Building a new PC for 3D/Blender

Matth_mat · May 13, 2022

Hi !

I want to build a new PC for 3D and I try to pick part that are useful and work together.

Can you help me

Thanks a lot

Budget: 1500 - 1700 CHF

Country: Switzerland

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:

3D (Blender)
Video editing (After effects, Premier pro)
Photo editing (Photoshop)
Gaming (RDR2, FarCry)

Other details:

Upgrading from an old PC (Intel i5-3470, GTX 1050 Ti)
I want to have lot on storage
I already have peripherals
Not necessary to keep the monitor
I want to have a pleasant game experience but the most important is to have a good PC for 3D modeling, rendering, etc..

Part List:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/ThWMVw

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (€318.05 @ Amazon France)
CPU Cooler: *be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler (€64.45 @ Amazon France)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€116.07 @ Cdiscount)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (€154.88 @ Alternate)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€158.28 @ Amazon France)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€60.07 @ Amazon France)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500 ATX Mid Tower Case (€80.41 @ Amazon France)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€70.48 @ Amazon France)
Monitor: LG 35WN65C-B 35.0" 3440x1440 100 Hz Monitor (€389.90 @ Amazon France)

Total: €1412.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-05-13 10:11 CEST+0200

Hotseff · May 13, 2022

2 quick questions.
Do you need PCIE Gen4 for the SSD?
What CPU cooler are you using on your current setup and would you be willing to transfer it to your new system if it's compatible?

Matth_mat · May 13, 2022

4 minutes ago, Hotseff said:

2 quick questions.
Do you need PCIE Gen4 for the SSD?
What CPU cooler are you using on your current setup and would you be willing to transfer it to your new system if it's compatible?

Hum i'm not very sure for the PCIE 4.0 if it doesn't change that much i'm not sure i need it. But if I can have it, why not

And for the CPU cooler i don't know. My pc is a modified desktop pc so i'm not very sure what is in it but i don't thinks it will work for my new build.

GeorgeMKane · May 13, 2022

32 minutes ago, Matth_mat said:

Hi !

I want to build a new PC for 3D and I try to pick part that are useful and work together.

Can you help me

Thanks a lot

Budget: 1500 - 1700 CHF

Country: Switzerland

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:

3D (Blender)

Video editing (After effects, Premier pro)

Photo editing (Photoshop)

Gaming (RDR2, FarCry)

Other details:

Upgrading from an old PC (Intel i5-3470, GTX 1050 Ti)

I want to have lot on storage

I already have peripherals

Not necessary to keep the monitor

I want to have a pleasant game experience but the most important is to have a good PC for 3D modeling, rendering, etc..

Part List:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/ThWMVw

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (€318.05 @ Amazon France)

CPU Cooler: *be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler (€64.45 @ Amazon France)

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€116.07 @ Cdiscount)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (€154.88 @ Alternate)

Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€158.28 @ Amazon France)

Storage: Western Digital Blue 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€60.07 @ Amazon France)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card

Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500 ATX Mid Tower Case (€80.41 @ Amazon France)

Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€70.48 @ Amazon France)

Monitor: LG 35WN65C-B 35.0" 3440x1440 100 Hz Monitor (€389.90 @ Amazon France)

Total: €1412.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-05-13 10:11 CEST+0200

I kept the cpu and cpu cooler in place, because I would very much recommend both of those. However, you can get a better motherboard for the case, and I also upgraded the case to the 500DX version. I think you'll like the look of it more, and it should be easier to build in than the regular 500 model.

3600MHz CL18 RAM is about the same as 3200Mhz CL16 RAM, and newer cpu's (like AMD's Ryzen) prefer lower latency RAM. I changed the m.2 nvme ssd for a much cheaper one. I also went with a more recommended HDD, but you can keep the other wd blue one if you like. Both are the same speeds, but the Seagate one is more recommended (and a little cheaper). I also went a 650W 80+ Gold psu, and a 27" 165hz monitor. It's smaller than the original monitor you listed, but I think you will appreciate the increase in in-game FPS and browsing speeds more.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/G8728r

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (€318.05 @ Amazon France)
CPU Cooler: *be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler (€64.45 @ Amazon France)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard (€138.06 @ Amazon France)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (€133.88 @ Alternate)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€88.99 @ Amazon France)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€50.49 @ Amazon France)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ATX Mid Tower Case (€112.88 @ Alternate)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2021) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€109.99 @ Amazon France)
Monitor: Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor (€377.74 @ Amazon France)
€1394.53

Hotseff · May 13, 2022

12 minutes ago, Matth_mat said:

Hum i'm not very sure for the PCIE 4.0 if it doesn't change that much i'm not sure i need it. But if I can have it, why not

And for the CPU cooler i don't know. My pc is a modified desktop pc so i'm not very sure what is in it but i don't thinks it will work for my new build.

