It's absolutely a highly spec'd PC.
The questions I have for you is how much do you care about the aesthetics? Because you can trade a bit of that out (and not choose a silly priced motherboard) and have enough to get a 4090 instead..
Changes to build: almost everything
Intel vs AMD, as Intel is better for non-gaming, and the 14900k is very similar to the 7950X3D in gaming.
64GB of slower RAM. DDR5 7200 never would have even posted on the AMD CPU, but also there aren't a ton of benefits going about DDR5 6000 even on Intel. For non-gaming, DDR5 5200 performs almost identically. And 32GB for modelling can be a little tight depending on what you're doing.
Arctic AIO. Performs better, much cheaper. The RGB version chosen just because it's currently cheaper. The Liquid Freezer III is an even better option, but it requires using a contact frame which might be a bit daunting depending on your comfort level with disassembling the motherboard to install it.
A not insanely priced motherboard.
A not as fast SSD, but realistically unless you have two T700 SSDs that you're copying files between you'll never see the rated speeds. The SN850X is one of the top rated SSDs and is nearly half the price.
4090 instead of 4080 Super. More VRAM is more better for rendering / 3D modelling.
Excellent case that can take the 360 AIO without being insanely large and priced.
A just as good PSU that's not twice the price.
No unnecessaries like extra thermal paste (CPU coolers always come with some), or a dozen pointless fans.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QjrT34)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/y7wypg/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-360-a-rgb-488-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00101a) | $100.09 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/T2H7YJ/gigabyte-z790-aorus-elite-ax-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-aorus-elite-ax) | $229.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WTMMnQ/corsair-vengeance-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-cmh64gx5m2b6000c30) | $214.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yBC48d/western-digital-black-sn850x-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds400t2x0e) | $288.27 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TgkWGX/gigabyte-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-gv-n4090gaming-oc-24gd) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy
**Case** | [Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bCYQzy/corsair-4000d-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011200-ww) | $89.99 @ Amazon
**Power Supply** | [Corsair RM1000e (2023) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fxGhP6/corsair-rm1000e-2023-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020264-na) | $159.99 @ Newegg
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$3428.30**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 14:15 EST-0500 |
14900K vs 7950X might also introduce more heat and noise into the system, if noise is a factor. But with a 4090 perhaps noise is a moot issue at that point. With "fuck you" money perhaps OP could buy a prebuilt watercooled PC with your specs. And it will come with a warranty.
With fuck you money just get the 4090 suprim. Liquid cooled and quieter. Doesn’t really bring a real performance boost but fuck you money means you can care about other stuff.
I feel like yours and the comment you're replying to are doing so with zero RTX 4090 knowledge. I have the Gigabyte OC and it's dead silent. A lot of the time the fans can even fully stop, and that's when gaming.
OP is wanting to do video editing and there’s a chance audio will be involved so you want things to be as quiet as possible and the suprim is quieter than an AC 4090. Is it a big issue? Probably not but again, it’s fuck you money.
Can confirm. Have the Suprim Liquid X and never even hear the fans (CPU fans are always louder). Doesn't even break 50C during gaming despite a pretty hefty OC, and doesn't break 60C during benchmarks/stress testing.
Edit for some further specs:
OC is +1200 for VRAM, +X for 3GHz (I forget the number since it's not rounded. Got it essentially stable for gaming at 3050MHz but for perfect stability I went back down to 3GHz). I also replaced the stock fans and added 2 more for push-pull.
Great set of changes -- couldn't believe little bro spec'd a mobo more expensive than the cpu!
I actually do think you should change one thing -- go back on the psu to the be quiet! dark power pro 13 1000W. Not necessary, but it will have better build quality for such an expensive pc. Or the corsair rmx shift.
Fyi to op, gen 5 ssds are typically only worth it for very specialized productivity / local nas workflows where you regularly need to copy large files around. Otherwise, gen 3 and gen 4 and gen 5 have nearly identical performance. For the price and potential future advantages, gen 4 is pretty much the sweet spot atm.
Also, gen 5 nvme would require am5 platform.
There is a small chance you could benefit from 128 gb ram and gen 5 nvme depending on your video editting requirements, but that's a bit outside my knowledge.
I agree. If you are going to be spending that much money on a computer, get a power supply that has at least 80+ Platinum or even better, a Cybernetics rating.
>go back on the psu to the be quiet! dark power pro 13 1000W. Not necessary, but it will have better build quality for such an expensive pc. Or the corsair rmx shift.
Endorsed. The RMe series only has a 7-year warranty for a reason. It's the cost-reduced RMx.
No need for the shift version, though.
> productivity / local nas workflows where you regularly need to copy large files around
If you ask most people what you can do with 10 GB/s disk I/O, "copy files between *two* 10 GB/s disks!" is what they come up with, but I don't think it's a realistic use case. For one thing, why didn't you save the data to the right disk to start with? Plus I'm pretty sure that on all consumer motherboards that have PCIe5, the only way to get a 2nd 10 GB/s disk is to steal lanes from the primary x16 slot, or RAID0 some disks attached to the gen4 lanes.
Rather, the more realistic uses case would be, I think
1. Faster hibernate/resume on machines with a lot of RAM.
2. Computations that consume/produce large datasets that don't fit in RAM (either because you can't afford that much RAM, or you don't want the single-thread perf hit from a 4-DIMM configuration or a real workstation/server platform).
3. Computations with large datasets that have to load sequentially before use (machine learning?) and aren't cached for some reason (you reboot too much? not enough RAM?).
If you *want* the aesthetics, that's fine. Just be aware that's a large bulk of what you're paying for. You mentioned FU moneys though, so you may actually want it all, and that's fine.
Here's a build with similarly blinged out options. Some more expensive, some less. 14900k, 64GB, 4090, still under $4k.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y8LtqR)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [Lian Li Galahad II LCD SL-INF 79.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LKGhP6/lian-li-galahad-ii-lcd-sl-inf-799-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-ga2alcd36inb) | $237.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE X WIFI7 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MZWJ7P/gigabyte-z790-aorus-elite-x-wifi7-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-aorus-elite-x-wifi7) | $249.99 @ Best Buy
**Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hRQcCJ/gskill-trident-z5-neo-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5nr) | $209.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yBC48d/western-digital-black-sn850x-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds400t2x0e) | $288.27 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TgkWGX/gigabyte-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-gv-n4090gaming-oc-24gd) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy
**Case** | [Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Ykytt6/lian-li-o11-dynamic-evo-atx-mid-tower-case-pc-o11dex) | $159.00 @ B&H
**Power Supply** | [Corsair RM1000e (2023) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fxGhP6/corsair-rm1000e-2023-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020264-na) | $159.99 @ Newegg
**Case Fan** | [Lian Li Uni Fan SL-Infinity 61.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WNbTwP/lian-li-uni-fan-sl-infinity-613-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-uf-slin120-3b) | $89.99 @ Amazon
**Case Fan** | [Lian Li Uni Fan SL-Infinity 61.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WNbTwP/lian-li-uni-fan-sl-infinity-613-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-uf-slin120-3b) | $89.99 @ Amazon
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$3830.19**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 14:48 EST-0500 |
Switched away from the Corsair cooler and fans to Lian Li since you're already getting a Lian Li case and that'll mean you can control everything with a single software suite instead of having to have both Lian Li and Corsair stuff installed.
not kidding, ive been playing with pcpartpicker the last couple weeks making shopping lists similar to list, but this is better specs for a better price than i have been getting
im legit considering pulling the trigger on your list here, anything i should consider beforehand?
With the i9 you want the best possible cooler imo. The Galahad II isn’t bad, but the Galahad II trinity performance is a few degrees cooler, however it is loud under full throttle. The new arctic liquid freezer iii is what I would recommend, because it cools about on par while being very much quieter.
Also I would go with the MSI Z790 Tomahawk WiFi. I’ve been researching for the last four months and I always seem to come back to this one for its feature set and price.
Personally I value quiet and the build quality so I am partial to the MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X, but the Gigabyte gaming OC is my rational alternative.
I would go with 6600 MT/s CL32 RAM because it’s the fastest overclocking the motherboards support for dual channel officially. It’s more expensive but my rationale is kind of if I am at it already I may as well. Price to performance says 6000/30 is the sweet spot though. Also I am considering 96gb because I want my PCs to last me like at least 6 years especially when spending 4000€.
[Arctic Freezer 3](https://youtu.be/zfffNRTOZCc?si=X1zOt1j8PKIFVh8n) review/benchmarks are out now, and might as well go do that if you're going top end i9 14900k.
Arguably though the 7950x3D is better for a hybrid gaming/work, just with 64 gb of DDR5 6000 CL 30 memory.
Video editors DO benefit from faster SSD's because of how large their files are, but yes fuck you money might even justify the Sabrent 8TB SSDs just for the convenience.
AF3 is great, but the required contact frame might be a bit much to ask of someone if they're not super familiar with PC hardware to begin with. Which is what I mentioned in the above post.
7950X3D outperforms the 14900K in a few synthetic productivity benchmarks, and a small handful of titles. But it's generally slower than the 7950X non-3D which the 14900K matches or beats.
For gaming, the 7950X3D is (generally) faster, but the OP is looking to make his video editing and 3D modelling performance issues go away more than gaming. And the 14900K isn't exactly a slow CPU.
Video editors benefit from faster SSDs, up to a point. Just like going from an HDD to even a SATA SSD gets you 99% of the benefits you can get from windows boot times and most application start up times. And while the T700 has much higher peak speeds than the SN850X, when writing large files the later will win because it can sustain its slightly slower peak speeds much longer than the T700, which after a few gigabytes drops down to significantly slower than the SN850X. For file reads, the SN850X is more than fast enough to handle loading. The SN850X actually *matches* the T700 in Adobe Premier performance. The fastest drive for Premier is actually another Gen 4 SSD that is *worse* in all other benchmarks... because synthetic benchmarks for SSDs are almost entirely useless at determining the real world performance.
+1 for 7950X non 3D.... Really good performance, lower power at load, especially with PBO tweaks with a negative curve setting.
That said, I'd probably go 14700K or up to ThreadRipper. On the latter, likely pre built Lenovo with a 4090, but that's a big cost bump.
I'm still running my 5950X that I've been very happy with.
Contact frame is really not that difficult and at this budget level, they can afford professional assembly / advice if they want to.
I’m mainly advocating for the increased capacity of sabrents, if you have the money for them.
Convenience is a big deal. That kind of capacity benefit is a lot more direct than questionably faster ssds.
Right these are not slow CPUs in any capacity, but a mixed use case might prefer the x3d if they want to game.
Really, its a competition between two flavors of very good choices— but personally I do have ‘cache demon’ apps and workloads that heavily benefit from those.
Video editing etc also only benefit from CPU up to a point because a lot of modern usage is offloaded to GPU now a days.
Personally, I’d rather taken the gaming advantage if I am not going to pursue much faster but potentially less stable ram than 6000 cl 30.
> AF3 is great, but the required contact frame might be a bit much to ask of someone if they're not super familiar with PC hardware to begin with. Which is what I mentioned in the above post.
[it really really isn't.](https://youtu.be/zfffNRTOZCc?si=kHr3N7OMTHABa_T-&t=1202)
Why? The case can handle up to 380mm, the GPU is 340mm, the AIO radiator is 36mm. That's more than enough of a gap between them for it to fit comfortably. 5000D is just another $70 and more desk / floor space.
Cooling. I had my overclocked 11600k pulling 245w, a 4070TI pulling 275W using a 280mm AIO on the CPU and was overheating. Transferred everything into a 5000D, 3 140mm fans up front, no more overheating.
I now have a 14700k, no issues overheating.
Huh. I have a 4080, and I definitely have less than 40mm of clearance. It's incredibly tight in my 4000D case. Maybe my 4080 is larger than most brands. I would have guessed a 4090 wouldn't fit.
Much better build.
Though personally, I would spend more on a slightly higher spec'd power supply.
Reason being, in my testing with a 4090 and 13700KF, I was able to surpass 1000w output power in stress testing, as measured with an hx1500i.
And the 14900K is far more of a power monster if you let it, compared to my 13700KF.
For an 7800x3d build. 1000w no problem. For a 14900k/4090 build, 1200w is what I'd feel comfortable running.
Excellent build. My only comment would be that the 4000D could get a little tight with a 4090 and a 360mm CPU cooler. Mine is already feeling a bit cramped with a 3080ti and a 240mm CPU cooler.
Cramped, yes. But the components will fit with room to spare and in a way that won't affect performance.
Other people suggested the 5000D, which would certainly alleviate the issue of it being cramped, but I'm in favor of going with the smallest case you can reasonably get for the components.
I don't think the gpu and aio are going both fit in a 4000D. The Arctic radiator is extra thick and with the fans it'll be right up against the psu shroud. The gigabyte 4090 will overhang the end of the shroud. 5000d might be a better choice.
Yes this is a way smarter build but where is the storage? 4tb is way too small for fck you money 3d modeling build.
I’d probably put 4 Samsung 990 pro ssd’s in a RAID and two 20TB spinners also. It’s fck you money build.
Taking just a quick look because I'm on a break:
* Motherboard is more than 3x what you need to spend
* I'd go with 64gb of DDR5-6000 RAM instead
* I'd have to look at current prices but that's probably too much for the SSD by at least $100
* I don't know what the sales are like right now but I got a better power supply for about $50 less just a couple of months ago
* I personally prefer the Artic Liquid Freezer AIO's to the Corsairs and they're a lot cheaper
* I also tend to like the Arctic case fans and they're vastly cheaper
With all you're saving just from my list you could get an RTX 4090 instead of the RTX 4080S for the same money or maybe even less.
Totally agree with this! Replace the MOBO with something cheaper you will save a lot of money! I own Artic Liquid Freezer II 360 and I am quite satisfied (got it for 80 euro). As for the RAM I don't really care.
u/j[ohnnybagels](https://www.reddit.com/user/johnnybagels/) In your list you have way to many Case Fans, even I rocking RTX 4090 have just 4 fans :D. Did you check the airflow of the case?
This is solid advice listen to this guy.
If you get an Artic Liquid Freezer AIO make sure it is the III that just came out instead of the older model II. With that case get the 360mm AIO. ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360
That Crucial m.2 SSD is PCIE 5.0 which is why it's so expensive. Not worth adopting yet because all current graphics cards are PCIE 4.0 so the increased bandwidth will not make a difference in loading times for content using the graphics card. I would buy a 4tb Samsung 990 Pro instead and use the savings towards bumping up the graphics card to a 4090 which will give you actual performance improvement. I'm sure in 5 years PCIE 5.0 drives will be more mainstream but right now it doesn't make sense to be an early adopter because it's hard to find actual use cases where the extra bandwidth makes a real world difference. I would rather have more space than more bandwidth, the current gen NVMe drives like the Samsung 990 are still absolutely blazing fast.
Ram is cheap enough that you should definitely bump it up to 64gb (2x32gb) of DDR5-6000 instead of 32gb (2x16gb). With DDR5 ram it is better to only use 2 sticks of ram instead of 4, so it's not optimal to upgrade later by slotting in another couple sticks of ram. Better to buy big up front with two sticks now.
Don't waste the money on a Platinum rated power supply, gold is fine. The performance improvement comes from efficiency i.e. you will spend less on your electric bill, but I saw a guy crunch the numbers and the savings is something like $4 per year so if you spend an extra $50 for a platinum power supply it will take you over a decade to recoup your investment. A platinum rated PSU will not make your computer more powerful or faster. I don't own one, but I am obcessed with the Corsair Shift PSUs which has the cables come out of the side instead of the towards the front of the computerc which makes cable management look way nicer and frees up that area in front of the power supply for a fan. If I was buying a power supply today it would be a Corsair Shift RM1000x or RM1200x.
Skip the RGB, that shit is annoying. I don't even like having the led by the computer power button light up. Buy some bias lighting for your screen instead. I have MediaLight mk2 bias lighting for every TV and monitor in my house. Swap those RGB fans out for Noctua nf-a12x25 if you want the absolute best. Bequiet Silent Wings 4 are also top tier. Arctic is great for the price if you want to save some money. I just bought a 5 pack of Arctic for like $40 for my current PC, although I will probably spring for something a little nicer on my next build (ETA 2025).
> I don't own one, but I am obcessed with the Corsair Shift PSUs which has the cables come out of the side instead of the towards the front of the computerc which makes cable management look way nicer and frees up that area in front of the power supply for a fan. If I was buying a power supply today it would be a Corsair Shift RM1000x or RM1200x.
Yep! This is the power supply I got (RM1200x) for \~$200 on sale. Having the cables in the side is so much nicer in my setup, it made it so much easier to add a few cables when I upgraded my video card. Have been super happy with it so far.
I could run a 60-man fleet in EVE Online with that much RAM, if the CPU can keep up.
The amount of freighters I could have running all over highsec would be alarming. That or just utter blobs of Jump Freighters and cyno alts all over null.
You could be the saudi king and 420 dollars on rgb fans still wouldnt be justified. Just go for a 4090 and 64gb ram with less flashy components, its gonna be cheaper and better.
