Two builds, need recommendation.

[Omende]

Budget (including currency): does not matter

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly for 3d animation and game making, sometimes for gaming

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

I have 2 builds and I would like to know which one is the better option for 3d animation and Unreal Engine 3d game making. I will sometimes play games with it but most of the time I play on my console.

Option 1:

Graphics Card: Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC Edition

CPU: Intel i5 13600KF - 14 Cores, 20 Threads, Up to 5.10 GHz

CPU Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240mm RGB AIO Liquid Cooler

Motherboard: MSI MAG B660 TOMAHAWK WiFi

RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro

Storage: 2 TB NVMe M.2 SSD WD Black SN770

Power Supply: Corsair RM850x - 850 Watt 80 PLUS Gold Certified Fully Modular

Case: Fractal Design Pop XL Air ATX Mid Tower Case Tempered Glass

Fans: Total of 8 RGB Fans for excellent airflow and cooling

 

Option 2:

Graphic card: Asus TUF RTX 4070Ti

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700

Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI AM5

Ram: 64GB of DDR5 5600 Kingston Fury RGB

CPU Cooler: Kraken Z63 280mm RGB 4 corsair icu 120mm RGB

fans 2 corsair icu 140mm RGB fans Installed in a Lian Li O11DMINI SNOW WHITE case

Powered by a Corsair SF750 psu

 

Thank you

[filpo]

Just now, Omende said:

Budget (including currency): does not matter

if it doesn't matter then get a 4090 and a 13900k

1 minute ago, Omende said:

Graphic card: Asus TUF RTX 4070Ti

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700

Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI AM5

Ram: 64GB of DDR5 5600 Kingston Fury RGB

CPU Cooler: Kraken Z63 280mm RGB 4 corsair icu 120mm RGB

fans 2 corsair icu 140mm RGB fans Installed in a Lian Li O11DMINI SNOW WHITE case

Powered by a Corsair SF750 psu

Out of these two this looks better but why the sfx psu?

[Jon-Slow]

Quote

3d animation and Unreal Engine 3d

 

Are you going to animate? Or are you saying 3D animation as a substitute for general 3D tasks?

 

Regardless, I'm wondering why you have to go with either this or that and why you can't mix and match becuase the CPU is the most important thing for your 3D tasks and the 13600K is a lot better becuase of it's efficiency and its snappiness and proven stability with different 3D software and better software support. So I would probably go with Option1.

 

But then your option 2 has DDR5 RAM which is the main advantage of option 2.( not the 64gb, that's overkill unless you do very heavy renders) Although the reason I would still go with option 1 is that right now there isn't that much of a real world difference in applications between DDR4 and DDR5 when you save your files on an SSD. I'll probably take option 1 and upgrade it with a DDR5 MOBO and RAM down then road.

[venomtail]

No, actually both systems are off the baseline just enough for something to not be right. A bit amateurish configurations like what? I assume you're buying from someone? I wouldn't. DDR4 RAM for Intel, so little for productivity, 240mm AIO, 8 RGB fans doesn't automatically mean "great" airflow and so on. Ryzen system not that much better, saving pennies on 5600MHz RAM, wrong PSU, still off.

 

Better you make your own on PCPartPicker. Here's one. A few premium parts to treat you to premium things such as lower noise levels and so on:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($471.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Lian Li Galahad II Trinity Performance 108.29 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($229.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($238.70 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($274.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Corsair MP700 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($199.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Corsair MP600 CORE XT 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($229.99 @ Corsair) 
Video Card: Gigabyte AORUS MASTER GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($1299.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($107.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($179.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $3233.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 10:46 EDT-0400

[Omende]

7 hours ago, Jon-Slow said:

 

Are you going to animate? Or are you saying 3D animation as a substitute for general 3D tasks?

 

Regardless, I'm wondering why you have to go with either this or that and why you can't mix and match becuase the CPU is the most important thing for your 3D tasks and the 13600K is a lot better becuase of it's efficiency and its snappiness and proven stability with different 3D software and better software support. So I would probably go with Option1.

