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Rebuilding the beast
I've been using HEDT for a very long time only because I needed the extra PCIe lanes. I had a 10G NIC, M;2 expander and USB 3.2 expansion cards. Some of the upper end Z790 boards have 5+ M.2 slots, 10G LAN on board and plenty of USB ports. So perhaps my HEDT days are numbered. Technology finally seems to have caught up with my needs.
I have 3 systems to rebuild through out 2023 and 2024. I'm looking for guidance and advice.
I'm thinking motherboard with 10G LAN and min 4 M2 slots running at Gen4. One on CPU and the others on chipset.
64GB DDR5 - looking for recommendations here.
Intel I9-13900K CPU.
2-3 PCIe4 2TB M.2 NVMe SSDs per PC and either an 8TB or 10TB ssinner on ecah PC (I have the spinners already).
GPUs are RTX 3080 Ti's.
Used for content creation/editing, gaming, website design, offlice applications, database and HTPC like Kodi and also using Potplayer. PC Will connect to a W2012 R2 server where content is stored. Hence 10G LAN as I move lots of data around daily.
I would value the thoughts and guidance of the experts here on which components to go for. I am not a fan of ASUS as they are grossly overpriced and underfeatured - though to be honest, in Australia everything is grossly over priced.
My budget is A$3000 per PC maximum though I'd like to keep it closer to A$2000 per PC if possible. It's alot of money hence why I'm seeking input before I splurge on the parts.
Typical price of upper end Z790 motherboards here is A$1500 - A$2300.
many thanks in advance.