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Hello, Please help me build my soon to be new PC, Any general advice would be appreciated Budget (including currency): 1800 to 2200 € (please keep in mind that 80% of the budget is on Amazon credit, so i can't relay buy from other places ) Country: EU,Italy Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I am planing to use the PC for gaming / work, for games i mostly play : GTA V, Genshin Impact, GOD of War, Assassin's Creed series (and most of the PS games that makes it to PC), zelda breath of the wild series (emulated) RIP yuzu. for Work: i do programming and some cybersecurity work , i need some over head of Ram for the VMs and Browser Tabs i need to keep open. Other details 1.(please keep in mind that 80% of the budget is on Amazon credit so i can't relay buy from other places ) and i am planing to buy the stuff in the upcoming 2 to 3 months 2. I dont know if this is very relevant for the help i am asking for but a couple of points to note -My place ambient temp is quite high most of the year so i need some good cooling, still i would prefer not to do any full water cooling. -Low maintenance or no maintain ace stuff is preferable 3. Monitors I plan to use 2 monitors, i have 1 HP generic monitor and i would like to add a new MAIN one (120 hz or higher ). 4. Peripherals I already have Peripherals but i would appreciate some good keyboards recommendation (it does not have to be included in the budget as i dont plan to buy them now.) Thank you in advance !

I have some questions that I can't seem to find the answers to. I'm planning on upgrading to a Ryzen 7 7800x3d or waiting for a Ryzen 7 9800x3d(?) and I'm thinking of going with an AIO this time around. I have seen that a 240mm AIO will cool about as much as a 360mm AIO for CPUs. What I am wondering is if one pump is generally louder that the other or if the 240 will make more fan noise than the 360, will one last longer than the other, does one require more maintenance. I don't know what maintenance an AIO will need if any either. I'm not necessarily dead set on getting an AIO or water-cooling but I wanted to know in case I didn't go with an air cooler this time.

Budget (including currency): 2300 aud Country: Australia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly games most likely beamng.drive, fortnite and other titles like that so driving / third person shooters Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Probably a 1440p build, don't need peripherals. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/tv66bL

Budget (including currency): ~USD1700-1800 (~HKD13-14k) Country: Hong Kong Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: light 4K or 1440 high refresh rate gaming, watching 4K videos, internet surfing (normally with multiple tabs open) Other details : I aim for at least 60fps on 4K, all new build and budget would include Windows, dual monitor set-up (planning for a third one) My main issue is I could not decide on going 7800X3D+7900GRE (within budget) or 14600KF+4070 TI Super (over budget by ard USD130), I plan to use this PC for about 5 years This was my original plan for the build Any thoughts or comments? PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pFRfgB CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($388.09 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($33.90 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($199.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Acer Predator Pallas II 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory Storage: Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($130.00 @ Amazon) Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound OC Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB Video Card ($549.99 @ Amazon) Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case ($75.00 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($124.99 @ Amazon) Total: $1501.96 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-15 10:14 EDT-0400

Budget (including currency): $1000 USD Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1440p high-fidelity gaming, 3D modeling, development environment Other details: Existing 'Rig': i7-4790k, ASUS Maximus VII Hero, 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW, Corsair RM850x power supply I've been using this computer solid for the last 7+ years, and it's been a faithful companion. It's tired and starting to really hiccup and stutter with games with large worlds, or higher base resolution textures. I'm working with around $1000USD, and my idea is to try to save a bit in the GPU space by trying my hand at the used market for a 3080ti. I'll be working with 3D modeling, some mild simulations, and games as the majority of the use. Edit: My gaming target is 1440p 240hz and high/max settings. What's the community sentiment on Intel vs AMD, considering my use cases? I'll be re-using my existing storage media, it's plenty adequate for me so far. So I'd like to ask for some opinions on what good combinations exist, within this sort of price bracket? Are there any standout features of motherboard chipsets I should be aware of for the current generation of CPUs? Things like Wifi or RGB aren't terribly important. My current PC is an ATX in an EATX case, and I'd love some recommendations for some medium-sized tower cases that could maybe help reclaim some space from the top of my desk (I've never been one to put it on the floor; I enjoy a nice view window to see the insides!) Another thing, I know the capacity of my PSU seems to be adequate, but will I have any issues by reusing it? It's a replacement for the original corsair 750w, I would ballpark it to be 4-5 years old at this point. I'm definitely happy to help clarify any questions if it helps you narrow down to a particular recommendation. I appreciate you taking the time to read this and I look forward to a discussion!

just finished my pc, but it won’t boot into bios and the only light showing up is the “CPU” light. nor will my keyboard be powered when plugged in, i’ve plugged the hdmi into the gpu and the motherboard

this is my first pc build, i’m just trying to boot into bios to install my OS and it won’t show, i have to order new RAM because i was silly and didn’t look at it was DDR4 and my motherboard only supports DDR5. could that be the issue as to why or my newbie wiring? i’ve tried plugging it both into GPU and motherboard but nothing has come up.

