This article recommends the best components to pair with Nvidia's powerful RTX 5090 graphics card, including a high-performance CPU, a feature-rich motherboard, fast RAM, and a PSU specifically designed for the GPU's high power demands. The author also acknowledges the high cost of these components and the current supply issues surrounding them.
Dave's in-depth full review, then you might also want to consider giving your gaming PC a bit of an all-round update to ensure the mighty Blackwell GPU is supported by the best CPU , motherboard, RAM , and PSU for that graphics card. I use and test numerous processors, motherboards, RAM kits, and power supply units on a daily basis, but not all of them would really suit the RTX 5090 .
Its high power consumption and ludicrous number of shader cores means it needs an ultra-fast and responsive system to keep it going. So here are the components that I think are the best match for the RTX 5090. Yes, some of them are expensive, but Jen-Hsun's new GPU isn't exactly cheap, right? AMD's 3D V-Cache technology is like magic for minimum frame rates in games, so if you're going to be using Nvidia's new Multi-Frame Generation everywhere, then this is the CPU to get. Actually, it's the best gaming CPU full-stop, so it's a no-brainer as to what processor should be matched with the RTX 5090. Except there's just one teensy weensy problem. It's either out of stock or hugely over-priced because the demand right now is far ahead of the supply. And it's not like you could go with the last-gen—either because it's only a little slower than the 9800X3D, it's in short supply or sporting a ridiculous price tag, too. You could wait until stocks improve, forcing prices to come back down, but just when that will happen isn't clear. But if you do, the 9700X could be sold to help pay for the 3D V-Cache wonder. This is a lot of money for a motherboard, but it's packed with features, slots, and ports. You get two USB4 connections, plus another? Well, as good as that model is, the heatsinks for the M.2 slots aren't best suited to have a 575 W graphics card right next to them, so it won't do as good a job as the Aorus Master at keeping them cool. Gigabyte has jammed as many connectivity and expansion options as it possibly can, and although that does mean some compromises have been made, there's little to really complain about. Take the rear IO panel, for example. You'll find two USB4 Type-C, four USB 3.2 20 Gbps Type-A, four USB 3.2 10 Gbps, and two USB 2.0 ports. The LAN socket is rated to 5 Gbps and it has a Wi-Fi 7 module, which improves download rates even if the router is only Wi-Fi 6. Other than the steep price tag, the only thing one could really criticize is that although there are three PCIe expansion slots, only the top one for the graphics card is electrically x16—the others are x4 (even though the slots themselves are x16) and the very bottom one is just a Gen3 slot. This DDR5-6000 kit isn't just very pretty to look at, the timings are very low, making the RAM sticks fast and responsive. Perfect for any Ryzen processor. You could buy faster RAM than this and even for less money, but Ryzen processors take a bit of a latency hit once you go above 6,4000 MT/s and you're far better off going with something that has very low latencies. That's the biggest feature of this G.Skill Trident Z5 Royal Neo hit and that CAS latency of 28 cycles will help to make any Ryzen chip as speedy as you like., thanks to the crystal-effect RGB LED covers and the chrome-like heatsinks. The latter do pick up finger marks very easily but oh boy, they are pretty to behold in the flesh. Hugely expensive but one of the few power supply units out there that has been specifically designed for the RTX 5090. It even comes with a dedicated 12V-2x6 socket and cable, and can easily cope with power spikes that a 575 W GPU will generate. With the GeForce RTX 5090 sporting a 575 W TGP (total graphics power) limit, and you can be certain it will exceed that at times, you really need a power supply unit that's really set up for this particular GPU. That's exactly what MSI had in mind when it designed the MEG Ai1300P. Ignore the 1,300 W rating for the moment, and concentrate on the important aspects, such as being ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1 rated—together it means the PSU is capable of coping with big power spikes, without shutting down or causing problems. It also removes the need to use a bulky adapter cable for the RTX 5090 and having just one cable will make things look all sleek and silky inside your gaming PC
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