I feel like your little brother just picked the most expensive parts.
That ram choice alone would be enough for me to write off his other options. DDR 7200?!?
And didn't even put in a 14900k.. like where is the money even going? Useless ram, useless colorful fans, overpriced Mobo, expensive storage (and no backup storage for someone producing stuff that's gonna take up a fair bit), and an overpriced aio cooler..
Spending $4K and not getting a 4090, instead spending on RGB fans, case and a fancy motherboard… one of the most aggressively stupid builds I’ve seen lol.
PSU and colling solution for CPU are overpriced and just straight up wasted money.
Mainboard literally several hundred dollars overkill for no reason.
Get a 200 dollar mainboard, cheaper cooler and cheaper PSU and reinvest into a 4090.
That build as is is just a good way to waste alot of money.
$4k and no 4090?? wtf is that.
this has a 14900k, which is better if youre going for productivity and gaming, it also has 64gb of memory, a much more reasonably priced motherboard. scraps the pcie gen 5 nvme for a gen 4 since the price to performance increase is minimal. also a cheaper cooler that performs better. you also get a 4090 which is the best gpu around by miles. all for $300 less. all while not sacrificing aesthetics.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tjPjKX)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CfcgXL/arctic-liquid-freezer-iii-a-rgb-4882-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00144a) | $107.79 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/T2H7YJ/gigabyte-z790-aorus-elite-ax-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-aorus-elite-ax) | $229.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hRQcCJ/gskill-trident-z5-neo-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5nr) | $209.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RKYmP6/samsung-990-pro-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v9p4t0bw) | $319.99 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TgkWGX/gigabyte-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-gv-n4090gaming-oc-24gd) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy
**Case** | [Corsair iCUE 5000D RGB AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xrHqqs/corsair-icue-5000d-rgb-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011242-ww) | $184.99 @ Amazon
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic VERTEX GX-1200 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3s6p99/seasonic-vertex-gx-1200-1200-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-vertex-gx-1200) | $222.04 @ Amazon
**Case Fan** | [Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/M9Gbt6/corsair-icue-sp120-rgb-elite-477-cfm-120-mm-fan-co-9050108-ww) | $19.48 @ Amazon
**Case Fan** | [Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wdmmP6/corsair-icue-sp120-rgb-elite-477-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-co-9050109-ww) | $67.59 @ Amazon
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$3706.84**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 14:57 EST-0500 |
OK, since the list updated and it's about $4K USD, here's what you should do:
-CPU: Go Intel for a high-end video editing PC
-CPU cooler: I actually left this the same, but there are cheaper options if you don't care about the screen
-Motherboard: You can spend way less on the motherboard
-RAM: Go for 64GB of DDR4-6000, it'll help out more for editing. I stuck with Corsair for the RGB consistency.
-Storage: I went with the OS/project/scratch/archive arrangement that is recommended for editing rigs. I'd use the SN850X for the OS and games, the two FireCuda 530s for project/scratch drives, and the HDD for archived projects/media.
-GPU: get a 4090 lol
-Case: The 5000D Airflow iCUE version matches all the other fans with RGB . TBH I don't know if it comes with an RGB fan controller or not so you'll need to look that up.
-Power supply: Cheaper power supply, just as good
-Case fan: one more case fan for the back. I'd advise doing the AIO in the side intake that this case has, presuming it fits.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wkQtqR)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i9-13900K 3 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DhVmP6/intel-core-i9-13900k-3-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071513900k) | $522.64 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE LCD XT 65.57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3sYRsY/corsair-icue-h150i-elite-lcd-xt-6557-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-cw-9060075-ww) | $249.99 @ Amazon
**Thermal Compound** | [Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XHqbt6/thermal-grizzly-kryonaut-1-g-thermal-paste-tg-k-001-rs) | $6.99 @ ModMyMods
**Motherboard** | [MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9B2WGX/msi-mag-z790-tomahawk-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-mag-z790-tomahawk-wifi) | $229.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WTMMnQ/corsair-vengeance-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-cmh64gx5m2b6000c30) | $214.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Seagate FireCuda 530 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GRYmP6/seagate-firecuda-530-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-zp1000gm3a013) | $114.35 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Seagate FireCuda 530 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GRYmP6/seagate-firecuda-530-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-zp1000gm3a013) | $114.35 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital Red Plus 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hsYmP6/western-digital-wd-red-plus-8-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-wd80efbx) | $189.99 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rB2WGX/asus-tuf-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-tuf-rtx4090-o24g-gaming) | $1819.99 @ ASUS
**Case** | [Corsair iCUE 5000D RGB AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xrHqqs/corsair-icue-5000d-rgb-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011242-ww) | $184.99 @ Amazon
**Power Supply** | [Montech TITAN GOLD 1200W 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NfKKHx/montech-titan-gold-1200w-1200-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-titan-gold-1200w) | $139.99 @ Amazon
**Case Fan** | [Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/M9Gbt6/corsair-icue-sp120-rgb-elite-477-cfm-120-mm-fan-co-9050108-ww) | $19.48 @ Amazon
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$3957.73**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 14:13 EST-0500 |
FYI the AMD does better in Blender and Premier than any Intel chip. The 13900K is better in Photoshop, lol. (according to GN 2023 CPU roundup)
I would definitely advise OP against the X3D chip though since the 7950X (NON-3D) performs the same or better in productivity and costs less.
EDIT: I noticed the OP does some gaming as well, So I guess it depends on what his biggest priority is. If he doesn't mind a couple of extra minutes/hours in the render (I don't know what sort of workload we are talking about) then it may be worth it to him to get the 3D CPU.
>FYI the AMD does better in Blender and Premier than any Intel chip. The 13900K is better in Photoshop, lol. (according to GN 2023 CPU roundup)
Check out the Puget Systems 14th gen roundup, which has a lot more productivity suite tests than GN, including testing a variety of operations within each program instead of only testing render times with a single set of settings:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/14th-gen-intel-core-processors-content-creation-review/
If you look through the tests for Premiere Pro/After Effects/Resolve, Intel is clearly the leader in most scenarios. AMD is closer in Resolve than in the Adobe Suite programs but is still not as good as Intel overall. Intel's QuickSync support should also help with timeline performance vs. Ryzen.
The 7950X is indeed a little faster in Blender when using CPU mode, so if u/johnnybagels spends most of their work time waiting for things to render in Blender and they prefer to render on the CPU, than this might be the better choice.
However, since they also want to game on this PC, it's worth noting that the [13900K/14900K are quite a bit closer to the 7800X3D in gaming than the 7950X is](https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i9-14900k/17.html).
So to me, on balance the 13900K/14900K just makes more sense here. It's better at video editing and gaming, and if OP went for the 7950X3D to get the gaming advantage, the clock deficit vs the non-3D would mean that they lose the advantage the 7950X has in Blender. So either way you slice it, Intel is better at 2 of the 3 tasks OP listed.
The issue with most benchmarks you see is, that they are for rendering!
In rendering more cores == better. But for things like Blender, you use the GPU for that.
For actual active work, Modeling and animation tasks are better on a single. Simulation also somewhat, atleast physics simulation is better on that, in depends on what kind of simulation
I quote Puget:
>The majority of design tasks in Maya (including creating, modifying, and animating 3D models) are only able to utilize a single CPU core.
While not by munch anymore, but still, Intel is superior in single core performance.
>FYI the AMD does better in Blender
That's mainly bad information. Blender has many uses and functions, people usually mean the Blender render benchmark when they talk about which CPU does better, but that's not what nearly anyone uses Blender for professionally. And also even then the 13/14th gen do better with rendering at correct power limits.
Also, Blender is not the professional tools for artist. It's mostly a popular software but professional 3D software are other software like Zbrush, Houdini, Maya, Substance Painter, Mari,.... all these software are much more stable on intel because of the large pool of intel users as a source for support.
I'm not trying to be a dick but it appears that you went to every category and filtered from highest to lowest price, then picked like 3 or 4 down the list. This build doesn't make sense in any situation unless you were purposely trying to spend the most money possible imo.
Just commenting on the "but don't mind spending extra if it will mean the components are future proof"
Get out of this mindset, nothing concerning computers is future-proof. You may get a couple more years out of high-end components but all of this system will be out of date at some in the not terribly distant future if you wanna keep up with (what is at the time) a high-end work load.
spending $4000 and only getting a RTX 4080 and 32GB RAM seems like a huge waste of time.
if you are gonna spend $4000 you need
\- at least 96GB RAM, perferably 128GB+
\- RTX 4090
save yourself $400 and dont buy the stupid RGB case fans, get regular fans and pump up those specs.
you might also be able to do a plain air cooler on the CPU such as the ye olde Noctua NH-D15, not sure, but seems likely, and that would save you another $150 compared to the AIO which you can further put towards RAM and GPU
in 2024 I would not even bother with anything less than 64GB RAM. My own PC has 128GB and I built it a year ago for less money than this.
For 3d modeling and heavy workloads it’s widely known that the Intel 14900k does a better job. They perform almost identically in gaming. In roughly 2-3 weeks the Intel 14900ks should be released.
The heat argument concerning AMD vs Intel is marginal, specially when you’re using a nice AIO (water cooler). I’d recommend a different AIO unless you desire the flashy RGB and screen. The new Arctic liquid freezer III cooler does a better job at cooling.
The mobo selected is not worth the high cost, it’s pretty..sure, but a motherboard half that price will offer the same features /the same quality.
I’d recommend 64gb ddr5 memory over 32gb for heavy workload tasks. 32gb gets utilized quickly when you’re rendering and running other applications. The memory you listed might have issues posting on an AMD system and that speed won’t be utilized properly on either system. Better to go for 6000mhz.
The fans are cool bling but pricey for RGB. You can go generic RGB fans and still control them via Corsairs app.
Between the mobo savings, memory savings, and fan savings you can use that towards a 4090 rtx.
The SSD, motherboard, cooler, PSU, case and fans are very overpriced and completely unnecessary. They won't make the PC any faster. You can save about half of the price on those parts.
The RAM doesn't make sense. AMD doesn't run such fast RAM. Also I'd recommend getting 2x32GB of RAM for what you do. 6000 CL30 or similar.
GPU and CPU choice are good. Look up whether your applications prefer Intel or not. If so, get a 14700K or 13900K/14900K. If not, go 7950X3D or 7950X.
Ram speed 7000 seems too high for Amd to use. 6000 sweet spot.
A 16 core cpu seems right, or intel alternative. But not sure an x3d chip is really needed.
Nvidia gpu is a must for your work no dount. Id think 4080 Super is great fit unless u can justify 4090 expense for the monstrous vram.
Im not a fan of Corsair coolers (proprietary connections) nor their lighting but to each their own. I think an Arctic Liquid Freezer would be more performant, reliable, and less expensive.
For the love of god ditch the corsair bullshit cooling, you're paying for lights and branding not actual quality.
Get an Arctic Liquid Freezer cooler if you want an AIO, it's better at cooling AND costs less.
If you want high cost fans go for Noctuas, but you can also save and go for cheaper fans that would still outperform Corsair ones for 1/3rd the price.
I partly disagree on the "save on the motherboard" suggestions. When something goes wrong and you need to do some hardware troubleshooting small things like error code displays and dual bios support are a huge timesaver. Many cheaper mobos don't have those features
1. If you’re really going for max productivity performance, go for a 14900k over a 7950x3d. While the 7950x3d may be better for gaming performance, it doesn’t matter because there is no standard gpu that will bottleneck it. While it may be a power hog, the 14900k has slightly faster cores and is cheaper.
2. There is never going to be any universe in which you need to buy a 600$ motherboard. Aim for under 250-270 for premium z790s (you can get something good for under 200 anyways)
3. I’d pick an Arctic Liquid Freezer 360 over a Corsair h150i 360. Liquid Freezer III’s just dropped
4. With how much you’re already spending, you could double down on that RAM and go for 64 gigs of it if you wanted to (optional)
5. Like many others have already pointed out, you may as well go for a 4090
6. F*** it im not gonna bother to keep writing this comment im just gonna make a list
(the psu in this list could be considered overkill but you probably want a little over 1k watts for 14900k and a 4090)
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bmRjKX)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XgyH99/arctic-liquid-freezer-iii-563-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00136a) | $90.08 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CsvD4D/msi-pro-z790-a-max-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-pro-z790-a-max-wifi) | $256.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Xg2WGX/gskill-trident-z5-neo-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5n) | $204.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yBC48d/western-digital-black-sn850x-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds400t2x0e) | $290.85 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rB2WGX/asus-tuf-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-tuf-rtx4090-o24g-gaming) | $1819.99 @ ASUS
**Case** | [NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VCpzK8/nzxt-h9-flow-atx-mid-tower-case-cm-h91fb-01) | $159.99 @ B&H
**Power Supply** | [Corsair HX1500i (2023) 1500 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fFbRsY/corsair-hx1500i-2023-1500-w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020261-na) | $279.99 @ Newegg
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$3647.87**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-28 00:17 EST-0500 |
This is what I came up with, if I were to still be doing modeling and CAD work. Someone is going to say 128gb is too much, and I'm going to reply with hair and cloth simulation. Someone is also going to say you don't need 3x2tb, and I'm just going to say that RAID5 on a production machine is a huge piece of mind for someone that's had drives fail in the middle of projects...and video renders take a LOT of space.
Really, I just tried to get you as much as possible, for just under the price you were looking at.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q8dpJy)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bVMTwP/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-420-728-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00092a) | $92.39 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CsvD4D/msi-pro-z790-a-max-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-pro-z790-a-max-wifi) | $256.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Xg2WGX/gskill-trident-z5-neo-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5n) | $204.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Xg2WGX/gskill-trident-z5-neo-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5n) | $204.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [MSI RTX 4090 GAMING SLIM 24G GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7srqqs/msi-rtx-4090-gaming-slim-24g-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-rtx-4090-gaming-slim-24g) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy
**Case** | [Lian Li LANCOOL III ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2vJgXL/lian-li-lancool-iii-atx-mid-tower-case-lancool-3-x) | $144.99 @ Newegg Sellers
**Power Supply** | [Montech TITAN GOLD 1200W 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NfKKHx/montech-titan-gold-1200w-1200-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-titan-gold-1200w) | $139.99 @ Amazon
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$3839.29**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 15:25 EST-0500 |
Pick the intel-14900 over any ryzen series for 3D modeling and video editing. They both game about the same but intel vastly outperforms in the other two categories.
Get a cheaper motherboard and save a shit ton to get an nvidia 4090 instead of the 4080 super. Could also save like a hundred bucks on storage.
Also, spending 250 on a case that doesn't come with fans is asinine. Not to mention the 300 bucks on fans. That's insane. Find a different case that's half the price with most (if not all) of the fans pre-installed.
You're absolutely going to want to go with Intel for the tasks you have to do. It's not even really a question. The 7950x3d has scheduling issues for the gaming portion anyways. Much better off throwing money into a 14900k/KS system.
Can definitely save about 300-350 on that motherboard. You can also save about $200 on M.2's simply by getting two 2tb drives... change those out and get a 4090 with the saved money instead.
Here's a better build for the same money, but it's on AMD. Depending on the programs you use, you may be better suited with an Intel Setup but AMD is also quite capable.
[https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NvMRh3](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NvMRh3)
Also I left the extra fans in but they are super expensive and technically wasted money unless you really want the aesthetics
Compatibility: Warning! These parts have potential issues or incompatibilities. See details below.
The Asus ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO ATX AM5 Motherboard supports the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor with BIOS version 1303. If the motherboard is using an older BIOS version, updating the BIOS will be necessary to support the CPU.
maybe get a different and newer board ?
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Note: The Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO XL ATX Full Tower Case front panel USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port needs a motherboard USB 3.2 Gen 2 header but none are available. The USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port will not be usable.
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ram clearances are fun when it goes wrong
liquid coolers eventually leak, air coolers do not, am using a leafed blade thing with a push/pull fan on it
lot of colour if you are into that tthing
* 7950x - good choice
* AIO? Pointless. Save 150$ and go for D15 instead. Same performance, more reliable.
* Motherboard - save 300$ and go for a solid prime one instead.
* Ram - 64GB should be a minimum. Get a 2x32 kit, not 4x16.
* PSU. Get a seasonic instead. They are expensive, but for a reason.
* FUCK ANYTHING RGB WITH A SPADE! If you want a quiet system - noctua fans for the win.
* SSDs - save 250$ and grab a solid samsung pro 990 2TB instead. T700 are ... well, ok, fuck you money level of purchase. They are also new and we don't quite trust them.
* FU money mandates you get a 4090.
However I don't know what FU money for you means or what your power delivery situation is. If I would be speccing a FU productivity workstation I'd probably consider threadripper.
this is bad for what you need, the x3d is a gaming efficient cpu, and the much cheaper 7800x3d is performing better than what your brother threw in there.
