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I plan on making a pc to game but I don't know what to get to for a workstation and gaming pc. I plan to play triple A games and also use my pc for blender, unreal 4 and meshroom photogrammetry. also can some one explain to me what liquid coolers are like do you have to fill them with water if yes do you have to maintain it. My budget is $4000 but i can go over if it is worth it thanks.

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1 minute ago, GotEm said:

what liquid coolers are like do you have to fill them with water if yes do you have to maintain it

In the beginning its basically just plug and play, after like 3-4 years you might wanna flush it and refill it with water. Though I think by then you might have switched to another AIO anyway. Unless you're talking about custom water loops.

Or you could just put a high-end air cooler like the Noctua D15 and just clear the dust from time to time.

 

2 minutes ago, GotEm said:

My budget is $4000

Location is US I assume? Do you need peripherals like keyboard/mouse/monitor included in that?

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Liquid coolers: Custom loops require maintenance, such as filling, whereas closed loop all-in-one (AIO) coolers do not.

 

$4000 should be plenty. I'd pick up an Nvidia 1080ti or 2080ti, an extreme edition Intel CPU (I'm fond of the 7900x), 64GB of RAM, an NVMe SSD, several SATA SSDs for working storage, and call it a day.

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which country? need os/monitor/peripherals?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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for a workstation and gaming pc i would strongly recommend to wait for ryzen 3000.
They will be released on 10th of july as far as i know and they will give you up to 16 cores which are comparable to a i9 9900k core.

as for graphics you can't really go wrong with a 2080ti if you really wanna spend that much money.

Then at least 32GB of RAM and your PSU should be  at least 750w, depending on how many hard drives you need.

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor $499.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML360 RGB TR4 Edition 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $124.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI - X399 SLI PLUS ATX TR4 Motherboard $319.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z Royal 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $174.99 @ Newegg Business
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z Royal 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $174.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage Samsung - 860 QVO 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $227.99 @ B&H
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB SEA HAWK X Video Card (2-Way SLI) $1139.99 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB SEA HAWK X Video Card (2-Way SLI) $1139.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design - Meshify S2 ATX Mid Tower Case $164.68 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair - HX Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $199.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $4277.49
  Mail-in rebates -$110.00
  Total $4167.49
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-04 02:52 EDT-0400  

 

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1 hour ago, GotEm said:

I plan on making a pc to game but I don't know what to get to for a workstation and gaming pc. I plan to play triple A games and also use my pc for blender, unreal 4 and meshroom photogrammetry. also can some one explain to me what liquid coolers are like do you have to fill them with water if yes do you have to maintain it. My budget is $4000 but i can go over if it is worth it thanks.

You should just be building 2 PCs really, how much will you be using blender? any idea if unreal can use multiple GPUs for rendering?

Blender scales with GPUs, so if you use it a lot for rendering you'll want 2-4 GPUs in that system, used 1080tis are around $500

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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2 hours ago, Daniel Z. said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor $499.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML360 RGB TR4 Edition 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $124.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI - X399 SLI PLUS ATX TR4 Motherboard $319.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z Royal 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $174.99 @ Newegg Business
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z Royal 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $174.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage Samsung - 860 QVO 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $227.99 @ B&H
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB SEA HAWK X Video Card (2-Way SLI) $1139.99 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB SEA HAWK X Video Card (2-Way SLI) $1139.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design - Meshify S2 ATX Mid Tower Case $164.68 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair - HX Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $199.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $4277.49
  Mail-in rebates -$110.00
  Total $4167.49
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-04 02:52 EDT-0400  

 

I would definitely go for a faster RAM and an intel CPU 

CPU:i7 9700k 5047.5Mhz All Cores Mobo: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC, RAM:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 OC 3467Mhz GPU:MSI RTX 2070 ARMOR 8GB OC Storage:Samsung SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB, 2x SSD ADATA PRO SP900 256GB, HDD WD CB 2TB, HDD GREEN 2TB PSU: Seasonic focus plus 750w Gold Display(s): 1st: LG 27UK650-W, 4K, IPS, HDR10, 10bit(8bit + A-FRC). 2nd: Samsung 24" LED Monitor (SE390), Cooling:Fazn CPU Cooler Aero 120T Push/pull Corsair ML PRO Fans Keyboard: Corsair K95 Platinum RGB mx Rapidfire Mouse:Razer Naga Chroma  Headset: Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma Sound: Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker Case: Modded Case Inverted, 5 intake 120mm, one exhaust 120mm.

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: Thermaltake - Water 3.0 360 ARGB Sync Edition 56.45 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($160.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Corsair - MP510 960 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ Corsair) 
Storage: Toshiba - X300 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB SEA HAWK X Video Card  ($1139.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox MB530P ATX Mid Tower Case  ($112.39 @ Walmart) 
Power Supply: Corsair - 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.79 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1948.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-04 04:05 EDT-0400

wait for the ryzen 3900x if possible.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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4 hours ago, Daniel Z. said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor $499.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML360 RGB TR4 Edition 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $124.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI - X399 SLI PLUS ATX TR4 Motherboard $319.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z Royal 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $174.99 @ Newegg Business
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z Royal 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $174.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage Samsung - 860 QVO 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $227.99 @ B&H
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB SEA HAWK X Video Card (2-Way SLI) $1139.99 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB SEA HAWK X Video Card (2-Way SLI) $1139.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design - Meshify S2 ATX Mid Tower Case $164.68 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair - HX Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $199.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $4277.49
  Mail-in rebates -$110.00
  Total $4167.49
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-04 02:52 EDT-0400  

 

I mean... Really right now the 9900K is a better option than a TR and a solid high end board costs less than the x399 SLI Plus... Though as stated, I'd wait for the 3700/3800/3900X series to drop, since that will likely outperform any other consumer chip in the workload processing, and likely at least keep up in the gaming.

 

SLI is almost never recommended... 1200W? Lol...

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31 minutes ago, trevb0t said:

I mean... Really right now the 9900K is a better option than a TR and a solid high end board costs less than the x399 SLI Plus... Though as stated, I'd wait for the 3700/3800/3900X series to drop, since that will likely outperform any other consumer chip in the workload processing, and likely at least keep up in the gaming.

 

SLI is almost never recommended... 1200W? Lol...

9900k isn’t better for blender and other workstation tasks. The 2 GPUs are for blender, as having 2 in that case helps a lot. 

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22 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

9900k isn’t better for blender and other workstation tasks. The 2 GPUs are for blender, as having 2 in that case helps a lot. 

Fair enough. If I had a 4K PC budget, I'd buy a license for Maya or 3DS Max though :P 

 

The TR is also well below the 2700 in gaming performance... So since that's a listed want... 

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2 hours ago, trevb0t said:

Fair enough. If I had a 4K PC budget, I'd buy a license for Maya or 3DS Max though :P 

 

The TR is also well below the 2700 in gaming performance... So since that's a listed want... 

Well pick up a 4k or 1400p 144hz monitor and any cpu will be fine.

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