So this is what I came up with. You'll have to wait a bit due to GPU availability seemingly being much more scarce in France compared to the rest of the world. Since unless you want to be paying the same price EVGA is selling their 3070s to consumers for a 3060 Ti it's better to wait. Hence why it's also over budget mainly due to the monitor. Since you'd likely be able to save up the €300 while waiting for availability. I also downgraded from a PCIE Gen 4 SSD to a Gen 3(it's just slower but most things can't make use of that speed) but I was able to use that saved money to upgrade the 2TB HDD to a 4TB and a small motherboard upgrade to ATX for expanded upgradability. I went with 3200 CL16 since though it is slower the timings are tighter and those will make them perform very similar to your 3600 CL18 kit but for less. Finally for the monitor I downgraded it to 1080P UW but you get 2 things in return 1. It's 144 HZ vs 100 and 2. Instead of a VA Panel you get IPS which IMO since you're going to be doing video and photo editing is more important due to the better color accuracy of the panel.
P.S. Your PC Part Picker list didn't include the cost of your 3060 Ti which would of put you over budget as well

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/8DpdH2)

Devryd · May 13, 2022

I dont know how much shipping would be to switzerland, but mindfactory currently has the 5700x for 288€
might be cheaper

https://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/AMD-Ryzen-7-5700X-8x-3-40GHz-So-AM4-WOF_1447833.html

oh, never mind, mindfactory has apparently stopped selling in other countries than germany.

Matth_mat · May 13, 2022

36 minutes ago, GeorgeMKane said:

I kept the cpu and cpu cooler in place, because I would very much recommend both of those. However, you can get a better motherboard for the case, and I also upgraded the case to the 500DX version. I think you'll like the look of it more, and it should be easier to build in than the regular 500 model.

3600MHz CL18 RAM is about the same as 3200Mhz CL16 RAM, and newer cpu's (like AMD's Ryzen) prefer lower latency RAM. I changed the m.2 nvme ssd for a much cheaper one. I also went with a more recommended HDD, but you can keep the other wd blue one if you like. Both are the same speeds, but the Seagate one is more recommended (and a little cheaper). I also went a 650W 80+ Gold psu, and a 27" 165hz monitor. It's smaller than the original monitor you listed, but I think you will appreciate the increase in in-game FPS and browsing speeds more.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/G8728r

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (€318.05 @ Amazon France)
CPU Cooler: *be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler (€64.45 @ Amazon France)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard (€138.06 @ Amazon France)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (€133.88 @ Alternate)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€88.99 @ Amazon France)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€50.49 @ Amazon France)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ATX Mid Tower Case (€112.88 @ Alternate)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2021) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€109.99 @ Amazon France)
Monitor: Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor (€377.74 @ Amazon France)
€1394.53

Hi Thanks a lot
I have few questions.

Is the motherboard really better than the first one i picked ? Because i buy my stuff on a swiss website and the Aorus is way more expensive than the Asus one.
Same for the power supply. The Corsair is more expensive than the be quiet! and i don't really see the difference.

KaitouX · May 13, 2022

You can probably find a 12700F+B660 just below 500 Euros from what I was able to find in Swiss, German and Italian sites, in France it's a bit more expensive. But for the extra 70 or so Euros you're getting a CPU that is over 15% faster in ST tasks, 30%+ faster in MT tasks, and also a bit faster in games and probably Blender viewport.

1 minute ago, Matth_mat said:

Hi Thanks a lot
I have few questions.

Is the motherboard really better than the first one i picked ? Because i buy my stuff on a swiss website and the Aorus is way more expensive than the Asus one.
Same for the power supply. The Corsair is more expensive than the be quiet! and i don't really see the difference.

