Help Building New PC for 3D Rendering

[TheProdoom]

Hey guys,
I am new to the forum and haven't been super up to date on computers and I wanted to ask for some help going over my build. I read the before you post and jotted down the information below.

 

I have a link to the parts I have currently selected here

• https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PffbMv

Budget and location:

• Around $1000 US. It's not the end of the world to go over but I would like to keep it close.

Aim:

• 3d work such as blender as well as adobe creative suite and video editing.

Monitors:

• I currently have 2 1080p monitors that I plan on upgrading later but does not need to factor in now.

Peripherals:

• I have an older set of peripherals, mouse (logitech g502 proteus core) and keyboard (microsoft sidewinder x4). Those will be upgraded whenever they give out on me and I have windows 10 already.

Why are you upgrading?

• I am currently working on an i7-4790k that I have had pretty much since launch. It was fine for gaming and video editing but not as good for blender and it gets to the point where the ram and cpu can't keep up so it crashes. If it wasn't so old I would have considered just adding more ram so that blender wouldn't crash but after finding out the windows 11 minimum spec I decided against putting more money into the current set up.

Some extra info:

• It doesn't have to be an intel build, I just chose that because I thought it might be best for blender after having seen a couple of performance tests.
• The case doesn't have to be that one, I just picked it for good airflow and simple design.
• I don't care for rgb, I would prefer to keep it to a minimum or have the option to turn it off.

 

I greatly appreciate any help I can get.

[Downkey]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($394.00 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($144.27 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB ARMOR Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.70 @ Amazon)
Total: $978.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-04 22:05 EDT-0400

If you are willing to wait for 5900x stock this would work.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($550.00)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($144.27 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB ARMOR Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.70 @ Amazon)
Total: $1064.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-04 22:06 EDT-0400

[TheProdoom]

17 minutes ago, Downkey said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($394.00 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($144.27 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB ARMOR Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.70 @ Amazon)
Total: $978.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-04 22:05 EDT-0400

If you are willing to wait for 5900x stock this would work.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($550.00)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($144.27 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB ARMOR Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.70 @ Amazon)
Total: $1064.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-04 22:06 EDT-0400

Wow thank you so much. Yeah those ryzen processors are definitely the way to go, the ryzen 7 5800x is just shy of the i7 performance in blender but decisively wins in all other programs and that ryzen 9 5900x build looks very enticing. Another question, It says that it might need a bios upgrade before hand with a different cpu. Would I need to do that because I do not have another Cpu.

[Herman Mcpootis]

16 minutes ago, TheProdoom said:

Wow thank you so much. Yeah those ryzen processors are definitely the way to go, the ryzen 7 5800x is just shy of the i7 performance in blender but decisively wins in all other programs and that ryzen 9 5900x build looks very enticing. Another question, It says that it might need a bios upgrade before hand with a different cpu. Would I need to do that because I do not have another Cpu.

there's BIOS flashback so you'll just need a thumbdrive with the bios file in it.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, Downkey said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($394.00 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($144.27 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB ARMOR Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.70 @ Amazon)
Total: $978.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-04 22:05 EDT-0400

If you are willing to wait for 5900x stock this would work.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($550.00)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($144.27 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB ARMOR Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.70 @ Amazon)
Total: $1064.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-04 22:06 EDT-0400

Why didnt you go for a b550 tomahawk?

Are there any differences between b550 tomahawk and b550 a pro?

 

Otherwise really good pcpartpicker lists

[Downkey]

15 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Why didnt you go for a b550 tomahawk?

Are there any differences between b550 tomahawk and b550 a pro?

 

Otherwise really good pcpartpicker lists

Tomahawk is $20 more atm. A Pro has great VRMS while the tomahawk has outstanding ones. Like A vs S tier.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

6 minutes ago, Downkey said:

Tomahawk is $20 more atm. A Pro has great VRMS while the tomahawk has outstanding ones. Like A vs S tier.

I guess if op isnt gonna do any ocing then the a pro would prob be a better choice then the tomahawk

[TheProdoom]

2 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

I guess if op isnt gonna do any ocing then the a pro would prob be a better choice then the tomahawk

 

9 minutes ago, Downkey said:

Tomahawk is $20 more atm. A Pro has great VRMS while the tomahawk has outstanding ones. Like A vs S tier.

