Log Hot N00B build, Am I doing Dan right?

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Heyo,
New to sffpc. Building a new work/game/everything PC, that's somewhat portable. Coming from Macbook pro 2011 and all computers and operating systems suck now. So time to build my own computer and learn some Arch Linux !
SO, is my build 'aight, dumb or an overkill? I live in Nordic countries, so prices are mostly from Germany.

Part (click for store)Price (rounded €)Reason
DAN A4-SFX V4.1214Hopefully lasts 10 years
ASUS ROG Strix X570-I270Paying 90 € more for PCI 4.0 vs. buying B550-I
Corsair SF750155Duh.. (?)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X320100€ more for dat Smart Access Memory vs. 3600XT
Asetek AiO 645LT 92mm with Noctua NF-A9x1494Better cooling than Black Ridge(?) and I want a challenge!
16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (2x 8GB)57Nice bang for buck
1000GB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 228092Cheap for 1TB, but is it good?
AMD Radeon RX 6800520 (estimate)Hopefully best bang for the buck GPU, 2080 Ti for 400 looks so spendy now. Also, Smart Access Memory.
2x Noctua NF-A9x1433Noctua>, but is this the right one?
USB to MB part 1 and part 214I wanna plug stuff..
Altogether1,767 (jeez)Spendy, but futureproof?

Questions:
> Should I get 32 GB DDR4-3600 RAM instead to get most out of the CPU? Also, motherboard has only two RAM-slots so would make sense to just throw 70 euros more to get 2x more RAM. E.g. this.
> Should I just get 2080 or something like that? Or pay more for RX 6800 XT? I know this is just a fantasy until 6000s come out.
> Two or three Noctuas into v.4.1? Slim? Big? Did I choose right?
> Any tips? I have some tabs open about fitting the watercooling, how ASUS MB gives most space for CPU cooling and how the new Dan V4.1. plugs into the MB. But still unsure, probably forgot some bs part like the soul of the computer or the thing that turns it on.

Posted this also to Reddit, but call me old fashioned, forums still feel like the place to be.
 

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One thing to note is the Asus x570 is going to need a BIOS update for the 5600x, so you will need someone to flash it or have an older CPU to update it yourself. The Asus B550 has a BIOS flashback utility that will allow you to update it without a CPU. Just something to think about. Also I would wait for the 6800, I think it is going to be good.
 
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Thanks a lot for the response, did not think that at all. Now I won't have to wonder for days why the build won't boot ?
 
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Updated RAM in the build:
Part (click for store)Price (rounded €)Reason
DAN A4-SFX V4.1214Hopefully lasts 10 years
ASUS ROG Strix X570-I270Paying 90 € more for PCI 4.0 vs. buying B550-I
Corsair SF750155Duh!
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X320100€ more for dat Smart Access Memory vs. 3600XT
Asetek AiO 645LT 92mm with Noctua NF-A9x1494Better cooling than Black Ridge(?) and I want a challenge!
Ballistix 32GB Kit DDR4 2x16GB 3600 CL16160Thanks to abqnm666, more info
1000GB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 228092Cheap for 1TB
AMD Radeon RX 6800520 (estimate)Smart Access Memory.
2x Noctua NF-A9x1433Noctua bes
USB to MB part 1 and part 214I wanna plug stuff.
Altogether1872 (wow!)Spendy, but futureproof?
 
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Decided to wait before pulling the trigger on the Motherboard, so it would be ready for 4th gen AMD. Gotta wait for RX 6800 anyways. Thanks rfarmer.
 
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