Another system builder
Richard Haseltine
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I apologise for yet another system building thread, but my knowledge is rusty and any advice would be appreciated.
I built a new machine six years ago, hoping it would just need minor (well, not so minor in the case of GPUs) tweaks. Sadly it has been touchy for some time, and even a clean reinstall upgraded to WIndows 11 hasn't helped - with three crashes in the ten days since, rather the reverse. I'd also need to replace al the drives with larger versions, and guess which if any parts suffered physical harm or have drivers that are not entirely ready for Windows 11, so it seems time for a full upgrade to a new system.
Precise GPU model is not set, but I don't see any benefit in getting a highlly over-clocked model and I do want as much memory as possible given the way content has grown more demanding.
CPU I want plenty of cores/threads, and the X3D version is - on the scale of the whole system - not that much more expensive than the plain X.
Case and cooling are pretty open, though I don't fully trust liquid and would prefer to keep things as quiet as possible without compromising stability.
Disc drives are an upgrade from this system (.5 TB SSD, which has only recently been getting full, 2TB, 3TB, and 4TB HDs all of which are pretty full (especially the 4TB with the 3D content) - the big SSD is possibly too much though, and might be downgraded to a smaller size or just dropped.
PC Part Picker reckons the system draws about 950W, mostly for the GPU, so I'm hoping an extra 100W will be adequate.
Case
Corsair 7000D Airflow, White, Full Tower Chassis w/ Tempered Glass Window, 3x 140mm Fan, USB Type-C, E-ATX/ATX/mATX/mITX
£274.99
CPU
AMD Ryzen™ 9 9950X3D, AM5, Zen 5, 16 Core, 32 Threads, 4.3GHz, 5.7GHz Turbo, 144MB Cache, PCIe 5.0, 170W, CPU
£619.98
Motherboard
Gigabyte X870E AORUS PRO ICE, AMD X870E, S AM5, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, 4x M.2, 2.5GbE, WiFi7, USB 4.0, AMD EXPO, ATX
£309.98
Memory
2 * 48GB (2x24GB) Corsair DDR5 Vengeance Black, PC5-44800 (5600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 40, XMP 3.0, 1.25V
£409.97
Hard Drive
2 * 8TB Toshiba MG10ADA800E Enterprise Hard Drive, 3.5" HDD, SATA III 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 512MB Cache, 512E/4096N, OEM, CMR
£399.98
2TB Crucial P510, M.2 (2280) PCIe 5.0 (x4) NVMe SSD, 10000MB/s Read, 8700MB/s Write, 1.4M / 1.5M IOPS
£173.99
4TB Crucial T705 SSD, M.2 (2280) PCIe 5.0 (x4) NVMe SSD, 3D TLC, 14,100MB/s Read, 12,600MB/s Write, 1500K/1800K IOPS
£409.98
Graphics Card
PALIT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GAMEROCK ARGB 32GB GDDR7 Ray-Tracing Graphics Card, DLSS 4, 21760 Core, 2407 MHz Boost
£2149.99
Power Supply Unit
1050W Thermaltake GF A3, Modular, 80PLUS Gold, PCIE 5.1 Cybernetics Platinum, Single Rail, Smart Zero Fan ATX3.1
£129.98
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12A chromax.black CPU Cooler, Intel/AMD, 2x 120mm Fans, 450-2000RPM, 60CFM Airflow, 22.6dB, 4-pin PWM
£119.99
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following because I need to save up for something new. Mine crashes about 3 times every hour....
It looks a fairly nice build to me ~~
Wow, that is actually really close to the one I'm gonna try to build, if money ever allows. The big difference is the 5090, ouch, that's a lot of money.
True.
My big reservation on the case, but it applies to a lot of them, is that the ports face up - that seems like a dust trap. I am not sure, however, if there are any alternatives that don't do that.
If you're really concerned about dust get some USB-A to USB-C adapters and plug them in - and a USB-C to A for that port. Assuming that the three fans are all on the front as intake fans I would suggest at least one additional fan on the back as an exhaust fan to improve the air flow.
I was thinking of making a card cover, but that would also be an option - I just know me and trailing cables...
I will check that, thanks. If it's like my current case, earlier entry in the series, it can also put up to three fans along the top.
It looks pretty top of the line, but the DS 6 Alpha without support for PA scripts and plugins is almost useless to me, so I hesitate to upgrade to any 5000 series GPU yet. The whole idea of working in DS4 and rendering in DS6 Alpha has been too cumbersome the few times I did that.
My update from Windows 10 to Windows 11 went pretty smoothly, so I haven't had to deal with immediate computer replacement yet, although my CPU is at least 5 generations old now.
I was hoping to move the 2080Ti from my current rig over, but a strong case against was made in another thread and PC Part Picker reckoned (though using a different model of card) that it would push the power requirements over 1200W, which seemed a bit much.
I'm not blaming the update (other than all the Windows 10 updates that hung trying to get from a clean start to the upgrade point), just disappointed that it didn't resolve what seemed to be software issues. They still may be, but since it crashed with very few additional drivers installed the potential for fixing it seemed limited.
Not going for a light show with the new computer. I did, then turned the lights off. Case I went with was the Lian Li O11VW O11 Vision ATX Mid Tower Case White
Looks like an excellent build.
Ooh, front-facing ports - though fewer of them, and only two drive bays (which closes off adding more later, as I did with this system). I will look to see what else they have in the sore I am using as the front-facing ports are a "thing" for me.
and, sadly, I really need to get on with this (though the GPU is out of stoick, expected 24/11, and the Zotac that was probably my initial; thought is out of stock, dure 15/11) as I had another crash today and trying to use the driver verification tool locked me in a reboot loop for a couple of hours.
It may only have two drive bays, but it has space to attach SSD drives of 2.5"
The Lian Li cases do look nice, but I think width is an issue without major reorganisation (mind you, the one in my list is already longer and a bit woder than the current system case).
I upped the PSU to the same companiy's 1200 Watt model as the headroom seemed a bit tight, by the PC Part Picker wattage estimates.
Swapped the white MB for black (more or less the same, though it is £20 more) and the Toshiba HDs for Seagate due to stock availability - which may well chnage again tomorrow, when I intend to place the order.
With 4 M.2 connections on that motherboard you picked, I wouldn't be looking for a case with many drive bays, except for those 8 TB drives. I would go with something with space to throw in some SSDs.That's me, HHDs get heavy after a few are put into the case.
That looks like high end, so I have nothing to add really except my middle of the road desktop built from 2020 parts mostly has two big shortcomings:
a) The MSI Tomahark B550 WiFi MB has known UBS problems, especaillly on the front panel MB connections. Apparentlly these type USB problems are common across all manufacturers. It seems power related, so I guess a higher rated MB and Power supply help alleviate the chances you have trouble. So I think do a thorough investigation of the MB you choose.
b) I didn't realize at the time of purchase that a USB C cable would ever be able to both supply power AND drive data to a computer monitor or a digital tablet with screen but that's exactly the case and some monitors and digital tablets come so equipped now. Given that, 2 USB C combo data/power ports in back and 1 USB C data/power port on the front panel seem a practical must now. That means I need to upgrade my MB and my case to support this on my AM4 based CPU so those original choices were money wasted that I could of avoided had I researched USB power/data perephireals better.
Good Luck
USB-C is a versatile connector that supports power delivery, data transfer, and video output. However, not all cables are designed to carry video signals. A cable must explicitly support DisplayPort Alt Mode (DP Alt Mode), Thunderbolt 3/4, or USB4 to effectively transmit video.
Thanks. I willl remember this. It would be great to ditch 2 monitor power cords.