PC Build Advice/Review II: 3090 or Bust.

[Weltall]

3000 series is so popular it has people buying ZOTAC cards.

[Prothescar]

Looking like the 3090 will arrive Wednesday lads \o/ can't wait to tinker with it

[Palpatine]

Hello BG PC Bros,

First off, I would like to admit that I know very little about PC parts even though I've built my last two computers with the vast majority of the work being done by friends. With that, if anybody has some tips, ideas, or second guessings about what is listed below, please let me know your thoughts.

My PC would generally be used for gaming, streaming, and recording. I do want something that will last 3~5 years just like my last two builds. The only thing I can't find a reasonable deal on--obviously, including the last few pages of conversation--would be a graphics card. Is it worth it to wait to try and get a 3080? Will the 2070 Super do the job adequately? Nothing crazy needed on my end.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x ($269.36 - Walmart)
Motherboard: ASUS AMD AM4 ATX ($128 - Walmart)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 3200 MHz 2 x 16 GB ($115 - Amazon)
Storage: Silicon Power 1TB SSD ($88 - Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 Super XC ($525 - Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - 700W ATX12V 80+ Bronze ($75 - BestBuy)
Total: ~$1,200

[Krandor]

Unless you need to build it right now it would be worth it to wait for a bit.

AMD has new Ryzen processors due out this year and the Nvidia 3070 at $500 MSRP is on the way as well, along with whatever RDNA2 GPUs from AMD.

[Jamison]

Sooooo it’s now confirmed that some AIBs cheapened out and they can crash in boost clocks. This is due to the PCB having 6 POSCAP capacitors which have been causing crash to desktops.

I've been thinking this through this morning. The better cooling on many AIB's isn't going to matter for any board that has 6 poscaps. That'll leave a handful of models as highly desirable and honestly I think this bumps up the value of the FE a bit too. (Aside from higher temps I'm not seeing any major disadvantages to FE in the 3080's so far.)

The TUF's with 6xMLCC might have only been pre-production units. I'm reading that consumer units sold may not have the same configuration.

[Weltall]

Has the STRIX even released at all yet?

[Krandor]

Has the STRIX even released at all yet?

Next week supposedly

[Boyiee]

Hello BG PC Bros,

First off, I would like to admit that I know very little about PC parts even though I've built my last two computers with the vast majority of the work being done by friends. With that, if anybody has some tips, ideas, or second guessings about what is listed below, please let me know your thoughts.

My PC would generally be used for gaming, streaming, and recording. I do want something that will last 3~5 years just like my last two builds. The only thing I can't find a reasonable deal on--obviously, including the last few pages of conversation--would be a graphics card. Is it worth it to wait to try and get a 3080? Will the 2070 Super do the job adequately? Nothing crazy needed on my end.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x ($269.36 - Walmart)
Motherboard: ASUS AMD AM4 ATX ($128 - Walmart)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 3200 MHz 2 x 16 GB ($115 - Amazon)
Storage: Silicon Power 1TB SSD ($88 - Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 Super XC ($525 - Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - 700W ATX12V 80+ Bronze ($75 - BestBuy)
Total: ~$1,200

Definitely wait a minute. At least wait for 3070s if not ryzen. Prices will drop everywhere.

[Boyiee]

3000 series is so popular it has people buying ZOTAC cards.

Ha.

[Boyiee]

The 4.0s came in

Didn't linus do a comparison on these?

[Prothescar]

For what? NVIO isn't out yet which is where there'd be a measurable difference for games. Otherwise PCIE4.0 is just expensive trim just like the rest of this PC

[Weltall]

Just got my extra 2 RAM sticks to bring it up to 64GB. Timings on these are tremendous:

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-...82E16820232860

[Yabby]

you... need 64GB of ram? Are you running VM's....

[Weltall]

Obviously for the RGB.

[Fhloston]

Looking to get the wife some PC parts for a new build for Christmas and her birthday. Both a month apart. All she plays is FFXIV on it, so I'm just looking for something that'll run the game perfectly at ultra settings. 4K is the standard now it seems, but she won't be playing the latest releases on it, so yeah. Thanks in advance.

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[Cream Soda]

[Nitsuki]

Posted this a few posts ago lol

[Cream Soda]

Posted this a few posts ago lol

lmao when we going to distant worlds again more importantly

[Jamison]

It looks like in a closed case the 3080 FE does a much better job than expected with temps.

[Nitsuki]

lmao when we going to distant worlds again more importantly

Wheeeeeeen covid dies, and it goes back to st petes