I've been lucky enough to save up for a new rig - last one was a PCS build bought 4 years ago with an i5 5th gen Quad Core OC'd at 4.6GHz, Asus Z97A Board, 4GB GTX970. The one before that, and my first ever gaming PC was also a PCS build. Couldn't fault it other than a HD6970 GPU that cooked big time, but more on that later...
Honestly it has been a faithful trooper, but I have wanted to upgrade for a bit to something that has a good chance of lasting me some years in the 4k era. My current order (which couldn't arrive quickly enough, even if it turned up yesterday) is as below;
Case
BE QUIET! DARK BASE PRO 900 REV. 2 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 Eight Core Processor i9-9900KS (4.0GHz) 16MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Master: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs WIFI - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 2300MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i PRO Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans
The couple of questions I have are;
1. Which GPU can I expect to receive? I understand that PCS use MSI or Zotac - is this right? And if so, which design/type am I likely to find in my new desktop? I ask because the one and only GPU I ever fried had an enclosed card with a single centrifugal fan design (the old 6970). It always ran hot, and I often attributed that to the ventilation of the card itself. I'm hoping I will receive a GPU with a dual/triple fan setup akin to my current GTX970. Can anyone confirm what I'll likely have on the way?
2. Are there some considerations I need to make about cooling this beyond what I have specified already? I believe there are at least 3 case fans and a controller with the cooler etc - I wasn't able to spec any additional control.
3. Can I reach a safe 5GHz on the CPU with the liquid cooler specified? My many searches of the internet have returned widely varying views, some saying it can do it air cooled, others saying they wouldn't dare go above 5GHz without a liquid cooler. Any further info would be ideal.
Whatever happens I'm keen as a bean to get going with it. I've never been in a position to buy such a high spec before, and I am going to enjoy it.
Honestly it has been a faithful trooper, but I have wanted to upgrade for a bit to something that has a good chance of lasting me some years in the 4k era. My current order (which couldn't arrive quickly enough, even if it turned up yesterday) is as below;
Case
BE QUIET! DARK BASE PRO 900 REV. 2 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 Eight Core Processor i9-9900KS (4.0GHz) 16MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Master: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs WIFI - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 2300MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i PRO Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans
The couple of questions I have are;
1. Which GPU can I expect to receive? I understand that PCS use MSI or Zotac - is this right? And if so, which design/type am I likely to find in my new desktop? I ask because the one and only GPU I ever fried had an enclosed card with a single centrifugal fan design (the old 6970). It always ran hot, and I often attributed that to the ventilation of the card itself. I'm hoping I will receive a GPU with a dual/triple fan setup akin to my current GTX970. Can anyone confirm what I'll likely have on the way?
2. Are there some considerations I need to make about cooling this beyond what I have specified already? I believe there are at least 3 case fans and a controller with the cooler etc - I wasn't able to spec any additional control.
3. Can I reach a safe 5GHz on the CPU with the liquid cooler specified? My many searches of the internet have returned widely varying views, some saying it can do it air cooled, others saying they wouldn't dare go above 5GHz without a liquid cooler. Any further info would be ideal.
Whatever happens I'm keen as a bean to get going with it. I've never been in a position to buy such a high spec before, and I am going to enjoy it.