What is the reason behind spending £1000 on a motherboard and 128GB of RAM?
What is the reason behind spending £1000 on a motherboard and 128GB of RAM?
Yes, you can assemble a highly appealing gaming PC without a monitor.
They don't.
However, there are many misunderstandings.
3x NVMe in RAID 0 offers improved FPS
Using MP3 files from an SSD feels better
than from a HDD
Having more fans seems advantageous
These kinds of things.
128GB RAM is far too much for a dedicated gaming setup.
32GB or even 64GB might be possible in certain cases.
My current system (still in storage) holds 96GB, mainly because large CAD files were limiting performance at 64GB.
A $1000 motherboard can handle it, though it won’t impress anyone.
If someone claims they need such high-end components, I’d want to understand their reasoning.
There’s likely documentation showing 128GB improves gaming performance. Or the $1000 board has some special feature.
All 13th and 14th generation CPUs have a hardware issue leading to instability that Intel cannot resolve. The problem is partially reduced by microcode and BIOS updates, but it remains unsolvable. Opt for a more suitable system and decline. A £8000 setup is significantly more than what’s needed for a high-quality system; you could afford a premium system and a good monitor for half the price.
Perhaps he's chosen a fancy illuminated case with a custom water loop? Most of my systems have solid metal side panels and the only LEDs are on 10Gb NICs and SAS cards.
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I'm not into gaming, but as other people have mentioned, I'd probably buy the latest NVidia RTX 5090 GPU, which range from very expensive to ludicrous prices. A quick look on Amazon.co.uk shows the cheapest is a very "reasonable" £2,199.98:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-GeForce-RTX...ref=sr_1_2
Mid range RTX 5090 cards cost £2,500 to £3,000.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/GeForce-Graphic...B0DTV54ZNH
Or you could customise your PC in white with this card for £5,777.20:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ZOTAC-GAMING-Ge...ef=sr_1_17
I've no idea why it's more expensive than a professional A6000 GPU. Perhaps they don't have any in stock and it's a "placeholder" price.
For the CPU I'd use an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D at £612.42:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Processor-3...ref=sr_1_2
It's probably overkill for gaming but good for apps that need more cores.
I've no idea about AM5 motherboards, but I'd allocate £400 to £600, if money is no object.
You can fit large numbers of M.2 NVMe SSDs if you have a mind to. Games can occupy hundreds of GB and fast 8TB M.2 drives aren't cheap. Here's a WD Black SN-850X for £521.40:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD_BLACK-SN850X...ref=sr_1_4
Fit two, three or four 8TB drives and you've used up a small fortune. Most gamers might manage with only 8TB, but of course 32TB is "better".
A 1200W Corsair Shift PSU would be £244.51. I'm sure there are £300 digital PSUs.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-RM1200x...ef=sr_1_15
I haven't got around to the monitors, but it's easy to spend large sums of money on many things. £8,000 is cheap compared to a super car.
Don't worry about the cost. He's not gambling it away playing on-line poker. Now that would be a waste if he didn't win.
You could spend £7,369 on an X2D 100C (body only):
https://www.parkcameras.com/shop/hasselb...a_h015759x