I built this 5 years ago I believe, with the idea of going MSI and Corsair only (when possible).
MB: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC
CPU: i9 9900K
Cooler: Corsair H100i v2
RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 PC-2666 16GB x 2
GPU: MSI/Corsair GTX 1080 Seahawk X
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB (+ a couple 7200 rpm hdds)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C
PSU: Corsair RMX Series 80PLUS Gold 750W
A few days ago (because of BF2042 I guess) I finally thought after 5 years I could look at upgrades.
Worst time ever to upgrade GPU I know but oh well, I got an ASUS tuf gaming geforce rtx 3080 ti oc.
Why that card specifically? Because it is shorter than most 3080 ti's and would fit in my case for sure, reviews were positive)
Reading somewhere that the card would suck up to 500W and the Asus site recommending 850W for my configuration, upgraded PSU as well.
Current:
MB: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC
CPU: i9 9900K
Cooler: Corsair H100i v2
RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 PC-2666 16GB x 2
GPU: ASUS tuf gaming geforce rtx 3080 ti oc
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB (+ a couple 7200 rpm hdds)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C
PSU: Corsair RM850x 850W
New rig meaning benchmark..
Cinebench R15: CPU 1928 / OpenGL 133.26 fps
3DMARK (Time Spy): 17292 | CPU 10287 / Graphics 19654
I mainly do gaming and temps seem fine to me.
CPU: Idle 33~35℃ / in game 60~65℃
GPU: Idle 49℃ / in game 70~75℃
I ran Intel Extreme Tuning stress test to check max CPU temp but it ended up freezing each time.
Then I realized that when I bought the i9 9900K there weren't a lot of cooler options and just went with the H100i to keep with my idea of MSI and Corsair only.
Yesterday, I looked at the Noctua NH-D15 but with the fan sitting on top of the RAM, it would not fit in my case.
Then I looked at the Be quiet! BK022 that would fit but was wondering if it would actually be an improvement, and be worth getting lower temps just for gaming?
I don't manually overclock anything and just activate Game Boost and XMP on the motherboard.
So finally, now that you got the "reasoning" my question is, do you see any flaws, bottleneck or possible improvements that can be done to this build?
What do you think?
MB: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC
CPU: i9 9900K
Cooler: Corsair H100i v2
RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 PC-2666 16GB x 2
GPU: MSI/Corsair GTX 1080 Seahawk X
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB (+ a couple 7200 rpm hdds)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C
PSU: Corsair RMX Series 80PLUS Gold 750W
A few days ago (because of BF2042 I guess) I finally thought after 5 years I could look at upgrades.
Worst time ever to upgrade GPU I know but oh well, I got an ASUS tuf gaming geforce rtx 3080 ti oc.
Why that card specifically? Because it is shorter than most 3080 ti's and would fit in my case for sure, reviews were positive)
Reading somewhere that the card would suck up to 500W and the Asus site recommending 850W for my configuration, upgraded PSU as well.
Current:
MB: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC
CPU: i9 9900K
Cooler: Corsair H100i v2
RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 PC-2666 16GB x 2
GPU: ASUS tuf gaming geforce rtx 3080 ti oc
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB (+ a couple 7200 rpm hdds)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C
PSU: Corsair RM850x 850W
New rig meaning benchmark..
Cinebench R15: CPU 1928 / OpenGL 133.26 fps
3DMARK (Time Spy): 17292 | CPU 10287 / Graphics 19654
I mainly do gaming and temps seem fine to me.
CPU: Idle 33~35℃ / in game 60~65℃
GPU: Idle 49℃ / in game 70~75℃
I ran Intel Extreme Tuning stress test to check max CPU temp but it ended up freezing each time.
Then I realized that when I bought the i9 9900K there weren't a lot of cooler options and just went with the H100i to keep with my idea of MSI and Corsair only.
Yesterday, I looked at the Noctua NH-D15 but with the fan sitting on top of the RAM, it would not fit in my case.
Then I looked at the Be quiet! BK022 that would fit but was wondering if it would actually be an improvement, and be worth getting lower temps just for gaming?
I don't manually overclock anything and just activate Game Boost and XMP on the motherboard.
So finally, now that you got the "reasoning" my question is, do you see any flaws, bottleneck or possible improvements that can be done to this build?
What do you think?
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