Please post the sites you're looking to buy the parts from so people can know the pricing of the parts there.

Matth_mat · May 13, 2022

24 minutes ago, Hotseff said:

So this is what I came up with. You'll have to wait a bit due to GPU availability seemingly being much more scarce in France compared to the rest of the world. Since unless you want to be paying the same price EVGA is selling their 3070s to consumers for a 3060 Ti it's better to wait. Hence why it's also over budget mainly due to the monitor. Since you'd likely be able to save up the €300 while waiting for availability. I also downgraded from a PCIE Gen 4 SSD to a Gen 3(it's just slower but most things can't make use of that speed) but I was able to use that saved money to upgrade the 2TB HDD to a 4TB and a small motherboard upgrade to ATX for expanded upgradability. I went with 3200 CL16 since though it is slower the timings are tighter and those will make them perform very similar to your 3600 CL18 kit but for less. Finally for the monitor I downgraded it to 1080P UW but you get 2 things in return 1. It's 144 HZ vs 100 and 2. Instead of a VA Panel you get IPS which IMO since you're going to be doing video and photo editing is more important due to the better color accuracy of the panel.
P.S. Your PC Part Picker list didn't include the cost of your 3060 Ti which would of put you over budget as well

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/8DpdH2)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/JmhFf7/amd-ryzen-7-5700x-34-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000926wof) | €318.05 @ Amazon France
**CPU Cooler** | [be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/FRYLrH/be-quiet-dark-rock-4-cpu-cooler-bk021) | €64.45 @ Amazon France
**Motherboard** | [MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/yKVG3C/msi-mpg-b550-gaming-plus-atx-am4-motherboard-mpg-b550-gaming-plus) | €134.99 @ Amazon France
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/W6ndnQ/corsair-vengeance-lpx-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3200-memory-cmk32gx4m2e3200c16) | €126.99 @ Amazon France
**Storage** | [Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/3dvdnQ/western-digital-blue-sn570-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds100t3b0c) | €88.99 @ Amazon France
**Storage** | [Western Digital WD Blue 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/9wVmP6/western-digital-wd-blue-4-tb-35-5400rpm-internal-hard-drive-wd40ezaz) | €89.88 @ Alternate
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB XC3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/7j6qqs/evga-geforce-rtx-3070-8-gb-xc3-ultra-gaming-video-card-08g-p5-3755-kr) | €670.00
**Case** | [be quiet! Pure Base 500 ATX Mid Tower Case](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/pZfFf7/be-quiet-pure-base-500-atx-mid-tower-case-bgw34) | €92.88 @ Alternate
**Power Supply** | [EVGA BQ 850 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/kGL7YJ/evga-bq-850w-80-bronze-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-110-bq-0850-v1) | €79.90 @ Amazon France
**Monitor** | [LG 34GL750-B 34.0" 2560x1080 144 Hz Monitor](https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/TCtKHx/lg-34gl750-b-340-2560x1080-144-hz-monitor-34gl750-b) | €349.99 @ Amazon France
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **€2016.12**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2022-05-13 10:56 CEST+0200 |

Thank you very much

I have juste few questions

Is the motherboard worth it ? It is way more expensive than the Asus one and i don't really see the difference
And for the power supply do i need a 850W ? because it is more expensive than the 700w and i'm not sure i need it

Matth_mat · May 13, 2022

2 minutes ago, KaitouX said:

You can probably find a 12700F+B660 just below 500 Euros from what I was able to find in Swiss, German and Italian sites, in France it's a bit more expensive. But for the extra 70 or so Euros you're getting a CPU that is over 15% faster in ST tasks, 30%+ faster in MT tasks, and also a bit faster in games and probably Blender viewport.

Please post the sites you're looking to buy the parts from so people can know the pricing of the parts there.

