Would like Mini ITX LAN gaming build suggestions

[chshrkt]

My Gaming Laptop (from 2018) finally gave up the ghost at LTX 2023 and I want a portable LAN gaming PC to take to the next LTX Whale Lan.

 

Budget (including currency): $1500 - $2000 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Star Citizen, OBS, DaVinci Resolve, random FPS and retro games 

Other details: Mini ITX case to fit in Pelican case for air travel

No or minimal RGB

1440P 120Hz

At least a 3080 tier GPU - AMD/Nvidia¯\_(ツ)_/¯

32GB RAM

x2 PCIE M.2 drives (OS and games drive)

I am CPU Agnostic at this point (though I have been an Intel-Boi forever), but no overclocking needed due to small form factor

Air or AIO cooling, I don't care

Monitors:  I would like to connect two monitors

Peripherals: I have two USB flight sticks, throttle, and pedals; Wired Gaming headset; Webcam

 

Thank you for your suggestions.

[The Hope]

Total:     $1832.74

 

[SorryBella]

7 hours ago, chshrkt said:

Pelican case for air travel

How big? Could be a nice info to know.

 

GPU biased (Worse in Star Citizen, better in pretty much anything else, stream and record via Intel QSV): 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING IS-55 Black 54.6 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG B760I EDGE WIFI Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($219.95 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($97.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($999.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: SSUPD Meshlicious Mini ITX Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master V850 SFX GOLD 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2046.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-06 08:26 EDT-0400

 

CPU biased (Better in Star Citizen, worse in a lot of FPS titles, stream and record via Nvidia NVENC):

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($439.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING IS-55 Black 54.6 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650I AORUS ULTRA Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard  ($259.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($97.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($809.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: SSUPD Meshlicious Mini ITX Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master V750 SFX GOLD 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1939.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-06 08:23 EDT-0400

 

CPU biased but with 7900XT (Good luck dealing with VCN dogshit capability in H.264, otherwise this is a good compromise for Star Citizen):

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($439.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING IS-55 Black 54.6 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650I AORUS ULTRA Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard  ($259.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($97.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card  ($769.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: SSUPD Meshlicious Mini ITX Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master V750 SFX GOLD 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1899.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-06 08:24 EDT-0400

[brob]

The pcpartpicker warning can be ignored. The GPU dimensions allow for the max CPU configuration.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($313.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12S 55.44 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG B650I EDGE WIFI Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard  ($267.87 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($279.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($599.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($179.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair SF750 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($163.49 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1955.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-06 08:51 EDT-0400

[chshrkt]

Thank you for all the awesome suggestions.

With my current 12700K gaming machine, I have had to disable all the eCores to run SC. Do the Ryzen CPUs have eCores as well?

 

For those asking about size of case, I have been looking at Corsair 2000D Airflow and NZXT H1 for approximate sizes.

Pelican case would ideally be 1510 Carryon size just for the computer, then peripherals would go in standard Checked luggage.

[brob]

1 hour ago, chshrkt said:

Do the Ryzen CPUs have eCores as well?

 

No. Current Ryzen processors have a single type of core in the CPU.