3D Workstation/Gaming Rig - Questions on cpus, gpus, and mobos

[happilyhafu]

Budget (including currency): $2000

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CoD Warzone, Cinema4d, After Effects, OctaneRender, Unreal

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): Planning to buy in January, i play games at 1080p at 144hz

 

Hey folks,

 

I'm planning my first build and have been researching a ton on what would make a great 3D workstation. I've been working off of macbooks for several years but would like something with a little more power now that I'm working cinema4d into my process. I'm looking at the i9-9900k and the GTX 1660 TI. Ideally, I'd like to get a mobo with two M.2 slots, and two pcie slots for gpu expansion. 

 

However, now I know the Ryzen series pack a ton more power. Am I shooting myself in the foot going the intel route? I know that bottlenecks can happen between a cpu and gpu. Also, now that pci-e 4.0 will be a thing do I need to plan for that as well? I'm still new to pc building and haven't really caught up with the latest tech so hopefully I can get a little more informed before building this thing. I'm not trying to future proof but I'd like this rig to last.

 

This is the parts list I've got going at the moment: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RamenKing/saved/zrkxsY

 

Thanks in advance.

 

[Coolmaster]

That list is private

[happilyhafu]

2 minutes ago, Coolmaster said:

That list is private

My b. Here's the link https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RamenKing/saved/zrkxsY

[Coolmaster]

I made some adjustments

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($479.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Adorama) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PNY GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Video Card  ($549.94 @ Office Depot) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M TG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($177.97 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: Corsair LL120 43.25 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($102.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1980.74
 

A 3900X will be much faster for productivity tasks, and nearly as fast as the 9900k for games. If you can find a 5800X or a 5900X in stock they would be much faster in both productivity and games. An aircooler will perform better than the AIO you chose, unless you really like the look of it. With some of the extra budget I chose a 3070, it is much much faster than the 1660Ti in games and in GPU accelerated productivity. And you don't need to buy windows, you can get it off a reseller for ~$30, or go unactivated.

 

[happilyhafu]

13 hours ago, Coolmaster said:

I made some adjustments

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($479.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Adorama) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PNY GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Video Card  ($549.94 @ Office Depot) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M TG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($177.97 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: Corsair LL120 43.25 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($102.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1980.74
 

A 3900X will be much faster for productivity tasks, and nearly as fast as the 9900k for games. If you can find a 5800X or a 5900X in stock they would be much faster in both productivity and games. An aircooler will perform better than the AIO you chose, unless you really like the look of it. With some of the extra budget I chose a 3070, it is much much faster than the 1660Ti in games and in GPU accelerated productivity. And you don't need to buy windows, you can get it off a reseller for ~$30, or go unactivated.

 

Thanks for the adjusted list. Why go with AMD exactly? Are the Ryzen 9's solid for content creation/rendering? 

[Coolmaster]

Just now, happilyhafu said:

Thanks for the adjusted list. Why go with AMD exactly? Are the Ryzen 9's solid for content creation/rendering? 

Yes, the 3900X has 12 cores compared to the 9900K's 8, making it much much faster for content creation. And it has pretty close to the same single core speed, you could get the XT variant if you want even faster single core performance.

[happilyhafu]

2 hours ago, Coolmaster said:

Yes, the 3900X has 12 cores compared to the 9900K's 8, making it much much faster for content creation. And it has pretty close to the same single core speed, you could get the XT variant if you want even faster single core performance.

Okay cool thanks for the info. 

[BHJohnson]

There was a deal for a 300$ 9900K a little while ago. If you can pick it up for that price, it's a solid deal, but a 3900X is still much better for productivity. Kinda depends on if you care more about the jump from 120 to 140 fps or cutting the 10-20% off your render times.

 

Though I use a 3700X for Solidworks, which is insanely single thread bound, and I have no problems at all, so I personally side on the core/thread heavy Ryzen chips over the single thread power of the 9X00/10X00 chips. I was contemplating a 10600K build just for Solidworks designing, but with the 5600X/5800X, that idea went in the shredder.

 

Only chip over the 3900X I would say you could make use of is the 5900X, if the price hike doesn't hurt too much and you can afford it.