Budget (including currency): $2000 each USD IDK? Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Storage for small files that everyone in the office has access to. I also want to back everything up weekly or so. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Currently the small company that I work for keeps all of the files that the office works on, on a single drive that everyone has access to via a network share. The drive is located in a workstation that is used by someone every day. I think this drive is supposed to be backed up to a cloud service but I am not sure how often or if it even works at all. I pitched him the idea of moving the drive into a seperate machine so it is not dependent on anyones workstation. I also pitched the idea of having a local backup in the second building that we own. All of the files total to about 500GB right now but it will increase over time. I am looking for some advice on just about everything from the hardware I should buy to the software I should run. Leaning towards Truenas but not married to it. Haven't done a NAS setup before but I am a computer science major so I am not scared to learn. Also do I need something with IPMI?

I tried building a pc and it will power on but not boot bios. I just get a black screen. Can someone help me troubleshoot this? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/N8Vzh3 I tried reseating the ram. I haven't tried checking the cpu placement yet. I have also tried an hdmi and display port out and different monitors. I am thinking it could be a defective psu wire or maybe it needs a bios update?

Hello I am having this same problem with my build. Fans running, ram leds on, but nothing on the display. here are my specs: https://www.newegg.com/m/tools/custom-pc-builder/ld?dln=33077017 I was getting a solid yellow light on vga but i redid the gpu install and now I am just getting a solid yellow light on boot. i did not update any bios before hand is it possible i need to do that for my cpu to be compatible?

Hey guys, maybe you can help me with this problem, I'm starting to lose my mind over this - Ryzen 7 5700g with Noctua NH-U12S Redux - Nvidia Gtx 1660 Super 6gb from Gigabyte - Msi b450 Gaming plus max - Corsair vengeance 16gb rs (2x8) 3600mhz - Thermaltake Smartlite 500w 80+ white - Thermaltake H700 tg snow Every game crashes to desktop (no error code, no black screen, no blue screen, the game just closes) after like 1 minute, or the game keeps playing but the image just freeze (The game is playable while this happens). Sometimes it runs for like 10 to 15 minutes, but it always crash. This is from more modern games like Nier Automata, Final Fantasy XV to less demanding games like Hollow Knight or Ori and the Blind Forest. I've tried: - Updating the BIOS - Disabling the onboard graphics - Restricted the PBO frequencies (Precision Boost Overdrive) in some cases this option goes over the limit of the cpu, and leds to the crash (This guy who seems to have the same problem explains it much better) - Reseating the gpu and the ram - Run memtest64 (pass) - Updating and installing older versions of Nvidia Drivers - Using HDMI and DisplayPort - Reinstall W11 - Install W10 - Reinstalling Games As a side note, I've run furmark with anti-aliasing off and no problems, but when running it with 8x MSAA Furmark crashed in like 3 seconds Thermals seems fine, maxing out to 65°-70°. I think it might be the psu (Which is low, I know), but it's such a mix of weird crashes and freezes and I'm 99% sure that a faulty psu would not crash a game, it would turn off the pc direclty. Might be a combination of both psu and graphics card? Where the gpu is not receiving the power it needs to run on heavy load? That would explain the crashes on heavy demanding games, but on low demanding games too? I just don't know Any ideas on what it could be? Thanks in advance!!

Budget (): Country: Slovenia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming maybe streaming Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): i do this for fun please i am new dont roast me and if u have any suggestions please tell me

