New PC after 9 years for gaming, photo editing and the occasional scientific applications

[AndiRoth]

Budget (including currency): 1500€ max

Country: Austria

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Modded Minecraft, Adobe Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, Office Applications, (Molecule Modeling software)

Other details:

This is my current build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PsxDN6

I have some parts like the M.2 SSD or the CPU cooler that I want to keep from my old build. I'm also planning to keep this build for a while, as I did with my current one.

 

My current idea of the build is the following: https://at.pcpartpicker.com/list/QwFFrv

CPU: Intel Core i5-14600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  (€330.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (€0.00) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 PG LIGHTNING ATX LGA1700 Motherboard 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  (€125.90 @ Alza) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€94.90 @ Alza) 

 

I'm very open to suggestions. Especially regarding the GPU.

The RTX 4060 ti 16 gb, 4070 Super or a used 3080, 3080 ti.

I'm not sure when it comes to AMD, productivity wise it seems like a bad choice. (Please correct me if I'm wrong).

 

Something I do care about is the power efficiency of the build. I'd want to get it as efficient as possible while not sacrificing to much performance or money. Which brings me to the point, the lesser the better but 1500€ is my absolute max.

[brob]

55 minutes ago, AndiRoth said:

My current idea of the build is the following: https://at.pcpartpicker.com/list/QwFFrv

CPU: Intel Core i5-14600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  (€330.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (€0.00) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 PG LIGHTNING ATX LGA1700 Motherboard 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  (€125.90 @ Alza) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€94.90 @ Alza) 

 

You can get a 2x16GB DDR5-6000 CL30 memory kit for less than €10 more.

 

The Focus 2 only offers a front panel USB-C port as an add-on. You might consider a case that includes the port.

 

Consider an ATX 3.0 compliant PSU.

 

Lightroom and Photoshop can leverage Nvidia GPU to accelerate certain functions.

 

An RTX 4060 Ti will likely prove satisfactory.

 

[AndiRoth]

6 minutes ago, brob said:

 

You can get a 2x16GB DDR5-6000 CL30 memory kit for less than €10 more.

 

The Focus 2 only offers a front panel USB-C port as an add-on. You might consider a case that includes the port.

 

Consider an ATX 3.0 compliant PSU.

 

Lightroom and Photoshop can leverage Nvidia GPU to accelerate certain functions.

 

An RTX 4060 Ti will likely prove satisfactory.

 

Ok so according to the intel page for the processor it's up to DDR-5600. That's why I thought it doesn't make sense to go with faster ones.

So basically just the Focus GX 750 ATX 3.0?

Thanks for the input!

[brob]

26 minutes ago, AndiRoth said:

Ok so according to the intel page for the processor it's up to DDR-5600. That's why I thought it doesn't make sense to go with faster ones.

So basically just the Focus GX 750 ATX 3.0?

Thanks for the input!

 

Yes on the PSU.

 

The CPU spec for memory speed is a guaranty of speed supported by the memory controlller. Intel has XMP profiles (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/extreme-memory-profile-xmp.html) that support higher speeds. The current sweet spot seems to be DDR5-6000 CL30.

 

[AndiRoth]

3 hours ago, brob said:

 

Yes on the PSU.

 

The CPU spec for memory speed is a guaranty of speed supported by the memory controlller. Intel has XMP profiles (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/extreme-memory-profile-xmp.html) that support higher speeds. The current sweet spot seems to be DDR5-6000 CL30.

 

Oh ok I understand! Thanks!