First time builder. Parts list help

[KillNMe Smalls]

Budget (including currency): 2100

Country: United States 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: animation, motion graphics, and 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): 

Hi, I’m in the US and I’m in college to be an animator I’ve been using a Razor Blade 15 with a 1660 ti in it to do all my work using my labtop screen and a 1440 monitor as well as a Wacom drawing tablet however it’s showing it’s age and taking forever to render whenever I have to which isn’t super often but I’d like it to complete in less than a full day and I’d like to do some gaming as well but I’m not as concerned about gaming performance as I am at being able to do both well. My budget is around 2100. I picked these parts on pc parts picker but, I’m unsure if I’m getting the best value for what I’m going for. I only went with 1tb of storage to start as I’m still in school and will have to go to class with my labtop still and would be better in the short term to use my external to bring my projects back and forth until I have more money to upgrade storage unless that’s causing some of those issues with rendering I’m using a Samsung T7 ssd for my external. 
 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4HDWvj

 

[filpo]

11 minutes ago, KillNMe Smalls said:

Budget (including currency): 2100

Country: United States 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: animation, motion graphics, and 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): 

Hi, I’m in the US and I’m in college to be an animator I’ve been using a Razor Blade 15 with a 1660 ti in it to do all my work using my labtop screen and a 1440 monitor as well as a Wacom drawing tablet however it’s showing it’s age and taking forever to render whenever I have to which isn’t super often but I’d like it to complete in less than a full day and I’d like to do some gaming as well but I’m not as concerned about gaming performance as I am at being able to do both well. My budget is around 2100. I picked these parts on pc parts picker but, I’m unsure if I’m getting the best value for what I’m going for. I only went with 1tb of storage to start as I’m still in school and will have to go to class with my labtop still and would be better in the short term to use my external to bring my projects back and forth until I have more money to upgrade storage unless that’s causing some of those issues with rendering I’m using a Samsung T7 ssd for my external. 
 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4HDWvj

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($383.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($142.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ B&H) 
Storage: *Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($849.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Deepcool PX1000G 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1986.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-23 10:15 EDT-0400

 

or a 4080 super if your work benefits from it

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($383.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Lian Li Galahad II Trinity 89.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($129.63 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ B&H) 
Storage: *Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PNY VERTO OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($994.99 @ Dell Technologies) 
Case: Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Deepcool PX1000G WH 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($153.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2142.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-23 10:16 EDT-0400

[SharmanDoom]

a Nvidia GPU pick for render work would be a good play as CUDA makes life so much easier, a 4070/super would be comparable in price. The SSD is 1tb which is likely fine but could get small if you install lots of games/have large projects on there so maybe go for a bigger/secondary drive. also if price is a concern drop the case quality some and get a cheaper one, that is very expensive for what it is.

[KillNMe Smalls]

13 minutes ago, filpo said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($383.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($142.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ B&H) 
Storage: *Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($849.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Deepcool PX1000G 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1986.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-23 10:15 EDT-0400

 

or a 4080 super if your work benefits from it

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($383.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Lian Li Galahad II Trinity 89.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($129.63 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ B&H) 
Storage: *Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PNY VERTO OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($994.99 @ Dell Technologies) 
Case: Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Deepcool PX1000G WH 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($153.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2142.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-23 10:16 EDT-0400

Thanks so much with both of your advice I think I’ll go with the 4080 super. The only question I have is with that motherboard it has a spot for 2 M.2 how do I see if one of them is gonna be disabled?  I mean you did manage to add a 4080 super and find me an additional tb of storage.  Just making sure for the future if I need more storage I’m not shopping for an m.2 for more storage later and it won’t work and I’d need a different type of drive. 

[filpo]

6 minutes ago, KillNMe Smalls said:

Thanks so much with both of your advice I think I’ll go with the 4080 super. The only question I have is with that motherboard it has a spot for 2 M.2 how do I see if one of them is gonna be disabled?  I mean you did manage to add a 4080 super and find me an additional tb of storage.  Just making sure for the future if I need more storage I’m not shopping for an m.2 for more storage later and it won’t work and I’d need a different type of drive. 

It'll just use the chipset if they both need to be used

There wouldn't be another one if you couldn't use them both at the same time

[kodokuj]

2 hours ago, KillNMe Smalls said:

Budget (including currency): 2100

Country: United States 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: animation, motion graphics, and 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): 

Hi, I’m in the US and I’m in college to be an animator I’ve been using a Razor Blade 15 with a 1660 ti in it to do all my work using my labtop screen and a 1440 monitor as well as a Wacom drawing tablet however it’s showing it’s age and taking forever to render whenever I have to which isn’t super often but I’d like it to complete in less than a full day and I’d like to do some gaming as well but I’m not as concerned about gaming performance as I am at being able to do both well. My budget is around 2100. I picked these parts on pc parts picker but, I’m unsure if I’m getting the best value for what I’m going for. I only went with 1tb of storage to start as I’m still in school and will have to go to class with my labtop still and would be better in the short term to use my external to bring my projects back and forth until I have more money to upgrade storage unless that’s causing some of those issues with rendering I’m using a Samsung T7 ssd for my external. 
 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4HDWvj

 

do you do 2D or 3D animation?

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($344.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool LT720 WH 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith RGB Gaming 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($204.99 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Video Card: *Zotac GAMING Trinity OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($839.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.49 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $1923.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-23 13:45 EDT-0400

[KillNMe Smalls]

53 minutes ago, kodokuj said:

do you do 2D or 3D animation?

I’m in school so I have to do both for classes but I lean more into 3D with hopes to do 3D animation for games after I graduate 

[Why_Me]

10 minutes ago, KillNMe Smalls said:

I’m in school so I have to do both for classes but I lean more into 3D with hopes to do 3D animation for games after I graduate 

Ask your instructor(s) at school what would be the better route to go: 7800x3D + 32GB of RAM + AMD gpu or 13700K + 64GB of RAM + Nvidia gpu.

[KillNMe Smalls]

On 4/23/2024 at 10:59 AM, Why_Me said:

Ask your instructor(s) at school what would be the better route to go: 7800x3D + 32GB of RAM + AMD gpu or 13700K + 64GB of RAM + Nvidia gpu.

They recommended the NVIDIA gpu although a lot of the other students use Mac options. So I think I’m gonna pull the trigger and go with the 4080 super option you all suggested. Thanks so much for all the help!

[Why_Me]

24 minutes ago, KillNMe Smalls said:

They recommended the NVIDIA gpu although a lot of the other students use Mac options. So I think I’m gonna pull the trigger and go with the 4080 super option you all suggested. Thanks so much for all the help!

What did they say about the cpu?

[KillNMe Smalls]

13 hours ago, Why_Me said:

What did they say about the cpu?

Not to do the 7800x3d although a Ryzen is fine just to do something not as focused on gaming. Sorry