$5000 PC

[TechTechnician]

Hello everyone, I'm in a bit of a unique situation. I'm willing to spend give or take $5000 for this pc and the budget is not hard set, it could be $5500 if it's necessary.

 

I will be mainly using this for work and yes I know it's probably overkill. I don't have any preference on the build as far as brand or look goes, I'm open to anything and everything. However I want to connect four 4k 32" 120hz monitors that I haven't bought but it's not included in the budget. They will be mostly used for work but there will be the occasional gaming as one does. They will be on for 12+ hours Monday - Friday so that rules off any Oled displays because of burns. Angle visibility is also important as I’d have 2 on top of each other (Butterfly) so that rules out VA monitors as well.

 

The issue is, what will support that kind of power consumption from the monitors. It'll likely require a 4090/4080 but even then there might be some bandwidth issues. The card will likely never be in idle mode and the VRAM will be clocked up all the time. Resolutions to this would be connecting two monitors to the iGPU but then they will be 60hz and eat up from the CPU performance. Other solution might be another GPU but then that might cause issues with the airflow in the case.

Please let me know what you think and I'm also open to monitor suggestions (~$1000 per monitor) if you have any.

 

Budget (including currency): ~$5000 

Country: Europe

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly work but I will game on it

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): All explained above

 

[AAVVIronAlex]

I would suggest not using up to 5000 dollars on a PC, if what you are saying does not include the screen. I am not sure about how 4090 and 4080s would be able to drive that many 4K/120Hz displays, but you might find one niche brand supporting it.

 

According to this post the 4090 would be able to run these at 4K, as for 4K 120Hz here is another post.

 

Here is a PCPartPicker list I made to show how expensive those displays can be. There is some wiggle room when it comes to ram, the CPU can be a non X3D variant and etc. But I do think such an extreme system has to have high-end parts all around.

See if you can change some specs to your liking. Also I do not recommend intel nowadays, always go for AMD. You might want to consider the 7900XTX if it does support 4x4K@120Hz displays.

[TechTechnician]

6 minutes ago, AAVVIronAlex said:

I would suggest not using up to 5000 dollars on a PC, if what you are saying does not include the screen. I am not sure about how 4090 and 4080s would be able to drive that many 4K/120Hz displays, but you might find one niche brand supporting it.

 

According to this post the 4090 would be able to run these at 4K, as for 4K 120Hz here is another post.

 

Here is a PCPartPicker list I made to show how expensive those displays can be. There is some wiggle room when it comes to ram, the CPU can be a non X3D variant and etc. But I do think such an extreme system has to have high-end parts all around.

See if you can change some specs to your liking. Also I do not recommend intel nowadays, always go for AMD. You might want to consider the 7900XTX if it does support 4x4K@120Hz displays.

Thank you for the reply. I don't mind the price, I was looking at around 10k with the PC and 4 monitors and would use that config for a couple of years. Only issue for me would be the power for those displays and if it will cause any issues with the card.

[PDifolco]

23 minutes ago, TechTechnician said:

Thank you for the reply. I don't mind the price, I was looking at around 10k with the PC and 4 monitors and would use that config for a couple of years. Only issue for me would be the power for those displays and if it will cause any issues with the card.

What kind of work would you do ? I can't even imagine one requiring 4x 32" 4K screens...

[podkall]

32 minutes ago, TechTechnician said:

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly work but I will game on it

what is "work"? and why does it need 4 120Hz 4K displays?

 

1 hour ago, TechTechnician said:

The issue is, what will support that kind of power consumption from the monitors.

I don't understand this sentence, Monitors draw power from their own cables.

[TechTechnician]

13 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

What kind of work would you do ? I can't even imagine one requiring 4x 32" 4K screens...

Main line of work is finance in accounting plus I do a software development as a freelancer. I don't necessarily "need" 4k120 but I have four 1080 27" monitors now and I want more screen real estate. So naturally after 27" something bigger is 32" and for the best resolution it would be 4k, you can't really go with 32" and 1080p can you.

[TechTechnician]

11 minutes ago, podkall said:

what is "work"? and why does it need 4 120Hz 4K displays?

 

I don't understand this sentence, Monitors draw power from their own cables.

Main line of work is finance in accounting plus I do a software development as a freelancer. I don't necessarily "need" 4k120 but I have four 1080 27" monitors now and I want more screen real estate. So naturally after 27" something bigger is 32" and for the best resolution it would be 4k, you can't really go with 32" and 1080p can you.

 

Monitors draw power sentence is referring to the four 4k monitors needing a lot more bandwidth to be powered than a one 4k monitor.

[PDifolco]

5 minutes ago, TechTechnician said:

Main line of work is finance in accounting plus I do a software development as a freelancer. I don't necessarily "need" 4k120 but I have four 1080 27" monitors now and I want more screen real estate. So naturally after 27" something bigger is 32" and for the best resolution it would be 4k, you can't really go with 32" and 1080p can you.

 

Monitors draw power sentence is referring to the four 4k monitors needing a lot more bandwidth to be powered than a one 4k monitor.

