3080TI Build - Any advice appreciated!

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Bigfoot

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I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall a thread bemoaning the value of the 3080TI. It said that there was only a small performance gain for a lot of money. Others may be able to point you to the relevant thread or give you an alternative opinion.
 
SpyderTracks

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Bigfoot said:
I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall a thread bemoaning the value of the 3080TI. It said that there was only a small performance gain for a lot of money. Others may be able to point you to the relevant thread or give you an alternative opinion.
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It’s pretty much the same as a 3090 for gaming, so around 10% improvement over the 3080.

But you do want the best card you can afford for MSFS
 
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ChrDoy

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Hi guys, so this is it..... the final build hopefully. Thanks again to everyone who helped and also to PCS who were really helpful with me this morning transferring me from an Intel build to AMD. So excited for this PC now!!

Some notable changes I made were adding an additional case fan to provide exhaust at the rear of the 5000x case, replace the previous hdd with a SATA ssd for general file storage and as per recommendation to a 1kw PSU.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WIFI (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/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
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fan
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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)
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Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 15 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
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Martinr36

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ChrDoy said:
Hi guys, so this is it..... the final build hopefully. Thanks again to everyone who helped and also to PCS who were really helpful with me this morning transferring me from an Intel build to AMD. So excited for this PC now!!

Some notable changes I made were adding an additional case fan to provide exhaust at the rear of the 5000x case, replace the previous hdd with a SATA ssd for general file storage and as per recommendation to a 1kw PSU.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WIFI (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/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
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fan
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 15 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
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Personally I would have kept the HDD over the SSD assuming its for general storage and nothing that requires the speed of an SSD
 
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ChrDoy

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Honestly, and it may sound pedantic, but I didn't want any hdd mechanical noise so that's what made me go for the ssd. Plenty of opportunity for expansion in the future if required but at this time a total of 3.5TB seemed plentiful.
 
SpyderTracks

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ChrDoy said:
Honestly, and it may sound pedantic, but I didn't want any hdd mechanical noise so that's what made me go for the ssd. Plenty of opportunity for expansion in the future if required but at this time a total of 3.5TB seemed plentiful.
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It’s a lovely build. Will absolutely fly!
 
loso64

loso64

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ChrDoy said:
Honestly, and it may sound pedantic, but I didn't want any hdd mechanical noise so that's what made me go for the ssd. Plenty of opportunity for expansion in the future if required but at this time a total of 3.5TB seemed plentiful.
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i decided against HDD myself too. SSD is the future and they are quite more affordable nowadays. Do keep in mind one thing, SSDs need a power or they will lose data overtime. If you plan to store something long term externally, SSD is a no go :)
 
SpyderTracks

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loso64 said:
i decided against HDD myself too. SSD is the future and they are quite more affordable nowadays. Do keep in mind one thing, SSDs need a power or they will lose data overtime. If you plan to store something long term externally, SSD is a no go :)
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Also, the main reason people still suggest HDDs over SSDs for storage is that when an SSD fails, it just fails and it’s the whole drive that dies.

HDDs tend to deteriorate sector by sector so you get warning long before the drive failed and have time to replace it.
 
loso64

loso64

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SpyderTracks said:
Also, the main reason people still suggest HDDs over SSDs for storage is that when an SSD fails, it just fails and it’s the whole drive that dies.

HDDs tend to deteriorate sector by sector so you get warning long before the drive failed and have time to replace it.
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to be fair, you do get warnings for SSDs too, most if not all modern SSDs use the S.M.A.R.T system to report errors
 
SpyderTracks

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loso64 said:
to be fair, you do get warnings for SSDs too, most if not all modern SSDs use the S.M.A.R.T system to report errors
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Doesn’t work though, I know from experience. It’s a brand new thing and only markers one failure type. It’s not ready for real world scenarios atm.

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loso64

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SpyderTracks said:
Doesn’t work though, I know from experience. It’s a brand new thing and only markers one failure type. It’s not ready for real world scenarios atm.
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hm, pretty sure i seen the warning online that SSD is failing to do backup and replacement, either way, the chances this will happen are very very slim. On top of that anyone who is buying a system like that probably knows to do backups or cloud storage. Microsoft does it even itself with onedrive by default

but fair
 
SpyderTracks

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loso64 said:
hm, pretty sure i seen the warning online that SSD is failing to do backup and replacement, either way, the chances this will happen are very very slim. On top of that anyone who is buying a system like that probably knows to do backups or cloud storage. Microsoft does it even itself with onedrive by default

but fair
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Yeah, absolutely. No matter what drive type you have, a good backup solution is a pre requisite.
 
loso64

loso64

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Bigfoot said:
It looks like a monster build. Now you have the fun of making multiple amendments and second guessing yourself while waiting for it to be built.
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definitely no idea what you are talking about xD
 
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ChrDoy

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Hi everyone. Quick question regarding fan configuration for the 5000x case (I've had this on order for a couple of weeks now). I've opted for 1 extra thermal take fan for exhaust as the 5000x doesn't have a fan for the rear.

However do you reckon I should add more fans (e.g corsair rgb) to be side mounted or will the current configuration be sufficient?

I'm trying to be cautious about having a good balance of RGB (not too much) but maintain a "cool" looking build with strong cooling. I'm not familiar with thermal take and given my build has quite a lot of corsair elements to it am I missing a trick?

Thanks for any advice!

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WIFI (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/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
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fan
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 16 to 19 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
 
AgentCooper

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The current amount of fans will be absolutely fine, you’ll be okay. For aesthetic loveliness, you could potentially do what I did, I just bought an additional Corsair LL120 fan and fitted it myself. I believe that the Capellix coolers come with the Commander Pro node so you can feed a new fan into that and enjoy the integration via iCue 👍
 
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