New PC time, which one?

[Me99]

Time for a new PC, narrowed it down to two zen 3 builds, one quiet and cheaper and one flashy and more expensive. Opinions?

Quiet - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vxnyJf

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (£339.99 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£69.14 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard (£168.99 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (£71.02 @ Amazon UK)
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500 ATX Mid Tower Case (£61.24 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£113.49 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £823.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-09 11:48 BST+0100

Flashy - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3PddsX

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (£339.99 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£119.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard (£168.99 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£189.99 @ Corsair UK)
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ATX Mid Tower Case (£87.26 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£113.49 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1019.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-09 11:48 BST+0100

[Hatredsheart]

If budget is a concern I'd swap the cpu cooler from list 1 to list 2 then buy list 2.
If it's not then my personal choice would be list 2.

[DjchunKfunK]

Personally not seeing where the £200 is going in the second list other than the 32GB of memory which isn't necessary unless you do a lot of video stuff so I'd get the first list. By that I mean the value.

[Me99]

It's going on the RGB stuff. Need to fill all 4 banks for it to look right if it's a showy build.

Problem with the bequiet cooler Doug is that it covers most of the ram slots which would ruin the flashy build. That's why I went for a water cooler, plus the water cooler has an RGB fan controller with it.

Technically the cheaper build is the faster build as it's cas 16 Vs the flashy builds cas 18. Not much of a difference though.

[Sly Boots]

Faster, quieter, cheaper... sounds like the one to go for.

[Medicine Man]

No gfx card?

[Me99]

Faster, quieter, cheaper... sounds like the one to go for.

Yes sly, but it's not 'Flashy'. A difficult choice!

No gfx, I'll keep my 1070 for now, that shit would double the price

[Me99]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (Purchased For £335.03)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£105.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 VISION D-P ATX AM4 Motherboard (£211.25 @ Technextday)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (Purchased For £146.45)
Case: Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £74.98)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£95.00 @ Infinite Computing)
Total: £967.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-17 19:41 GMT+0000

Thats what I'm looking at so far, might switch out the mobo for an ASUS ROG as its £30 cheaper. Managed to get a brilliant deal on the CPU and RAM. New egg have a 20% off deal if you buy with crypto, so I've jst bought the CPU and RAM with £480 worth of etherium! Weird times. Knocked over £100 off the price together.

[Snowy]

Faster, quieter, cheaper... sounds like the one to go for.

Yes sly, but it's not 'Flashy'. A difficult choice!

I have a perspex window in my case and my mobo and gfx card (both ROG Strix or whatever they are called) have RGB - and I hate it I would say that a good looking case with, at most, illuminated fans, is as flashy as you need it to be. Never understood the RGB stuff tbh - my old keyboard had it and I just set it to a muted lowlight on initial setup and never touched it again.

For my money, Sly has the right idea. If you wanted to you could split the difference and spend it on upgrading the case to one that is sexeh.

[Raid]

When I upgraded my PC last year, I bought RGB components (basically just the RAM, I'm using the stock CPU cooler which had it anyway) in case I decided to go the full lightshow route. That never happened, partially because of MSI's fucking stupid rainbow puke lightbar that you can't control or turn off (their own software both doesn't work and is considered by many as malware), and there are three competing pieces of RGB software (one of which is the sodding PC BIOS), meaning I can't give it a consistent look. I'm now yearning for an understated, opaque case because I can no longer hide it all underneath the desk (I have a motorised sit/stand desk and I can't find a decent bracket to hang it underneath, nor do I want to stick it on the floor as I'd be pulling on the cables every time the desk moved). I respect the effort that goes into making one of those really nice RGB arrangements you see over at /r/battlestations, but it's a surprising amount of work.

I love my RGB keyboard though.

[Hatredsheart]

When I upgraded my PC last year, I bought RGB components (basically just the RAM, I'm using the stock CPU cooler which had it anyway) in case I decided to go the full lightshow route. That never happened, partially because of MSI's fucking stupid rainbow puke lightbar that you can't control or turn off (their own software both doesn't work and is considered by many as malware), and there are three competing pieces of RGB software (one of which is the sodding PC BIOS), meaning I can't give it a consistent look. I'm now yearning for an understated, opaque case because I can no longer hide it all underneath the desk (I have a motorised sit/stand desk and I can't find a decent bracket to hang it underneath, nor do I want to stick it on the floor as I'd be pulling on the cables every time the desk moved). I respect the effort that goes into making one of those really nice RGB arrangements you see over at /r/battlestations, but it's a surprising amount of work.

I love my RGB keyboard though.

If you want a single piece of rgb software that I've found (so far) works with all my hardware try signalrgb https://www.whirlwindfx.com/pages/signalrgb

If you want everything off I think there's a "night" setting which might even work with your MSI stuff. They're adding new supported hardware regularly and there's an online form to request support for your stuff if it isn't already. obviously make sure all your existing rgb software is uninstalled first.

[Raid]

Thank you.

I haven't exactly been following these things religiously, but it's the first time I've tried one of these control-all programs that actually worked with my GPU, which was the biggest offender. Frustratingly it still only affects half of my CPU cooler though; there are three zones on the thing, the AMD logo, the fan blades, and a ring around the edge, and for whatever reason it'll only control the blades. The ring very slowly and gradually shifts through a rainbow spectrum (the entire ring is one colour), but it's inoffensive compared to the obnoxious GPU effect, so I can live with it.

[Snowy]

Thank you.

I haven't exactly been following these things religiously, but it's the first time I've tried one of these control-all programs that actually worked with my GPU, which was the biggest offender. Frustratingly it still only affects half of my CPU cooler though; there are three zones on the thing, the AMD logo, the fan blades, and a ring around the edge, and for whatever reason it'll only control the blades. The ring very slowly and gradually shifts through a rainbow spectrum (the entire ring is one colour), but it's inoffensive compared to the obnoxious GPU effect, so I can live with it.

My ROG Strix mobo does the same thing, which irritates the shit out of me. Or did. On the back of this thread I did some digging and found a BIOS setting that turns it off when the PC is off.

Can't do anything about the two stupidly bright LEDs on each of the gfx card's power connectors, but one win at a time...

[Me99]

Luckily my case and AIO are both corsair along with the RAM so hopefully everything will sync up alright. Thinking of doing the below for it.





This looked nice on the BeQuiet case too

[Me99]

PC built now, went full corsair.







Did it the lazy way and just stuck my Windows 10 drive in it without a clean install and its worked right away. Fuck me do fans have alot of cables nowadays! Back of the case looks like the spagertti junction even with cable routing. The keyboard is pretty cool, it per key lighting so I have each them change colour and fade back when pressed. The middle light on the pump also changes colour depending on CPU heat.