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Anoraked
By 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

Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 14th gen full nickel

Motherboard: Z790 ASUS Maximus Apex Encore

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8800Mhz Watercooled

GPU: RTX 5090 Palit OC with Alphacool Core Waterblock

Case: TT P3

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

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

Display: Samsung Oddysey G9 57" 240Hz Ver. 7680x2160 and

2x ASUS XG17AHP 240hz 17"

Fan Controllers:  6x AquaComputer Octo

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

3x 360mm PE EKWB CoolStream 

3rd Loop: 1x 240mm PXE CoolStream radiator with 1x EKWB Revo D5 pump (RAM ONLY) - Back of the case

 

2nd Main PC is same as above, except Display is Philips Evnia 49" 5120x1440 240hz QD-OLED, 48GB 8400Mhz RAM, 8TB NVMe

 

1st Laptop: MSI Titan HX18 Dragon Edition, RTX 5090 175W, Core Ultra 285HX,  128GB of RAM @5600Mhz / 96GB @6400Mhz

8TB of NVMe - GPU and CPU with LM on, Llano V12

2nd Laptop: MSI Raider 18HX, RTX 5090 175W, 9955HX3D, 128GB DDR5 @5600Mhz, 8TB NVMe, CPU and GPU LM on, Llano V12

3rd Laptop: MSI Titan 18HX, RTX 4090 175W, 14900HX, 224GB DDR5 @3600Mhz, 8TB NVMe

 

HTPC: 

CPU: Intel Core i9 14900K (SP99 P111 E76), CPU Voltage: 1.33V, Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 12th gen full nickel, Motherboard: Z790 Apex

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8000Mhz CL40, GPU: RTX 5090 Palit Gamerock with Alphacool Waterblock,  Case: Corsair 6500D, Storage: 3x2TB PM9A1 Samsung NVMe Gen 4

WiFi: Wifi 6E Built in, PSU: AX1600i Corsair Titanium, Display: Philips Evnia 49" 240Hz OLED, Fan Controllers:  1x DH-10 DeepCool and Deepcool RGB hub, Loop: 2x 360mm XE CoolStream radiator, 1x 360mm PE Coolstream Radiator, 1x 240mm XE CoolStream Radiator, Revo D5 EKWB Pump, 19x Corsair 120ML RED LED fans 2000RPM

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