Did I make a mistake?

So I just ordered a rig.. but I chose the Core i9 11900K... did I make a mistake..?? I have read a few articles online saying the Ryzen 9 5950X beats it by a lot. Will I notice any performance issues...?
Also ordered an RTX 3090 as well.

mostly for gaming and some basic productivity.

Just curious ... thoughts???

No. Both are a bit excessive for gaming. Your simple description doesn't indicate you'll benefit significantly by double the cores of that Ryzen.

That's a very nice gift, and it should last 5 - 10 years.

Nit-picky suggestion: You could change to a Samsung 980 Pro as storage to squeeze the most of the performance.

Truly notable suggestion: Upgrade to a 1000 watt PSU. That setup has the potential to reach beyond 800 watts under full load (i.e., every component having high demand). Does that mean an 850 watt power supply is absolutely insufficient or will be problematic? No. Although, ~10 to 20% is normally a good headroom amount.

FYI: OuterVision's Power Supply Calculator does a good job at estimating maximum power consumption.

Two of the fastest CPUs available, you would be hard-pressed to "notice" performance issues. Best gaming CPU right now is the 11900K.

IMHO the RTX 3080 will be more than enough for all his gaming for a very long time. The games he plays will never test the overkill of a 3090. I'm the budget guy, and I want to make you aware that card is selling for almost double it's MSRP. All the cards are sky-high, if you hadn't heard, so it makes no sense to reach higher than what you need. A 3080 will perform extremely well on a high-end 4K monitor for several years at least, and beyond that, there will be newer cards at more reasonable prices to upgrade. If you have, or select a 1440p monitor resolution, it's overkill, but it will be good for the life of the computer or the part. Save yourself the $1300. If you downgrade that part, you won't need the larger power supply.

Edited by Cretae - 02 Oct 2021 at 3:30am

IMHO thats quite an expense on a 12 year old. Your son, your money.

Thank you everyone for the comments and advice. I love crowd Knowledge. I always over buy on technology. I have worked in IT for 30 years, but my background is mostly on servers and switches. I work on a laptop and I dont game so digging into hardware again was interesting. Wow have things changed. One thing I have learned over the years is dont buy for today. I can remember my older son buying the best video card of time years ago and 12 months later it was old news. I know I over paid for the rtx3090 by a lot, but I am hoping I won't have to worry about it for several years. My 12yo son does not ask for anything. He is happy playing on a $200 NUC with integrated graphics. I know NVIDIA is already trying to get the RTX 40 series cards ready by end of next year. As he gets older, the games he is playing are getting more and more advanced so I want to make sure he can jack up all the settings and have no issues. Anyway, thanks again for all the input. I will have to keep an eye on the power supply.

Areobee

Edited by areobee - 07 Oct 2021 at 9:43am

Reading about other people's super systems while I wait for mine gives me something to do.

I would make it the boot drive. Your OS will boot faster, apps will launch faster, and the windows swap file will have super-fast access.

areobee,

I bet you might play the first game at ultra crazy settings yourself or at least will be there to watch your son discover what true pristine high definition graphics can allow after the grand unboxing!

I am typing on a 12 year old Digital Storm that runs great having only changed out a fan over all this time. I know that Digital Storm is serious about their Stage 5 Stress Testing & Benchmarking. I believe this is the most important stage of the process. Digital Storm builds systems that last and I can attest to that.

If you are concerned there is a specific reason other than extensive testing you could give them a call and check status. I know I would want them to take as long as it takes to stress test my new system that I have on order.

I know you will be happy with your new system when it does arrive. DS builds incredible systems!



Edited by Onkel_Ken - 27 Oct 2021 at 1:08pm

I've always said that of all the stages DS goes through that I would want the testing stage to be the longest. All of the problems, if any at all, that are found by DS means that I won't find them. They are better equipped to find and deal with them than I will ever be...