I've narrowed the prebuilts down, need advice

[JustinJgh]

Okay so after my previous thread a week ago I've invested more to strengthen my options.

It's down between

https://www.microcenter.com/product/...g470-gaming-pc

or

https://www.microcenter.com/product/...num-collection

For anyone that doesn't know, powerspec is the microcenter in house brand. Good reviews.

[Stormbreed]

I run alien ware systems with customer cooling, and let me tell you. Love it, and if something goes wrong they literally over night ship me a 3090.

[Jtbrig7390]

Okay so after my previous thread a week ago I've invested more to strengthen my options.

It's down between

https://www.microcenter.com/product/...g470-gaming-pc

or

https://www.microcenter.com/product/...num-collection

For anyone that doesn't know, powerspec is the microcenter in house brand. Good reviews.

Honestly no to both because of one thing, The PSU.

A 3080ti on a 750watt PSU is a HARD no for me because of power spikes that they (and other higher RTX cards) are known for. But if I had to pick I would go with the Ryzen because the i9 is a beast I don't trust the cooling in a pre-built to keep it tame.

The i9 is a better CPU but the power and heat draw in it is quite high and I doubt a pe-built heatsink can handle it.

(Also not worth the $100 price difference).

[AntenoraDK]

Okay so after my previous thread a week ago I've invested more to strengthen my options.

It's down between

https://www.microcenter.com/product/...g470-gaming-pc

or

https://www.microcenter.com/product/...num-collection

For anyone that doesn't know, powerspec is the microcenter in house brand. Good reviews.

I'd personally go for the Powerspec one if you can configure it to have a slightly higher PSU like an 800 or 850W.

ASUS tends to cheap out on things like using single sticks of RAM, PCIE 3.0 SSD's etc.

Honestly no to both because of one thing, The PSU.

A 3080ti on a 750watt PSU is a HARD no for me because of power spikes that they (and other higher RTX cards) are known for. But if I had to pick I would go with the Ryzen because the i9 is a beast I don't trust the cooling in a pre-built to keep it tame.

The i9 is a better CPU but the power and heat draw in it is quite high and I doubt a pe-built heatsink can handle it.

(Also not worth the $100 price difference).

3080 Ti can run on a 750 W but I wouldn't recommend it with a heavy power chip like the 12900KF.