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[Silver Augur]

Budget (including currency): $2100

Country: USA

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I plan on dual booting this with Linux Mint and Windows 11. I am a computational scientist. I do need all of this RAM for computation. I would like to be able to develop and run Cuda code so I think I need an Nvidia card, I am a noob at this this is my first build but this is what I would like any feedback would be good. I am thinking about dual booting on different drives but I am not sure what the best approach would be. any advice would be welcome 
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZMpyxH

CPU: Intel Core i9-14900KF 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor  ($552.00 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Cooler  ($39.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-S WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Classic 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL48 Memory  ($154.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Classic 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL48 Memory  ($154.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($549.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 GT 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($149.99 @ Adorama) 
Total: $2101.81
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[Catzzye]

That's pretty much the bleeding edge, minus the GPU.

Do you know if the work you want the PC to process is more CPU or GPU centred?

Depending on that answer, CPU might be an overkill, and GPU could use an upgrade if you're gunning for that bleeding edge.

I would also try to upgrade the CPU cooling to a better air cooler or even water cooled system, as i9-14900KF is probably the most powerful consumer CPU out there right now.

 

Good luck!

 

[Catzzye]

Also do you need a proper Windows license? You can use Windows without one or obtain in other ways.

[Silver Augur]

@Catzzye Thanks for your reply! I planned it to be more CPU centric by design. I would like to have a proper copy of windows. I may end up just putting Linux on it at first and installing windows on there when I get there. But I probably will try to put windows on there first as I hear that is easier

[Catzzye]

9 minutes ago, Silver Augur said:

@Catzzye Thanks for your reply! I planned it to be more CPU centric by design. I would like to have a proper copy of windows. I may end up just putting Linux on it at first and installing windows on there when I get there. But I probably will try to put windows on there first as I hear that is easier

I see?

As long as your workload is CPU oriented that's fine, but maybe then you don't need such a powerful GPU? It all depends on your usecase.

 

What do you exactly mean when you say "as I hear that is easier"?

Like easier to set up the dual boot or?

 

I'll just mention again that until you're 100% satisfied with the way you installed Windows, I wouldn't use up your product key.

 

You can go two ways about this:
 

You can run Windows via Linux using virtual machines but you'll be penalized with downgraded performance.

You can dual boot both Linux and Windows at the same time (takes a bit of know-how to set up, you can look it up).

[Silver Augur]

@Catzzye  I hear it easier to start with Windows and then add Linux as a dual boot. I have done that before a few times from Windows to Linux so I am not concerned about doing that. I have never added windows to a machine that started as Linux, from what I have read Windows can over write your first install. Thanks for the help. For cooling do you happen to have any recommendations?

[Catzzye]

5 minutes ago, Silver Augur said:

@Catzzye  I hear it easier to start with Windows and then add Linux as a dual boot. I have done that before a few times from Windows to Linux so I am not concerned about doing that. I have never added windows to a machine that started as Linux, from what I have read Windows can over write your first install. Thanks for the help. For cooling do you happen to have any recommendations?

For the more robust cooling air solutions, you can look into Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE or Deepcool AS500 Plus. Saw they can cool the CPU rather well.

For liquid solutions, it's more involved and someone with more experience would be able to assist you better.

 

Good luck!

[Failure 101]

1 hour ago, Silver Augur said:

Budget (including currency): $2100

Country: USA

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

Other details

I plan on dual booting this with Linux Mint and Windows 11. I am a computational scientist. I do need all of this RAM for computation. I would like to be able to develop and run Cuda code so I think I need an Nvidia card, I am a noob at this this is my first build but this is what I would like any feedback would be good. I am thinking about dual booting on different drives but I am not sure what the best approach would be. any advice would be welcome 
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZMpyxH

CPU: Intel Core i9-14900KF 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor  ($552.00 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Cooler  ($39.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-S WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Classic 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL48 Memory  ($154.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Classic 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL48 Memory  ($154.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($549.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 GT 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($149.99 @ Adorama) 
Total: $2101.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-18 19:14 EST-0500

if you really do need all this ram run 48gb dimms instead of 32gb dimms