Congrats I guess, but, you left out half of the relevant specs.

absolute unit. Just under the price of a small hatchback.

For what though? Must be rich if you just playing a couple games here and there on that. With a 5090 then it should be a PC that's making you money as you use it.

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

For what though? Must be rich if you just playing a couple games here and there on that. With a 5090 then it should be a PC that's making you money as you use it.

Not really, just need to know how to save and budget, you don't even need to be rich.

A disturbingly large number of people could easily buy one if they just cut out buying fancy coffee every day or just made their own lunch instead of buying it, it costs less than shat smokers will spend literally killing themselves in a year etc.

Originally posted by Diablo:

Cpu intel ultra 9 24

Ram 64 dual channel XMP

Lol, there is no cpu called "Intel ultra9 24" Please provide the correct designation

As an exercise, can you oorrectly identify the ram?

It sounds like you bought a prebuilt, which in my world is a BIG NO NO. Anyway claw back extra performance by learning to debloat it.

It's all for nothing if your monitor is garbage. You should at the very least have an Asus PG32UCDM for such a system. The Aorus FO32U2P is marvellous as well.

Wish you all the best and enjoy the hell out of it.

Most likely he meant the 24 Core

I’ve checked how much it would cost to build one in UK
9800x3D + 5090 (instead of slower in gaming intel core ultra 9 285k)

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gDj3Qd

About £3600 with taxes.

Originally posted by C1REX:

I’ve checked how much it would cost to build one in UK
9800x3D + 5090 (instead of slower in gaming intel core ultra 9 285k)

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gDj3Qd

About £3600 with taxes.

Some people like to liquid cool both the cpu and gpu and tbat won't be cheap for the OPs CPU and GPU. And if doing h3avy productivity you'd probably want 9950X if going Ryzen and a more expensive Motherboard if you plan to install mant PCIE 5.0/4.0 ssds

285k is an 8c/8t with another 16c/16t lower but good performance cores.

(I'm still a bit uneasy about lack of HT for gaming systems.)

At 4k with rtx 5090 the difference between 285k and 9800x3d is small, according to these vids -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkYdgRXw4nc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzBnOcwvzRY

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Originally posted by C1REX:

I’ve checked how much it would cost to build one in UK
9800x3D + 5090 (instead of slower in gaming intel core ultra 9 285k)

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gDj3Qd

About £3600 with taxes.

Some people like to liquid cool both the cpu and gpu and tbat won't be cheap for the OPs CPU and GPU.

True.
Liquid cooled GPU is about £600 extra or more.
420mm cooler for the CPU is actually cheaper in UK than premium air coolers.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/CwqxKq
£4200

But it’s £600 wasted for nothing in my opinion. Custom loop can cost even more.

Originally posted by C1REX:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Some people like to liquid cool both the cpu and gpu and tbat won't be cheap for the OPs CPU and GPU.

True.
Liquid cooled GPU is about £600 extra or more.
420mm cooler for the CPU is actually cheaper in UK than premium air coolers.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/CwqxKq
£4200

But it’s £600 wasted for nothing in my opinion. Custom loop can cost even more.

Do you think people spending 7K on a rig care about £600,

I mean, if I was going balls out on a new rig, I'd want it exactly how I wanted it, imagine regretting a decision for years and years over a few hundred quid.

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by C1REX:

True.
Liquid cooled GPU is about £600 extra or more.
420mm cooler for the CPU is actually cheaper in UK than premium air coolers.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/CwqxKq
£4200

But it’s £600 wasted for nothing in my opinion. Custom loop can cost even more.

Do you think people spending 7K on a rig care about £600,

I mean, if I was going balls out on a new rig, I'd want it exactly how I wanted it, imagine regretting a decision for years and years over a few hundred quid.

Yes, I think people spending 7k usually still care about £600. Especially when there is no meaningful difference in performance.
People who don’t care about £600 probably take a loan.

People can also regret getting a liquid cooled GPU. There are downsides to that - like more complicated build, maintenance, potential pump failure, shorter lifespan and degrading performance.

And getting a top end build for years and years is usually a waste of money and it’s usually more cost effective to get a high-mid more often. Plus it can feel bad in 18months when it gets outperformed by new CPUs+ RTX 6090 that can likely be build for less than this one. Well, it will most likely feel bad if the purchase was financially impactful and an upgrade won’t be any time soon.

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Do you think people spending 7K on a rig care about £600,

Well yes, and even more so if spending a extreme amount on a computer, I'd want to make sure every dollar is not wasted.

Originally posted by spicy little monkey:

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Do you think people spending 7K on a rig care about £600,

Well yes, and even more so if spending a extreme amount on a computer, I'd want to make sure every dollar is not wasted.

Some people have enough $ to not care tbat much. Look at all those Tesla owners