Hi,
The time has almost come for a new streaming/gaming PC. My current Scan PC has lasted 6-7 Years with a midterm upgrade to a 1080 (4770K, 16Gb ram).
I will of cause get a quote from Scan again, but having compared with PC specialist they are more expensive (and the difference is many 100's of pounds on a £3K system).
While I have build systems in the past I like the 3 years (1st year onsite) warranty. With my current system, the 780 graphics card actually did die in the first 3 months and Scan did send me out a replacement the next day, so great customer service as you would hope as an old customer.
As the 3080's are in short supply atm, I have decided to wait to see what AMD will do regarding Zen-3 before ordering as we should hear the news on the 8th of Oct.
What I intended to get:
AMD new version of the 3950X whatever that will be called.
64Gb ram 3200mhz
3080 graphics card (I have a 32" 4K Acer Predator with G-sync 30-60fps and a dell 24" 1080p monitor on the side as a second monitor)
2 x 2TB SSD (M2 type)
An extra card or two for more USB ports (VR, Warthog Hotas, etc needs more than what normal MB's can handle)
I do want 1-year onsite fix and 3-year warranty.
Use case:
My Computer is under my desk and I don't need a light show
I don't want to overclock I just want it to be stable and last for streaming/gaming.
I mostly play titles like War Thunder, Elite, Cyberpunk 2077 (when it comes out). I'm not a CS GO player, so I don't need insane FPS, just good smooth-looking gameplay.
I sometimes use VR (HTC Vive Pro)
I sometimes work with Virtual Machines (hence the 64gb ram).
I want an almost silent system, slow running fans are fine.
It's likely I will upgrade to the next Nvidia card in two years time, hence not going for the 3090 now.
Questions:
I will get quotes from Scan and PC specialist but would like recommendations for others I should consider?
I'm in two minds between fan and water cooling for the CPU, what would you recommend?
Any recommendations for MB's? I would prefer MB that doesn't have any fans build in as they can be tricky to change later.
The time has almost come for a new streaming/gaming PC. My current Scan PC has lasted 6-7 Years with a midterm upgrade to a 1080 (4770K, 16Gb ram).
I will of cause get a quote from Scan again, but having compared with PC specialist they are more expensive (and the difference is many 100's of pounds on a £3K system).
While I have build systems in the past I like the 3 years (1st year onsite) warranty. With my current system, the 780 graphics card actually did die in the first 3 months and Scan did send me out a replacement the next day, so great customer service as you would hope as an old customer.
As the 3080's are in short supply atm, I have decided to wait to see what AMD will do regarding Zen-3 before ordering as we should hear the news on the 8th of Oct.
What I intended to get:
AMD new version of the 3950X whatever that will be called.
64Gb ram 3200mhz
3080 graphics card (I have a 32" 4K Acer Predator with G-sync 30-60fps and a dell 24" 1080p monitor on the side as a second monitor)
2 x 2TB SSD (M2 type)
An extra card or two for more USB ports (VR, Warthog Hotas, etc needs more than what normal MB's can handle)
I do want 1-year onsite fix and 3-year warranty.
Use case:
My Computer is under my desk and I don't need a light show
I don't want to overclock I just want it to be stable and last for streaming/gaming.
I mostly play titles like War Thunder, Elite, Cyberpunk 2077 (when it comes out). I'm not a CS GO player, so I don't need insane FPS, just good smooth-looking gameplay.
I sometimes use VR (HTC Vive Pro)
I sometimes work with Virtual Machines (hence the 64gb ram).
I want an almost silent system, slow running fans are fine.
It's likely I will upgrade to the next Nvidia card in two years time, hence not going for the 3090 now.
Questions:
I will get quotes from Scan and PC specialist but would like recommendations for others I should consider?
I'm in two minds between fan and water cooling for the CPU, what would you recommend?
Any recommendations for MB's? I would prefer MB that doesn't have any fans build in as they can be tricky to change later.
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