 

But then your option 2 has DDR5 RAM which is the main advantage of option 2.( not the 64gb, that's overkill unless you do very heavy renders) Although the reason I would still go with option 1 is that right now there isn't that much of a real world difference in applications between DDR4 and DDR5 when you save your files on an SSD. I'll probably take option 1 and upgrade it with a DDR5 MOBO and RAM down then road.

I'm going to animate. I'm making a video game and I need PC bulky enough to handle it

[Omende]

6 hours ago, venomtail said:

No, actually both systems are off the baseline just enough for something to not be right. A bit amateurish configurations like what? I assume you're buying from someone? I wouldn't. DDR4 RAM for Intel, so little for productivity, 240mm AIO, 8 RGB fans doesn't automatically mean "great" airflow and so on. Ryzen system not that much better, saving pennies on 5600MHz RAM, wrong PSU, still off.

 

Better you make your own on PCPartPicker. Here's one. A few premium parts to treat you to premium things such as lower noise levels and so on:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($471.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Lian Li Galahad II Trinity Performance 108.29 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($229.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($238.70 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($274.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Corsair MP700 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($199.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Corsair MP600 CORE XT 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($229.99 @ Corsair) 
Video Card: Gigabyte AORUS MASTER GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($1299.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($107.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($179.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $3233.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 10:46 EDT-0400

I'm not buying from someone, I'm using someone else's configuration to buy my own. 

[Jon-Slow]

3 hours ago, Omende said:

I'm going to animate. I'm making a video game and I need PC bulky enough to handle it

 

Alright, I see. You'd probably still need to pinpoint what tasks you'll be doing and to what professional extend for better help.

 

3 hours ago, Omende said:

I'm not buying from someone, I'm using someone else's configuration to buy my own. 

Cool, then there is no need to stick with those 2 options you've suggested as they're both pretty poorly put together. Your first step would be to identify your budget.

 

The configuration @venomtail has suggested is pretty decent, but I think there is still room to cut some of the costs there. You wont need over 32gb of RAM unless you know you have an specific tasks that requires that much( which general 3D tasks don't). There would be little difference between the 4070 and the 4070ti in your productivity tasks, but if you play games and care about the performance then of course the ti variation is a little faster. The AIO he's mentioned is a good choice but I would opt for a regular but decent aircooler and enforce power limits accordingly.

 

Here is my personal suggestion:

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/3WpV7R

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($517.95 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler  ($75.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 UD AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($249.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($119.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Silicon Power A55 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.84 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Silicon Power A55 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.84 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($157.94 @ shopRBC)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($764.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL III ATX Mid Tower Case  ($169.31 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($153.99 @ PC-Canada)
Total: $2458.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 21:03 EDT-0400

 

 

This is considerably cheaper and you can bump up your CPU to a 13900K if you want, or the GPU to a 4080 or even a 4090. If you did get the 13900K instead then you can still use that aircooler but you might as well get any well reviewed AIO with that( but you'll always have enforce some power limits).

 

If you get the 4090 you'll need a higher wattage PSU like a 1000w of the same Corsair lineup. If you get boththe 13900K and the 4080 or the 4090, you'd also need to up that PSU to a 1000w one.

[Omende]

38 minutes ago, Jon-Slow said:

 

Alright, I see. You'd probably still need to pinpoint what tasks you'll be doing and to what professional extend for better help.

 

Cool, then there is no need to stick with those 2 options you've suggested as they're both pretty poorly put together. Your first step would be to identify your budget.

 

The configuration @venomtail has suggested is pretty decent, but I think there is still room to cut some of the costs there. You wont need over 32gb of RAM unless you know you have an specific tasks that requires that much( which general 3D tasks don't). There would be little difference between the 4070 and the 4070ti in your productivity tasks, but if you play games and care about the performance then of course the ti variation is a little faster. The AIO he's mentioned is a good choice but I would opt for a regular but decent aircooler and enforce power limits accordingly.

 

Here is my personal suggestion:

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/3WpV7R

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($517.95 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler  ($75.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 UD AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($249.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($119.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Silicon Power A55 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.84 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Silicon Power A55 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.84 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($157.94 @ shopRBC)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($764.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL III ATX Mid Tower Case  ($169.31 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($153.99 @ PC-Canada)
Total: $2458.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 21:03 EDT-0400

 

 

This is considerably cheaper and you can bump up your CPU to a 13900K if you want, or the GPU to a 4080 or even a 4090. If you did get the 13900K instead then you can still use that aircooler but you might as well get any well reviewed AIO with that( but you'll always have enforce some power limits).

