3080 Gaming Build

[aroobra]

Hi everyone. I've put together a build which will be primarily used for playing the latest games at the highest settings. Not really bothered about downgrading anything to save money in this case, only if there's anything you spot that's totally unnecessary, although I don't think there should be. Already have extra storage drives which is why I only opted for the OS drive in the build here. Only thing I was personally not sure about was the Motherboard but I believe this one supports the 3600 RAM speed and should be fine as far as I'm aware. Please let me know if there's any incompatibility issues (although I think the configurator would've mentioned them?) or considerations you think I should make.

Case
CORSAIR 5000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NOT REQUIRED
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 13 to 16 working days
Price: £2,333.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/wThhrZNAzY/

 

[Martinr36]

What's the budget & what are are your monitor specs, resolution & refresh rate or make and model

 

[aroobra]

Budget is around £2,500 and monitor is 4K 144Hz.

 

[JUNI0R]

Budget is around £2,500 and monitor is 4K 144Hz.

Looks like a pretty much perfect spec! Well done! I'd personally go for the 5000X as it comes included with 3 nice RGB fans (which can be turned off if they aren't your thing) and ample airflow. If you're worried about airflow at all, you can always buy the 5000D front panel and pop it on yourself. It's £15 from Corsair directly I believe.

The only other thing I'd comment on is the use of 32GB, for a plain gaming build (ie no streaming or video editing for YouTube) 16GB should be ample, although you clearly have the budget for 32GB so there wouldn't exactly be any harm in leaving it in.

 

[aroobra]

Looks like a pretty much perfect spec! Well done! I'd personally go for the 5000X as it comes included with 3 nice RGB fans (which can be turned off if they aren't your thing) and ample airflow. If you're worried about airflow at all, you can always buy the 5000D front panel and pop it on yourself. It's £15 from Corsair directly I believe.

The only other thing I'd comment on is the use of 32GB, for a plain gaming build (ie no streaming or video editing for YouTube) 16GB should be ample, although you clearly have the budget for 32GB so there wouldn't exactly be any harm in leaving it in.

Thanks for that recommendation, I've changed the case to the 5000X as I do like that one better! Will this one be fine with the airflow? As for the RAM I may do a bit of light streaming at some point and yeah I just feel like going all out with the 32GB anyways.

Oh and one more thing - I noticed there's an ASUS version of the 3080 available but it's like £150 more. What sort of differences would that have? Guessing it's not worth it?

 

[AgentCooper]

Thanks for that recommendation, I've changed the case to the 5000X as I do like that one better! Will this one be fine with the airflow? As for the RAM I may do a bit of light streaming at some point and yeah I just feel like going all out with the 32GB anyways.

Oh and one more thing - I noticed there's an ASUS version of the 3080 available but it's like £150 more. What sort of differences would that have? Guessing it's not worth it?

The 5000X will be absolutely fine with the components you’ve chosen, I have the 4000X (which has slightly less airflow than the 5000X) and I’m not experiencing temperature issues. And as @JUNI0R rightly says, the other front panel is available ridiculously cheap if you wanted to try that out at a later date.

The Asus card will have slightly higher binned components in there but the tiny difference in performance is not enough to warrant the extra £150. Stick with the standard for the best value 🙂👍

 

[aroobra]

Thanks everyone for your help. I've just put the order in! @Martinr36 @JUNI0R @AgentCooper