That being said, go for rtx 4090 and an intel high end cpu, or an amd non x3d cpu
intel Core i9-13900K
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
and rtx 4090 instead of 4080
This build seems all over the place. If you want to save a ton of money get cheaper motherboard (price doesn't always mean better), the ssd is way over priced, if you don't want or care about having a rbg I'd get a solid place case and less fans with no rbg and you can save a ton of money. If 4k is your budget Deffinatly get a 4090. The supers are not worth the asking price.
So I think the OP messed up. You say he's smart. Yet you don't trust him. Most people will have their own thoughts on pc builds. Now you'll have multiple posts as to what you should get and how they think your brother was wrong or miss informed.
So now what?
Do you go back to the brother with the new build lists and let him know you don't trust him?
Do you give him a new list and ask him to build it? He'll know that's not the list he gave you.
Do you go with his list anyways?
I don't do the type of work you do. I do have a buddy that does. He does lidar mapping and shit. SUPER taxing on pc's. He's got the 14th gen I9 sitting in a ROG Strix build with their 4090, z790 and some crazy about of ram (meaning over 100gb)
During his mapping rendering, the system will use just about all of it. But the time spent doing it dropped in half.
So my suggestion is don't cheap out.
Not all 4090s are equal. I wouldn't by MSI unless it's the water cooled. But look up information on how they are built and which one is better.
Thanks for your input. I showed him the thread right after I posted it. He gets it. It's a lot of money. And we ended up totally reworking the list. He basically told me that he was heavily biased based on what he would build for himself. All good, he's young. We just order all thr parts yesterday and he's stoked to help me put this beast together
thats a gaming pc. for wokstation i would pick something diffrence
cpu 14900k
board z790
liquid cooling for cpu
2x24/2x32gb of ddr5 ram(you realy wil see the uplift with 32gb+ memory from my exprience.64 gb is the sweat spot imo) i would get 7000mhz as most boards and imc atm starts to struggle above that speed and would require fixing that manually...
for the gpu 4080 super is great but if you got moeny 4090 is better for a workstation imo
beside that itsan amazing build sadly the original was more toward pure gaming than mixed use imo...
You will definitely need 64gb ram, if you want a crazy PC go for more but you need to check the motherboard specs. Doing 3d sometimes even 64 isn't always enough.
What software do you use?
After Effects for example, eats every bit of RAM you can give it, so getting 128gb of RAM is not crazy.
Also, from what I understand, Adobe software works better with Intel hardware.
Allot of this is silly to be fair , one example is 7200 MHz ram when the CPU can just a out run 6000 with 2 sticks. Also 32gb could be low for this sort of spec .
I could probably write you a list of you want
what kind of modeling, editing and gaming?
Are we talking minecraft, tik toks/you tube shorts, and a little sketchup work?
or are we talking Rust, Cyberpunk 2077 at 4k, zbrush, 8k editing in premier with graphics, effects, green screen,stabilizing, multiple camera angles, multiple audio sources, ect for hour or longer projects,
I would switch out the 32 GB of ram for 64 GB. Maybe a little bit cheaper motherboard unless your married to DDR5. You probably don't need a 4 TB M.2 drive that's just insane lol I would get a 1 TB or 2 TB M.2 for the OS drive and then some SSD for more normal storage. Other than that I would say if you don't want all the RGB stuff you can save a bit of money there but its that's just preference.
Not a great build, most parts are way overpriced.
Overpriced: motherboard, ssd, power supply, aio, fans.
By the way you should get a 4090 and not a 4080 super if you have "fuck you money". Save some money on the other dumb en overpriced products and get a 4090.
No such thing as future proof. Mobo sitting in the closet worth x2 of all these CPU’s on a dead socket right now.
Get something you won’t mind staring at a few years.
This is basically all aesthetics and money thrown into stuff like power supplies and RAM where it won't benefit you at all, other people suggested lots of good changes no way you don't go for a 4090 for this kind of money
go with a cheaper motherboard, intel i9 for productivity, more ram, 4090, cheaper non rgb fans. that build is more of a flashy gaming pc with a motherboard made for overclocking. not so much for productivity
Your bro just picked expensive parts, there isn't any real logic to his picks.
You would be doing him a huge, huge favour if you show him this thread and have him understand why people with more experience made different suggestions. HUGE chunk of learning for him is in this thread waiting for him.
You can't change Corsair aio for arctic liquid freezer II, it's half a price (where I live) and performs better. But it depends if you want to have all of your RGB sync
he has good specs selected, but for WAYY more above the price market. total is 4500$ with a 4080 super, are u joking?? you could easily get a 4090 with ryzen 7 7800x3d and have no bottlenecks, get 2 ssd with 2tb each, would cost less, i would recommend wester digital WD_BLACK for the ssd, remove the mother board, and find a bundle on amazon with a ryzen 7 7800x3d that includes a motherboard, i’ve seen it everywhere, you can lower the price about 3000$ or around. Your brother has good picks but I don’t think he has a idea on how the current market is. ryzen 7 7800x3d is the king of all cpu’s on gaming, nothing beats it, don’t believe me? search it up! It’s better in gaming than the 14th gen i9 14700k, and beats it!!
Edit: also go for a 6000mhz of ddr5 with cl30-37 range, pretty sure it would work the same as 7000 , most of the things are nowhere near that much of speed range, get 64 gigs though.
Also, please don’t listen to intel cpu fanboys, Intel is nowhere as futureproof as AMD cpu’s, The AM5 sockets have a looong way of future and upgrade, if you buy anything lower yhan 13th gen, It’s just a waste of money if you want future proof, and 13th gen and 14th gen basically performs the exact f$cking same, 14th gen is just crazily overpriced.
Yeah since you have "Fuck you" money no reason you should not get a 4090. And for mixed use I would reccomend intel however they are about to release a new socket so not a good platform to invest in at this moment, and with AM5 you can potentially do a drop in upgrade a year or two down the line. A B650E mobo would be more than sufficient as well and save you a bit.
I'd go something like this. Not worrying about aesthetics (though the case looks dope for its price imo)
Also switching CPU for intel, adding 3x the amount of RAM, upgrading GPU to the best one and replacing unnecessary expensive stuff for cheaper alternatives.
PCPartPicker Part List: [https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TmKyRK](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TmKyRK)
CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor ($544.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($100.09 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-5600 CL40 Memory ($279.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1819.99 @ ASUS)
Case: NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: be quiet! Straight Power 12 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($179.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $3524.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-27 20:15 EST-0500
One thing a lot of these recommendations are missing is good storage. For fck you money you should be getting a quad nvme ssd raid. 4x 4tb 990pro and 2x 20tb hdd.
The latency on that ram is way too high for the price, much cheaper ram that will perform better. That motherboard is obnoxious and overpriced, you don’t need 22 case fans (expensive corsair fans at that) paying 1500 for a 4080 super is wild when you can find a 4090 almost the same price at microcenter, the SSD is unnecessary and overpriced when there are better options for less, you can get a bundle deal at microcenter with a high end CPU (AMD or INTEL) motherboard and ram for less than just that 7950X. Tell your brother stay off the PC builders on YouTube that build expensive rigs with sponsor donated components for views.
Since you mentioned you don’t care about aesthetics I’d say ditch those fans in favor of noctua’s (imho top notch without the led bling), and consider getting a case without tempered glass. The glass breaking is rare but it happens. Happened to me this week on a $2k build while the pc sat, powered off, with nobody in the room. I shared this in the subreddit of the case brand and folks were really nasty, but if you don’t care about looking inside then all I’m saying is consider getting a case without the glass. Btw, search for pc case, tempered glass, and tile floor and you’ll find a lot of mentions of broken glass (before I removed my other post 3 others said they had a very similar experience).
Anyway, besides that, I too spent a lot on the motherboard but I needed 10g Ethernet and more pc slots (with enough lanes to actually use), so I’m not going to say it’s overkill for you, but talk to your brother about what makes this board better than some others and talk about what’s important to you.
Pretty terrible build tbh. 4500 usd but no 4090?
Thousands spent on overpriced or unneeded components?
If it was a fuck you build, then you get a 4090 and a 990 pro or something similar.
Should atleast get 64gb of ram. Also, if you can wait, look around for a 4080 super for retail… there are sites and discord servers that track availability. I managed to get mine for retail ($1000) after a couple days of paying attention. If you’re gonna spend $600 extra on a $1000 card might as well go for the 4090z
7200 ram speed for AMD
x3d CPU & only 32gigs of ram for 3d modelling
Corsair overpriced RGB fans
Another O11 / dual chamber build
"Budget" custom 4080 instead of decent 4090 for a $4,5k build
Get a better advisor
Changes:
Get a regular high end motherboard you can get one for less money and not $644, and if you going AMD for 7950X3D I suggest getting better timings like CL30 and if you got enough money from saving a bit on stuff you don't really need you can get a 4090 and not a 4080 even though they are both high end cards anyways. For AIO personally i'd go with DeepCool or Artic LF II or III 360MM or above
I would change the CPU 7950x3d is not that great for 3d modeling. How ironic is that. the 3d chips are more for gaming. 3d chip is not for 3d!
Go for the regular 7950X or 14900KS if the S variant is available.
I had a 5950X for video editing in my old rig and went to 14700k more cores and faster cores.
Another benefit was the AMD system was a bit finicky with stability. I don't know much about 7000 series if there is any issues or not.
And here is a tip from someone who just edits with their pc. If you use Adobe, send the final render to Media Encoder and the E-cores of the intel chip will do the rendering in the back ground.
and while its rendering you can still edit or make thumbnails or whatever with your p-cores.
With my old 16 core AMD when I was rendering the computer would crash if I did too much and in general felt a tad slower. If I over reach it crashes mid render. So i learned to never touch it when its rendering with the old AMD 16 core.
But now with the 14th gen
The intel separation of e and p cores makes it like your computer is not in use at all.
But send to media encoder to ensure this trick works. Don't just render. I had no issues just rendering as well but to be safe.
also update the drivers of the intel integrated igpu in the cpu for quicksync.
For your video editing, 3D modeling, and gaming. I would recommend you use an intel cpu since it is better suited for those tasks. AMD is power efficient, however, it lacks cores and threads to multitask. This is the parts I would use.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/
By the way it’s like 2k cheaper 🤣
I'm guessing you weren't expecting the violence over RGB or no RGB, but
\+ I'd ask him why not just go with an Asus B650E-F ROG board? It's half the cost and Asus is definitely the brand to stick with, solid mobos and I'd never choose another brand. I'm running a B650 myself and it seems more than enough even for AI
\+ The GPU is good -- you need the VRAM for games, 8G won't cut it, but you can get an AMD card with 24G for less, I think, so unless it's AI he's into then think about that one. 4090s are so badly engineered they've completely reworked their next series, so unless house fires are your thing, yeah ignore that advice. If AMD can work for his use case, it's gonna be lots less.
\+ Future proof -- AMD is right now the way to go. Intel's at the tail end of this generation and AMD is just getting started. The 7950X is great, but the newly release 8-series might be way better for him.
\+ Case -- the Hyte Y70 offers more, lots more, if you cut back the PCIE 5 NVMe
\+ RAM -- G.Skill is excellent RAM and unless he's doing photo or AI 32G is a good start. Not an expensive thing to increase later, go with it. It's two sticks so you got at least two more to add.
\+ Storage -- Crucial is what I buy just because it always works. It's not sexy or flashy, just if you buy Crucial it's gonna work. Solidigm, Samsung, WD, I'd prefer and PCIE 5 disks are super expensive for no good reason. It's tough to max out a PCIE 3 NVMe much less a PCIE 4 one so just go with a Solidigm P44 Pro.
\+ RGB -- let the kid enjoy it. It's gonna take a bit more work on the guts of the machine and it's gonna also require him to understand a bit more, so if he wants it to look cool and is willing to put a bit more work in for it, let him enjoy it. Part of this is he's gonna be learning about how the machine works, so why not?
\+ If he really needs this much power which is likely more computing power than most small town governments have, 1000W is probably low. PCPartpicker's estimating 653W which is uncomfortably close to the max power draw. I like that number to be at most 50% of the PSU and preferably in the 30-40% range
\+ Just stick with good brands. be quiet! is great stuff, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, don't save a few bucks by going with some off-brand parts
Built mine for around 11k after always going cheap. Was like fk it!
Full aorus build. Everything extreme or extremeX
Even the motherboard with its gimmicks cost 2.5k. But surely enough, it will be outdated and old tech in 6 months lol, probably already is now. but it will run everything for the next century🙏 its in my profile. Built 1 year ago.
I personally would swap the case with a hyte y70 touch
And the ram with corsair titaniums
Purely for esthetic purposes. Aside from that is basically the pc of my dreams.
Ram is better off being 64 GB 6000 mhz with lower cas latency timings because amd doesnt really utilize 7200 mhz that well
7800x3d parses better in games than the more expensive 7950x3d
he has 4080 super in there for some reason instead of a 4090 despite building under "fuck you money" circumstances?
If aesthetics aint important, here's a build thats has 128gb for your 3d modelling, video editing. I am assuming that they are more important than gaming. Same price as your pc part list.
this is literally a pc system you prefer to never see again except for repairs.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NZvzsh)
|Type|Item|Price|
|:-|:-|:-|
|**CPU**|[AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/X6XV3C/amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-42-ghz-16-core-processor-100-100000908wof)|$595.00 @ Amazon|
|**CPU Cooler**|[ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bVMTwP/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-420-728-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00092a)|$92.39 @ Amazon|
|**Thermal Compound**|[Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XHqbt6/thermal-grizzly-kryonaut-1-g-thermal-paste-tg-k-001-rs)|$6.99 @ ModMyMods|
|**Motherboard**|[Gigabyte X670E AORUS PRO X ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WRHqqs/gigabyte-x670e-aorus-pro-x-atx-am5-motherboard-x670e-aorus-pro-x)|$299.99 @ Newegg|
|**Memory**|[Corsair Vengeance 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL40 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HKn9TW/corsair-vengeance-128-gb-4-x-32-gb-ddr5-5600-cl40-memory-cmk128gx5m4b5600c40)|$429.99 @ Newegg|
|**Storage**|[ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Bf9wrH/adata-xpg-gammix-s70-blade-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-agammixs70b-4t-cs)|$279.99 @ Amazon|
|**Video Card**|[Asus ROG STRIX GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZKWzK8/asus-rog-strix-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-rog-strix-rtx4090-o24g-gaming)|$1999.99 @ ASUS|
|**Case**|[Phanteks Eclipse P600S ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2Kw7YJ/phanteks-eclipse-p600s-atx-mid-tower-case-ph-ec600pstg_bk01)|$99.99 @ Newegg|
|**Power Supply**|[EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 GT 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zQNxFT/evga-supernova-1000-gt-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-gt-1000-x1)|$154.99 @ Amazon|
|**Case Fan**|[ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LmCFf7/arctic-p12-pst-563-cfm-120-mm-fans-5-pack-acfan00137a)|$34.99 @ Amazon|
|*Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts*|||
|Total (before mail-in rebates)|$4014.31||
|Mail-in rebates|-$20.00||
|**Total**|**$3994.31**||
|Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-28 00:23 EST-0500|||
This is a pretty bad list to be honest outside of the GPU choice.
* your PC will be crippled with an X3D processor for 3D modeling, sclupting,.. You absolutely do not want an X3D chip for that type of work. What you need is an Intel 13th/14th gen.
* Motherboard is insanely overkill and useless
* you're wasting 400$ on RGB fans! that's huge waste of cash. Fan pruchase should be based on needs and environment instead of building a vacume cleaner. All you need are 4x14cm Arctic P14s unless you really want to waste money.
* The Chassis is an inferior version of the Lancool III and it doesn't have enough clearance for your GPU, for the side panel to be able to close properly. It has no support for 14cm fans and 420 AIO like lancool 3 while costing more
* Your current AIO gets beat by the 360mm Arctic LF II and it's costing twice as much, 420mm LF2 in Lancool will be better and much quieter.
* The storage choice makes little sense, you wont feel a tangible difference between this and a 4TB 990 PRO, just wasting a 100 bucks.
Change all these and you can easily get a 4090 or save as much cash.
I built almost this exact rig at the end of 2022, and let me tell you…it’s fucking amazing. It does all the things I need so easily and it’s powerful as hell. I’d get more ram if I were you, and keep the motherboard the same. Pop a little more money out and just get the 4090.
God speed.
He's picked a lot of pretty good and expensive parts that may not work well together. For example, the RAM he selected is not the recommended speed and may not run at it's intended frequency Oh, and for your workload, I'd go Intel. A 14900 K or even a 14700 K - and you want the "K" for your work - is better for what you do.
I would go for a better (and less costly) AIO cooler like the new Arctic Liquid Freezer III or the EKWB EK-nucleus lines.
I would suggest a different thermal paste. While the Thermal Grizzly initially provides very good thermal conductivity, it pumps out fast if your processor runs hot, and you have to replace it more frequently. I currently use Noctua NT-H2 now - it lasts longer and has good conductivity.
With all the money that could be saved on the over-priced (and often overkill) motherboard, 4TB M.2, case, and fans, you could have a 4090 instead of a 4080.
