God, you are like. The dream client lol, you're basically giving me no constraints for designing the system XD
Ooooookay, this is slightly different than what I usually do, because again, I usually try to balance performance and cost, whereas you're trying to build a system that's really not very cost-effective. That said, I'll do a revision later today and see what you have to say about the price it will come to (because didn't you say some of the money would be going towards kids' education?)
And also yeah, I'll respond to your stuff as well:
I’d like a cooler that will keep the 9900k as frosty as possible. I recall water cooling to be finicky and high maintenance so to see aio coolers maintenance free is a joy! Do they have replacement periods? I guess if temps creep up over the years the block must be gunking up? LoL
So obviously liquid coolers are a little more complex mechanically than air coolers, which means that logically they have more potential points of failure (leaks, clogs, pump failures, etc.). That said, today's AIOs are much better than the DIY kits of yesteryear; they're completely sealed (some of them you can open for maintenance, although it may void the warranty, others you definitely can't), but all of them include fluid in them that is designed to be not only thermally efficient, but also to kill any potential contaminants that may enter the system. Plus, compared to the rest of the system, this is dirt cheap
So if one fails outside of the warranty period (which is actually pretty lengthy for some, but that's something you may want to research on your own), you can realistically just get another one and eat the ~week of downtime
Alternatively, there are also some pretty thicc air coolers for around the same price we can look at as well, if you want negligibly hotter temps for potentially much higher fault tolerance
I’m excited to see what the z390 brings to the table. I’m wondering what todays current reliable mobo brands are - im seeing a lot of reviews around Asus, gigabyte and msi?
Gotta admit, I completely forgot about that as well. Depending on features compared to quality, that may also potentially make the build cheaper. And yeah, the boards I recommend will usually come from ASUS or Gigabyte at this price range, although MSI may catch my eye as well and are just as good as the other two (I just don't have any experience with them)
I would like top notch ram and timings for sure. I only put 16gb in my 3770k because ram was cheap then. Like stupid cheap. I will take your advice and only use 32gb for now
Noted. RAM prices are annoying right now, but not as bad as they were a few months ago
The nvme is a must. However, I’m thinking of going 1tb with a backup sata.
So when you say "backup", do you mean a drive for games/videos/documents? Or do you mean something that you could use a software solution to clone important data to?
I’m reading terms like intel optaine support and such...?
Yup! It's a relatively young technology by Intel that uses a special Intel SSD module to effectively cache frequently accessed files on a SATA hard drive of your choosing. The idea is that after a restart or two, you'll get SSD-like performance on a mechanical hard drive
I will get a Blu-ray drive with some sort of burning capacity though - definitely still have cd-rom games LoL
Oh, that's something I didn't even think to ask. I'll find a case with a 5.25" bay in it for the revision then
I’m highly anticipating the 2080ti reviews. I don’t care much for 10% increases in current games though and would likely get a 1080ti in that case. Again- names like evga, MSI and gibabyte come up with various overclocking and speed differences?
EVGA is generally regarded as THE brand to get NVidia cards from, although MSI is definitely a contender. I've never bought a Gigabyte card, and don't know that I ever would. That said, my reasoning is based more on aesthetics than anything; I just really don't like the looks of their cards
The psu...oh brother...this is one of the items I feel id like the highest quality part available. Name brand and reliability matter for me here within reason.
Agreed, I let the parametric decide but I agree that the PSU it picked is a little wimpy. I'll properly pick on next time, then[/QUOTE]