NEW PC Setup - which flavour of 3090?

[Morne Erasmus]

Hi guys

Looking to get a quote on something like so (for VRay GPU rendering, and also various realtime engines raytracing use)

I don't want to be overclocking, so everything will run at stock, and I would like to keep temps under control, ie not go to 100 degrees C!

I'm unlikely to add another GPU, so it will be a single
With the various makes and flavours of the 3090, is there any that stand out from the rest?
for example:
Asus ROG Strix 3090 OC White
Gigabyte AORUS 3090 XTREME
MSI 3090 Suprim
Gigabyte 3090 VISION OC
EVGA 3090 XC3 Ultra
ZOTAC Gaming 3090 Trinity


For the actual system, these are the components I'm looking at (its whats available locally)

• AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
• NZXT Kraken X63
• Asus X570 Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
• NZXT H710
• HyperX Predator 2x32GB DDR4 PC4-25600 HX432C16PB3K2/64 (64GB) X2 = 128GB
• Corsair HX850i
• Samsung M.2 NVME 980 Pro 1TB (OS)
• Samsung M.2 NVME 980 Pro 1TB (Realtime Projects, Davinci Cache etc)
• RTX 3090, whichever flavour!

Whats the difference with Corsair HX850, and the HX850i varient???
Should I be looking at the Corsair HX1000?

[Scott Schroeder]

Looking at at GPU now with the current prices? Look at Mr. Moneybags!

All of those 3090's may be slightly configured differently, but I don't see any disadvantage of any of them. I've had great success with GPU's from most of those manufacturers. I guess the one thing you could look at in reviews of those would be how cool they stay and how loud the fans are, and use that as a final decision point.

[Nikolaos M]

On 10/19/2021 at 6:07 PM, Morne Erasmus said:

Whats the difference with Corsair HX850, and the HX850i varient?

It's all about Corsair's software, iCUE. Nothing fancy. The HX 850i can be monitored with the software. In my opinion, go for the 1000w model. A bit more headroom would be nice with these components. The price should be close.

As for the GPU, noise and temps would be my main concern. I would personally vote for Asus, either the strix or TUF.

Edited October 25, 2021 by Nikolaos M