where the PSU's location was traditionally.

If you think temps could be improved, add on a 120mm fan at the rear and see if temps improve or worsen.

On your build, if I were you, I'd add a small capacity SSD for the OS, app's and launcher. The large SSD on your parts list can serve as the games library without the need to partition it.

 

[logainofhades]

Just want to put out some FYI's. The GPU in your list is overpriced. You can get other models far cheaper, and 50 series is coming soon, so you might want to hold off on a GPU purchase at all. You can get ram cheaper too. That said, I don't think that extra fan is necessary. I would go B850, just so you don't need to worry about bios upgrade. That SSD is slow. You can get better/faster for similar price.

With regards to the fan. I don't think it is necessary.



PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£504.99 @ Currys PC World)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£77.01 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£170.99 @ MoreCoCo)
Memory: Patriot Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£167.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Silicon Power UD90 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£42.99)
Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card (£933.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Lian Li Lancool 207 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000e (2023) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£144.95 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £2137.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-17 20:57 GMT+0000

 

[Lafong]

https://gamersnexus.net/cases/lian-...iew-cable-management-build-quality-benchmarks

Have you read the above case review with comments about the power supply, unusual fans, and cable management?