Build 321 – Phaelon: 4K/144hz Gaming Computer

Phaelon is a 4K/144hz gaming computer, designed around a 8-core Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor and an RTX 5080 16GB video card.

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4K/144hz Gaming Computer

Description

Phaelon is a 4K/144hz gaming computer, designed around a 8-core Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor and an RTX 5080 16GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 8-core Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor and an RTX 5080 16GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer wanted a powerful 4K/144hz gaming PC that would last a long time.

This build was designed for various flight simulators, Civilization, Paradox, VR, and VMs. This customer wanted to support a local business, and found us through LinkedIn.

This build was influenced by our 4K/144hz Gaming Computer.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Silent Loop 3 360

Motherboard: Gigabyte X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7

Memory: Kingston F​ury Beast 2x32GB ​DDR5-6000

Windows OS Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 500GB

Ubuntu OS Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 500GB

Windows Main Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 4TB

Video Card (GPU): PNY GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Triple Fan OC

Power Supply (PSU): be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W

Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Black

OS: Windows 11 Pro

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Design Rationale

  • The Ryzen 7 9800X3D gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for lightly-threaded workloads, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, and ensure that the CPU isn’t preheated by the GPU, a 360mm liquid cooler is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality and a current-gen chipset.
  • The customer requested 64GB of RAM for gaming and software development.
  • The customer agreed with our recommendation for separate drives for Windows and Ubuntu, with a 4TB mass storage drive for Windows.
  • The customer agreed with our recommendation for an RTX 5080 16GB.
  • We recommended a 1000W power supply based on the overall design of the build.
  • We used our default larger mid-tower case to fit the parts and give solid airflow.

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