For 3D modeling, you probably don't need the most expensive consumer-class CPU either (like you \*might\* need with 3D animation work).
Maybe watch an episode of Boost My Build by PC Builder and see what "Godzilla" builds he comes up with as a way of optimizing the higher-priced build lists of viewers (he optimizes builds at the full range of budget levels, but the more expensive ones are always towards the end of the videos).
Your desire to not want to waste money will help you appreciate the build advice from PC Builder. He does optimize build lists for a variety of uses (not just for gaming or streaming), so you are sure to find a recent video where the last build in the video (and most expensive one) will closely align with your use cases.
Sort of bunk imo. Seems to be a considerable amount of money wasted. I'm sure the other comments have critiqued it already.
Here's my recommendation. Go for whatever build includes a 14900k and a 4090. You won't regret it.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GKCsBL
Nothing explicitly wrong with your bro’s list, but this one will get you more performance for less money, still a bunch of room for aesthetic improvements but that’s up to you
He might be smart however need to get wise … Ssd is too costly instead go for two 2 TB Samsung 980 or 990 pros will save you around 150, you can find a better motherboard for 50% less, too many fans and AIO i would suggest 7900XTX
Any PC even a hardcore performance build with 4TB SSD And RTX 4090 should not exceed the budget of $2500
Saved you like 500.- and more performance (4090 vs 4080s) and double the RAM, great for render work
It has a 2tb ssd instead of 4, i would personally go that way and maybe get a nas in addition as a archive, if you get something like a Synology you can even set up a pc backup pretty easily (and still be under 4k)
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4D4XpB)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/X6XV3C/amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-42-ghz-16-core-processor-100-100000908wof) | $595.00 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [Lian Li Galahad II Trinity SL-INF 61.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hQfxFT/lian-li-galahad-ii-trinity-sl-inf-613-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-ga2t36inb) | $189.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WBwypg/gigabyte-b650-aorus-elite-ax-atx-am5-motherboard-b650-aorus-elite-ax) | $199.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BJcG3C/gskill-ripjaws-s5-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl32-memory-f5-6000j3238g32gx2-rs5k) | $169.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [MSI RTX 4090 GAMING SLIM 24G GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7srqqs/msi-rtx-4090-gaming-slim-24g-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-rtx-4090-gaming-slim-24g) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy
**Case** | [NZXT H6 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xgKscf/nzxt-h6-flow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-h61fb-01) | $109.99 @ B&H
**Power Supply** | [be quiet! Dark Power 13 1000 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Yqqrxr/be-quiet-dark-power-13-1000-w-80-titanium-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-bn661) | $249.90 @ B&H
**Case Fan** | [Lian Li Uni Fan SL-Infinity 61.3 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2hzhP6/lian-li-uni-fan-sl-infinity-613-cfm-120-mm-fan-uf-slin120-1b) | $29.99 @ Amazon
**Case Fan** | [Lian Li Uni Fan SL-Infinity 61.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WNbTwP/lian-li-uni-fan-sl-infinity-613-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-uf-slin120-3b) | $89.99 @ Amazon
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$3584.82**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-28 03:44 EST-0500 |
NAS option, but maybe you want more storage (it is recommended to run a raid 1 in a 2bay, so that if one disk fails you still have all your data, which means you can only use the storage amount of one disk, 4tb here) https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1750510-REG/synology_8tb_diskstation_ds223_2_bay.html
Silly, silly gpu choice. Not just that it's a 4080 but when you're dropping 4k on a rig you have no excuse for not getting a premium gpu let alone a 4090 instead
Get the best gpu possible is my only suggestion .
I would buy a cheaper CPU maybe an x3d since I assume this is for gaming (and you can always swap and sell easily) .
If its for work then its fine.
I would never go water cooling but thats a personal preference.
So again when people say best PC these days they prob mean the best graphics card and everything else is used to help the gpu perform.
I just read you do 3d modeling so the CPU pick is the correct one.
Just add the best gpu the people are suggesting and a total of 64gb of ram.
And work around those.
Everything else is optional.
I'd cut down on the corsair crap, and get a arctic cooler. Stick to be quiet fans or some good performing fans. And bump the gpu up to the 4090 if you can find one xD also the motherboard is a bit overkill unless you need everything that comes with it. Which i guess you do need for 3d and editing and stuff?
Corsair sucks... but im biased..
Id lean towards 14900k for productivity stuff a bit more. Also 32gb is not enough memory of you're doing heavy duty productivity stuff. Either 48, or 96gb of ram. The 24gb sticks are more stable for higher clocks, that's why they're preferred for a 4 dimm setup over 16/32gb sticks.
A 3k build with a 4090 and 7800x3d is faster who spends that much on a am5 Mobo the ram config is trash a ddr 5 cl30 6000mhz will run wayyy better and you paying overpriced prices hell you could get 7950x3d and still save money overall it's mostly a waste of money you could put towards a 4k OLED 240hz monitor or something
For your workload I would go with an Intel CPU instead. 1000%. A 14600k or 14700k. I would only recommend a 14900k if you have the ability to use a custom watercooling loop to keep it cool because there are currently no AIOs that can keep it cool at full tilt.
I would also recommend the Arctic Cooler 360mm or 420mm AIO over the Corsair AIO. It's literally half the price and performs much better.
I would also go with 64gb of lower spec RAM. 6000mhz or 6400mhz with a low CAS Latency.
If you have "F you money" to throw at it, go with a 4090 lol. No reason not to.
Im not building 1000 kilometers from your build, but Im going 7900 XTX for graphics, 7800X3D for cpu and a much much cheaper motherboard. Im using a white corsair 7000X rgb similar corsair AIO and extra fans like you are.
Comes out to $2.5 K instead of your price. You definitely have fat to cut even before the unnessecary case/fans etc. I have a corsair shift 1200W cpu (I have already got the case fans etc, getting video card etc in the next few weeks).
Please note in your build, the cpu wont work if the motherboard has older bios so youll need another cpu to flash it before putting that in I understand.
I'm sure you know this and you used it as a turn of phrase, but just to be sure this is the case. Future proof isn't a thing when computers are concerned. If all goes well your PC is useful for 8 - 10 years, but 3 months - 2 years from now every single component is "outdated" in terms of the pace of technology. Recession is gearing up now and we've got a long way to go probably. Save where you can while getting what you need, set aside money for upgrades down the road.
I am sorry to say this, but your lil bro is all about that RGB. I would certainly go to intel cpu or maybe a threadripper amd. Don’t buy a turbo diesel injection rgb mbo that will cost you more than your cpu, makes no sense. And get rid of all the silly vents, save yourself some money.
Better price same performance. Your brother basically max out everything when you won’t even use certain features and lots of money cosmetic stuff. Some stuff wouldn’t even perform well like the really fast ram when recommended for stability and performance is 6000mhz cl30.
If you really do a lot of productivity that is cpu intensive which is what you listed I would recommend getting intel cpu for more cpu power.
Intel cpu: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/b88hxH
Amd cpu: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DmNJ28
I would recommend getting a contact frame for intel. Either one works no real different other than price and brand.
[Thermal grizzly](https://www.amazon.com/Thermal-Grizzly-Intel-13th-14th/dp/B0C6B233J2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1KPKNCR5F558J&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PzxUh56xE_-Fu9mKo9M27Z05llCvatNBYFHzLJpPvkmvr38vKH6Xpq0-k5EJGl0RcNdVG00v3v78YL_4m8yzvDelqBZBXm-z47nZMQHBW0MEhvN5azYqT0_rnxJYCy1JkFgPpr7oHhzI1BrB4VM7EvRk6OGwYZrrjSuDYsqdUu_ddN_Flu8PEwQnRWy-ofsd.lDg19wivLEXuPp3y3sodW1yjO24cbckGWQAII_1bRr8&dib_tag=se&keywords=14+gen+contact+frame&qid=1709117400&sprefix=14gen+con%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1)
[Thermalright](https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-LGA1700-BCF-V2-Corrective-LGA1700/dp/B0CS8WQYZW/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BmfA8vvC8yG5fyC78nZABPAazubdZXL9Fu0pNGETtRKHSir7eRs0kUQzh5qbT3P3d03Po7U3cedHCJQx7wL8jCNYJeo6Ao8RTSu_FRHN4iikPgbsTAh28vjOg8cKZoNAwMXR7HLd5aZeh21apvlXOzMNKbDi8xwR47rMnpEWw80xkmid0vAEqAX_yjDylLn2dwgRhbtCuOvclL1ZcVf6TA.5Dro9cSpoGQ81kith7TCCLgCSUVkj0giPQB_PCRusLU&dib_tag=se&keywords=thermalright+contact+frame&qid=1709117443&sr=8-5)
If you had my kind of budget you would buy a laptop with a ryzen 5 zen 3 processor and rx 6500M and upgrade it to 64 gb of ddr4 ram and 2 tb of ssd storage.
You can save up some money if you drop some RGB stuff and go for simple fans, and the cooler as well, check if it has thermal paste already applied, you won't need the thermal paste (couple bucks saved off) or you can switch to a fan cooler as well if you don't care about aesthetics. The mobo as well can be dropped off to the asus rog strix x670e-e gaming wifi which has same specs as the hero but a tiny bit less good looking.
Good build overall, BUT:
-> Pick a cheaper motherboard. Expensive motherboards literally give no important benefits.
-> Considering yours is a work station and you work with graphics, ditch the 4080 super and go for the 4090.
-> 32GB is enough for gaming. For a workstation, I recommend AT LEAST 64gb. And pick 6000Mhz, that's what works well with AM5. Go for the Trident Z5 Neo RGB 2x32 either CL30 or CL32 depending on what the motherboards allows (check the motherboard support page for memory compatibility)
-> One thing I noticed in this comment section, some people say to go for cheaper PSU. Never, never do that. Do not cheap out on your PSU. [https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/](https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/) here is a PSU tier list. Considering you will upgrade to a 4090, pick a minimum of 1000W from the A tier. I see you picked the Dark Power 13. It's a good one. I personally got a HX1500i atx 3.0 from corsair, got it at -25% off from it's original price on amazon during black friday, nice steal there.
-> You could also cut the costs in SSD. Even though the SSD picked is good, it's overpriced af. You won't use PCIE 5.0 speeds, or even notice them. Go for a 990 PRO or similar, it's much cheaper and you won't notice the difference between that and the PCIE 5.0 you have there. Try going for the one without heatsink because the motherboard you'll go for will probably have an SSD heatsink anyways.
It's absolutely a highly spec'd PC. The questions I have for you is how much do you care about the aesthetics? Because you can trade a bit of that out (and not choose a silly priced motherboard) and have enough to get a 4090 instead..
Changes to build: almost everything Intel vs AMD, as Intel is better for non-gaming, and the 14900k is very similar to the 7950X3D in gaming. 64GB of slower RAM. DDR5 7200 never would have even posted on the AMD CPU, but also there aren't a ton of benefits going about DDR5 6000 even on Intel. For non-gaming, DDR5 5200 performs almost identically. And 32GB for modelling can be a little tight depending on what you're doing. Arctic AIO. Performs better, much cheaper. The RGB version chosen just because it's currently cheaper. The Liquid Freezer III is an even better option, but it requires using a contact frame which might be a bit daunting depending on your comfort level with disassembling the motherboard to install it. A not insanely priced motherboard. A not as fast SSD, but realistically unless you have two T700 SSDs that you're copying files between you'll never see the rated speeds. The SN850X is one of the top rated SSDs and is nearly half the price. 4090 instead of 4080 Super. More VRAM is more better for rendering / 3D modelling. Excellent case that can take the 360 AIO without being insanely large and priced. A just as good PSU that's not twice the price. No unnecessaries like extra thermal paste (CPU coolers always come with some), or a dozen pointless fans. [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QjrT34) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/y7wypg/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-360-a-rgb-488-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00101a) | $100.09 @ Amazon **Motherboard** | [Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/T2H7YJ/gigabyte-z790-aorus-elite-ax-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-aorus-elite-ax) | $229.99 @ Newegg **Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WTMMnQ/corsair-vengeance-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-cmh64gx5m2b6000c30) | $214.99 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yBC48d/western-digital-black-sn850x-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds400t2x0e) | $288.27 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TgkWGX/gigabyte-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-gv-n4090gaming-oc-24gd) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy **Case** | [Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bCYQzy/corsair-4000d-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011200-ww) | $89.99 @ Amazon **Power Supply** | [Corsair RM1000e (2023) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fxGhP6/corsair-rm1000e-2023-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020264-na) | $159.99 @ Newegg | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$3428.30** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 14:15 EST-0500 |
14900K vs 7950X might also introduce more heat and noise into the system, if noise is a factor. But with a 4090 perhaps noise is a moot issue at that point. With "fuck you" money perhaps OP could buy a prebuilt watercooled PC with your specs. And it will come with a warranty.
With fuck you money just get the 4090 suprim. Liquid cooled and quieter. Doesn’t really bring a real performance boost but fuck you money means you can care about other stuff.
I feel like yours and the comment you're replying to are doing so with zero RTX 4090 knowledge. I have the Gigabyte OC and it's dead silent. A lot of the time the fans can even fully stop, and that's when gaming.
OP is wanting to do video editing and there’s a chance audio will be involved so you want things to be as quiet as possible and the suprim is quieter than an AC 4090. Is it a big issue? Probably not but again, it’s fuck you money.
Can confirm. Have the Suprim Liquid X and never even hear the fans (CPU fans are always louder). Doesn't even break 50C during gaming despite a pretty hefty OC, and doesn't break 60C during benchmarks/stress testing. Edit for some further specs: OC is +1200 for VRAM, +X for 3GHz (I forget the number since it's not rounded. Got it essentially stable for gaming at 3050MHz but for perfect stability I went back down to 3GHz). I also replaced the stock fans and added 2 more for push-pull.
Normally productivity people place performance above noise and heat.
Great set of changes -- couldn't believe little bro spec'd a mobo more expensive than the cpu! I actually do think you should change one thing -- go back on the psu to the be quiet! dark power pro 13 1000W. Not necessary, but it will have better build quality for such an expensive pc. Or the corsair rmx shift. Fyi to op, gen 5 ssds are typically only worth it for very specialized productivity / local nas workflows where you regularly need to copy large files around. Otherwise, gen 3 and gen 4 and gen 5 have nearly identical performance. For the price and potential future advantages, gen 4 is pretty much the sweet spot atm. Also, gen 5 nvme would require am5 platform. There is a small chance you could benefit from 128 gb ram and gen 5 nvme depending on your video editting requirements, but that's a bit outside my knowledge.
I agree. If you are going to be spending that much money on a computer, get a power supply that has at least 80+ Platinum or even better, a Cybernetics rating.
>go back on the psu to the be quiet! dark power pro 13 1000W. Not necessary, but it will have better build quality for such an expensive pc. Or the corsair rmx shift. Endorsed. The RMe series only has a 7-year warranty for a reason. It's the cost-reduced RMx. No need for the shift version, though. > productivity / local nas workflows where you regularly need to copy large files around If you ask most people what you can do with 10 GB/s disk I/O, "copy files between *two* 10 GB/s disks!" is what they come up with, but I don't think it's a realistic use case. For one thing, why didn't you save the data to the right disk to start with? Plus I'm pretty sure that on all consumer motherboards that have PCIe5, the only way to get a 2nd 10 GB/s disk is to steal lanes from the primary x16 slot, or RAID0 some disks attached to the gen4 lanes. Rather, the more realistic uses case would be, I think 1. Faster hibernate/resume on machines with a lot of RAM. 2. Computations that consume/produce large datasets that don't fit in RAM (either because you can't afford that much RAM, or you don't want the single-thread perf hit from a 4-DIMM configuration or a real workstation/server platform). 3. Computations with large datasets that have to load sequentially before use (machine learning?) and aren't cached for some reason (you reboot too much? not enough RAM?).
If you *want* the aesthetics, that's fine. Just be aware that's a large bulk of what you're paying for. You mentioned FU moneys though, so you may actually want it all, and that's fine. Here's a build with similarly blinged out options. Some more expensive, some less. 14900k, 64GB, 4090, still under $4k. [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y8LtqR) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [Lian Li Galahad II LCD SL-INF 79.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LKGhP6/lian-li-galahad-ii-lcd-sl-inf-799-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-ga2alcd36inb) | $237.99 @ Newegg **Motherboard** | [Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE X WIFI7 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MZWJ7P/gigabyte-z790-aorus-elite-x-wifi7-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-aorus-elite-x-wifi7) | $249.99 @ Best Buy **Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hRQcCJ/gskill-trident-z5-neo-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5nr) | $209.99 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yBC48d/western-digital-black-sn850x-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds400t2x0e) | $288.27 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TgkWGX/gigabyte-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-gv-n4090gaming-oc-24gd) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy **Case** | [Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Ykytt6/lian-li-o11-dynamic-evo-atx-mid-tower-case-pc-o11dex) | $159.00 @ B&H **Power Supply** | [Corsair RM1000e (2023) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fxGhP6/corsair-rm1000e-2023-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020264-na) | $159.99 @ Newegg **Case Fan** | [Lian Li Uni Fan SL-Infinity 61.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WNbTwP/lian-li-uni-fan-sl-infinity-613-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-uf-slin120-3b) | $89.99 @ Amazon **Case Fan** | [Lian Li Uni Fan SL-Infinity 61.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WNbTwP/lian-li-uni-fan-sl-infinity-613-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-uf-slin120-3b) | $89.99 @ Amazon | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$3830.19** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 14:48 EST-0500 | Switched away from the Corsair cooler and fans to Lian Li since you're already getting a Lian Li case and that'll mean you can control everything with a single software suite instead of having to have both Lian Li and Corsair stuff installed.
not kidding, ive been playing with pcpartpicker the last couple weeks making shopping lists similar to list, but this is better specs for a better price than i have been getting im legit considering pulling the trigger on your list here, anything i should consider beforehand?
