New build solely for game testing

treeboi2 · April 25

Budget (including currency): $3000

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Pretty much any cpu or gpu intensive game.

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):

System is solely for game testing and benchmarking.
News: I've decided to open a shop!
It's going great but I want to have a system for benchmarking. All that's important is no bottlenecks that are power related.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kT9sQP

I already have those hard drives laying around. Got lucky, I found that 10000rpm. I had bought it a while back but haven't even touched it .

podkall · April 25

Honestly decent build, though I'd fix the RAM issue, you can buy significantly lower latency ram than you currently have, either CL30 6000Mhz or what I have on my slightly altered list,

you also probably want a better motherboard, while the one you have isn't bad it's nothing great,

the Gigabyte A620M Gaming X AX has: 5+2+2 power design

The MSI B650-S WIFI has: 12+2+1 power design (which is overkill, but why should you get stuck on weaker MB on already overkill build?)

The MSI also has 2 8pin power connectors for CPU instead of one, despite the current AM5 only needing one it's a nice to have and maybe contributes for more fluid power management? (I might be making this last part up)

And finally SSD, I included slightly more expensive NVME that should be more worth it's price, the P3 Plus isn't anything slow, but they do tend to fall back in sequential tasks that handle large files, regardless of their rated speed.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor ($469.90 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 69.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($139.00 @ MSI)
Memory: *Mushkin Enhanced Redline 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($74.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda Pro 4 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($0.00)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 1 TB 2.5" 10000 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($0.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1699.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Core P3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $2937.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-25 08:57 EDT-0400

I'd also recommend you reconsider getting 7800x3D instead,

because 7900x3D uses a chip design that only holds the 3D cache for half of the chip:

And while some benchmarks benefit from faster and more core packed 7900x3D, the 7800x3D can win in others:

PDifolco · April 25

50 minutes ago, treeboi2 said:

Budget (including currency): $3000

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Pretty much any cpu or gpu intensive game.

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):

System is solely for game testing and benchmarking.
News: I've decided to open a shop!
It's going great but I want to have a system for benchmarking. All that's important is no bottlenecks that are power related.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kT9sQP

I already have those hard drives laying around. Got lucky, I found that 10000rpm. I had bought it a while back but haven't even touched it .

7900X3D isn't great because of the 6 cores CCDs

x3D chips don't need much cooling, you can save on it

Board was crap, don't get a A620 board for a high end chip

RAM was slow, and not even cheap

Drop the 1TB HDD, useless now, and get a bigger faster Gen4 SSD

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor ($599.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($35.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL30 Memory ($187.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SK Hynix Platinum P41 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($141.99 @ Newegg Sellers)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda Pro 4 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($0.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1699.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Core P3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $3099.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-25 09:27 EDT-0400

filpo · April 25

2 hours ago, treeboi2 said:

Budget (including currency): $3000

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Pretty much any cpu or gpu intensive game.

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):

System is solely for game testing and benchmarking.
News: I've decided to open a shop!
It's going great but I want to have a system for benchmarking. All that's important is no bottlenecks that are power related.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kT9sQP

I already have those hard drives laying around. Got lucky, I found that 10000rpm. I had bought it a while back but haven't even touched it .