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[bxrzerker]

 

 

[Why_Me]

20 minutes ago, bxrzerker said:

Budget (including currency): Around +-1500 usd

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly Video editing, 3D rendering, scientific simulations, compiling software projects. A bit of 1440p/1080p gaming (1440p for triple A titles, or games that have great visuals, and 1080p or less for competitive titles) 

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): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y3MBFs This is my planning as of now. These are the initial barebones. I need you guys to recommend a Motherboard, CPU Cooler, and a Case. Expanding upon these, I'm confused on which motherboard to get. I'm gonna be using ethernet so wifi is useless, and I'm not that big of a ports guy either. 3.5mm in/out, with a usb-c and a few usb 3.2/3.0 ports is okay. Don't need anything too crazy. For the case, I'd like to go as cheap as possible. Only thing is that it has to be mid tower ATX, with 4-6 HDD bays. CPU cooler is confusing, I'm not really sure whether I need an AIO or an air cooler would do fine. I will be doing long periods of CPU intensive work but AIO still seems overkill. Anything under $100 for the cooler works. 

 

The X3D cpu's are anything but stellar for productivity work such as video editing.

[Jon-Slow]

25 minutes ago, bxrzerker said:

Video editing, 3D rendering, scientific simulations, compiling software projects

Sounds like a lot of things that would be CUDA and RT core dependent. Shouldn't you be getting an RTX card then? The 4070 is practically the same price as the 7800XT you've picked. And by god that PSU you've picked is something to be avoided. The 120gb sata SSD is a little odd to me, I really can't think of any uses for it. The RAMs you've picked are CL40, you could possibly try setting it to something lower, but why not pick a kit with a little better latancy? The 7800X3D is a good CPU but you're sacrficing everything else to get it at this point, And more importantly they're not supposed to be bought for productivity. They're gaming only CPUs for the most part.

 

But anyway, here is what I would buy with 1500$. The chassis is super cheap but you could do alot worse for 50 bucks. It's really whatever, but I've seen it up close and it's actually not bad and comes with 2 decent 20cm fans. Again, it's really cheap but it has  alot of CPU cooler clearance and it's good for the price.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($364.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 V3 BLACK 77.8 CFM CPU Cooler  ($45.59 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-S WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($102.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($529.99 @ B&H)
Case: GAMDIAS APOLLO E2 ELITE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1513.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-29 11:17 EST-0500

[Jon-Slow]

Also if you're simulations are important stuff, either get a used 3090 or stretch your budget to a 4080.

[Why_Me]

The 120mm fan goes inside the back of that case for an exhaust fan.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700KF 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI Z790 GAMING PRO WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($93.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($529.99 @ B&H) 
Case: *Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: *Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case Fan: *ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($8.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1468.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-29 11:25 EST-0500

 

A better look at those components.

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z790-GAMING-PRO-WIFI  

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/230489/intel-core-i713700kf-processor-30m-cache-up-to-5-40-ghz/specifications.html  

 

https://www.thermalright.com/product/phantom-spirit-120-se/  

 

https://www.silicon-power.com/web/us/product-Zenith_DDR5_Gaming_UDIMM  

 

https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd?sku=WDS200T2X0E  

 

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-4070-VENTUS-2X-12G-OC

 

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/psu/cp-9020262-na/rme-series-rm750e-fully-modular-low-noise-atx-power-supply-cp-9020262-na  

 

https://www.arctic.de/us/P12-PWM-PST/ACFAN00120A     

 

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/focus/focus-2/black-solid/  

 

 

[bxrzerker]

 

[bxrzerker]

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[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, bxrzerker said:

Budget (including currency): Around +-1500 usd

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly Video editing, 3D rendering, scientific simulations, compiling software projects. A bit of 1440p/1080p gaming (1440p for triple A titles, or games that have great visuals, and 1080p or less for competitive titles) 

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): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y3MBFs This is my planning as of now. These are the initial barebones. I need you guys to recommend a Motherboard, CPU Cooler, and a Case. Expanding upon these, I'm confused on which motherboard to get. I'm gonna be using ethernet so wifi is useless, and I'm not that big of a ports guy either. 3.5mm in/out, with a usb-c and a few usb 3.2/3.0 ports is okay. Don't need anything too crazy. For the case, I'd like to go as cheap as possible. Only thing is that it has to be mid tower ATX, with 4-6 HDD bays. CPU cooler is confusing, I'm not really sure whether I need an AIO or an air cooler would do fine. I will be doing long periods of CPU intensive work but AIO still seems overkill. Anything under $100 for the cooler works. 