Thanks !

i will buy parts on https://www.steg-electronics.ch/fr/ or on https://www.digitec.ch/fr
Because if i buy on none swiss website i need to pay taxes for shipping

And in Pcpartpicker i put France because there was not switzerland available haha

KaitouX · May 13, 2022

13 minutes ago, Matth_mat said:

Thanks !

i will buy parts on https://www.steg-electronics.ch/fr/ or on https://www.digitec.ch/fr
Because if i buy on none swiss website i need to pay taxes for shipping

And in Pcpartpicker i put France because there was not switzerland available haha

I would get this over the 5700X:

Steg - i7 12700 - 319.–

Digitec - MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 - 158.–

The board is a bit overpriced, but the CPU is cheaper than normal, there are some other decent motherboards with similar pricing, like the ASUS TUF GAMING boards, the variant with Wifi of the MSI board above, the Gigabyte Gaming X(I'm not 100% sure on how good the VRM on this one is, but I believe it should be good enough), so you can choose based on the features you want/need.

For the cooler I would go with the Scythe Fuma 2 over the bequiet Dark Rock 4, so it can stay quieter under load.

And for the PSU I would look into something like the Enermax Revolution D.F. - 650W or maybe a Bitfenix Formula Gold - 750W or similar, as better quality alternatives to the System Power 9.

brob · May 13, 2022

Did you consider an Intel build? I see that Steg currently has the i7-12700 on sale for €319.

Matth_mat · May 13, 2022

32 minutes ago, brob said:

Did you consider an Intel build? I see that Steg currently has the i7-12700 on sale for €319.

humm i don't know

when i search for prebuild PC for 3D they have almost all the time an AMD so i assumed it was better for what i wanted haha

but honestly i'm not really sure what is the best

GeorgeMKane · May 13, 2022

6 hours ago, Matth_mat said:

Hi Thanks a lot
I have few questions.

Is the motherboard really better than the first one i picked ? Because i buy my stuff on a swiss website and the Aorus is way more expensive than the Asus one.
Same for the power supply. The Corsair is more expensive than the be quiet! and i don't really see the difference.

The psu should be fine (80+ Gold would be better though, for efficiency and better future compatibility), but for the motherboard I would check compatibility with the case. You may need an adapter, because ASUS usually doesn't design their motherboards with enough headers for the front of the case. Usually with ASUS motherboards, you're either limited on the case selection, or you'll end up needing adapters left and right (or even missing out on features entirely). See if you can get a MSI B550 Tomahawk or B550 Gaming PLUS motherboard for a good price. They usually have plenty of usb headers, and are highly rated (the tomahawk more than the gaming plus though).

https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/qJrJyK

Edited May 13, 2022 by GeorgeMKane

brob · May 13, 2022

1 hour ago, Matth_mat said:

humm i don't know

when i search for prebuild PC for 3D they have almost all the time an AMD so i assumed it was better for what i wanted haha

but honestly i'm not really sure what is the best

3D cpu rendering performance is greatly affected by the number of cores available. Given the same number of cores, a cpu with the highest IPC will have higher performance. An i7-12700 has 8 performance cores, the same as a 5700X, and 4 efficiency cores. The i7 also has a higher boost clock along with a higher IPC.

Keep in mind that most prebuilt systems available today we're designed a year or more ago. Alder Lake cpu were not available at the time.

If you check various Blender rendering benchmarks you should see that for the most part the new Intel cpu have better performance than similarly priced AMD models.

KaitouX · May 14, 2022

For reference of the performance difference between the 5700X and 12700:

[65W, RM1] = Power limited to 65W, using stock cooler.

[RM1] = Using stock cooler.

[H170i] = Using a good cooler, in this case a 420mm AIO.

The 5700X is slightly slower than the 5800X.

https://www.techspot.com/review/2391-intel-core-i7-12700/

Matth_mat · June 21, 2022

Hey i made an other bluid for the exact same purpose (blender and gaming)

I change to an intel bluid, is it good ?

https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/JF6WrD

brob · June 21, 2022

1 hour ago, Matth_mat said:

Hey i made an other bluid for the exact same purpose (blender and gaming)

I change to an intel bluid, is it good ?

https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/JF6WrD

The case is ATX so the mATX motherboard will look small. It also doesn't have a USB-C front panel port. You might consider one of the slightly more expensive Prodigy M 2022 models.

Matth_mat · June 22, 2022

23 hours ago, brob said:

The case is ATX so the mATX motherboard will look small. It also doesn't have a USB-C front panel port. You might consider one of the slightly more expensive Prodigy M 2022 models.

I choose a big case because i want to upgrade this pc in the future, but i change it to a "be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ATX Mid Tower Case". Is it better ?

brob · June 22, 2022

I think the 500dx is better.

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