NZXT H1 V2 3080 Build - New Builds And Planning - Linus Tech Tips

Budget (including currency): 2500$ to 3000$

Country:  US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Heavy AAA titles, VR, 4K etc

 

 

Hey,

 

Wanted to build a new PC using the nzxt h1 case. I put together a part list. Just want to make sure they are optimal.

 

Things I care about with this build :

1) Heaving gaming focused, VR, 4k. 2) wanted to use Nzxt h1 v2 case. Comes with psu and CPU cooler (I believe they cover these specs?)

 

 

Things I am not sure about :

1) Motherboard might be overkill? I do like the selection of USB ports, but I'm assuming that I'm not making full use of those pcie 5 ports. Downgrade? 2) Are the SSDs I selected good? I'm happy with the space. Boot drive will have the OS and maybe a couple of games, other drive will have media and non critical games. 3) I am aware of 40 series being close to release. Though I don't think I'm interested? Expectations shows that these cards are very power hungry and also I assume not going to fit in the Nzxt case so idk if I wanna really  wait. I'd rather just get the 3080 now. Trying to time things is starting to get exhausting and sucking the fun out of things. I just want to play. Any recommendations to wait for the 40 series? 4) I have used Intel in the past, and don't have experience with amd. If anyone has an amd recommendation that may fit better, I am willing to check it out. Good reasons to stick with the 12700k is also welcome. 5) I don't mind upgrading to get a better deal and I don't mind downgrading if the feature is really not needed.

Any other thoughts would also be appreciated!

 

 

I'm upgrading from a 7700k and GTX 1070 which I have had for a while.

Case :  NZXT H1 Version 2 - CS-H11BB-US - Small Form-Factor ITX Case - Dual Chamber Airflow - Tinted Tempered Glass Front Panel - 140mm Liquid Cooler - SFX 750W 80+ Gold PSU - PCIe Gen4 Riser - Black 399.99$

Motherboard: MSI MEG Z690I Unify Gaming Motherboard (Mini ITX, 12th Gen Intel Core, LGA 1700 Socket, DDR5, PCIe 5, 2.5G LAN, M.2 Slots, Wi-Fi 6E) 399.99$

CPU : Intel Core i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked  LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W 379.99$

Memory : Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) 5200MHz DDR5 CL40 Kit of 2 Desktop Memory KF552C40BBK2-32 193.51$

Boot Drive : SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB, M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Hard Drive with V-NAND Technology for Gaming, Graphic Design, MZ-V7S1T0B/AM 104.99$

Extra Storage : SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) 189.99$

Graphic Card : MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 LHR 10GB GDRR6X 320-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Torx Fan 3 Ampere Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus 10G OC LHR) 833.99$

 

Total : 2502.45$

Edited June 12, 2022 by zohebhynus Fixing Links and formatting