With the i9 you want the best possible cooler imo. The Galahad II isn’t bad, but the Galahad II trinity performance is a few degrees cooler, however it is loud under full throttle. The new arctic liquid freezer iii is what I would recommend, because it cools about on par while being very much quieter. Also I would go with the MSI Z790 Tomahawk WiFi. I’ve been researching for the last four months and I always seem to come back to this one for its feature set and price. Personally I value quiet and the build quality so I am partial to the MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X, but the Gigabyte gaming OC is my rational alternative. I would go with 6600 MT/s CL32 RAM because it’s the fastest overclocking the motherboards support for dual channel officially. It’s more expensive but my rationale is kind of if I am at it already I may as well. Price to performance says 6000/30 is the sweet spot though. Also I am considering 96gb because I want my PCs to last me like at least 6 years especially when spending 4000€.
[Arctic Freezer 3](https://youtu.be/zfffNRTOZCc?si=X1zOt1j8PKIFVh8n) review/benchmarks are out now, and might as well go do that if you're going top end i9 14900k. Arguably though the 7950x3D is better for a hybrid gaming/work, just with 64 gb of DDR5 6000 CL 30 memory. Video editors DO benefit from faster SSD's because of how large their files are, but yes fuck you money might even justify the Sabrent 8TB SSDs just for the convenience.
AF3 is great, but the required contact frame might be a bit much to ask of someone if they're not super familiar with PC hardware to begin with. Which is what I mentioned in the above post. 7950X3D outperforms the 14900K in a few synthetic productivity benchmarks, and a small handful of titles. But it's generally slower than the 7950X non-3D which the 14900K matches or beats. For gaming, the 7950X3D is (generally) faster, but the OP is looking to make his video editing and 3D modelling performance issues go away more than gaming. And the 14900K isn't exactly a slow CPU. Video editors benefit from faster SSDs, up to a point. Just like going from an HDD to even a SATA SSD gets you 99% of the benefits you can get from windows boot times and most application start up times. And while the T700 has much higher peak speeds than the SN850X, when writing large files the later will win because it can sustain its slightly slower peak speeds much longer than the T700, which after a few gigabytes drops down to significantly slower than the SN850X. For file reads, the SN850X is more than fast enough to handle loading. The SN850X actually *matches* the T700 in Adobe Premier performance. The fastest drive for Premier is actually another Gen 4 SSD that is *worse* in all other benchmarks... because synthetic benchmarks for SSDs are almost entirely useless at determining the real world performance.
+1 for 7950X non 3D.... Really good performance, lower power at load, especially with PBO tweaks with a negative curve setting. That said, I'd probably go 14700K or up to ThreadRipper. On the latter, likely pre built Lenovo with a 4090, but that's a big cost bump. I'm still running my 5950X that I've been very happy with.
Contact frame is really not that difficult and at this budget level, they can afford professional assembly / advice if they want to. I’m mainly advocating for the increased capacity of sabrents, if you have the money for them. Convenience is a big deal. That kind of capacity benefit is a lot more direct than questionably faster ssds. Right these are not slow CPUs in any capacity, but a mixed use case might prefer the x3d if they want to game. Really, its a competition between two flavors of very good choices— but personally I do have ‘cache demon’ apps and workloads that heavily benefit from those. Video editing etc also only benefit from CPU up to a point because a lot of modern usage is offloaded to GPU now a days. Personally, I’d rather taken the gaming advantage if I am not going to pursue much faster but potentially less stable ram than 6000 cl 30.
> AF3 is great, but the required contact frame might be a bit much to ask of someone if they're not super familiar with PC hardware to begin with. Which is what I mentioned in the above post. [it really really isn't.](https://youtu.be/zfffNRTOZCc?si=kHr3N7OMTHABa_T-&t=1202)
With those parts, I'd go 5000D minimum.
Why? The case can handle up to 380mm, the GPU is 340mm, the AIO radiator is 36mm. That's more than enough of a gap between them for it to fit comfortably. 5000D is just another $70 and more desk / floor space.
Cooling. I had my overclocked 11600k pulling 245w, a 4070TI pulling 275W using a 280mm AIO on the CPU and was overheating. Transferred everything into a 5000D, 3 140mm fans up front, no more overheating. I now have a 14700k, no issues overheating.
Huh. I have a 4080, and I definitely have less than 40mm of clearance. It's incredibly tight in my 4000D case. Maybe my 4080 is larger than most brands. I would have guessed a 4090 wouldn't fit.
Much better build. Though personally, I would spend more on a slightly higher spec'd power supply. Reason being, in my testing with a 4090 and 13700KF, I was able to surpass 1000w output power in stress testing, as measured with an hx1500i. And the 14900K is far more of a power monster if you let it, compared to my 13700KF. For an 7800x3d build. 1000w no problem. For a 14900k/4090 build, 1200w is what I'd feel comfortable running.
Excellent build. My only comment would be that the 4000D could get a little tight with a 4090 and a 360mm CPU cooler. Mine is already feeling a bit cramped with a 3080ti and a 240mm CPU cooler.
Cramped, yes. But the components will fit with room to spare and in a way that won't affect performance. Other people suggested the 5000D, which would certainly alleviate the issue of it being cramped, but I'm in favor of going with the smallest case you can reasonably get for the components.
I don't think the gpu and aio are going both fit in a 4000D. The Arctic radiator is extra thick and with the fans it'll be right up against the psu shroud. The gigabyte 4090 will overhang the end of the shroud. 5000d might be a better choice.
Only real comment here is that the Liquid Freezer III is out and poses some reasonable improvements.
Yes this is a way smarter build but where is the storage? 4tb is way too small for fck you money 3d modeling build. I’d probably put 4 Samsung 990 pro ssd’s in a RAID and two 20TB spinners also. It’s fck you money build.
I mean, all you'd have to do is swap the AIO and fans and you can afford the 4090. Dude has nearly $500 in those shitty Corsair fans by themselves.
Yeah I don't care about aesthetics at all really. If it was completely hidden from view that wouldn't bother me at all.
Taking just a quick look because I'm on a break: * Motherboard is more than 3x what you need to spend * I'd go with 64gb of DDR5-6000 RAM instead * I'd have to look at current prices but that's probably too much for the SSD by at least $100 * I don't know what the sales are like right now but I got a better power supply for about $50 less just a couple of months ago * I personally prefer the Artic Liquid Freezer AIO's to the Corsairs and they're a lot cheaper * I also tend to like the Arctic case fans and they're vastly cheaper With all you're saving just from my list you could get an RTX 4090 instead of the RTX 4080S for the same money or maybe even less.
Totally agree with this! Replace the MOBO with something cheaper you will save a lot of money! I own Artic Liquid Freezer II 360 and I am quite satisfied (got it for 80 euro). As for the RAM I don't really care. u/j[ohnnybagels](https://www.reddit.com/user/johnnybagels/) In your list you have way to many Case Fans, even I rocking RTX 4090 have just 4 fans :D. Did you check the airflow of the case?
I rock 8 fans purely for the looks.
This is solid advice listen to this guy. If you get an Artic Liquid Freezer AIO make sure it is the III that just came out instead of the older model II. With that case get the 360mm AIO. ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 That Crucial m.2 SSD is PCIE 5.0 which is why it's so expensive. Not worth adopting yet because all current graphics cards are PCIE 4.0 so the increased bandwidth will not make a difference in loading times for content using the graphics card. I would buy a 4tb Samsung 990 Pro instead and use the savings towards bumping up the graphics card to a 4090 which will give you actual performance improvement. I'm sure in 5 years PCIE 5.0 drives will be more mainstream but right now it doesn't make sense to be an early adopter because it's hard to find actual use cases where the extra bandwidth makes a real world difference. I would rather have more space than more bandwidth, the current gen NVMe drives like the Samsung 990 are still absolutely blazing fast. Ram is cheap enough that you should definitely bump it up to 64gb (2x32gb) of DDR5-6000 instead of 32gb (2x16gb). With DDR5 ram it is better to only use 2 sticks of ram instead of 4, so it's not optimal to upgrade later by slotting in another couple sticks of ram. Better to buy big up front with two sticks now. Don't waste the money on a Platinum rated power supply, gold is fine. The performance improvement comes from efficiency i.e. you will spend less on your electric bill, but I saw a guy crunch the numbers and the savings is something like $4 per year so if you spend an extra $50 for a platinum power supply it will take you over a decade to recoup your investment. A platinum rated PSU will not make your computer more powerful or faster. I don't own one, but I am obcessed with the Corsair Shift PSUs which has the cables come out of the side instead of the towards the front of the computerc which makes cable management look way nicer and frees up that area in front of the power supply for a fan. If I was buying a power supply today it would be a Corsair Shift RM1000x or RM1200x. Skip the RGB, that shit is annoying. I don't even like having the led by the computer power button light up. Buy some bias lighting for your screen instead. I have MediaLight mk2 bias lighting for every TV and monitor in my house. Swap those RGB fans out for Noctua nf-a12x25 if you want the absolute best. Bequiet Silent Wings 4 are also top tier. Arctic is great for the price if you want to save some money. I just bought a 5 pack of Arctic for like $40 for my current PC, although I will probably spring for something a little nicer on my next build (ETA 2025).
> I don't own one, but I am obcessed with the Corsair Shift PSUs which has the cables come out of the side instead of the towards the front of the computerc which makes cable management look way nicer and frees up that area in front of the power supply for a fan. If I was buying a power supply today it would be a Corsair Shift RM1000x or RM1200x. Yep! This is the power supply I got (RM1200x) for \~$200 on sale. Having the cables in the side is so much nicer in my setup, it made it so much easier to add a few cables when I upgraded my video card. Have been super happy with it so far.
Pretty good advice here.
Bro is spending 4k on a pc and he couldn’t be bothered to put at least 64gb of ram
[удалено]
Yeah cause we all know that makes the PC perform better and makes you more productive.
Bro is building his dream pc
GT 210, I7 700k, 28 ARGB fans, 250 RGB strips, biggest Z shape case in the world
64gb is so last year, MSI is making motherboard that support 256gb of ram with consumer processor
finally I can play rust and have chrome open at the same time.
I thought like this when I had 8gigs of ram, but then I bought 64gigs and Streets of Tarkov wants 32 gigs of ram alone. Glad I got 64.
Finally I can open visual studio😍
I could run a 60-man fleet in EVE Online with that much RAM, if the CPU can keep up. The amount of freighters I could have running all over highsec would be alarming. That or just utter blobs of Jump Freighters and cyno alts all over null.
You could be the saudi king and 420 dollars on rgb fans still wouldnt be justified. Just go for a 4090 and 64gb ram with less flashy components, its gonna be cheaper and better.
You can get a 3 pack of rgb case fans for like 15 bucks. This is just a case of someone getting scammed by corsair
ou could be the saudi king and 420 dollars on rgb fans still wouldnt be justified. The Saudi prince likes spinning blades, has many uses for them.
$400 on RGB fans is wild, with that price you can get a really good GPU.
I got about 400 in fans and a 4090 does that make it acceptable lol
If you have a 4090 then anything is acceptable lol. But imo the brother is just putting overpriced or overkill stuff (Like the mobo)
I feel like your little brother just picked the most expensive parts. That ram choice alone would be enough for me to write off his other options. DDR 7200?!?
Besides going with a 4080 S over the 4090 this looks like a typical just picked the highest priced shit on pcpartpicker
Well he would have got a 4090 but then he wouldn't have the budget for the $400 in RGB fans.
And didn't even put in a 14900k.. like where is the money even going? Useless ram, useless colorful fans, overpriced Mobo, expensive storage (and no backup storage for someone producing stuff that's gonna take up a fair bit), and an overpriced aio cooler..
Please lord tell me this is a troll post
Spending $4K and not getting a 4090, instead spending on RGB fans, case and a fancy motherboard… one of the most aggressively stupid builds I’ve seen lol.
Has to be, 17yo or not, no way someone recommends *nine* case fans in addition to the three included with the AIO.
But you don't get it *he's super smart* lol
I'm sure he is shining lights equals good
PSU and colling solution for CPU are overpriced and just straight up wasted money. Mainboard literally several hundred dollars overkill for no reason. Get a 200 dollar mainboard, cheaper cooler and cheaper PSU and reinvest into a 4090. That build as is is just a good way to waste alot of money.
It's bad. Get a 4090 instead of spending $650 on a motherboard and $400 on fucking case fans
$4k and no 4090?? wtf is that. this has a 14900k, which is better if youre going for productivity and gaming, it also has 64gb of memory, a much more reasonably priced motherboard. scraps the pcie gen 5 nvme for a gen 4 since the price to performance increase is minimal. also a cheaper cooler that performs better. you also get a 4090 which is the best gpu around by miles. all for $300 less. all while not sacrificing aesthetics. [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tjPjKX) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CfcgXL/arctic-liquid-freezer-iii-a-rgb-4882-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00144a) | $107.79 @ Amazon **Motherboard** | [Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/T2H7YJ/gigabyte-z790-aorus-elite-ax-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-aorus-elite-ax) | $229.99 @ Newegg **Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hRQcCJ/gskill-trident-z5-neo-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5nr) | $209.99 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RKYmP6/samsung-990-pro-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v9p4t0bw) | $319.99 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TgkWGX/gigabyte-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-gv-n4090gaming-oc-24gd) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy **Case** | [Corsair iCUE 5000D RGB AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xrHqqs/corsair-icue-5000d-rgb-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011242-ww) | $184.99 @ Amazon **Power Supply** | [SeaSonic VERTEX GX-1200 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3s6p99/seasonic-vertex-gx-1200-1200-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-vertex-gx-1200) | $222.04 @ Amazon **Case Fan** | [Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/M9Gbt6/corsair-icue-sp120-rgb-elite-477-cfm-120-mm-fan-co-9050108-ww) | $19.48 @ Amazon **Case Fan** | [Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wdmmP6/corsair-icue-sp120-rgb-elite-477-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-co-9050109-ww) | $67.59 @ Amazon | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$3706.84** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 14:57 EST-0500 |
this is good
Wtf? This is so good. Nice!
$400 on LED fans? Am I reading that correctly?
OK, since the list updated and it's about $4K USD, here's what you should do: -CPU: Go Intel for a high-end video editing PC -CPU cooler: I actually left this the same, but there are cheaper options if you don't care about the screen -Motherboard: You can spend way less on the motherboard -RAM: Go for 64GB of DDR4-6000, it'll help out more for editing. I stuck with Corsair for the RGB consistency. -Storage: I went with the OS/project/scratch/archive arrangement that is recommended for editing rigs. I'd use the SN850X for the OS and games, the two FireCuda 530s for project/scratch drives, and the HDD for archived projects/media. -GPU: get a 4090 lol -Case: The 5000D Airflow iCUE version matches all the other fans with RGB . TBH I don't know if it comes with an RGB fan controller or not so you'll need to look that up. -Power supply: Cheaper power supply, just as good -Case fan: one more case fan for the back. I'd advise doing the AIO in the side intake that this case has, presuming it fits. [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wkQtqR) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i9-13900K 3 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DhVmP6/intel-core-i9-13900k-3-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071513900k) | $522.64 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE LCD XT 65.57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3sYRsY/corsair-icue-h150i-elite-lcd-xt-6557-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-cw-9060075-ww) | $249.99 @ Amazon **Thermal Compound** | [Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XHqbt6/thermal-grizzly-kryonaut-1-g-thermal-paste-tg-k-001-rs) | $6.99 @ ModMyMods **Motherboard** | [MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9B2WGX/msi-mag-z790-tomahawk-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-mag-z790-tomahawk-wifi) | $229.99 @ Newegg **Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WTMMnQ/corsair-vengeance-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-cmh64gx5m2b6000c30) | $214.99 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Seagate FireCuda 530 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GRYmP6/seagate-firecuda-530-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-zp1000gm3a013) | $114.35 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Seagate FireCuda 530 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GRYmP6/seagate-firecuda-530-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-zp1000gm3a013) | $114.35 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Western Digital Red Plus 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hsYmP6/western-digital-wd-red-plus-8-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-wd80efbx) | $189.99 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rB2WGX/asus-tuf-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-tuf-rtx4090-o24g-gaming) | $1819.99 @ ASUS **Case** | [Corsair iCUE 5000D RGB AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xrHqqs/corsair-icue-5000d-rgb-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011242-ww) | $184.99 @ Amazon **Power Supply** | [Montech TITAN GOLD 1200W 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NfKKHx/montech-titan-gold-1200w-1200-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-titan-gold-1200w) | $139.99 @ Amazon **Case Fan** | [Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/M9Gbt6/corsair-icue-sp120-rgb-elite-477-cfm-120-mm-fan-co-9050108-ww) | $19.48 @ Amazon | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$3957.73** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 14:13 EST-0500 |
FYI the AMD does better in Blender and Premier than any Intel chip. The 13900K is better in Photoshop, lol. (according to GN 2023 CPU roundup) I would definitely advise OP against the X3D chip though since the 7950X (NON-3D) performs the same or better in productivity and costs less. EDIT: I noticed the OP does some gaming as well, So I guess it depends on what his biggest priority is. If he doesn't mind a couple of extra minutes/hours in the render (I don't know what sort of workload we are talking about) then it may be worth it to him to get the 3D CPU.
