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Everything looks solid from my perspective, though I'm not a huge fan of EVGA PSUs if you can get a Seasonic/Corsair or even MSI for a similar price. Keep in mind PSU efficiency ratings are not necessarily indicative of their quality.
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Good tip... I don't really have any idea about what a good or bad PSU is at this point, I'm just trying to determine what the capacity I need is to start with.
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As far as motherboards go, the $285 ASUS jobbie is pretty costly for features I'm not sure you require on an intermediate system. What specific features do you need in a motherboard (eg. wifi, ram slots, PCIe x1 slots, VRM coolers, etc.)
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Yeah, it seems like part of the cost associated with the DDR5 ram is just finding a mobo that supports it, especially in a mini ITX build.
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I have no experience with the EVGA AiO, but I will never not recommend people just get the Arctic Liquid Frzr II instead of literally any other cooler, unless you really like LEDS and bling.
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Again, thanks.
I'm revising below to fit into a smaller case (yes this is possibly dumb but I'm okay with being a bit dumb). I've taken your advice on the PSU and cooler here, but I might have to backtrack on the cooler given the size of it (the rad is 317mm long which might not quite fit).
Notes: the PSU is actually 154 on Amazon so I'll just price match that, so shave of 50 bucks, and as noted I already have the 980 pro that was 150 on prime day, so another 50 off there. The case has a front hot-swap 2.5" bay that I have a couple of old drives I can use to start until I find a really good one for the main non-NVME storage... I might wait a bit to buy the GPU to see if they drop more in a couple of weeks. So I might be able to do all of the above for about 2300 which seems to me quite reasonable.