Building a New PC

[Mr.Phox]

Budget: 5 000 Canadian Rubles 

Location: Canada Vancouver

Aim: some 3d rendering and high performance gaming / VR

 

Monitors: Dual and VR

 

Peripherals: Running Windows 10 OS

Why I'm Upgrading: New job with more buying power and It's about time to upgrade to something bigger and better. 
 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$489.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Corsair H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$189.89 @ OutletPC
Thermal Compound	Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste	$5.98 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$449.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-4133 Memory	$171.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-4133 Memory	$171.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$129.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$169.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$739.99 @ Newegg
Case	Lian Li PC-O7S HTPC Case	$364.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Platinum 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$159.99 @ Amazon
Optical Drive	Panasonic UJ-265 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer	$129.00 @ Other World Computing
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit	$133.77 @ OutletPC
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A12x15 FLX 55.44 CFM 120 mm Fan
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$3337.45
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$3307.45
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-10 23:33 EDT-0400

My main concern with this build is if I should go full water cooling or not, it would add a bit more to the build however I've never done a custom water cooling loop before and also haven't fully landed on any one graphics card because of this.  So yea that's where I'm at, at this point should I go water cooling or not with the build I currently have and if I do go water cooling where do I even start.

[Streetguru]

22 minutes ago, Mr.Phox said:

Aim: some 3d rendering and high performance gaming / VR

Rendering in what programs?

You can get windows keys on ebay for $5

Probably want a 1080ti for 3d work as it has 11GBs of VRAM at around $500 USD on ebay, there's plenty of buyer protection.
 

an R7 3700X is a better value CPU. Or you could always go with a 12 core 3900X as well.

[Mr.Phox]

12 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Rendering in what programs?

You can get windows keys on ebay for $5

Probably want a 1080ti for 3d work as it has 11GBs of VRAM at around $500 USD on ebay, there's plenty of buyer protection.
 

an R7 3700X is a better value CPU. Or you could always go with a 12 core 3900X as well.

The rendering program is blended for now.

 

Yea thought about something similar just included it in the build as 'Padding'. 

 

Hmmm I have thought about going the 1080 route though run into the same sports cooling heating issues

[Streetguru]

2 hours ago, Mr.Phox said:

The rendering program is blended for now.

 

Yea thought about something similar just included it in the build as 'Padding'. 

 

Hmmm I have thought about going the 1080 route though run into the same sports cooling heating issues

I assume blender*?

If that's the case get 2-3 1080tis depending on how important the rendering is to you.

Or Radeon VIIs/Vega FEs because of their 16Gbs of vRAM, seems important for those modeling programs.
 

PSU depends on how many GPUs you want to throw into the system, and if you want more than 2 GPUs go for X399/Threadripper.

 

also don't need 4000mhz RAM. This is just the baseline of what's pretty good for the money for the most part.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/jk8THB

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($428.75 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate 76 CFM CPU Cooler  ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($259.00 @ Canada Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($165.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic PRIME Gold 1300 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($238.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1472.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-11 15:30 EDT-0400

[brob]

The cpu cooler comes with pre-applied thermal compound. Little need for Arctic Silver.

 

When getting four memory sticks it's better to get a single kit. This eliminates the small chance that the sticks may get mixed up and not run dual channel. Also, XMP profiles are based on the kit which might necessitate some manual adjustment of memory settings to achieve the advertised speed. But I'd suggest getting a 2x16GB kit instead of 4x8GB as that leaves two memory slots free for any potential upgrade.

 

Given the budget, I'd suggest getting two NVMe drives rather than one and one with a SATA III interface.

 

The budget allows for an RTX 2080 Ti.

 

There is some concern about Focus Plus psu protection settings. Consider instead a Corsair RMX or Seasonic Prime model.

 

Consider a 3900X cpu instead of the i9-9900K. It offers better rendering with gaming performance that is quite close.

 

Going with an X570 motherboard permits the choice of higher performance PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives. Not that the added performance would be that noticeable outside of long render runs.

 

The chosen case suggests that appearance is important. The build below uses all Aura Sync compatible components to facilitate lighting synchronization. I'm not sure where you 

 

I have not included the optical drive. Is it really needed? Windows is available on a USB drive.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($697.00 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: Asus ROG RYUJIN 360 121.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($384.33 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($499.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($427.44 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($271.82 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($271.82 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB ROG Strix Gaming Advanced Video Card  ($1669.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Corsair) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($149.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Custom: LIAN LI PC-O7SX Black Side Panel: Tempered Glass Body Material: Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ($513.00)
Total: $5033.39
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-11 16:22 EDT-0400