T700

Regarding the motherboard you selected it has 12 (6+6 phase)+2+2 VRM not 16+2+2. But it is good enough for the 9900X. Also, you don't need to OC but you can under volt the CPU easily to get a little better performance and thermals. Finally someone who understands vrm and not just read the spec sheet

EDIT: Crucial T700 1TB is available via 3rd party seller on Amazon for $130. Even still, I don't recommend at that price point, the performance gains aren't worth that increase in price-per-TB. Below would be more of a video editing focused build, but obviously still more than suitable for gaming wi

so that downside doesn't really apply in your scenario. Oh that's great to know indeed thank you ! Regarding the noise, I know it's basically average or not far from it (on high load). But it's still pretty loud compared to the BeQuiet. I think I'll decide last minute depending on where I'm at with

honestly... as i have no idea how ray tracing works (seeing as ive been stuck with my Legion 5 and another laptop before that), i dont think its gonna make any difference to me :pas i have no clue what ray tracing is, but know it exists.. i guess the only difference i can see is 1. going from laptop