Review my PC build

Grady_Smith · May 16

Could y'all review my PC build? I have not bought anything yet, so I am open to suggestions. Here is the build:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/p7D4h7

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KF 3 GHz 24-Core Processor ($359.00 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($129.94 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Lightning WiFi ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($95.97 @ B&H)

Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC SFF GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card ($619.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case ($106.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($123.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1690.84

Hinjima · May 16

Just now, Grady_Smith said:

Could y'all review my PC build? I have not bought anything yet, so I am open to suggestions. Here is the build:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/p7D4h7

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KF 3 GHz 24-Core Processor ($359.00 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($129.94 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Lightning WiFi ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($95.97 @ B&H)

Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC SFF GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card ($619.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case ($106.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($123.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1690.84

What are you going to do with this system? Any particular reason you need the 13900KF and all its cores?

RONOTHAN## · May 16

You'll want to add the following info so we can give a better recommendation about this system. As it is, there's definitely some issues with this system, but how you should fix them will depend on answers to those questions.

CatTNT · May 16

Do not under any circumstances buy a 14900K or 13900K. They have been notorious for frying themselves, being unstable, and dying for the past 2 years. This issue also affect 14700K and 13700K to a lesser extent. Also affects KF models and maybe non K models. I have a 14900K that became unstable after a few months, diagnosed the issue after weeks of troubleshooting, RMA'd it back to Intel, got a new 14900K. That 14900K (the one I'm using right now) also became unstable and started dying after just 3-5 months. The only way to fix this issue is by underclocking some P cores, which means less performance, and means you're not getting what you paid for. Also the fact that nobody knows how much farther these CPUs will degrade in the future is just not something anybody should be dealing with.

And don't even think about buying the Intel 285K or anything in the 200 series, they perform worse than a 14600K in gaming and you'll be paying top dollar for it. I also heard about some instability issue with the iGPU being enabled, don't know much about what happened there, but investing in intel CPUs now is just a terrible idea.

Since experiencing these issue with my 14900K, 2 of my friends and my brother have upgraded their systems. In every case, I recommended that they got with AMD systems, and they have had zero issues with their CPUs. My friends got a 9800X3D and a 9900X, and my brother is using a 9950X with a Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120SE ($35 cooler that handles it under full 250W multicore load, getting above stock performance with no manual OC, just a PBO profile). I know with 100% certainty if they had purchased high end Intel CPUs I'd be dealing with constant tech support requests from 3 separate people with completely random, bullshit BSODs and other errors (as I experienced with my 14900K, it showed dozens of separate BSOD errors over the multiple weeks i was trying to fix it, and completely random, totally undiagnosable app crashes and corruption)

podkall · May 16

Is there a reason you need 24core processor?

Grady_Smith · May 16

I am using it for a couple of things.

1. CGI/VFX: These take a while with the software I am using and run much faster with a 24-core processor and a good GPU.

2 CAD: I use multiple industry CAD software: SOLIDWORKS, Fusion 360. These are very CPU-heavy.

3: A little gaming.

I am also biased toward Intel and Nvidia. I am not changing to AMD on either.

To answer the questions from here:

1. Budget and location:

I am in the us and I would like to keep my budget to about 1500-1700 dollars.

2. Aim:

I answered that above.

3. Monitors:

I currently have one, and I might get one more. I don't need an insane one because I am not doing a lot of gaming.

4. Peripherals:

I already have budgeted what I need, i.e., speakers, mouse, keyboard.

5. Why are you upgrading:

Because what I currently have is not good. I currently have an integrated graphics Intel i7 12th-gen laptop.

LMK if you have any more questions or comments.

Grady Smith

Grady_Smith · May 16

Or is this a better build for what I am needing?

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wWYHKq

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($309.00 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($129.94 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock X870 Pro RS ATX AM5 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($95.97 @ B&H)

Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC SFF GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card ($609.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ B&H)

Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($124.98 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: Corsair RS120 ARGB 72.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack ($54.95 @ Amazon)

Total: $1709.80

Grady_Smith · May 17

Budget (including currency): Ideally $1500-1700 USD

Country: United States

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

I am using it for a couple of things.

1. CGI/VFX: These take a while with the software I am using and run much faster with a 24-core processor and a good GPU.

2 CAD: I use multiple industry CAD software: SOLIDWORKS, Fusion 360. These are very CPU-heavy.

3: A little 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): I have 4 builds I am looking at (in order of how much I like them)

1.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/68FPNz

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KF 3 GHz 24-Core Processor ($350.00 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($129.95 @ B&H)

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($198.00 @ Amazon)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($95.97 @ B&H)

Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC SFF GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card ($619.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case ($106.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($124.98 @ Amazon)

Speakers: Creative Labs Pebble 2.0 4.4 W Speakers ($23.74 @ Lenovo)

Total: $1744.59

2.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gymgHW

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KF 3 GHz 24-Core Processor ($350.00 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro A-RGB 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($91.49 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($198.00 @ Amazon)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($95.97 @ B&H)

Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB PCIe x8 Video Card ($489.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case ($106.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($124.98 @ Amazon)

Speakers: Creative Labs Pebble 2.0 4.4 W Speakers ($23.74 @ Lenovo)

Total: $1576.14

3.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/C6VwZc

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor ($380.26 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($129.95 @ B&H)

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($229.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($95.97 @ B&H)

Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC SFF GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card ($619.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ B&H)

Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($124.98 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: Corsair RS120 ARGB 72.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack ($54.95 @ B&H)

Total: $1831.06

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