Planning a new build - please review

[MG14]

Budget (including currency): 2000€

Country: Germany

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

mostly Creative (CaptureOne, LRTimelapse, DaVinciResolve), Gaming (Civ, sometimes Arma but more Strategy)

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): 

• no peripherals needed
• no existing parts for the pc itself, just one M.2 which I would move
• upgrading from a 2024 build which shows it's age
• planning to buy this winter

I currently have 2x 1080p Monitors but thining about upgrading to 4k or wide in 1-2 years

Current state of planning:

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/q88J7

 

I'm very flexible on most parts. 
With the current Motherboards I really like the 4 M.2 slots, Wifi is nice but not a must. Optical audio would be good but I could wire my desk to 3.5mm. 
I like the look of AiOs, thats why I didn't go for aircooling.
I'm open for case recommendations, USB-C would be good.
I would like to control the RGB with one software, I tried planning that way but i'm not sure about it.

If you have any recommendations on Performance, cost- optimization rgb-errors or anything, please let me know.
I'm looking forward to your replies.

 

[Tetras]

1 minute ago, MG14 said:

I like the look of AiOs, thats why I didn't go for aircooling.

You'd get better value for money though, which could be reinvested into the CPU or GPU.

 

2 minutes ago, MG14 said:

I'm open for case recommendations, USB-C would be good.

2 cases whch include fans: Antec C5 ARGB & Lian Li 216.

 

2 minutes ago, MG14 said:

With the current Motherboards I really like the 4 M.2 slots, Wifi is nice but not a must. Optical audio would be good but I could wire my desk to 3.5mm. 

Do you care about USB4, or no?

 

Are you planning to run stock memory with no XMP/EXPO? If you're not, it is a bit slow.

 

[MG14]

Thank you for your quick reply.

14 minutes ago, Tetras said:

Are you planning to run stock memory with no XMP/EXPO? If you're not, it is a bit slow.

I didn't know about the XMP/EXPO issue. Will read into it, 

16 minutes ago, Tetras said:

2 cases whch include fans: Antec C5 ARGB & Lian Li 216.

I like the Lian Li 216.

17 minutes ago, Tetras said:

Do you care about USB4, or no?

 

 For me it's mostly about the connector to use existing cables.

[ulookuglynoob]

4 minutes ago, MG14 said:

I didn't know about the XMP/EXPO issue. Will read into it, 

Thats not what he meant. The ram sticks run at 5200mhz, which is slower than most. The optimal speed for ddr5 ram is about 6000mhz. Try to get ran with that or better speeds instead. XMP means to overclock your ram, and he meant that you will not be able to overclock it to optimal speeds.

[podkall]

9 minutes ago, MG14 said:

mostly Creative

Any requirements on Motherboard features? Wifi? PCIe slots?

 

11 minutes ago, MG14 said:

With the current Motherboards I really like the 4 M.2 slots, Wifi is nice but not a must.

4 M.2 slots? Why not just get better and bigger M.2 instead? (4 M.2 slot MBs jump in price substantially)

10 minutes ago, MG14 said:

If you have any recommendations on Performance, cost- optimization rgb-errors or anything, please let me know.

I do cost optimizations 95% of the time.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/bLXbt3

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€478.25 @ notebooksbilliger.de)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€77.36 @ Aquatuning)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€146.16 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: *Patriot Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€184.90 @ Alza)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€112.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: *Inno3D Twin X2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card  (€798.90 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€81.89 @ Alternate)
Power Supply: *Cooler Master MWE Gold V2 ATX3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€105.89 @ Caseking)
Total: €1986.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-11-02 23:36 CET+0100

 

 

4 minutes ago, MG14 said:

I like the Lian Li 216.

Montech AIR 903 MAX

Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA

Lian Li LANCOOL 216 RGB

 

[Tetras]

18 minutes ago, MG14 said:

 For me it's mostly about the connector to use existing cables.

If you do decide you want USB4, have a look at X870, which is like B650E with USB4. Otherwise, no matter, you can safely ignore them.

 

HUB did a roundup recently:

 

[MG14]

1 hour ago, podkall said:

 

4 M.2 slots? Why not just get better and bigger M.2 instead? (4 M.2 slot MBs jump in price substantially)

You are right. 

At the Moment i have one SSD for Windows, one for Steam and earlier i had an additional one for Linux. But i shouldnt bring These Habits to a new build.

[podkall]

1 hour ago, MG14 said:

You are right. 

At the Moment i have one SSD for Windows, one for Steam and earlier i had an additional one for Linux. But i shouldnt bring These Habits to a new build.

separating storage to stay organized isn't bad, but it can fill up slots quickly