New Build - need a gut check
Can someone provide some feedback on this build?
Should have mentioned, this runs a sim racing rig, and that is all it does. Don't need a ton of storage, just CPU and GPU.
Thanks
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Greetings. If that fits your budget, I mean that is easily a top of the line computer for any sort of gaming, there isn't really any other suggestions we could make besides looking into perhaps water cooling the CPU instead.
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Thanks so much Ian. I keep going back and forth with water cooling.
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I would recommend it over air cooling for that processor.
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I definitely agree with Ian that you should water-cool that CPU. The 9900K/10900K/11900K are all well known for consuming 200W+ if allowed (Intel power restrictions off in UEFI, not even OC'ing). A 280mm or 360mm cooler is recommended. A Kraken X63 would be nice, and I think it would allow you to still use the case's included RGB fans:
I would also personally change that SSD. QLC does not exactly tickle my performance bone. Its endurance rating of 200 TBW (Terabytes written) labels it as a storage drive, IMHO, not a high performance boot drive. I suggest an upgrade to at least the Crucial P5 (with an endurance rating of 1200 TBW!) which is a very cheap upgrade considering the price of this PC:
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