I will definitely look into that at time of purchase if it’s just $20 then it’s not that bad and if it helps over clock then it would be considered worth it. I haven’t done much cpu overclocking recently but I did overclock my i7-4790k and txt 2070 and I would be interested in over clocking the Ryzen 9. Would you guys say it’s any harder now or would you recommend any oc guides.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, TheProdoom said:

 

I will definitely look into that at time of purchase if it’s just $20 then it’s not that bad and if it helps over clock then it would be considered worth it. I haven’t done much cpu overclocking recently but I did overclock my i7-4790k and txt 2070 and I would be interested in over clocking the Ryzen 9. Would you guys say it’s any harder now or would you recommend any oc guides.

If you wanna oc best use pbo and curve optimizer for optimum volts

[TheProdoom]

On 7/5/2021 at 1:25 AM, Somerandomtechyboi said:

If you wanna oc best use pbo and curve optimizer for optimum volts

 

On 7/5/2021 at 12:05 AM, Downkey said:

Tomahawk is $20 more atm. A Pro has great VRMS while the tomahawk has outstanding ones. Like A vs S tier.

Guys I think this is going to be the finalized build. I just ended up needing the pc built sooner than I expected and while the ryzen 9 is sweet I'm not too sad about the performance difference but I will try and get a nice overclock.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wBv6wz

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($409.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste  ($6.75 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB ARMOR Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.70 @ Amazon) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Ziyituod ZYT-AX200 PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Wi-Fi Adapter  ($28.90 @ Amazon) 

 

Total: $985.30

 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

5 minutes ago, TheProdoom said:

 

Guys I think this is going to be the finalized build. I just ended up needing the pc built sooner than I expected and while the ryzen 9 is sweet I'm not too sad about the performance difference but I will try and get a nice overclock.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wBv6wz

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($409.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste  ($6.75 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB ARMOR Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.70 @ Amazon) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Ziyituod ZYT-AX200 PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Wi-Fi Adapter  ($28.90 @ Amazon) 

 

Total: $985.30

 

Tbh 10900f or 10850k is the same price or actually cheaper than a 5800x whilst having 10 cores and preserving single core performance

[Somerandomtechyboi]

13 minutes ago, TheProdoom said:

 

Guys I think this is going to be the finalized build. I just ended up needing the pc built sooner than I expected and while the ryzen 9 is sweet I'm not too sad about the performance difference but I will try and get a nice overclock.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wBv6wz

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($409.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste  ($6.75 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB ARMOR Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.70 @ Amazon) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Ziyituod ZYT-AX200 PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Wi-Fi Adapter  ($28.90 @ Amazon) 

 

Total: $985.30

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L2TwBc

Heres an intel version

 

10850k 10c, ocable but to get the most out of it you habe to dynamic oc which involves alot of trial and error, just lock to freq to 4.7-4.9 with 1.2v or lower in the bios for efficiency

 

Swapped paste for gc extreme

 

Decent z490 board

 

Chose cheaper ram

 

Chose cheaper case

 

Chose a 750w instead of a 650w

 

 

The rtx 2070s and d15s are placeholders

[TheProdoom]

18 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L2TwBc

Heres an intel version

 

10850k 10c, ocable but to get the most out of it you habe to dynamic oc which involves alot of trial and error, just lock to freq to 4.7-4.9 with 1.2v or lower in the bios for efficiency

 

Swapped paste for gc extreme

 

Decent z490 board

 

Chose cheaper ram

 

Chose cheaper case

 

Chose a 750w instead of a 650w

 

 

The rtx 2070s and d15s are placeholders

Im sorry to go off your suggestion for a second but does the tomahawk not have the 2x8 pin eps connector requirement because then I could use my same power supply.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

22 minutes ago, TheProdoom said:

Im sorry to go off your suggestion for a second but does the tomahawk not have the 2x8 pin eps connector requirement because then I could use my same power supply.

Even if there is an extra 8 pin connector it is not neccesary unless you are extreme overclocking (6ghz etc)

[TheProdoom]

23 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Even if there is an extra 8 pin connector it is not neccesary unless you are extreme overclocking (6ghz etc)

Ohhh, that’s great! That means I can save a bunch of money and go for the upgrade anyways. After speaking to a friend he convinced me to make a couple changes and this is what I got now.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YZKHHz

[Somerandomtechyboi]

5 minutes ago, TheProdoom said:

Ohhh, that’s great! That means I can save a bunch of money and go for the upgrade anyways. After speaking to a friend he convinced me to make a couple changes and this is what I got now.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YZKHHz

Arctic silver 5 isnt that good anymore, prob performs similarly to arctic mx4 or mx5, id get gc extreme or nth2 instead

 

Good ram but there are cheaper options available

 

Oh and i suggest you get a better psu like msi mpg, corsair rm, or enermax revolution d.f

 

Otherwise good build