been looking at some pc's as mine is getting old. is this a good setup?

[MakaveliBM]

ntel® Core™ i9 Eight Core Processor i9-9900 (3.1GHz) 16MB Cache

Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 UD: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready

Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!

1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE

1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB Intel® H10 NVMe SSD + 32GB Intel® Optane™ (upto 2300MB/sR | 1300MB/sW)

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

[_I_]

either go ryzen or intel k with z board
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i9-9900-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-3900X/m816115vs4044
core performance is the same, but ryzen 3900x has more cores/threads for the same price


either can make use of faster ram, 3000+ cl16-
optane is overrated, just get a nvme 500+g ssd for the os and a few games
32g cache isnt enough for the os

[xSOSxHawkens]

I would opt for the follow changes:

+$100 to budget

R9-3900x
x570
2TB Mushkin Enhanced Pilot nvme m.2 in lieu of the Intel H10
Alternatively use a 128GB seperate partition on the SSD as dedicated cache to the 2TB storage drive in a pseudo optane fashion via Primocache (I think you can use parittions and not whole drives, but I could be wrong there).

[Nabster]

I would get a 2tb ssd to avoid stuffing around with moving files

[Magma Dragoon]

"If it isn't K, no way." ~ancient Greek proverb about Intel CPUs

[Zireth]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LXCH8M this one I recommend to overclock that cpu, the cooler will do way better than most of the AIOs you will find.

[r.linder]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย MakaveliBM:

ntel® Core™ i9 Eight Core Processor i9-9900 (3.1GHz) 16MB Cache

Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 UD: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready

Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!

1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE

1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB Intel® H10 NVMe SSD + 32GB Intel® Optane™ (upto 2300MB/sR | 1300MB/sW)

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Locked i9, cheap unlocked board, slow RAM...

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

i9 9900 Non k is not bad. It runs at fixed 4.7 Ghz all cores. Though i recommend a better motherboard and at least 3000 Mhz ram. And if possible ditch all those HDD + Optane crap and simply get a 2 TB SSD.

[_I_]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ⎛⎝ Cloud Boy ⎠⎞:

i9 9900 Non k is not bad. It runs at fixed 4.7 Ghz all cores.

false
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/191789/intel-core-i9-9900-processor-16m-cache-up-to-5-00-ghz.html

# Processor Base Frequency 3.10 GHz
# Max Turbo Frequency 5.00 GHz

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย _I_:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ⎛⎝ Cloud Boy ⎠⎞:

i9 9900 Non k is not bad. It runs at fixed 4.7 Ghz all cores. Though i recommend a better motherboard and at least 3000 Mhz ram. And if possible ditch all those HDD + Optane crap and simply get a 2 TB SSD.

false
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/191789/intel-core-i9-9900-processor-16m-cache-up-to-5-00-ghz.html

# Processor Base Frequency 3.10 GHz
# Max Turbo Frequency 5.00 GHz

yes i know what you are showing.

base clock- 3.10 Ghz
Single core turbo- 5 Ghz
All core Turbo ''ACT'' ( without overclocking)- 4.7 Ghz

Please do some research before call someone ''false''.

[_I_]

its not a constant freq, they can throttle when hot and idle at lower freqs
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/core_i9/i9-9900
Turbo Frequency
5,000 MHz (1 core),
5,000 MHz (2 cores),
4,900 MHz (3 cores),
4,800 MHz (4 cores),
4,800 MHz (5 cores),
4,700 MHz (6 cores),
4,700 MHz (7 cores),
4,600 MHz (8 cores)

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย _I_:

its not a constant freq, they can throttle when hot and idle at lower freqs

Turbo Frequency
5,000 MHz (1 core),
5,000 MHz (2 cores),
4,900 MHz (3 cores),
4,800 MHz (4 cores),
4,800 MHz (5 cores),
4,700 MHz (6 cores),
4,700 MHz (7 cores),
4,600 MHz (8 cores)

That last line is wrong.^.

When all cores are under load an i9 9900 can runs at 4.7 Ghz.

[_I_]

3900x is a better cpu than the 9900 non k at the same price
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/ryzen_9/3900x

Frequency 3,800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 4,600 MHz

it will turbo all cores as long as temps are in check and the board can maintain core voltage

the ram speeds can be ignored on most ddr3/4 cpus, thats what the imc is rated for, but they can go faster

[hawkeye]

9900 - great only the 9900k is faster (even if the 9900 has a cooler, expect to buy a better one)
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/i9-9900-non-k-running-quite-hot-with-stock-cooler.3522448/

z390 - good - supports fast memory and overclcoking if you decide to go for the k (which I would)

ram - buy something near the top of this list (large difference in performance on some titles between ddr4-3000 and 3600)
https://www.memorybenchmark.net/read_uncached_ddr4_intel.html

gpu - 2080 super is good but check reviews for the best model (they don't all perform the same)
make sure it has the connectors for whatever you intend hooking it up to

psu - I would go for a 750W tier A from this list
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40/

nvme -- make sure it will fit size and connection wise (the mobo appears to have 1 nvme socket only)
optane - forget it

2tb hdd and 512 ssd seems a bit strange
better -
1 nvme for the o/s
1+ ssd for games (games benefit from ssd) or nvme if the mobo can handle more
1 hdd for backups and important docs

[MakaveliBM]

Okey thank you all for your comments I ain’t the best with pc’s but if I had £2000 for a pc’s what specs would you recommend me getting please

[hawkeye]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย MakaveliBM:

Okey thank you all for your comments I ain’t the best with pc’s but if I had £2000 for a pc’s what specs would you recommend me getting please

We need to know the type of game that you want to play and the monitor specs. If you want to use an existing monitor the make and model are needed too.