Build 119 – Big Iron: 1440p/240hz Gaming Computer

Big Iron is a 1440p/240hz gaming computer, designed around a 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X processor and an RTX 3090 24GB video card.

Description

Big Iron is a 1440p/240hz gaming computer, designed around a 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X processor and an RTX 3090 24GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X processor and an RTX 3090 24GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer was looking for a new powerful 1440p/240hz gaming computer that would last a long time and be easily upgraded over time. This build was also designed for graphic design, video editing, and 3D design.

This build was influenced by Fresh Creation Station

System Spec

Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4

Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ULTRA

Memory: Crucial Ballistix 2x16GB DDR4-3200

Storage (SSD): Crucial P5 Plus 500GB Gen4 NVME

Storage (SSD): Crucial P5 Plus 2TB Gen4 NVME

Video Card (GPU): Zotac RTX 3090 24GB GAMING Trinity

Power Supply (PSU): Enermax Revolution D.F. 850W 80+ Gold

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow Black

Fans: 3x Phanteks F120MP

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Design Rationale

The Ryzen 9 5900X gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for gaming and editing, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, air cooling with a dual-tower cooler is recommended. Liquid cooling with a 360mm AIO is better, but not needed.
The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
The customer wanted at least 32GB of RAM, 64GB was an easy upgrade.
The customer was mostly fine with our default storage setup, upgrading the main drive from 1TB to 2TB.
We recommended the RTX 3090 for gaming and editing performance.
The overall design of the build meant that a 850W power supply was recommended.
We used our default mid-tower case to fit the build.
We used our default fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

Customer Review

“Great experience with Top Flight!
They walked me through the whole process and delivered a really great product. Would recommend this company to anyone who needs a custom PC.
I’ve been using mine for a week now and could not be happier. 10/10 will definitely be back next time I need a PC.”
Chris, Minneapolis MN