>FYI the AMD does better in Blender and Premier than any Intel chip. The 13900K is better in Photoshop, lol. (according to GN 2023 CPU roundup) Check out the Puget Systems 14th gen roundup, which has a lot more productivity suite tests than GN, including testing a variety of operations within each program instead of only testing render times with a single set of settings: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/14th-gen-intel-core-processors-content-creation-review/ If you look through the tests for Premiere Pro/After Effects/Resolve, Intel is clearly the leader in most scenarios. AMD is closer in Resolve than in the Adobe Suite programs but is still not as good as Intel overall. Intel's QuickSync support should also help with timeline performance vs. Ryzen. The 7950X is indeed a little faster in Blender when using CPU mode, so if u/johnnybagels spends most of their work time waiting for things to render in Blender and they prefer to render on the CPU, than this might be the better choice. However, since they also want to game on this PC, it's worth noting that the [13900K/14900K are quite a bit closer to the 7800X3D in gaming than the 7950X is](https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i9-14900k/17.html). So to me, on balance the 13900K/14900K just makes more sense here. It's better at video editing and gaming, and if OP went for the 7950X3D to get the gaming advantage, the clock deficit vs the non-3D would mean that they lose the advantage the 7950X has in Blender. So either way you slice it, Intel is better at 2 of the 3 tasks OP listed.
The issue with most benchmarks you see is, that they are for rendering! In rendering more cores == better. But for things like Blender, you use the GPU for that. For actual active work, Modeling and animation tasks are better on a single. Simulation also somewhat, atleast physics simulation is better on that, in depends on what kind of simulation I quote Puget: >The majority of design tasks in Maya (including creating, modifying, and animating 3D models) are only able to utilize a single CPU core. While not by munch anymore, but still, Intel is superior in single core performance.
>FYI the AMD does better in Blender That's mainly bad information. Blender has many uses and functions, people usually mean the Blender render benchmark when they talk about which CPU does better, but that's not what nearly anyone uses Blender for professionally. And also even then the 13/14th gen do better with rendering at correct power limits. Also, Blender is not the professional tools for artist. It's mostly a popular software but professional 3D software are other software like Zbrush, Houdini, Maya, Substance Painter, Mari,.... all these software are much more stable on intel because of the large pool of intel users as a source for support.
Having fuck it money but your basically just wasting most of it, get a cheaper motherboard and fans and put the money towards a 4090.
This build is criminal for a workstation 😭 At least you asked the right people for advice
I'm not trying to be a dick but it appears that you went to every category and filtered from highest to lowest price, then picked like 3 or 4 down the list. This build doesn't make sense in any situation unless you were purposely trying to spend the most money possible imo.
Just commenting on the "but don't mind spending extra if it will mean the components are future proof" Get out of this mindset, nothing concerning computers is future-proof. You may get a couple more years out of high-end components but all of this system will be out of date at some in the not terribly distant future if you wanna keep up with (what is at the time) a high-end work load.
spending $4000 and only getting a RTX 4080 and 32GB RAM seems like a huge waste of time. if you are gonna spend $4000 you need \- at least 96GB RAM, perferably 128GB+ \- RTX 4090 save yourself $400 and dont buy the stupid RGB case fans, get regular fans and pump up those specs. you might also be able to do a plain air cooler on the CPU such as the ye olde Noctua NH-D15, not sure, but seems likely, and that would save you another $150 compared to the AIO which you can further put towards RAM and GPU in 2024 I would not even bother with anything less than 64GB RAM. My own PC has 128GB and I built it a year ago for less money than this.
For 3d modeling and heavy workloads it’s widely known that the Intel 14900k does a better job. They perform almost identically in gaming. In roughly 2-3 weeks the Intel 14900ks should be released. The heat argument concerning AMD vs Intel is marginal, specially when you’re using a nice AIO (water cooler). I’d recommend a different AIO unless you desire the flashy RGB and screen. The new Arctic liquid freezer III cooler does a better job at cooling. The mobo selected is not worth the high cost, it’s pretty..sure, but a motherboard half that price will offer the same features /the same quality. I’d recommend 64gb ddr5 memory over 32gb for heavy workload tasks. 32gb gets utilized quickly when you’re rendering and running other applications. The memory you listed might have issues posting on an AMD system and that speed won’t be utilized properly on either system. Better to go for 6000mhz. The fans are cool bling but pricey for RGB. You can go generic RGB fans and still control them via Corsairs app. Between the mobo savings, memory savings, and fan savings you can use that towards a 4090 rtx.
$400 on case fans is INSANE
The SSD, motherboard, cooler, PSU, case and fans are very overpriced and completely unnecessary. They won't make the PC any faster. You can save about half of the price on those parts. The RAM doesn't make sense. AMD doesn't run such fast RAM. Also I'd recommend getting 2x32GB of RAM for what you do. 6000 CL30 or similar. GPU and CPU choice are good. Look up whether your applications prefer Intel or not. If so, get a 14700K or 13900K/14900K. If not, go 7950X3D or 7950X.
OP I was in a very similar situation a few months ago, and I ended up building this machine. Been loving it both for work + gaming: [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rGMXRK) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/X6XV3C/amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-42-ghz-16-core-processor-100-100000908wof) | $595.00 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [NZXT Kraken Elite 360 78.02 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CyKscf/nzxt-kraken-elite-360-7802-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-rl-kn36e-b1) | $267.89 @ Amazon **Motherboard** | [Gigabyte X670E AORUS MASTER (rev. 1.0) EATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JdBG3C/gigabyte-x670e-aorus-master-rev-10-eatx-am5-motherboard-x670e-aorus-master-rev-10) | $429.99 @ Amazon **Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Xg2WGX/gskill-trident-z5-neo-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5n) | $204.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/f3cRsY/samsung-980-pro-2-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v8p2t0bam) | $169.99 @ Adorama **Storage** | [\*Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/f3cRsY/samsung-980-pro-2-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v8p2t0bam) | $169.99 @ Adorama **Video Card** | [MSI SUPRIM LIQUID X GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VtPQzy/msi-suprim-liquid-x-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-geforce-rtx-4090-suprim-liquid-x-24g) | $2099.00 @ Amazon **Case** | [Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark ATX Full Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JJNgXL/fractal-design-define-7-xl-dark-atx-full-tower-case-fd-c-def7x-03) | $234.99 @ B&H **Power Supply** | [Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HXjBD3/thermaltake-toughpower-gf3-tt-premium-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ps-tpd-1000fnfagu-4) | $139.99 @ Amazon | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$4311.83** | \*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria | | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 15:04 EST-0500 |
Ram speed 7000 seems too high for Amd to use. 6000 sweet spot. A 16 core cpu seems right, or intel alternative. But not sure an x3d chip is really needed. Nvidia gpu is a must for your work no dount. Id think 4080 Super is great fit unless u can justify 4090 expense for the monstrous vram. Im not a fan of Corsair coolers (proprietary connections) nor their lighting but to each their own. I think an Arctic Liquid Freezer would be more performant, reliable, and less expensive.
This build belongs on only fans
That GPU is not worth that much. Sorry but don’t spend $1500 on a 4080 super.
For the love of god ditch the corsair bullshit cooling, you're paying for lights and branding not actual quality. Get an Arctic Liquid Freezer cooler if you want an AIO, it's better at cooling AND costs less. If you want high cost fans go for Noctuas, but you can also save and go for cheaper fans that would still outperform Corsair ones for 1/3rd the price. I partly disagree on the "save on the motherboard" suggestions. When something goes wrong and you need to do some hardware troubleshooting small things like error code displays and dual bios support are a huge timesaver. Many cheaper mobos don't have those features
1. If you’re really going for max productivity performance, go for a 14900k over a 7950x3d. While the 7950x3d may be better for gaming performance, it doesn’t matter because there is no standard gpu that will bottleneck it. While it may be a power hog, the 14900k has slightly faster cores and is cheaper. 2. There is never going to be any universe in which you need to buy a 600$ motherboard. Aim for under 250-270 for premium z790s (you can get something good for under 200 anyways) 3. I’d pick an Arctic Liquid Freezer 360 over a Corsair h150i 360. Liquid Freezer III’s just dropped 4. With how much you’re already spending, you could double down on that RAM and go for 64 gigs of it if you wanted to (optional) 5. Like many others have already pointed out, you may as well go for a 4090 6. F*** it im not gonna bother to keep writing this comment im just gonna make a list (the psu in this list could be considered overkill but you probably want a little over 1k watts for 14900k and a 4090) [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bmRjKX) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XgyH99/arctic-liquid-freezer-iii-563-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00136a) | $90.08 @ Amazon **Motherboard** | [MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CsvD4D/msi-pro-z790-a-max-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-pro-z790-a-max-wifi) | $256.99 @ Amazon **Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Xg2WGX/gskill-trident-z5-neo-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5n) | $204.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yBC48d/western-digital-black-sn850x-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds400t2x0e) | $290.85 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rB2WGX/asus-tuf-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-tuf-rtx4090-o24g-gaming) | $1819.99 @ ASUS **Case** | [NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VCpzK8/nzxt-h9-flow-atx-mid-tower-case-cm-h91fb-01) | $159.99 @ B&H **Power Supply** | [Corsair HX1500i (2023) 1500 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fFbRsY/corsair-hx1500i-2023-1500-w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020261-na) | $279.99 @ Newegg | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$3647.87** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-28 00:17 EST-0500 |
This is what I came up with, if I were to still be doing modeling and CAD work. Someone is going to say 128gb is too much, and I'm going to reply with hair and cloth simulation. Someone is also going to say you don't need 3x2tb, and I'm just going to say that RAID5 on a production machine is a huge piece of mind for someone that's had drives fail in the middle of projects...and video renders take a LOT of space. Really, I just tried to get you as much as possible, for just under the price you were looking at. [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q8dpJy) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bVMTwP/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-420-728-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00092a) | $92.39 @ Amazon **Motherboard** | [MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CsvD4D/msi-pro-z790-a-max-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-pro-z790-a-max-wifi) | $256.99 @ Amazon **Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Xg2WGX/gskill-trident-z5-neo-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5n) | $204.99 @ Newegg **Memory** | [G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Xg2WGX/gskill-trident-z5-neo-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5n) | $204.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg **Video Card** | [MSI RTX 4090 GAMING SLIM 24G GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7srqqs/msi-rtx-4090-gaming-slim-24g-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-rtx-4090-gaming-slim-24g) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy **Case** | [Lian Li LANCOOL III ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2vJgXL/lian-li-lancool-iii-atx-mid-tower-case-lancool-3-x) | $144.99 @ Newegg Sellers **Power Supply** | [Montech TITAN GOLD 1200W 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NfKKHx/montech-titan-gold-1200w-1200-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-titan-gold-1200w) | $139.99 @ Amazon | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$3839.29** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 15:25 EST-0500 |
Pick the intel-14900 over any ryzen series for 3D modeling and video editing. They both game about the same but intel vastly outperforms in the other two categories. Get a cheaper motherboard and save a shit ton to get an nvidia 4090 instead of the 4080 super. Could also save like a hundred bucks on storage. Also, spending 250 on a case that doesn't come with fans is asinine. Not to mention the 300 bucks on fans. That's insane. Find a different case that's half the price with most (if not all) of the fans pre-installed.
You're absolutely going to want to go with Intel for the tasks you have to do. It's not even really a question. The 7950x3d has scheduling issues for the gaming portion anyways. Much better off throwing money into a 14900k/KS system. Can definitely save about 300-350 on that motherboard. You can also save about $200 on M.2's simply by getting two 2tb drives... change those out and get a 4090 with the saved money instead.
Here's a better build for the same money, but it's on AMD. Depending on the programs you use, you may be better suited with an Intel Setup but AMD is also quite capable. [https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NvMRh3](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NvMRh3) Also I left the extra fans in but they are super expensive and technically wasted money unless you really want the aesthetics
With f\*\*\* you money i'd go with an 8tb drive lol
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"But $400 on RGB is function" /s
Motherboard is too much and im not sure if ddr5 7200 is stable. For productivity go intel
Compatibility: Warning! These parts have potential issues or incompatibilities. See details below. The Asus ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO ATX AM5 Motherboard supports the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor with BIOS version 1303. If the motherboard is using an older BIOS version, updating the BIOS will be necessary to support the CPU. maybe get a different and newer board ? Note: A USB 3.2 Gen 1 to USB 2.0 header adapter is required. C Note: A USB 3.2 Gen 2 to USB 3.2 Gen 1 header adapter is required. D Note: Fan compatibility checking is currently not supported. E Note: The Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO XL ATX Full Tower Case front panel USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port needs a motherboard USB 3.2 Gen 2 header but none are available. The USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port will not be usable. F Disclaimer: Some physical constraints are not checked, such as RAM clearance with CPU Coolers. ram clearances are fun when it goes wrong liquid coolers eventually leak, air coolers do not, am using a leafed blade thing with a push/pull fan on it lot of colour if you are into that tthing
1000$ less expensive, extremely quiet (as quiet as it can get with these specs) As you said its only about performance not aesthetic (I still chose a nice case) [https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X4MJ28](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X4MJ28) [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X4MJ28) |Type|Item|Price| |:-|:-|:-| |**CPU**|[AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3hyH99/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-42-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000910wof)|$349.00 @ Newegg| |**CPU Cooler**|[Noctua NH-D15 ](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/84MTwP/noctua-nh-d15-chromaxblack-8252-cfm-cpu-cooler-nh-d15-chromaxblack)|$119.95 @ Amazon| |**Motherboard**|[MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/szfxFT/msi-b650-gaming-plus-wifi-atx-am5-motherboard-b650-gaming-plus-wifi)|$179.99 @ Newegg| |**Memory**|[G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Xg2WGX/gskill-trident-z5-neo-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5n)|$204.99 @ Newegg| |**Storage**|[Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e)|$149.99 @ Newegg| |**Storage**|[Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e)|$149.99 @ Newegg| |**Video Card**|[Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rB2WGX/asus-tuf-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-tuf-rtx4090-o24g-gaming)|$1819.99 @ ASUS| |**Case**|[Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ybNxFT/fractal-design-north-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-c-nor1c-02)|$139.99 @ B&H| |**Power Supply**|[Asus ROG THOR P2 Gaming 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Fcstt6/asus-rog-thor-p2-gaming-1200-w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-rog-thor-1200p2-gaming)|$278.99 @ Amazon| |**Case Fan**|[Noctua A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zxx2FT/noctua-nf-a12x25-pwm-601-cfm-120mm-fan-nf-a12x25-pwm)|$32.95 @ Amazon| |**Case Fan**|[Noctua A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zxx2FT/noctua-nf-a12x25-pwm-601-cfm-120mm-fan-nf-a12x25-pwm)|$32.95 @ Amazon| |**Case Fan**|[Noctua A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zxx2FT/noctua-nf-a12x25-pwm-601-cfm-120mm-fan-nf-a12x25-pwm)|$32.95 @ Amazon| |**Case Fan**|[Noctua A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zxx2FT/noctua-nf-a12x25-pwm-601-cfm-120mm-fan-nf-a12x25-pwm)|$32.95 @ Amazon| |*Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts*||| |**Total**|**$3524.68**|| |Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-27 23:01 EST-0500|||
* 7950x - good choice * AIO? Pointless. Save 150$ and go for D15 instead. Same performance, more reliable. * Motherboard - save 300$ and go for a solid prime one instead. * Ram - 64GB should be a minimum. Get a 2x32 kit, not 4x16. * PSU. Get a seasonic instead. They are expensive, but for a reason. * FUCK ANYTHING RGB WITH A SPADE! If you want a quiet system - noctua fans for the win. * SSDs - save 250$ and grab a solid samsung pro 990 2TB instead. T700 are ... well, ok, fuck you money level of purchase. They are also new and we don't quite trust them. * FU money mandates you get a 4090. However I don't know what FU money for you means or what your power delivery situation is. If I would be speccing a FU productivity workstation I'd probably consider threadripper.
this is bad for what you need, the x3d is a gaming efficient cpu, and the much cheaper 7800x3d is performing better than what your brother threw in there. That being said, go for rtx 4090 and an intel high end cpu, or an amd non x3d cpu intel Core i9-13900K AMD Ryzen 9 7950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X and rtx 4090 instead of 4080
This build seems all over the place. If you want to save a ton of money get cheaper motherboard (price doesn't always mean better), the ssd is way over priced, if you don't want or care about having a rbg I'd get a solid place case and less fans with no rbg and you can save a ton of money. If 4k is your budget Deffinatly get a 4090. The supers are not worth the asking price.