 

If you get the 4090 you'll need a higher wattage PSU like a 1000w of the same Corsair lineup. If you get boththe 13900K and the 4080 or the 4090, you'd also need to up that PSU to a 1000w one.

I prefer AMD over Intel. I was wondering if there's not a  good AMD CPU for the task. Otherwise, i don't have much of a choice. For the budget, I wanted to stay below $3000 as a start. I can always upgrade as needed. But that's actually a good suggestion. I can maybe tweak a few things (maybe upgrade a few things, if possible). Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it 

[brob]

4 hours ago, Omende said:

I'm going to animate. I'm making a video game and I need PC bulky enough to handle it

 

Do you know what software you will be using?

[Jon-Slow]

38 minutes ago, Omende said:

I prefer AMD over Intel. I was wondering if there's not a  good AMD CPU for the task. Otherwise, i don't have much of a choice. For the budget, I wanted to stay below $3000 as a start. I can always upgrade as needed. But that's actually a good suggestion. I can maybe tweak a few things (maybe upgrade a few things, if possible). Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it 

Of course there are good AMD hardware out there, however when it comes to things like 3d applications and professional productivity there is a vast majority of Intel userbase in the professional world. This means that software support and development favours Intel, this is true both for AMD software and support and software developers. This mean things get developed with a larger sample pool of intel base, things get patched out quicker or come out on release more stable on that side. The priority is usually stability when working with a 3D software.

 

Maybe you can let me know why you prefer AMD or what specific thing you want from it so we can explore that. But aside from all that, the efficiency of the 13th gen and the P and E core architecture just makes it a much easier choice for any 3D or game engine workloads.

 

38 minutes ago, Omende said:

But that's actually a good suggestion. I can maybe tweak a few things (maybe upgrade a few things, if possible). Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it 

 

Yeah, at 2458$ you still roughly have another 500$ to spend before you hit your 3k budget. With around 350$ you can bump up the 13700K to a 13900K for a substantial boost and switch the cooler to an AIO like the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360mm, or the 420mm version since your chassis will support that too. You can also consider getting a used 3090 that's in good condition if you plan to do a lot of texture painting on large objects with many texture sets and so on. Otherwise just get the better CPU.

 

Also I would suggest you go for a 1000w PSU of the same series if you want, it could be more useful down the road.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

I would say that the differences in software support between intel and amd cpus are marginal if you're working in mostly mainstream applications. Of course you'll still find the niches that do make that difference.

 

The GPUs on the other hand is a different story. The only realistic GPU options you have right now for 3d work is nvidia. 

[Omende]

1 hour ago, brob said:

 

Do you know what software you will be using?

At the moment I am using Houdini and blender for rendering and rigging. Unreal Engine and Unity for game making.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

7 minutes ago, Omende said:

At the moment I am using Houdini and blender for rendering and rigging. Unreal Engine and Unity for game making.

 

You should be fine with the AMD CPU. Ultimately you will want to base your decision off of price:performance regardless of the brand. I would however suggest you to get 64GB of ram. 32 wasn't cutting it for me. I do deal with heavier scenes and assets often. 

 

What exactly is your workflow like? Do you need to handle the entire pipeline of game dev?

 

 

[brob]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($549.00 @ Canada Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  ($85.05 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($269.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  ($216.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($157.94 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($1149.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($123.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($169.00 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $2721.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-12 00:49 EDT-0400

[Omende]

2 hours ago, Jon-Slow said:

Of course there are good AMD hardware out there, however when it comes to things like 3d applications and professional productivity there is a vast majority of Intel userbase in the professional world. This means that software support and development favours Intel, this is true both for AMD software and support and software developers. This mean things get developed with a larger sample pool of intel base, things get patched out quicker or come out on release more stable on that side. The priority is usually stability when working with a 3D software.

 

Maybe you can let me know why you prefer AMD or what specific thing you want from it so we can explore that. But aside from all that, the efficiency of the 13th gen and the P and E core architecture just makes it a much easier choice for any 3D or game engine workloads.