I miss gaming! I miss it dearly and I feel like I am missing out on time spent with friends that are far away from me, I want to get back in the space. However! I don't want to spend a fortune to do it because my schedule generally doesn't allow me a lot of time to game anymore. I am also not someone with the means to spend a fortune on anything at all. I did take the time to make a PCPP list, I just don't know what I am doing when it comes to PC building anymore, so it could be all kinds of wrong. As such I bring you the incredibly exciting task of building a bang-for-your-buck-cheap-little-machine for me. Budget: £750 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CS2, Rocket league, Risk of Rain 2, and good old Minecraft :)) (this modpack specifically idk if that's helpful) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): - Existing parts list: None! I've been running off of a Surface 3 laptop I bought prior to attending uni. I moved countries for uni and left my old desktop at home (not that it would be worth upgrading if I did bring it). - Peripherals: I would love advice on a screen for this to run off of. I've been looking at the Koorui 24E3 because of this surprisingly positive video from optimum, but I am open to other suggestions of course. - When I'm going to buy: As soon as possible, but if it widens the scope of what my budget can get me I am happy to wait a little. - Resolution and refresh rate: I really want to move on past 60hz, but I am open to still playing at 1080p. Preferably 165hz, but that would be wasted on me if the computer can't generally output that smoothly (smooth, in my eyes, meaning that the 1% low FPS is in the same ballpark as the screen's refresh rate), so this category is really only restricted by budget, if that means 100hz or 60hz that's okay too. When it comes to a case I am easy, if it offers good airflow and encases the computer parts I am happy. It is worth considering here that this would be the first time I build a computer from scratch, so this may need some idiot proofing. I understand that Rocket League will run on anything, but I want the other games to run at about 100-120FPS (if I could pop some shaders on Minecraft that would also be a novel experience for me). To reiterate from above: generally the philosophy of building this PC is to feel that it is performing to the best of its abilities (whatever this budget's limitation of abilities are), one components power should approximately match another's. If the computer will only run the games at 100FPS I don't see the use for a 165hz monitor, and the same applies to the rest of the build. This is not a computer that I will be spending considerable amounts of time upgrading, I am buying it for the ability to play games right now. Thank you in advance!

Budget (including currency): (GBP) Preferred budget is £1500 w/ additional +£500 wiggle room for potential performance enhancements if it is believed to be significant enough to warrant the increase. Country: United Kingdom Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: This particular PC is intended for 3D work and high end gaming, specifically I would like to be able to play at 1440p on Escape from Tarkov with at least 60fps ideally. 3d softwares are 3Dsmax, Solidworks, Blender as well as photoshop etcetera. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I am looking to spend £400 for a single (preferably wide screen) monitor, 144hz preferred. If this would not allow for a quality gaming monitor then a standard resolution is fine. I have no need for peripherals at this time as I will be using the ones from my previous setup. The reason for the upgrade is my previous build was a fair few years ago now (GPU 1070 Ti) and is reaching the end of its lifespan (noticeable deficit in performance) Any and all help/recommendations would be greatly appreciated, If further clarification is needed please do not hesitate to ask!

Budget (including currency): £2000 Country: United Kingdom Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 2k gaming and 3D modelling I am looking to build my first PC in almost 8 years (Upgrading from a 8700k + 1080). I will mainly use it for gaming (I play a range of titles from esport games to the latest AAA titles) and my hobby of 3D modelling. My aim is to build something that will last me for awhile, but I am not experienced when it comes to things such as matching RAM effectively with the mboard, correctly selecting M.2 slots, understanding how the PCIe lanes work and should be considered etc. The build below is just something I threw together to give an idea of what I am thinking, the only thing I am really attached to is the H6 flow case as I really like the look of the dual chamber and angled entry flow fans, but would be open to similar options. I would really appreciate any advice/tips anyone would have for me considering my use cases and budget. Thank you! PCPartPicker Part List CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor (£378.88 @ Amazon UK) CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken 360 78.02 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£154.99 @ AWD-IT) Motherboard: MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£229.00 @ Computer Orbit) Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£129.99 @ Ebuyer) Storage: *Kingston KC3000 1.024 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£77.36 @ NeoComputers) Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£839.99 @ Ebuyer) Case: NZXT H6 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case (£99.00 @ Computer Orbit) Power Supply: Corsair RM1000e (2023) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£144.89 @ NeoComputers) Total: £2054.10 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-28 23:12 GMT+0000

Hello. I have built a new pc using some bits from my old dell and some new parts. The case is lighting up, the GPU fan, CPU fan and case fan all come on but the monitor nothing! I have tried hdmi, monitor lead and new monitor. Nothing! https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ Build above, the only thing not included are the 2 x 4gb 12800 ram boards.

Specs: i5-12600KF Inno 3D Twin X2 4070 white Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro sl 16GBx2 white Samsung 970 evo plus 1tb Asrock B760 Pro rs/d4 Nzxt C750 bronce Problem: After building the PC and turning it on everything lit up and all the fans span (including the GPU). Both the VGA light and the Boot light turned on. Also the PC didn’t post. It’s also worth mentioning that after booting with a friends GPU everything worked. What I’m asking is if I could still try some things to fix or if I simply have to RMA the GPU. What I’ve tried: Checking all connectors CMOS reset Putting GPU in different slot Using DP instead of HDMI Using friends GPU (worked)

Hey all, I want to know your thoughts on which cooling system best fits this CPU. I will primarily be using it for gaming and nothing thats CPU intensive like streaming or such things. Its paired with an RTX 4070 Ti Super from ASUS, if that makes a difference.

