First Desktop PC, Need advice

[samuelghdavis]

Budget (including currency): $3500-4000 (CAD)

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Heavy workloads in Davinci Resolve, After Effects, Blender. Video editing and 3D work shot on Black Magic Pocket 4K.

Other details: The only computer I've ever owned is an Intel Macbook Pro 16 inch, with 32GB of memory. I'm still kinda considering a new Macbook pro, especially because of the screen, but I know for the money I can get a lot more out of a PC. I will need a really good monitor for colour grading as well. It does not need a high refresh rate though. Any advice would be greatly apreciated.

 

[filpo]

5 minutes ago, samuelghdavis said:

Budget (including currency): $3500-4000 (CAD)

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Heavy workloads in Davinci Resolve, After Effects, Blender. Video editing and 3D work shot on Black Magic Pocket 4K.

Other details: The only computer I've ever owned is an Intel Macbook Pro 16 inch, with 32GB of memory. I'm still kinda considering a new Macbook pro, especially because of the screen, but I know for the money I can get a lot more out of a PC. I will need a really good monitor for colour grading as well. It does not need a high refresh rate though. Any advice would be greatly apreciated.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor  ($769.96 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($167.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte Z790 GAMING X AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($264.99 @ Memory Express) 
Memory: *OLOy Blade RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($288.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: *Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($231.09 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: *PNY VERTO OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($1485.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL III ATX Mid Tower Case  ($179.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: *Deepcool PQ1000M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $3548.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-06 11:57 EST-0500

 

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($719.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($167.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: *ASRock X670E Pro RS ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($242.86 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: *OLOy Blade RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($288.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: *Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($231.09 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: *PNY VERTO OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($1485.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL III ATX Mid Tower Case  ($179.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: *Deepcool PQ1000M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $3475.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-06 11:57 EST-0500

 

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($719.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool LT720 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($147.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($239.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($164.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: *Solidigm P41 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($140.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  ($2439.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($114.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: *Deepcool PQ1000M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $4126.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-06 11:59 EST-0500

[Why_Me]

Add a monitor to this build. 500GB for your o/s, 2TB for storage.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($468.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($299.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($284.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: *Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Storage: *Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($244.99 @ Samsung) 
Video Card: *Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($1099.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: *Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($144.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($149.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $2946.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-06 13:49 EST-0500

 

A better look at those components.

 

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

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/230490/intel-core-i713700-processor-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz/specifications.html  

 

https://www.deepcool.com/products/Cooling/cpuaircoolers/AK620-High-Performance-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2021/13067.shtml  

 

https://www.gskill.com/product/165/377/1649234605/F5-6000J3040G32GX2-RS5K-F5-6000J3040G32GA2-RS5K  

 

https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/graphics-cards/tuf-gaming/tuf-rtx4070tis-o16g-gaming/  

 

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/psu/cp-9020263-na/rme-series-rm850e-fully-modular-low-noise-atx-power-supply-cp-9020263-na  

 

https://lian-li.com/product/lancool-216/

[SillySlug24]

I am going to speak heresy in this forum, get a Mac Mini. Then there's no need to learn a new OS and Mac has excellent support, especially for Art Software :

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini/apple-m2-pro-with-10-core-cpu-and-16-core-gpu-512gb

I'd stick with the 10/16/16core, most programs can't use more than 8 threads anyways but you could splurge and get the 12/19/16 for +$300 for some future proofing.

Go for the 32Gb of unified memory

Stay with the 512GB internal drive and get an external Thunderbolt 4 drive later as needed.

Mac Mini Total $1699

Splurge on the Monitor! You're going to spend a long time looking at it. I suggest the Asus ProArt 32":

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1660132-REG/asus_pa329cv_32_4k_hdr_ips.html

Monitor total $599.00

Add in a really nice Keyboard and mouse your hands/wrists will thank you.

https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Keys-Combo-Customizable-Illumination/dp/B0BKVY4WKT/

Keyboard & Mouse 199.99

Grand Total $2497.99