My preference with AMD is only CPU related. For GPU I have always used Nvidia. 

My preference with AMD has always been with their capacity of multi core while still being low power consumption. It's true that most of their CPU used to heat up very easily and in the past, not many software took advantage of the multi-core features.

I don't mind using Intel, if it's going to help me with my projects/work

[Omende]

8 minutes ago, Kinda Bottlenecked said:

 

You should be fine with the AMD CPU. Ultimately you will want to base your decision off of price:performance regardless of the brand. I would however suggest you to get 64GB of ram. 32 wasn't cutting it for me. I do deal with heavier scenes and assets often. 

 

What exactly is your workflow like? Do you need to handle the entire pipeline of game dev?

 

 

AT the moment yes, because I am working alone, so I have to do the animation, rendering, rigging all  in one computer. Unreal Engine does the rendering, physics lively which gets heavy very fast. The PC I currently have can hardly handle the Meta Human of the Unreal Engine

[Jon-Slow]

19 minutes ago, Omende said:

My preference with AMD is only CPU related. For GPU I have always used Nvidia. 

My preference with AMD has always been with their capacity of multi core while still being low power consumption. It's true that most of their CPU used to heat up very easily and in the past, not many software took advantage of the multi-core features.

I don't mind using Intel, if it's going to help me with my projects/work

Currently in terms of both efficiency, multicore and single thread performance the 13900K beats the 7900x or the 7950x. The only time I would pick the 7950x is for an offline render machine. The efficiencof the 13th gen on idle/light tasks is many times that of the Ryzen 7000 series, and most of the things we do in a 3D software wil be light tasks accompanied by idle times. I can suggest you two very good videos from Tech Notice and Der8auer. The first goes through a very indepth comparison between the 13900K vs the 7950x in productivity tasks including general 3D tasks and not just render cycles like other Techtubers do. And the Derbauer video goes over the efficiency comparison for the 13th gen vs the 7000 series. You can probably look through these and make up your mind.

 

 

 

 

 

On the other point about software stability and support, of course I don't have any data or numbers as to why Intel has an advantage and I'm certain anyone claiming otherwise doesn't either. But The studios I professionally work with always have been on Intel for their artists and programers PCs, and if it's good enough for them to hang the balance of expensive projects on that decision then that's good enough reason for me as well when both these choices come at a similar price point with the Intel side being more efficient. It could probably be perfectly fine to pick the 7900x even if it is coming a bit slower than the intel choice, but I would personally go with what I've seen large professional studios pick.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

26 minutes ago, Omende said:

AT the moment yes, because I am working alone, so I have to do the animation, rendering, rigging all  in one computer. Unreal Engine does the rendering, physics lively which gets heavy very fast. The PC I currently have can hardly handle the Meta Human of the Unreal Engine

 

Well then you'll want something that can handle what you do.

 

For something more reasonably priced:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/MJX3t7

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($471.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($41.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760 Pro RS ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($155.92 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  ($216.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($157.94 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($764.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: ADATA XPG CORE Reactor 850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $2154.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-12 01:29 EDT-0400

 

Or you can go with a modest higher end build:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/vDVb89

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900F 2 GHz 24-Core Processor  ($669.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($41.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760 Pro RS ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($155.92 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  ($216.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($157.94 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  ($2099.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: ADATA XPG CORE Reactor 850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $3687.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-12 01:32 EDT-0400

 

You may also consider the AMD platform because it is newer with the potential to support more generations of cpu from AMD. This makes upgrading significantly cheaper in the long run(I run 5xxxx chips on the x370 and b450 platform with no issues). 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Xj9ykJ

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($497.50 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($41.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($205.95 @ shopRBC) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  ($216.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($157.94 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  ($2099.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: ADATA XPG CORE Reactor 850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $3565.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-12 01:38 EDT-0400

 

 

[Omende]

I have a new question, is the ultrawide monitor better than multiple monitors or not. At the moment I have 3 monitors and I would like to know if I should switch to an ultrawide or just get better monitors

[filpo]

17 hours ago, Omende said:

is the ultrawide monitor better than multiple monitors or not.

completely your opinion. I don't think it is tho

 

17 hours ago, Omende said:

just get better monitors

probably just get better monitors