Hello everyone, So recently I've built a new pc from scratch, like a few weeks ago, everything was just amazing, and now these past few days the PC has been making some weird sounds from inside, my guess would be that it's coming from the motherboard, but can't tell where exactly. I have not picked it apart yet, will be doing that tomorrow, so I wanted to ask for suggestions here, maybe there is an easy fix, or no fix at all? Please let me know, I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. PC : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cnD428 IMG_2748.mov

Hi, I’ve recently built a new pc but have encountered an unfathomable amount of trouble trying to install windows 11 (and windows 10 when that failed) onto it. I’ve gone through the windows forum which told me my problem would be my ssd, when through the samsung forums and couldn’t figure it out, and decided to try with a different ssd, and that still didn’t work out. I’m planning on moving my old ssd with windows already installed on it into the new build, is there anything I should watch out for or any reasons why I shouldn’t? My alternative is driving to micro center and trying to get somebody experienced to work on it in person. I bought my cpu and motherboard for this build from them recently. Thanks in advance!

Hello, I've been a theoretical PC enthusiast for a while but I recently finally decided to build my own pc. specs: CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor Thermalright contact frame CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: ASRock Z690 PG Velocita ATX LGA1700 Motherboard Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive Video Card: PNY RTX A-Series RTX A4500 20 GB Video Card Case: Antec DP503 ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack Windows 11 pro Thermals are stable. After some testing I had to set the the Ram to 5600 cl28 which solved my BOD problems and passed memtes86 and windows memory diagnostics. The PROBLEM: One of the main purposes of the build is to work on Solidworks, unfortunately after soldiworks loads up simple activities on a blank file are laggy (especially smart dimensions). This is very starange since this poblem occurs even a simple rectangle. I have a thinkpad p53s which in specs is much more inferior but it is fast enough for small to medium projects. VAR and solidworks forums so far have not been very helpful. Any soldiworks user out there that may have faced something similar? Please help.

Budget (including currency): 16,000 GBP [Ideally under] Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Primarily Deep Learning on image data, Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow Other details: I have two systems spec'ed out from a workstation vendor, and I am looking for advice on where I can save some money. System 1: [rack mount server unit] Server + Motherboard + PSU : ASUS ESC4000 E10 - 2U / 2x CPU / 4x GPU / 1x M.2 / Front side: 2x 2.5" NVMe + 6 x 2.5/3.5" SATA / 2 x 1600W redundant PSUs CPU(s) : 2x Intel Xeon Silver 4310, Ice Lake, 12 Core, 24 Threads, 2.10GHz, 3.30GHz Turbo, 18MB Cache, 120W RAM : 128GB (16x 8GB) ECC Reg DDR4 3200MHz GPU(s) : 48GB NVIDIA A6000 X 2 with NVLink Storage (Main) : 960GB Micron 7450 PRO M.2 (22x80) Enterprise SSD, PCIe Gen4 1x4 NVMe, 5000MB/s Read, 1400MB/s Write, 520k/82k IOPS Storage (Secondary) : 1.92TB Micron 7450 PRO U.3 NVMe SSD, 2.5" 15mm, PCIe 4.0x4/U.3, 6800MB/s Read, 2700MB/s Write, 800k/120k IOPS + 16TB Seagate Exos Total : ~15,500 System 2: [workstation] Motherboard: ASUS PRO WS W790E-SAGE SE - 2x 10 GbE, 1x 1 GbE, 6x USB-A, 2x USB-C PSU: Corsair HX1500i, Silent, 80PLUS PLATINUM CPU(s) : Intel Xeon W5-3435X, 16 Core, 32 Threads, 112 PCIe Lanes, 3.1GHz, 4.7GHz Turbo, 45MB Cache RAM : 128GB (8x 16GB) ECC Reg DDR5 4800MHz GPU(s) : 48GB NVIDIA A6000 X 2 with NVLink Storage (Main) : 2TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe PCIe 4.0, 7000MB/s Read, 5000MB/s Write, 1000K IOPS Storage (Secondary) : 12TB Seagate ST12000NE0008 IronWolf Pro, 3.5" NAS HDD, SATA3 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 256MB Total : ~14,000 Other points: 1. We may want to go up to 4 GPUs. 2. From my experience, mechanical drives aren't fast enough for Deep Learning use cases (GPU can't be fed fast enough from disk); what's a suitable SSD (SATA) alternate? or RAID config for HDDs? open to any other suggestions as well. Thanks !!

