Planning

[someb0dys]

Budget (including currency): 1000 USD can go over by max of 200 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender. AC7, DCS, Decently graphically intensive indie games, Minecraft, texturing software, and others.

Other Details: Gonna be operating at 1440p 144hz, also deciding on a keychron mechanical keyboard with a seperate budget of max 110 USD, would like it at about 75% to 60%, or anything in the middle. 

 

What would be optimal between A, having a rig with a i5 13600k, and a 3060 8GB, with decent components, and 2 TB of storage, B, having a i5 12600k, cheaper components than A, having 1 TB of storage but having a 4070, or lasty, C, an i5 12600k, 360 8GB but having generally more expensive components and the same storage as A?

 

Lists of the PCPartPicker lists.

 

Option 1: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/EthanTheNoob/saved/#view=N79YXL

 

Option 2: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/EthanTheNoob/saved/#view=d8wJwP

 

Option 3: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/EthanTheNoob/saved/#view=7mcLyc

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

[someb0dys]

Also, personally I like a tactile feel, don't care that much about if it's clicky or not. 

Edited August 16, 2023 by someb0dys
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[Hixyly]

22 hours ago, someb0dys said:

Budget (including currency): 1000 USD can go over by max of 200 USD

 

 

 

Are you looking to spend 1K USD on only case or case with Keyboard, mouse etc.?

[brob]

On 8/16/2023 at 4:23 AM, someb0dys said:

Budget (including currency): 1000 USD can go over by max of 200 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender. AC7, DCS, Decently graphically intensive indie games, Minecraft, texturing software, and others.

Other Details: Gonna be operating at 1440p 144hz, also deciding on a keychron mechanical keyboard with a seperate budget of max 110 USD, would like it at about 75% to 60%, or anything in the middle. 

 

What would be optimal between A, having a rig with a i5 13600k, and a 3060 8GB, with decent components, and 2 TB of storage, B, having a i5 12600k, cheaper components than A, having 1 TB of storage but having a 4070, or lasty, C, an i5 12600k, 360 8GB but having generally more expensive components and the same storage as A?

 

Lists of the PCPartPicker lists.

 

Option 1: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/EthanTheNoob/saved/#view=N79YXL

 

Option 2: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/EthanTheNoob/saved/#view=d8wJwP

 

Option 3: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/EthanTheNoob/saved/#view=7mcLyc

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

In general terms, one can more easily upgrade a GPU than a CPU.

 

There are much better, higher capacity PSU available at a lower cost. See  https://pcpartpicker.com/product/V7t9TW/thermaltake-toughpower-gf1-snow-tt-premium-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ps-tpd-0750fnfagx-w, https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9GLdnQ/thermaltake-toughpower-gf-a3-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ps-tpd-0750fnfagu-l and https://pcpartpicker.com/product/YRJp99/corsair-rm750e-2023-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020262-na as examples.

 

Since the described usage is mostly GPU bound and the CPU are within 20% of each other, choose the better GPU.

 

New CPU coolers come with thermal compound or a pre-applied patch. There is no real need to buy additional.

 

You might consider a z690 or z790 motherboard. This would allow for a modest CPU overclock to bring i5-12600K performance closer to the 13600K.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($193.89 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 UD AX DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston NV2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($41.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($599.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Deepcool CK560 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($103.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 Snow - TT Premium 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1269.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-17 10:04 EDT-0400