Any final thoughts on build? ~1800$ PC for Unreal Engine 5 and Gaming

[Tall_Goat]

Budget (including currency): ~1800 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Unreal Engine 5, AAA/Indie games, Premiere Pro

Resolution: 1440p

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6sZB34

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700KF 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($375.74 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i RGB ELITE 65.57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($179.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Lightning WiFi ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($217.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($117.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card  ($609.00 @ B&H) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.00 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1835.69

 

A few thoughts I have: -Is the 14700kf overkill? Should I stick to a 13700kf? -is a 360mm AIO too much? Would 280mm or 140mm be sufficient? -Is my current RAM too fast for my purposes? Would lower speed or even DDR4 work?

I'm open to all thoughts and suggestions!

 

 

[Tetras]

1 minute ago, Tall_Goat said:

-Is the 14700kf overkill? Should I stick to a 13700kf? -is a 360mm AIO too much? Would 280mm or 140mm be sufficient?

It depends on how you run it. If you run it based on how the board sets it up "out of the box" then you'll need the AIO, but if you're willing to do a bit of tweaking and managing the power limits, then even a $35 Phantom Spirit/Peerless Assassin can cool one of these.

 

3 minutes ago, Tall_Goat said:

Is my current RAM too fast for my purposes? Would lower speed or even DDR4 work?

It depends how frame rate sensitive you are, if you're not that sensitive then even stock RAM would be fine, but the savings aren't usually that big.

 

3 minutes ago, Tall_Goat said:

Should I stick to a 13700kf?

The 13700 has 4 less e-cores and can be a fair bit slower for very long run tasks. If you're using this for work and don't have a spare, you might want to spend a bit extra on getting the K, since at least you'll be able to use the PC while waiting for the GPU RMA.

[Tall_Goat]

3 minutes ago, Tetras said:

It depends on how you run it. If you run it based on how the board sets it up "out of the box" then you'll need the AIO, but if you're willing to do a bit of tweaking and managing the power limits, then even a $35 Phantom Spirit/Peerless Assassin can cool one of these.

 

It depends how frame rate sensitive you are, if you're not that sensitive then even stock RAM would be fine, but the savings aren't usually that big.

 

The 13700 has 4 less e-cores and can be a fair bit slower for very long run tasks. If you're using this for work and don't have a spare, you might want to spend a bit extra on getting the K, since at least you'll be able to use the PC while waiting for the GPU RMA.

Thanks! I'll most likley stick to a 14700k, and maybe switch to an air cooler.

 

Any other thoughts on the build?

[podkall]

is AMD out of question?

[Tetras]

8 minutes ago, Tall_Goat said:

Any other thoughts on the build?

I'm not a fan of the P3 Plus, especially for a semi-workstation build. They use QLC memory and have low rated endurance (440TB in 2TB capacity), whereas the SN580 which states TLC in the datasheet is rated for over double the writes (900TB in 2TB capacity).

[podkall]

8 minutes ago, Tetras said:

I'm not a fan of the P3 Plus, especially for a semi-workstation build. They use QLC memory and have low rated endurance (440TB in 2TB capacity), whereas the SN580 which states TLC in the datasheet is rated for over double the writes (900TB in 2TB capacity).

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700KF 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($375.74 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($116.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Lightning WiFi ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($197.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card  ($609.00 @ B&H)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1754.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-18 11:00 EDT-0400

 

• WD blue SN580, WD Black SN770, WD Black SN850x all good SSDs, the latter faster and more expsnsive at the same time
• Better than SN580 is also AcerPredator GM7000
• Or you could go the old school route and pick Samsung 980 Pro

[podkall]

Btw these NZXT Krakens and Corsair iCUEs and whatnot aren't bad, they're better than what I put on my list, they're just better and more expensive,

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken 360 78.02 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($179.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i RGB ELITE 59.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $344.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-18 11:12 EDT-0400

 

and if your tasks don't rely sustained all-core loads on the CPU you can get away with "weaker" CPU coolers, but remember as an modern Intel user you are obliged to Intel's insane thermal performance: (such heat output is mainly achieved in these all-core loads, gaming and tasks that use less cores or less sustained work run cooler for obvious reasons)