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Anoraked
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Hello LTT community!

 

I'm building my first rig soon and I am trying to decide on the parts.

 

This build will mainly be used for gaming, streaming and programming (game development).

 

I'm based in Ireland and I am aiming to keep the PC to around €3000-€4000 ($3275-$4350) excluding monitors and peripherals. I can go over budget but I'd like to keep it under.

 

Aesthetics really matter to me as I am trying to keep a white theme going (getting custom wraps for the AIO tubing). TBH I don't really care about RGB.

 

I will be running 2-3 4K at 120hz (maybe 1440p ultrawide at 200hz?) monitors (only playing on 1) at a time.

 

No need for any keyboard/mice as I have already ordered them.

 

From what I can see the GPU needs to be mounted vertically in the case. This could be a problem as I am planning to run a Elgato 4K 60 that uses PCIE and I am worried that it won't fit in.

 

Finally, can I spray paint the AIO radiator white? If so, is there any brands someone could recommend to me?

 

If anyone is wondering, I'm using the US site because it has almost no prices in Ireland, so with the US site I can get a rough estimate of what it will cost.

 

Thanks!

 

PCPP: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Anoraked/saved/#view=ZKLgJx

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2 minutes ago, TensorVortex said:

If you can wait... I suggest you wait for the Threadripper 3000 series. I have really high hope for the threaripper 3000 series, especially ur budget is quite big.

For gaming I would definitely NOT recommend threadripper.

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2 minutes ago, TensorVortex said:

Threadripper 3000 should be AMAZING for gaming with reduced latency and the new Zen2 IF design.

I'm running a 1950X, gaming is totally good, never had an issue with it.

Unless you play specific games that favor large core count over higher frequency then there is no benefit nor sense in spending more money for a threadripper setup. A smaller core count but at much higher frequency is still the way to go and a 3700X or 3900X is going to give a much better high FPS experience when coupled with a 2080Ti than lower frequency threadripper cores.

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1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Unless you play specific games that favor large core count over higher frequency then there is no benefit nor sense in spending more money for a threadripper setup. A smaller core count but at much higher frequency is still the way to go and a 3700X or 3900X is going to give a much better high FPS experience when coupled with a 2080Ti than lower frequency threadripper cores.

He said Gaming, Streaming, Game Dev.

I would totally recommand Threadripper to anyone who is not only gaming.

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Just now, Anoraked said:

I'm not really up to date with server CPUs so would I need to get a new motherboard or something?

 

Threadripper is basically a overclocked Server Eypc CPU.

Motherboard is yet to be announced by AMD, I heard there will be 2 variant coming in November.

Threadripper CPU also will launch in November.

 

If you don't want to go threadripper, I do think 3950X or 9900K are both good alternatives. I really like what AMD did with ryzen 3000, way better inter core latency than before.

However 3950x also got delayed to November

 

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1 minute ago, TensorVortex said:

Threadripper is basically a overclocked Server Eypc CPU.

Motherboard is yet to be announced by AMD, I heard there will be 2 variant coming in November.

Threadripper CPU also will launch in November.

 

If you don't want to go threadripper, I do think 3950X or 9900K are both good alternatives. I really like what AMD did with ryzen 3000, way better inter core latency than before.

However 3950x also got delayed to November

 

I'll stick with Ryzen as I feel that they have better price to performance. The 3950x's extra 4 cores might be wasted on me because I'm not video editing. If you think that 4 cores is worth an extra $200-$250 dollars than I'll believe you but TBH I probably wouldn't use them

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I approve of this build. Overkill to brim. I'd wait for 16 core Ryzen though. 

Main PC:

CPU: Intel Core i9 14900KS SP 109 (125P-79E) (6.1Ghz P-Cores 4.8Ghz E-cores) MC SP 88

CPU Voltage: LLC6 1.43V (real voltage 1.305V + - Temps 77-80 P-Cores, 66-68 E-cores)

Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 14th gen full nickel

Motherboard: Z790 ASUS Maximus Apex Encore

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8600Mhz CL38 (OC from 8000Mhz CL40)

GPU: RTX MSI 4090 Suprim X with EKWB waterblock

Case: My own case fabricated out of aluminium and wood

Storage: 4x 2TB Sarbent Rocket Plus Gen 4.0 NVMe, 1x External 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Backup)

WiFi: BE202 WiFi 7 Tri-Band card module

PSU: Corsair AX1600i with custom black and red cables with 2x Corsair 5V+ Load Balancer

Display: Samsung Oddysey G9 240Hz Ver. 5120x1440 with G-Sync and Freesync Premium Pro 1008 Firmware Ver, and 1x Electriq USB C 1080p 15'8 inch IPS portable display for temperature and stats, MSI 23'8 144Hz G-Sync

Fan Controllers:  6x AquaComputer Octo with 5 temperature sensors

Cooling: Three Custom Loops:

1st Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for GPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, red coolant

2nd Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for CPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, purple coolant

3rd Loop: 1x 240mm PE CoolStream radiator with 1x EKWB Revo D5 pump (RAM ONLY)

Total: 5x pumps and 13x radiators 50x 3000RPM Noctua Industrial fans

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow V3 RGB - Green switches

Sound: Logitech Z680 5.1 THX Certified 505W Speakers

Mouse: Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock

Piano: Yamaha P155

Phone: Oppo Find X5 Pro

Camera: Logitech Brio Pro 4K

VR: Oculus Rift S

External SSD: 256GB Overclocking OS

Laptop: MSI Titan GT77HX V13, RTX 4090 175W, i9 13980HX OC: P-Cores 5.8Ghz 3 cores and 5.2Ghz 5 cores and E-Cores 4.3Ghz, 192GB of RAM @5600Mhz @3600 (chipset limit),

12TB (3x4TB) of NVMe, 17'3 inch 4K 144Hz MiniLED screen, 4x 17'3 ASUS portable USB-C Monitors 240Hz, Creative Sound Blaster G6 Sound Card, Portable 16TB NVMe in TB4 enclosures (8x2TB), Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock gaming mouse, Keychron K3 gaming keyboard with blue switches low profile, Logitech Brio 4K Webcam.

Hand held: ROG Ally with XG Mobile RTX 3080 with Keychron K3 low profile keyboard (Blue Switches) and Razer Hyperspeed V3 mouse and 4TB NVMe upgrade (WDBlack SN850X), with 100W 20000Mah power bank and portable monitor ROG XG17AHP 17'3 inch 240Hz with built in battery, and 518Wh Power station for Camping.

HTPC: 13900KS SP111 5.9Ghz P-Core 4.8Ghz E-Core 1.43V LLC7 (Real Voltage 1.4V) with Supercool Direct Die, RTX 3090 ASUS Strix White with Active Water Block, ASUS Strix Z790-F Motherboard, 2x16GB DDR5 8000Mhz running 7600Mhz CL38, 4x 2TB Samsung 990 Pro NVMes, 3x 360mm EKWB PE White rads 3x 480mm external XE EKWB rads with 2x D5 pumps (single loop) with 21 Uni fans, G5 Odyssey 144Hz 1440p monitor, Keychron K3 slim mechanical keyboard and Basilisk Ultimate mouse, Corsair Elite Wireless headset.

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