What is the best gaming pc that runs 4k 144hz with ease? Please list all the parts.

[Pokman Deng]

I have never built a pc before and I couldn't find a place where they list all the parts I need to buy that could get the best gaming experience. I would like to build a PC that is easily upgradable and would last a long time without maintenance.

[Downkey]

2 minutes ago, Pokman Deng said:

I have never built a pc before and I couldn't find a place where they list all the parts I need to buy that could get the best gaming experience. I would like to build a PC that is easily upgradable and would last a long time without maintenance.

What is your use case? What is your country? What is your budget? When do you plan to buy the parts (there is a global stock shortage atm)

[Helpful Tech Witch]

At decent settings? Your in unobtanium area. Like 3090 type area.

[Mark Kaine]

you need at least 5000 USD for that build, probably more. 

Do you have 5000 USD or more? 

 

 

Just now, HelpfulTechWizard said:

At decent settings? Your in unobtanium area. Like 3090 type area.

actually it seems easier to get a 3090 than the lower models, cause nobody wants them, the product makes zero sense, especially at prices 3000 and up lol (check ali express) 

[NattyKathy]

4K144 is a pretty high bar for most games, graphics-wise a GeForce 3080 or 3090 would be ideal but a Radeon 6800XT or 6900XT would be good too. For CPU a Ryzen 5800X or i7 10700K would be a good fit. For memory I'd go with 32GB of 3600Mhz, preferably low-latency. And for storage 1TB or 2TB NVMe. And you'll need a good quality 850W PSU to power it all. 

[Mark Kaine]

2 minutes ago, Natty Ice said:

4K144 is a pretty high bar for most games, graphics-wise a GeForce 3080 or 3090 would be ideal but a Radeon 6800XT or 6900XT would be good too. For CPU a Ryzen 5800X or i7 10700K would be a good fit. For memory I'd go with 32GB of 3600Mhz, preferably low-latency. And for storage 1TB or 2TB NVMe. And you'll need a good quality 850W PSU to power it all. 

3080 doesn't do this - in modern AAA games. 

Maybe in SLI lol.

[Moonzy]

6 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

actually it seems easier to get a 3090 than the lower models, cause nobody wants them, the product makes zero sense, especially at prices 3000 and up lol (check ali express) 

when 3080 are priced at $1250, $1500 doesnt seem that insane for a 3090, just saying

 

but yea, 4K144 in what? any 30 series GPU would do 4k144 on desktop with HDMI 2.1 i think?

[Shoopman]

It simply doesn't exist. 4K 144Hz is not achievable in modern AAA games with any available hardware. Going over some 3090 benchmarks real quick, most modern AAA games will top out around 70-80FPS at 4K Ultra. Some lower, some higher, but certainly none at a constant 144. You could hit this pretty easily in popular multiplayer titles though like League, Seige, Fortnite, etc.

 

SLI isn't a good option either due to the problems inherent to it.

 

If you are just looking to spend as much money as possible, you want to get an RTX 3090 GPU, then you have a choice of a Ryzen 5800X/5900X, or an Intel 10900K/11700K. Buy any motherboard that costs $500+, and make sure you get the highest frequency RAM that you can find.

 

It is just not a good idea to build a PC this way. We are still a ways off from 4K 144Hz becoming achievable. DLSS 2.0 will probably make that much easier, but barely any games support it right now.

 

 

 

 

[Mark Kaine]

Just now, Moonzy said:

when 3080 are priced at $1250, $1500 doesnt seem that insane for a 3090, just saying

 

but yea, 4K144 in what? any 30 series GPU would do 4k144 on desktop with HDMI 2.1 i think?

yeah... I know.... 

 

 

actually, cheapest I found rn 

but seems a bit sus, the others are all 3000 and up!

 

 

2 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

but yea, 4K144 in what? any 30 series GPU would do 4k144 on desktop with HDMI 2.1 i think?

I see what u did there!

[Moonzy]

Just now, Mark Kaine said:

but seems a bit sus, the others are all 3000 and up!

"$1000 for a 3080? that's too cheap to be true" - Moonzy, a week or two ago

that's the mindset I'm in right now

[brob]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($1174.94 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MEG B550 UNIFY ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($288.39 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($159.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($429.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PNY GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB Video Card  ($2149.99 @ Adorama) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $4578.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-27 12:03 EST-0500

[Mark Kaine]

2 hours ago, Moonzy said:

"$1000 for a 3080? that's too cheap to be true" - Moonzy, a week or two ago

that's the mindset I'm in right now

yeah with a lot of luck you can still find good prices, my friend got a 3070 FE for slightly over MSRP recently - no idea how :lol

[SFFDesigns]

7 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

yeah with a lot of luck you can still find good prices

Yeah at BestBuy you can still get FEs at MSRP, I got a 3090 FE for my brother recently (he paid for it lol, I would never buy a 3090 lol).

[Feorh]

Has the situation changed? Do new gpus get us to stable pretty 4k 144hz?