Any bad apples in this build?

[BGHunter]

Personally will go for Asrock x570 Taichi, have all high end tools on better price, than Crosshairs of Asus, while x570-F have some cutted useful features.

[Tsarez]

Your PSU is fine just consider HX1000 or RM1000x which are semi passive (all full modular). BeQuiet is great but is always on fans and also just 5 years warranty instead of the corsair 10.

One final thing: If you can switch case fans to 140mm you will save yourself from a lot of noise.

Rest of the system looks good, do check with the M2 because samsung has also been accused as of late of switching components to some cheapex ones and benchmarks being a lot lowered than stated in the past. In general the SSD/M2 market at the moment is a bit grey area and you should do a bit of research.

Yea things like the fans or the M2s are things I consider almost plug and play. If I'm ever unhappy with those parts, they're usually quick and cheap to replace. Unlike lets say the MOBO or a CPU which cost a ton and influence the system drastically if not configured correctly with the whole scheme in mind.

[Trumpcat]

I love that you've included a Creative Sound Blaster. I'm a sucker for high quality sound. When I see that I know it's a person who cares about their experience. Sapphire Radeon also a high IQ pick. Love your build.

[Tsarez]

I love that you've included a Creative Sound Blaster. I'm a sucker for high quality sound. When I see that I know it's a person who cares about their experience. Sapphire Radeon also a high IQ pick. Love your build.

Thanks. I just wanted to experience a sound card after going for decades without one. I'm using a Dynaudio Xeo 3 Active Speaker setup and I hope to get some more quality out of them using a dedicated sound engine.

[Temp name]

Thanks. I just wanted to experience a sound card after going for decades without one. I'm using a Dynaudio Xeo 3 Active Speaker setup and I hope to get some more quality out of them using a dedicated sound engine.

I'd probably get an external DAC/AMP combo personally

[Tsarez]

I'd probably get an external DAC/AMP combo personally

I have the DAC from the Steel series Arctis Pro Wireless. I do however believe that I'll get some better sound out of the active speakers if I go through a dedicated sound card. If there's no difference I might just sell it again so it's no biggie to just test it all out once

[Kagthul]

I have the DAC from the Steel series Arctis Pro Wireless. I do however believe that I'll get some better sound out of the active speakers if I go through a dedicated sound card. If there's no difference I might just sell it again so it's no biggie to just test it all out once

External is always better than internal. An internal sound card will still pick up electronic noise from the components.

[Temp name]

I have the DAC from the Steel series Arctis Pro Wireless. I do however believe that I'll get some better sound out of the active speakers if I go through a dedicated sound card. If there's no difference I might just sell it again so it's no biggie to just test it all out once

There's no real difference in what an external DAC/AMP does than an internal sound card.

the external one has the advantage of being further away from all the electrical noise though

[Tsarez]

There's no real difference in what an external DAC/AMP does than an internal sound card.

the external one has the advantage of being further away from all the electrical noise though

Makes sense. Though there is certainly a quality difference in general, in regards to the hardware itself. Tho I don't know whether or not my DAC is actually of higher quality than the sound card. Anyway, I'll just resell it if it's no use to me.