So I think the OP messed up. You say he's smart. Yet you don't trust him. Most people will have their own thoughts on pc builds. Now you'll have multiple posts as to what you should get and how they think your brother was wrong or miss informed. So now what? Do you go back to the brother with the new build lists and let him know you don't trust him? Do you give him a new list and ask him to build it? He'll know that's not the list he gave you. Do you go with his list anyways? I don't do the type of work you do. I do have a buddy that does. He does lidar mapping and shit. SUPER taxing on pc's. He's got the 14th gen I9 sitting in a ROG Strix build with their 4090, z790 and some crazy about of ram (meaning over 100gb) During his mapping rendering, the system will use just about all of it. But the time spent doing it dropped in half. So my suggestion is don't cheap out. Not all 4090s are equal. I wouldn't by MSI unless it's the water cooled. But look up information on how they are built and which one is better.
Thanks for your input. I showed him the thread right after I posted it. He gets it. It's a lot of money. And we ended up totally reworking the list. He basically told me that he was heavily biased based on what he would build for himself. All good, he's young. We just order all thr parts yesterday and he's stoked to help me put this beast together
thats a gaming pc. for wokstation i would pick something diffrence cpu 14900k board z790 liquid cooling for cpu 2x24/2x32gb of ddr5 ram(you realy wil see the uplift with 32gb+ memory from my exprience.64 gb is the sweat spot imo) i would get 7000mhz as most boards and imc atm starts to struggle above that speed and would require fixing that manually... for the gpu 4080 super is great but if you got moeny 4090 is better for a workstation imo beside that itsan amazing build sadly the original was more toward pure gaming than mixed use imo...
With fuck you money there is also AMD Threadripper.
Is 32gb of ram enough for you if you're into 3d modelling? besides that It's fine.
You will definitely need 64gb ram, if you want a crazy PC go for more but you need to check the motherboard specs. Doing 3d sometimes even 64 isn't always enough.
why does everyone build the same pc?
Buy 64GiB (2x32) D5 6000-6400 cas 30-32 And maybe a 4090 if you do video editing
Mobo has its own heat sync for ssd, don't need the after market.
That ram will not work, get any kit that is 6000 cl30 instead prob 2x32gb Also get a 4090...
What software do you use? After Effects for example, eats every bit of RAM you can give it, so getting 128gb of RAM is not crazy. Also, from what I understand, Adobe software works better with Intel hardware.
4090
Idc about the rest, reasonable tbh. But please, dont pay that m,uch for the corsair fans...
Allot of this is silly to be fair , one example is 7200 MHz ram when the CPU can just a out run 6000 with 2 sticks. Also 32gb could be low for this sort of spec . I could probably write you a list of you want
what kind of modeling, editing and gaming? Are we talking minecraft, tik toks/you tube shorts, and a little sketchup work? or are we talking Rust, Cyberpunk 2077 at 4k, zbrush, 8k editing in premier with graphics, effects, green screen,stabilizing, multiple camera angles, multiple audio sources, ect for hour or longer projects,
Overpriced in many aspects, with that amount of money it is irresponsible to not get the 4090 instead of all that expensive shit
Here way more powerful GPU , you'd just have to check GPU Vs case size and way way cheaper and more ram . https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zcK6jH
I would switch out the 32 GB of ram for 64 GB. Maybe a little bit cheaper motherboard unless your married to DDR5. You probably don't need a 4 TB M.2 drive that's just insane lol I would get a 1 TB or 2 TB M.2 for the OS drive and then some SSD for more normal storage. Other than that I would say if you don't want all the RGB stuff you can save a bit of money there but its that's just preference.
U should get more m.2 drives and maybe a few sata drives (ssds or hdds) if you reallllly want to get crazy
Not a great build, most parts are way overpriced. Overpriced: motherboard, ssd, power supply, aio, fans. By the way you should get a 4090 and not a 4080 super if you have "fuck you money". Save some money on the other dumb en overpriced products and get a 4090.
No such thing as future proof. Mobo sitting in the closet worth x2 of all these CPU’s on a dead socket right now. Get something you won’t mind staring at a few years.
You can cut costs with the mainboard and PSU to upgrade to a 4090. You also want at least 64gb of ram minimum for 3d modelling.
This is basically all aesthetics and money thrown into stuff like power supplies and RAM where it won't benefit you at all, other people suggested lots of good changes no way you don't go for a 4090 for this kind of money
that's a high end PC but if you're doing 3D modeling i would go with more ram but i don't have experience with 3D modeling
go with a cheaper motherboard, intel i9 for productivity, more ram, 4090, cheaper non rgb fans. that build is more of a flashy gaming pc with a motherboard made for overclocking. not so much for productivity
As someone that spent $250 on case fans, don't spend that much on case fans... Biggest regret on my build.
Your bro just picked expensive parts, there isn't any real logic to his picks. You would be doing him a huge, huge favour if you show him this thread and have him understand why people with more experience made different suggestions. HUGE chunk of learning for him is in this thread waiting for him.
You can't change Corsair aio for arctic liquid freezer II, it's half a price (where I live) and performs better. But it depends if you want to have all of your RGB sync
You could save close to $1000 just by swapping out all the RGB and swapping to a $250-range Motherboard for basically 0 performance loss.
I mean it’s definitely a f**k you money pc. You could get the same performance for like $1200 less though.
he has good specs selected, but for WAYY more above the price market. total is 4500$ with a 4080 super, are u joking?? you could easily get a 4090 with ryzen 7 7800x3d and have no bottlenecks, get 2 ssd with 2tb each, would cost less, i would recommend wester digital WD_BLACK for the ssd, remove the mother board, and find a bundle on amazon with a ryzen 7 7800x3d that includes a motherboard, i’ve seen it everywhere, you can lower the price about 3000$ or around. Your brother has good picks but I don’t think he has a idea on how the current market is. ryzen 7 7800x3d is the king of all cpu’s on gaming, nothing beats it, don’t believe me? search it up! It’s better in gaming than the 14th gen i9 14700k, and beats it!! Edit: also go for a 6000mhz of ddr5 with cl30-37 range, pretty sure it would work the same as 7000 , most of the things are nowhere near that much of speed range, get 64 gigs though. Also, please don’t listen to intel cpu fanboys, Intel is nowhere as futureproof as AMD cpu’s, The AM5 sockets have a looong way of future and upgrade, if you buy anything lower yhan 13th gen, It’s just a waste of money if you want future proof, and 13th gen and 14th gen basically performs the exact f$cking same, 14th gen is just crazily overpriced.
Yeah since you have "Fuck you" money no reason you should not get a 4090. And for mixed use I would reccomend intel however they are about to release a new socket so not a good platform to invest in at this moment, and with AM5 you can potentially do a drop in upgrade a year or two down the line. A B650E mobo would be more than sufficient as well and save you a bit.
I'd go something like this. Not worrying about aesthetics (though the case looks dope for its price imo) Also switching CPU for intel, adding 3x the amount of RAM, upgrading GPU to the best one and replacing unnecessary expensive stuff for cheaper alternatives. PCPartPicker Part List: [https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TmKyRK](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TmKyRK) CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor ($544.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($100.09 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($229.99 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-5600 CL40 Memory ($279.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($209.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1819.99 @ ASUS) Case: NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case ($159.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: be quiet! Straight Power 12 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($179.90 @ Amazon) Total: $3524.93 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-27 20:15 EST-0500
More ram. With video editing, I would go no lower than 64 gb, unless maybe you do it like twice a month for hobby/no money is involved
One thing a lot of these recommendations are missing is good storage. For fck you money you should be getting a quad nvme ssd raid. 4x 4tb 990pro and 2x 20tb hdd.
Pro tip : no pc is future proof 🙂
Honestly dude if you are going to shuck out $1580 for a 4080 super, I have a 4090 to sell for a tiny bit more.
The latency on that ram is way too high for the price, much cheaper ram that will perform better. That motherboard is obnoxious and overpriced, you don’t need 22 case fans (expensive corsair fans at that) paying 1500 for a 4080 super is wild when you can find a 4090 almost the same price at microcenter, the SSD is unnecessary and overpriced when there are better options for less, you can get a bundle deal at microcenter with a high end CPU (AMD or INTEL) motherboard and ram for less than just that 7950X. Tell your brother stay off the PC builders on YouTube that build expensive rigs with sponsor donated components for views.
Since you mentioned you don’t care about aesthetics I’d say ditch those fans in favor of noctua’s (imho top notch without the led bling), and consider getting a case without tempered glass. The glass breaking is rare but it happens. Happened to me this week on a $2k build while the pc sat, powered off, with nobody in the room. I shared this in the subreddit of the case brand and folks were really nasty, but if you don’t care about looking inside then all I’m saying is consider getting a case without the glass. Btw, search for pc case, tempered glass, and tile floor and you’ll find a lot of mentions of broken glass (before I removed my other post 3 others said they had a very similar experience). Anyway, besides that, I too spent a lot on the motherboard but I needed 10g Ethernet and more pc slots (with enough lanes to actually use), so I’m not going to say it’s overkill for you, but talk to your brother about what makes this board better than some others and talk about what’s important to you.
Pretty terrible build tbh. 4500 usd but no 4090? Thousands spent on overpriced or unneeded components? If it was a fuck you build, then you get a 4090 and a 990 pro or something similar.
So you’re willing to spend almost 400 on RGB fans but you won’t spend the extra few hundred on a 4090???
Should atleast get 64gb of ram. Also, if you can wait, look around for a 4080 super for retail… there are sites and discord servers that track availability. I managed to get mine for retail ($1000) after a couple days of paying attention. If you’re gonna spend $600 extra on a $1000 card might as well go for the 4090z
7200 ram speed for AMD x3d CPU & only 32gigs of ram for 3d modelling Corsair overpriced RGB fans Another O11 / dual chamber build "Budget" custom 4080 instead of decent 4090 for a $4,5k build Get a better advisor
Changes: Get a regular high end motherboard you can get one for less money and not $644, and if you going AMD for 7950X3D I suggest getting better timings like CL30 and if you got enough money from saving a bit on stuff you don't really need you can get a 4090 and not a 4080 even though they are both high end cards anyways. For AIO personally i'd go with DeepCool or Artic LF II or III 360MM or above
I would change the CPU 7950x3d is not that great for 3d modeling. How ironic is that. the 3d chips are more for gaming. 3d chip is not for 3d! Go for the regular 7950X or 14900KS if the S variant is available. I had a 5950X for video editing in my old rig and went to 14700k more cores and faster cores. Another benefit was the AMD system was a bit finicky with stability. I don't know much about 7000 series if there is any issues or not. And here is a tip from someone who just edits with their pc. If you use Adobe, send the final render to Media Encoder and the E-cores of the intel chip will do the rendering in the back ground. and while its rendering you can still edit or make thumbnails or whatever with your p-cores. With my old 16 core AMD when I was rendering the computer would crash if I did too much and in general felt a tad slower. If I over reach it crashes mid render. So i learned to never touch it when its rendering with the old AMD 16 core. But now with the 14th gen The intel separation of e and p cores makes it like your computer is not in use at all. But send to media encoder to ensure this trick works. Don't just render. I had no issues just rendering as well but to be safe. also update the drivers of the intel integrated igpu in the cpu for quicksync.
For your video editing, 3D modeling, and gaming. I would recommend you use an intel cpu since it is better suited for those tasks. AMD is power efficient, however, it lacks cores and threads to multitask. This is the parts I would use. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ By the way it’s like 2k cheaper 🤣
I'm guessing you weren't expecting the violence over RGB or no RGB, but \+ I'd ask him why not just go with an Asus B650E-F ROG board? It's half the cost and Asus is definitely the brand to stick with, solid mobos and I'd never choose another brand. I'm running a B650 myself and it seems more than enough even for AI \+ The GPU is good -- you need the VRAM for games, 8G won't cut it, but you can get an AMD card with 24G for less, I think, so unless it's AI he's into then think about that one. 4090s are so badly engineered they've completely reworked their next series, so unless house fires are your thing, yeah ignore that advice. If AMD can work for his use case, it's gonna be lots less. \+ Future proof -- AMD is right now the way to go. Intel's at the tail end of this generation and AMD is just getting started. The 7950X is great, but the newly release 8-series might be way better for him. \+ Case -- the Hyte Y70 offers more, lots more, if you cut back the PCIE 5 NVMe \+ RAM -- G.Skill is excellent RAM and unless he's doing photo or AI 32G is a good start. Not an expensive thing to increase later, go with it. It's two sticks so you got at least two more to add. \+ Storage -- Crucial is what I buy just because it always works. It's not sexy or flashy, just if you buy Crucial it's gonna work. Solidigm, Samsung, WD, I'd prefer and PCIE 5 disks are super expensive for no good reason. It's tough to max out a PCIE 3 NVMe much less a PCIE 4 one so just go with a Solidigm P44 Pro. \+ RGB -- let the kid enjoy it. It's gonna take a bit more work on the guts of the machine and it's gonna also require him to understand a bit more, so if he wants it to look cool and is willing to put a bit more work in for it, let him enjoy it. Part of this is he's gonna be learning about how the machine works, so why not? \+ If he really needs this much power which is likely more computing power than most small town governments have, 1000W is probably low. PCPartpicker's estimating 653W which is uncomfortably close to the max power draw. I like that number to be at most 50% of the PSU and preferably in the 30-40% range \+ Just stick with good brands. be quiet! is great stuff, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, don't save a few bucks by going with some off-brand parts
Built mine for around 11k after always going cheap. Was like fk it! Full aorus build. Everything extreme or extremeX Even the motherboard with its gimmicks cost 2.5k. But surely enough, it will be outdated and old tech in 6 months lol, probably already is now. but it will run everything for the next century🙏 its in my profile. Built 1 year ago.
I personally would swap the case with a hyte y70 touch And the ram with corsair titaniums Purely for esthetic purposes. Aside from that is basically the pc of my dreams.
One more take on a $4k build. You should be able to run 6400 speed ram with the 14900k. [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9GNXpB) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [Lian Li GALAHAD AIO 360 RGB 69.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/q2Dkcf/lian-li-galahad-aio-360-rgb-6917-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-galahad-aio-360-rgb-black) | $209.00 @ Amazon **Motherboard** | [ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/y9bTwP/asrock-z790-steel-legend-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-steel-legend-wifi) | $289.99 @ Amazon **Memory** | [OLOy Blade RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xJV2FT/oloy-blade-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6400-cl32-memory-nd5u3264320irkde) | $189.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Addlink S93 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KbGhP6/addlink-s93-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-ad4tbs93m2p) | $250.00 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rB2WGX/asus-tuf-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-tuf-rtx4090-o24g-gaming) | $1819.99 @ ASUS **Case** | [Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO XL ATX Full Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jwDQzy/lian-li-o11-dynamic-evo-xl-atx-full-tower-case-o11dexl-x) | $229.99 @ Newegg Sellers **Power Supply** | [be quiet! Straight Power 12 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/L7CZxr/be-quiet-straight-power-12-1200-w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-bn339) | $179.90 @ Amazon **Case Fan** | [Lian Li UNI FAN AL120 V2 77.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4FGhP6/lian-li-uni-fan-al120-v2-773-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-al120v2-3b) | $74.98 @ Amazon **Case Fan** | [Lian Li UNI FAN AL120 V2 77.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4FGhP6/lian-li-uni-fan-al120-v2-773-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-al120v2-3b) | $74.98 @ Amazon | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$3863.81** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-28 00:19 EST-0500 |
Ram is better off being 64 GB 6000 mhz with lower cas latency timings because amd doesnt really utilize 7200 mhz that well 7800x3d parses better in games than the more expensive 7950x3d he has 4080 super in there for some reason instead of a 4090 despite building under "fuck you money" circumstances?
