Arena 6 - Micro ATX build

[Quagga]

Hey Guys,

I'm looking to build the below system, does anyone see any issues or ways to improve the build?
Have gone with micro ATX so I can travel with it.
Do I have enough PCIE lanes for everything to work optimally?
Looking forward to hearing what people think.

1 x Fractal Design Node 804 Black Micro ATX Case

1 x Intel Core i7 8700K (Base:3.70GHz, Turbo:4.70GHz / 12MB / LGA1151 / 6 Core (16 lane PCIE)

1 x ASUS - TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING (WI-FI) (16 lane PCIE)

1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AMP! Edition (Base:1569MHz,Boost:1683MHz), 11GB GDDR5X (PCIE lanes?)

1 x Blackmagic Design Deck link Duo (4 lane PCIE)

1 x G.Skill Trident Z 32GB (2x16GB) PC4-25600 (3200MHz) DDR4, 15-15-15-35-2N, 1.35v, Dual Channel Kit

1 x Samsung 512GB SSD, 970 PRO, NVMe M.2 (PCIe) - (4 lane PCIE)

1 x Samsung 1TB SSD, 860 PRO, 2.5" SATA III

[AdevProjects]

You will have plenty of PCIe Lanes:
See the Intel block diagram for Z390:

Yes the CPU has 16 lanes directly connected (usually the just the 1st x16 slot) to it but there is plenty more available via the chipset.

[xdjxklusivex]

Hey Guys,

I'm looking to build the below system, does anyone see any issues or ways to improve the build?
Have gone with micro ATX so I can travel with it.
Do I have enough PCIE lanes for everything to work optimally?
Looking forward to hearing what people think.

1 x Fractal Design Node 804 Black Micro ATX Case

1 x Intel Core i7 8700K (Base:3.70GHz, Turbo:4.70GHz / 12MB / LGA1151 / 6 Core (16 lane PCIE)

1 x ASUS - TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING (WI-FI) (16 lane PCIE)

1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AMP! Edition (Base:1569MHz,Boost:1683MHz), 11GB GDDR5X (PCIE lanes?)

1 x Blackmagic Design Deck link Duo (4 lane PCIE)

1 x G.Skill Trident Z 32GB (2x16GB) PC4-25600 (3200MHz) DDR4, 15-15-15-35-2N, 1.35v, Dual Channel Kit

1 x Samsung 512GB SSD, 970 PRO, NVMe M.2 (PCIe) - (4 lane PCIE)

1 x Samsung 1TB SSD, 860 PRO, 2.5" SATA III

Very similar to my setup! What kind of cooler are you planning on using?

[drazkers]

You will have plenty of PCIe Lanes:
See the Intel block diagram for Z390:
z390-chipset-block-diagram-16x9.png.rendition.intel.web.1920.1080[1].png

Yes the CPU has 16 lanes directly connected (usually the just the 1st x16 slot) to it but there is plenty more available via the chipset.

In my experience capture cards going off the chipset instead of direct to the CPU will stutter slightly. This will work but your blackmagic card may not be as smooth as you expect. Seen with blackmagic, aja and datapath cards on a 6700k and 7700K machine. Was fixed by moving to xeon.

[Zoltán]

In my experience capture cards going off the chipset instead of direct to the CPU will stutter slightly. This will work but your blackmagic card may not be as smooth as you expect. Seen with blackmagic, aja and datapath cards on a 6700k and 7700K machine. Was fixed by moving to xeon.

That's great to know!

[Warspite]

Remember, in LGA1151 systems chipset is connected to the CPU with DMI connection which is equivalent to only 4 pci-e 3.0 lanes. This bandwidth is shared for PCI-e capture, content m.2 SSD, Sata devices and all your USB ports. So this connection will become bottleneck for very basic configuration like one decklink duo 2 (pci-e 4х V2.0 actually so half speed vs 3.0)+m.2 ssd+your usb devices. It will play, but not all time smooth.

[Warspite]

Also with this setup you can go even MiniITX, just one 4.x riser is needed.