Hello, I just recently purchased a 4070ti from the Black Friday sales, but I haven’t opened it yet. I have until January 31th to return it. I just learned that some super variants were gonna be announced at CES 2024. I been reading plenty of forums that 12gb of VRAM is enough for the next couple of years, but 16gb is the sweet spot for DLSS3 and some of the other tech from Nvidia. I read rumors that the 4070ti super was gonna be like 16gb VRAM and have a better memory bus vs the 192 bus on the current 4070ti’s. I hope these super cards aren’t expensive as hell like the current 4080 prices. If the prices are pretty good and specs wise. Would you wait for the super cards too?

Budget (including currency): ~1150$ (400 000 HUF) Country: Hungary Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games and college work Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Hello guys. So i have a really old rig (i7 4790, GTX 750Ti), and i want to upgrade it in the next month, within a budget, but still want to future proof a bit. I don't have to by peripherals or monitor cause i have a Lenovo Thinkvision T27hv-20, so i want to play in 2k 75hz. I picked out a list of parts, which i think will work, but to be 100% sure i wanted to ask you guys what you think about it. I already bought a used asus 3070 dual OC edition, for 340$, so my build is around that, and the PSU as new. So my build looks like this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nvgjL9 . If you have anything wrong with it please tell me cause i'm a beginner with pc builds, i built the computer i have, but these parts are a bit higher price than i already have. Thanks in advance for everyone who helps me.

Budget (including currency): 2500USD. Country: USA Aim: Mainly to be used as a photo editing computer. The current desk setup includes a single 4k 60Hz monitor, but I may add a second in the future. Programs: Adobe Lightroom Classic/Photoshop, very occasional very casual gaming (AC, Halo, etc) I've never assembled a computer before and so I am looking to be caught here on any caveats I may have missed. Will the components fit in the case? Am I missing something in the list below like: extra case fans cables thermal grease The intent is for the computer to be a small-form-factor build, that will run as quiet as possible, while performing photo-editing tasks, offloading camera cards, and exporting images. I understand that the SFF requirement is a compromise to this, but frankly I need the space for all my desk clutter. I can try to justify the choices made below, but looking for any areas where I could improve without overspending. I would also like to keep power consumption lower during standard use (web browsing, etc) to keep the temperature rise in the room down (need to get rid of the ~400W of heat generation out of here somehow). Also do I need any tools? I have standard tools, iFixit driver set, inspection mirror, caulking gun, so I should be good for most things I think. JUSTIFICATIONS CPU: I understand that the single threaded performance needed for Lightroom is somewhere that Intel excels, but why am I choosing an i9? I hear that these chips are better suited for undervolting, which could lower power consumption (heat generation) and keep the fans running at lower speed for longer. CPU Cooler: Noctua good I hear? The cooler looks like it fits and not a terrible price. Motherboard: Why the Z board? Not sure if the overclocking capability (not what I intend to do) is required for the undervolting. Supports DDR5, which I hear is not a substantial improvement on DDR4, but I see it as "future-proofing". Memory: 64 GBs, really? Yea there are a few other workflows I run for data processing that do benefit from high memory capacity. I have heard that high memory amounts can slow certain processes, so welcome to hearing any foreboding warnings. Other than that I just recognize Gskill as reliable and they are DDR5 which again, I'm not sure is really necessary. Storage: I already have the drives Video Card: I don't really know what it is that I do which is graphics intensive, though I am concerned that the onboard graphics will not be able to drive 1-2 4k monitors. Case: Looks neat. ITX. Let me know if you have any suggestions, but I am looking for something unassuming. Power Supply: Ignorant here. I assume that the titanium designation means that unit is more efficient and therefore producing less excess heat for the power conversion. PCPartPicker Part List CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor ($549.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i-17xx chromax.black 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler ($54.95 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z690-I GAMING WIFI Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard ($259.00 @ Amazon) Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($199.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($159.99 @ B&H) Video Card: Asus ProArt OC GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB Video Card ($364.99 @ Amazon) Case: Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX Desktop Case ($179.99 @ B&H) Power Supply: Silverstone SFX 800 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply ($210.98 @ Newegg) Total: $1979.88 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-17 21:52 EST-0500