 

Bwah, would change many things

CPU : if you're mainly doing prod stuff you need moaar coaares  so a 7900X makes more sense

RAM : 6400CL40 is bad, crappy slow timings

SSD : getting a 120GB SATA in 2023 ? haha  

PSU : a better one than C tier

Then added cooler board and case

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($400.00 @ iBUYPOWER) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 V3 BLACK 77.8 CFM CPU Cooler  ($45.59 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($104.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($61.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($519.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Deepcool CH560 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1552.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-29 12:02 EST-0500

 

[Jon-Slow]

21 minutes ago, bxrzerker said:

but I'm dead set on getting a team red card

Corporations aren't teams and they are not your friends. You have a limited budget every few years, spend it the best way it serves your usecase

[Why_Me]

32 minutes ago, bxrzerker said:

Hmm.... that's news to me. Well it's not full time work anyways, I can just get by and I'm hoping that it's marginally better than my current cpu (Ryzen 5 5600). 

 

I have a friend who uses a 6800 XT and he is a professional video editor (I'm just an amateur for my own yt channel). And from his personal experience there isn't any major problems he's faced being on AMD cards. The CUDA thing is right though, but I'm dead set on getting a team red card

I thought a bronze rated 750W should be enough.

Solely for my C: drive. AKA the windows drive. I could also partition an ssd but given that the 120 gig is just 20 bucks, yeah I couldn't care more about it.

those sticks have a pretty good price/gb ratio so I thought I'd get them.

 

Google the reviews on that cpu so that you have an idea.

[PDifolco]

3 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

Google the reviews on that cpu so that you have an idea.

You mean GPU

Well overall AMD cards performs well in apps as long as you don't need CUDA, then they're bad, so good for 2D and bad for 3D

[Why_Me]

6 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

You mean GPU

Well overall AMD cards performs well in apps as long as you don't need CUDA, then they're bad, so good for 2D and bad for 3D

The cpu. The X3D cpu's aren't what I would recommend for productivity work yet all you see in this forum is that cpu along with that total hose job of a case RE 4000D.

[PDifolco]

3 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

The cpu. The X3D cpu's aren't what I would recommend for productivity work yet all you see in this forum is that cpu along with that total hose job of a case RE 4000D.

Well OP wanted a X3D CPU and an AMD GPU for productivity...

CPU debate was over quickly, as it's obviously a bad choice

As for GPU it's more complicated as it really depends on software used, and if going NVidia you can only get the awful 4060Ti sub $500

[bxrzerker]

...

 

[PowerPCFan]

My 5min build could use work but I think you can improve from here:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LNj2xH

 

Probably a CPU upgrade, possibly GPU upgrade, and a cooler upgrade would make that list better.

 

EDIT: spent some more time, how's this? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dB3fVW

[filpo]

20 hours ago, bxrzerker said:

Budget (including currency): Around +-1500 usd

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly Video editing, 3D rendering, scientific simulations, compiling software projects. A bit of 1440p/1080p gaming (1440p for triple A titles, or games that have great visuals, and 1080p or less for competitive titles) 

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): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y3MBFs This is my planning as of now. These are the initial barebones. I need you guys to recommend a Motherboard, CPU Cooler, and a Case. Expanding upon these, I'm confused on which motherboard to get. I'm gonna be using ethernet so wifi is useless, and I'm not that big of a ports guy either. 3.5mm in/out, with a usb-c and a few usb 3.2/3.0 ports is okay. Don't need anything too crazy. For the case, I'd like to go as cheap as possible. Only thing is that it has to be mid tower ATX, with 4-6 HDD bays. CPU cooler is confusing, I'm not really sure whether I need an AIO or an air cooler would do fine. I will be doing long periods of CPU intensive work but AIO still seems overkill. Anything under $100 for the cooler works. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($424.00 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($33.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac Twin Edge GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($534.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1518.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-30 07:14 EST-0500