Ok, but you can still use 4k monitor at 1080p60Hz to reduce bandwidth requirements (which is not the same as electrical power draw at all)

I'm in Finance as well and I don't need hi color accuracy 240Hz monitor, at all

 

[podkall]

10 minutes ago, TechTechnician said:

Main line of work is finance in accounting plus I do a software development as a freelancer. I don't necessarily "need" 4k120 but I have four 1080 27" monitors now and I want more screen real estate. So naturally after 27" something bigger is 32" and for the best resolution it would be 4k, you can't really go with 32" and 1080p can you.

 

Monitors draw power sentence is referring to the four 4k monitors needing a lot more bandwidth to be powered than a one 4k monitor.

a "wimpy little GPU" can power one 4K monitor if has the appropriate connections, you don't need fastest Gaming CPU to power 4, a decent one with 4 connectors that support 4K is enough,

 

the only question is software development, how demanding it is? I'd assume since you're running 4 monitors you've got many applications running, that would rather call for more cores on the CPU to handle all the multitasking going on

[TechTechnician]

3 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Ok, but you can still use 4k monitor at 1080p60Hz to reduce bandwidth requirements (which is not the same as electrical power draw at all)

I'm in Finance as well and I don't need hi color accuracy 240Hz monitor, at all

 

I agree with the hz, I don't need 240hz, I wanted 120hz because it's just what I'm used to and I haven't even seen a 60hz in a while. As far as the 1080p, a 32" in 1080p would look awful and pixelated in my opinion that's why I was looking for the 4k.

[TechTechnician]

1 minute ago, podkall said:

a "wimpy little GPU" can power one 4K monitor if has the appropriate connections, you don't need fastest Gaming CPU to power 4, a decent one with 4 connectors that support 4K is enough,

 

the only question is software development, how demanding it is? I'd assume since you're running 4 monitors you've got many applications running, that would rather call for more cores on the CPU to handle all the multitasking going on

You may be correct in that one "wimpy little GPU" can power one 4k monitor but we are talking about 4 here and I don't think a "Non gaming GPU" can power four 4k monitors. And yes my CPU needs to have as many cores as possible.

[PDifolco]

2 minutes ago, TechTechnician said:

I agree with the hz, I don't need 240hz, I wanted 120hz because it's just what I'm used to and I haven't even seen a 60hz in a while. As far as the 1080p, a 32" in 1080p would look awful and pixelated in my opinion that's why I was looking for the 4k.

Really 60Hz is all you need for office work, or even watching movies ...

As for resolution, a 32" monitor displaying some stock price chart or Bloomberg page at 1080p that you look at from 1m+ distance is not pixellated to me

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Really 60Hz is all you need for office work, or even watching movies ...

As for resolution, a 32" monitor displaying some stock price chart or Bloomberg page at 1080p that you look at from 1m+ distance is not pixellated to me

both higher Hz and res is better for the eyes and smoothness of the experience

 

5 minutes ago, TechTechnician said:

You may be correct in that one "wimpy little GPU" can power one 4k monitor but we are talking about 4 here and I don't think a "Non gaming GPU" can power four 4k monitors. And yes my CPU needs to have as many cores as possible.

yeah gaming sure, but no need for the "fastest one on the planet" is all I'm saying,

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($512.84 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Frozen Prism ARGB 70.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($64.59 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *ASRock X670E PG Lightning ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill F5-5600J2834F32GX2-TZ5RK 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($117.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 309 Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($279.99 @ Newegg Sellers)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1530.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-08-08 10:02 EDT-0400

[podkall]

Just now, podkall said:

Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 309 Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($279.99 @ Newegg Sellers)

1x HDMI 2.1

3x DisplayPort 1.4

[brob]

48 minutes ago, TechTechnician said:

Main line of work is finance in accounting plus I do a software development as a freelancer. I don't necessarily "need" 4k120 but I have four 1080 27" monitors now and I want more screen real estate. So naturally after 27" something bigger is 32" and for the best resolution it would be 4k, you can't really go with 32" and 1080p can you.

 

Monitors draw power sentence is referring to the four 4k monitors needing a lot more bandwidth to be powered than a one 4k monitor.

 

An RTX 4090 or 4080 will easily run 4 x 4k120 monitors in this use case.

[TechTechnician]

31 minutes ago, podkall said:

1x HDMI 2.1

3x DisplayPort 1.4

 

32 minutes ago, podkall said:

both higher Hz and res is better for the eyes and smoothness of the experience

 

yeah gaming sure, but no need for the "fastest one on the planet" is all I'm saying,

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($512.84 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Frozen Prism ARGB 70.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($64.59 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *ASRock X670E PG Lightning ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill F5-5600J2834F32GX2-TZ5RK 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($117.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 309 Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($279.99 @ Newegg Sellers)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1530.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-08-08 10:02 EDT-0400

 

9 minutes ago, brob said:

 

An RTX 4090 or 4080 will easily run 4 x 4k120 monitors in this use case.

 

Thank you for the replies.