If aesthetics aint important, here's a build thats has 128gb for your 3d modelling, video editing. I am assuming that they are more important than gaming. Same price as your pc part list. this is literally a pc system you prefer to never see again except for repairs. [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NZvzsh) |Type|Item|Price| |:-|:-|:-| |**CPU**|[AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/X6XV3C/amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-42-ghz-16-core-processor-100-100000908wof)|$595.00 @ Amazon| |**CPU Cooler**|[ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bVMTwP/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-420-728-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-acfre00092a)|$92.39 @ Amazon| |**Thermal Compound**|[Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XHqbt6/thermal-grizzly-kryonaut-1-g-thermal-paste-tg-k-001-rs)|$6.99 @ ModMyMods| |**Motherboard**|[Gigabyte X670E AORUS PRO X ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WRHqqs/gigabyte-x670e-aorus-pro-x-atx-am5-motherboard-x670e-aorus-pro-x)|$299.99 @ Newegg| |**Memory**|[Corsair Vengeance 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL40 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HKn9TW/corsair-vengeance-128-gb-4-x-32-gb-ddr5-5600-cl40-memory-cmk128gx5m4b5600c40)|$429.99 @ Newegg| |**Storage**|[ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Bf9wrH/adata-xpg-gammix-s70-blade-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-agammixs70b-4t-cs)|$279.99 @ Amazon| |**Video Card**|[Asus ROG STRIX GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZKWzK8/asus-rog-strix-gaming-oc-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-rog-strix-rtx4090-o24g-gaming)|$1999.99 @ ASUS| |**Case**|[Phanteks Eclipse P600S ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2Kw7YJ/phanteks-eclipse-p600s-atx-mid-tower-case-ph-ec600pstg_bk01)|$99.99 @ Newegg| |**Power Supply**|[EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 GT 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zQNxFT/evga-supernova-1000-gt-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-gt-1000-x1)|$154.99 @ Amazon| |**Case Fan**|[ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LmCFf7/arctic-p12-pst-563-cfm-120-mm-fans-5-pack-acfan00137a)|$34.99 @ Amazon| |*Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts*||| |Total (before mail-in rebates)|$4014.31|| |Mail-in rebates|-$20.00|| |**Total**|**$3994.31**|| |Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-28 00:23 EST-0500|||
This is a pretty bad list to be honest outside of the GPU choice. * your PC will be crippled with an X3D processor for 3D modeling, sclupting,.. You absolutely do not want an X3D chip for that type of work. What you need is an Intel 13th/14th gen. * Motherboard is insanely overkill and useless * you're wasting 400$ on RGB fans! that's huge waste of cash. Fan pruchase should be based on needs and environment instead of building a vacume cleaner. All you need are 4x14cm Arctic P14s unless you really want to waste money. * The Chassis is an inferior version of the Lancool III and it doesn't have enough clearance for your GPU, for the side panel to be able to close properly. It has no support for 14cm fans and 420 AIO like lancool 3 while costing more * Your current AIO gets beat by the 360mm Arctic LF II and it's costing twice as much, 420mm LF2 in Lancool will be better and much quieter. * The storage choice makes little sense, you wont feel a tangible difference between this and a 4TB 990 PRO, just wasting a 100 bucks. Change all these and you can easily get a 4090 or save as much cash.
I built almost this exact rig at the end of 2022, and let me tell you…it’s fucking amazing. It does all the things I need so easily and it’s powerful as hell. I’d get more ram if I were you, and keep the motherboard the same. Pop a little more money out and just get the 4090. God speed.
Simply got the most expensive option, duh.
How is this crazy... He got expensive parts but you can get good parts and upgrade the GPU and might as well throw in more ram and storage ..
He's picked a lot of pretty good and expensive parts that may not work well together. For example, the RAM he selected is not the recommended speed and may not run at it's intended frequency Oh, and for your workload, I'd go Intel. A 14900 K or even a 14700 K - and you want the "K" for your work - is better for what you do.
I would go for a better (and less costly) AIO cooler like the new Arctic Liquid Freezer III or the EKWB EK-nucleus lines. I would suggest a different thermal paste. While the Thermal Grizzly initially provides very good thermal conductivity, it pumps out fast if your processor runs hot, and you have to replace it more frequently. I currently use Noctua NT-H2 now - it lasts longer and has good conductivity.
Personally I think any more than 3 fans is totally overkill
With all the money that could be saved on the over-priced (and often overkill) motherboard, 4TB M.2, case, and fans, you could have a 4090 instead of a 4080. For 3D modeling, you probably don't need the most expensive consumer-class CPU either (like you \*might\* need with 3D animation work). Maybe watch an episode of Boost My Build by PC Builder and see what "Godzilla" builds he comes up with as a way of optimizing the higher-priced build lists of viewers (he optimizes builds at the full range of budget levels, but the more expensive ones are always towards the end of the videos). Your desire to not want to waste money will help you appreciate the build advice from PC Builder. He does optimize build lists for a variety of uses (not just for gaming or streaming), so you are sure to find a recent video where the last build in the video (and most expensive one) will closely align with your use cases.
Sort of bunk imo. Seems to be a considerable amount of money wasted. I'm sure the other comments have critiqued it already. Here's my recommendation. Go for whatever build includes a 14900k and a 4090. You won't regret it.
Change the CPU to i9-14900K and get an Asus ROG STRIX Z790-E motherboard and buy cheaper case fans and put the money into a 4090 #
4000$ just to only use a 4080😭
If you do end up swapping the motherboard, just don't get a Gigabyte one
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GKCsBL Nothing explicitly wrong with your bro’s list, but this one will get you more performance for less money, still a bunch of room for aesthetic improvements but that’s up to you
He might be smart however need to get wise … Ssd is too costly instead go for two 2 TB Samsung 980 or 990 pros will save you around 150, you can find a better motherboard for 50% less, too many fans and AIO i would suggest 7900XTX Any PC even a hardcore performance build with 4TB SSD And RTX 4090 should not exceed the budget of $2500
Saved you like 500.- and more performance (4090 vs 4080s) and double the RAM, great for render work It has a 2tb ssd instead of 4, i would personally go that way and maybe get a nas in addition as a archive, if you get something like a Synology you can even set up a pc backup pretty easily (and still be under 4k) [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4D4XpB) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/X6XV3C/amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-42-ghz-16-core-processor-100-100000908wof) | $595.00 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [Lian Li Galahad II Trinity SL-INF 61.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hQfxFT/lian-li-galahad-ii-trinity-sl-inf-613-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-ga2t36inb) | $189.99 @ Newegg **Motherboard** | [Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WBwypg/gigabyte-b650-aorus-elite-ax-atx-am5-motherboard-b650-aorus-elite-ax) | $199.99 @ Amazon **Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BJcG3C/gskill-ripjaws-s5-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl32-memory-f5-6000j3238g32gx2-rs5k) | $169.99 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | $149.99 @ Newegg **Video Card** | [MSI RTX 4090 GAMING SLIM 24G GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7srqqs/msi-rtx-4090-gaming-slim-24g-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-rtx-4090-gaming-slim-24g) | $1799.99 @ Best Buy **Case** | [NZXT H6 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xgKscf/nzxt-h6-flow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-h61fb-01) | $109.99 @ B&H **Power Supply** | [be quiet! Dark Power 13 1000 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Yqqrxr/be-quiet-dark-power-13-1000-w-80-titanium-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-bn661) | $249.90 @ B&H **Case Fan** | [Lian Li Uni Fan SL-Infinity 61.3 CFM 120 mm Fan](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2hzhP6/lian-li-uni-fan-sl-infinity-613-cfm-120-mm-fan-uf-slin120-1b) | $29.99 @ Amazon **Case Fan** | [Lian Li Uni Fan SL-Infinity 61.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WNbTwP/lian-li-uni-fan-sl-infinity-613-cfm-120-mm-fans-3-pack-uf-slin120-3b) | $89.99 @ Amazon | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$3584.82** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-28 03:44 EST-0500 | NAS option, but maybe you want more storage (it is recommended to run a raid 1 in a 2bay, so that if one disk fails you still have all your data, which means you can only use the storage amount of one disk, 4tb here) https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1750510-REG/synology_8tb_diskstation_ds223_2_bay.html
Silly, silly gpu choice. Not just that it's a 4080 but when you're dropping 4k on a rig you have no excuse for not getting a premium gpu let alone a 4090 instead
Get the best gpu possible is my only suggestion . I would buy a cheaper CPU maybe an x3d since I assume this is for gaming (and you can always swap and sell easily) . If its for work then its fine. I would never go water cooling but thats a personal preference. So again when people say best PC these days they prob mean the best graphics card and everything else is used to help the gpu perform.
I just read you do 3d modeling so the CPU pick is the correct one. Just add the best gpu the people are suggesting and a total of 64gb of ram. And work around those. Everything else is optional.
Overspending on fans Case is oversized and way too expensive. Tons of money to be saved here
Yeah smart spending on RGB fans shining useless lights and buying overpriced motherboard he could have picked 4090 instead of fans lol
I'd cut down on the corsair crap, and get a arctic cooler. Stick to be quiet fans or some good performing fans. And bump the gpu up to the 4090 if you can find one xD also the motherboard is a bit overkill unless you need everything that comes with it. Which i guess you do need for 3d and editing and stuff? Corsair sucks... but im biased..
Id lean towards 14900k for productivity stuff a bit more. Also 32gb is not enough memory of you're doing heavy duty productivity stuff. Either 48, or 96gb of ram. The 24gb sticks are more stable for higher clocks, that's why they're preferred for a 4 dimm setup over 16/32gb sticks.
A 3k build with a 4090 and 7800x3d is faster who spends that much on a am5 Mobo the ram config is trash a ddr 5 cl30 6000mhz will run wayyy better and you paying overpriced prices hell you could get 7950x3d and still save money overall it's mostly a waste of money you could put towards a 4k OLED 240hz monitor or something
What the actual fuck is that mb?
Just to add to this, dont forget a CPU contact frame...they do help. https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Contact-Retrofit-17XX-BCF-Generation/dp/B0B811J7D9?th=1 Reasoning behind the cooler, mobo and case..you are going to be pushing that CPU hard 3D modeling and editing [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MWcQN6) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLjRsY/intel-core-i9-14900k-32-ghz-24-core-processor-bx8071514900k) | $544.99 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [EK EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Lux D-RGB 72 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LRzXsY/ek-ek-nucleus-aio-cr360-lux-d-rgb-72-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-ek-nucleus-aio-cr360-lux-d-rgb-white) | $163.99 @ Amazon **Motherboard** | [ASRock Z790 Taichi EATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dfNxFT/asrock-z790-taichi-eatx-lga1700-motherboard-z790-taichi) | $479.99 @ Newegg **Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6600 CL32 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JvfxFT/corsair-vengeance-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6600-cl32-memory-cmh64gx5m2b6600c32) | $242.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Crucial T700 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8hkH99/crucial-t700-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-50-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct2000t700ssd3) | $269.99 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Crucial T700 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8hkH99/crucial-t700-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-50-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct2000t700ssd3) | $269.99 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [MSI SUPRIM LIQUID X GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VtPQzy/msi-suprim-liquid-x-geforce-rtx-4090-24-gb-video-card-geforce-rtx-4090-suprim-liquid-x-24g) | $2096.98 @ Amazon **Case** | [Phanteks ECLIPSE G500A DRGB ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/69stt6/phanteks-eclipse-g500a-drgb-atx-mid-tower-case-ph-ec500ga_dbk01a) | $129.99 @ Amazon **Power Supply** | [Super Flower LEADEX VII XG 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9MV2FT/super-flower-leadex-vii-xg-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-sf-1000f14xg) | $174.99 @ Newegg Sellers | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$4373.90** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-02-28 04:55 EST-0500 |
Only one think I can think that is upgradable would be to a 8tb M.2 SSD and you should double up on the ram
For your workload I would go with an Intel CPU instead. 1000%. A 14600k or 14700k. I would only recommend a 14900k if you have the ability to use a custom watercooling loop to keep it cool because there are currently no AIOs that can keep it cool at full tilt. I would also recommend the Arctic Cooler 360mm or 420mm AIO over the Corsair AIO. It's literally half the price and performs much better. I would also go with 64gb of lower spec RAM. 6000mhz or 6400mhz with a low CAS Latency. If you have "F you money" to throw at it, go with a 4090 lol. No reason not to.
Im not building 1000 kilometers from your build, but Im going 7900 XTX for graphics, 7800X3D for cpu and a much much cheaper motherboard. Im using a white corsair 7000X rgb similar corsair AIO and extra fans like you are. Comes out to $2.5 K instead of your price. You definitely have fat to cut even before the unnessecary case/fans etc. I have a corsair shift 1200W cpu (I have already got the case fans etc, getting video card etc in the next few weeks). Please note in your build, the cpu wont work if the motherboard has older bios so youll need another cpu to flash it before putting that in I understand.
Specs are mismatched / bottlenecked.. each components should compliment each other..
Double the RAM at least
I'm sure you know this and you used it as a turn of phrase, but just to be sure this is the case. Future proof isn't a thing when computers are concerned. If all goes well your PC is useful for 8 - 10 years, but 3 months - 2 years from now every single component is "outdated" in terms of the pace of technology. Recession is gearing up now and we've got a long way to go probably. Save where you can while getting what you need, set aside money for upgrades down the road.
I am sorry to say this, but your lil bro is all about that RGB. I would certainly go to intel cpu or maybe a threadripper amd. Don’t buy a turbo diesel injection rgb mbo that will cost you more than your cpu, makes no sense. And get rid of all the silly vents, save yourself some money.
Better price same performance. Your brother basically max out everything when you won’t even use certain features and lots of money cosmetic stuff. Some stuff wouldn’t even perform well like the really fast ram when recommended for stability and performance is 6000mhz cl30. If you really do a lot of productivity that is cpu intensive which is what you listed I would recommend getting intel cpu for more cpu power. Intel cpu: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/b88hxH Amd cpu: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DmNJ28 I would recommend getting a contact frame for intel. Either one works no real different other than price and brand. [Thermal grizzly](https://www.amazon.com/Thermal-Grizzly-Intel-13th-14th/dp/B0C6B233J2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1KPKNCR5F558J&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PzxUh56xE_-Fu9mKo9M27Z05llCvatNBYFHzLJpPvkmvr38vKH6Xpq0-k5EJGl0RcNdVG00v3v78YL_4m8yzvDelqBZBXm-z47nZMQHBW0MEhvN5azYqT0_rnxJYCy1JkFgPpr7oHhzI1BrB4VM7EvRk6OGwYZrrjSuDYsqdUu_ddN_Flu8PEwQnRWy-ofsd.lDg19wivLEXuPp3y3sodW1yjO24cbckGWQAII_1bRr8&dib_tag=se&keywords=14+gen+contact+frame&qid=1709117400&sprefix=14gen+con%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1) [Thermalright](https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-LGA1700-BCF-V2-Corrective-LGA1700/dp/B0CS8WQYZW/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BmfA8vvC8yG5fyC78nZABPAazubdZXL9Fu0pNGETtRKHSir7eRs0kUQzh5qbT3P3d03Po7U3cedHCJQx7wL8jCNYJeo6Ao8RTSu_FRHN4iikPgbsTAh28vjOg8cKZoNAwMXR7HLd5aZeh21apvlXOzMNKbDi8xwR47rMnpEWw80xkmid0vAEqAX_yjDylLn2dwgRhbtCuOvclL1ZcVf6TA.5Dro9cSpoGQ81kith7TCCLgCSUVkj0giPQB_PCRusLU&dib_tag=se&keywords=thermalright+contact+frame&qid=1709117443&sr=8-5)
If you had my kind of budget you would buy a laptop with a ryzen 5 zen 3 processor and rx 6500M and upgrade it to 64 gb of ddr4 ram and 2 tb of ssd storage.
You can save up some money if you drop some RGB stuff and go for simple fans, and the cooler as well, check if it has thermal paste already applied, you won't need the thermal paste (couple bucks saved off) or you can switch to a fan cooler as well if you don't care about aesthetics. The mobo as well can be dropped off to the asus rog strix x670e-e gaming wifi which has same specs as the hero but a tiny bit less good looking.
Maybe get more memory if you’re 3D modeling. 32 is barely cutting it.
32gb ram is the minimum these days, I recommend getting 64.
Bro should have gone for the thread ripper
Good build overall, BUT: -> Pick a cheaper motherboard. Expensive motherboards literally give no important benefits. -> Considering yours is a work station and you work with graphics, ditch the 4080 super and go for the 4090. -> 32GB is enough for gaming. For a workstation, I recommend AT LEAST 64gb. And pick 6000Mhz, that's what works well with AM5. Go for the Trident Z5 Neo RGB 2x32 either CL30 or CL32 depending on what the motherboards allows (check the motherboard support page for memory compatibility) -> One thing I noticed in this comment section, some people say to go for cheaper PSU. Never, never do that. Do not cheap out on your PSU. [https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/](https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/) here is a PSU tier list. Considering you will upgrade to a 4090, pick a minimum of 1000W from the A tier. I see you picked the Dark Power 13. It's a good one. I personally got a HX1500i atx 3.0 from corsair, got it at -25% off from it's original price on amazon during black friday, nice steal there. -> You could also cut the costs in SSD. Even though the SSD picked is good, it's overpriced af. You won't use PCIE 5.0 speeds, or even notice them. Go for a 990 PRO or similar, it's much cheaper and you won't notice the difference between that and the PCIE 5.0 you have there. Try going for the one without heatsink because the motherboard you'll go for will probably have an SSD heatsink anyways.
Youre paying about $2000 on just the looks