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9 hours ago, Popisgoodok said:

Budget (including currency): 2000$ CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Little bit of everything I plan to use this from school work to 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): 

  • Corsair 4000D Airflow 

  • Power Supply:  Corsair RM850x (850W, 80+ Gold, Fully Modular)

  • CPU:  Intel Core i7-14700KF

  • Motherboard:  ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi 2

  • RAM:  G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5 (2×16GB) 6000MT/s CL30

  • Storage:  WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD 

  • CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-D15 

  • Front Intake: 2× Noctua NF-A14 PWM (140mm)

  • Rear Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM (120mm)

  • Top Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux

Is your GPU budget $2000, or the entire PC budget? If it's the entire PC, maybe a 5070ti / 9070XT would be good. If it's 2k, a 5080 or for more, a 5090 would be good.

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Budget (including currency): 2000$ CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Little bit of everything I plan to use this from school work to 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): 

  • Corsair 4000D Airflow 

  • Power Supply:  Corsair RM850x (850W, 80+ Gold, Fully Modular)

  • CPU:  Intel Core i7-14700KF

  • Motherboard:  ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi 2

  • RAM:  G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5 (2×16GB) 6000MT/s CL30

  • Storage:  WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD 

  • CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-D15 

  • Front Intake: 2× Noctua NF-A14 PWM (140mm)

  • Rear Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM (120mm)

  • Top Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux

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57 minutes ago, Popisgoodok said:

Budget (including currency): 2000$ CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Little bit of everything I plan to use this from school work to 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): 

  • Corsair 4000D Airflow 

  • Power Supply:  Corsair RM850x (850W, 80+ Gold, Fully Modular)

  • CPU:  Intel Core i7-14700KF

  • Motherboard:  ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi 2

  • RAM:  G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5 (2×16GB) 6000MT/s CL30

  • Storage:  WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD 

  • CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-D15 

  • Front Intake: 2× Noctua NF-A14 PWM (140mm)

  • Rear Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM (120mm)

  • Top Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux

That cpu cooler isn't going to clear that RAM due to the tall heatsinks.

 

Try this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($438.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro-A WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($229.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($106.59 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: *Patriot P400 Lite 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  ($789.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: *FSP Group VITA-750GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($124.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $1970.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-07 05:27 EDT-0400

 

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47 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

That cpu cooler isn't going to clear that RAM due to the tall heatsinks.

 

Try this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($438.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro-A WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($229.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($106.59 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: *Patriot P400 Lite 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  ($789.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: *FSP Group VITA-750GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($124.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $1970.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-07 05:27 EDT-0400

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/zXsLxg

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($380.96 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3 70.84 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro-A ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($106.59 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: *Crucial T500 W/Heatsink 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($182.20 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  ($789.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: *FSP Group VITA-750GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($124.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $1946.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-07 06:03 EDT-0400

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Feel free: To ask any question, no matter what question it is, I will try to answer. I know a lot about PCs but not everything.

current PC:

Ryzen 5 5600 |16GB DDR4 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti [further details on my profile]

PC configs I used before:

  1. Pentium G4500 | 4GB/8GB DDR4 2133Mhz | H110 | GTX 1050
  2. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050
  3. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti
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1 hour ago, Popisgoodok said:

  • Front Intake: 2× Noctua NF-A14 PWM (140mm)

  • Rear Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM (120mm)

  • Top Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux

Corsair 4000D Airflow comes with 2 fans

Note: Users receive notifications after Mentions & Quotes. 

Feel free: To ask any question, no matter what question it is, I will try to answer. I know a lot about PCs but not everything.

current PC:

Ryzen 5 5600 |16GB DDR4 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti [further details on my profile]

PC configs I used before:

  1. Pentium G4500 | 4GB/8GB DDR4 2133Mhz | H110 | GTX 1050
  2. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050
  3. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti
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8 hours ago, Popisgoodok said:

Little bit of everything I plan to use this from school work to gaming.

does any of your work "need" Nvidia GPU or could AMD GPU be considered?

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Feel free: To ask any question, no matter what question it is, I will try to answer. I know a lot about PCs but not everything.

current PC:

Ryzen 5 5600 |16GB DDR4 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti [further details on my profile]

PC configs I used before:

  1. Pentium G4500 | 4GB/8GB DDR4 2133Mhz | H110 | GTX 1050
  2. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050
  3. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti
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9 hours ago, Popisgoodok said:

Budget (including currency): 2000$ CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Little bit of everything I plan to use this from school work to 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): 

  • Corsair 4000D Airflow 

  • Power Supply:  Corsair RM850x (850W, 80+ Gold, Fully Modular)

  • CPU:  Intel Core i7-14700KF

  • Motherboard:  ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi 2

  • RAM:  G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5 (2×16GB) 6000MT/s CL30

  • Storage:  WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD 

  • CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-D15 

  • Front Intake: 2× Noctua NF-A14 PWM (140mm)

  • Rear Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM (120mm)

  • Top Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux

Is your GPU budget $2000, or the entire PC budget? If it's the entire PC, maybe a 5070ti / 9070XT would be good. If it's 2k, a 5080 or for more, a 5090 would be good.

AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600g w/ Radeon Graphics | 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM | 256GB NVME SSD + 2TB HDD | Amazon Basics 2.0 Speakers

                                                                                       

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35 minutes ago, podkall said:

does any of your work "need" Nvidia GPU or could AMD GPU be considered?

Modern AMD GPUs (9000 series) are pretty good these days. Finally decent driver support and good ray tracing.

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4 hours ago, KidKid said:

Modern AMD GPUs (9000 series) are pretty good these days. Finally decent driver support and good ray tracing.

7000 and 6000 had/have good driver support too.

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Feel free: To ask any question, no matter what question it is, I will try to answer. I know a lot about PCs but not everything.

current PC:

Ryzen 5 5600 |16GB DDR4 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti [further details on my profile]

PC configs I used before:

  1. Pentium G4500 | 4GB/8GB DDR4 2133Mhz | H110 | GTX 1050
  2. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050
  3. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti
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18 minutes ago, podkall said:

7000 and 6000 had/have good driver support too.

Yeah, but it really improved in the RDNA 4 architecture. I have a 5600G (~4 yo) and the iGPU crashes my apps often.

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1 minute ago, KidKid said:

Yeah, but it really improved in the RX 9000 series. I have a 5600G (~4 yo) and the iGPU crashes my apps often.

That's not 6000/7000 series, that's Vega 8 iGPU, and crashes aren't most likely related to drivers either.

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Feel free: To ask any question, no matter what question it is, I will try to answer. I know a lot about PCs but not everything.

current PC:

Ryzen 5 5600 |16GB DDR4 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti [further details on my profile]

PC configs I used before:

  1. Pentium G4500 | 4GB/8GB DDR4 2133Mhz | H110 | GTX 1050
  2. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050
  3. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti
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On 6/7/2025 at 4:29 AM, Popisgoodok said:

Budget (including currency): 2000$ CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Little bit of everything I plan to use this from school work to 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): 

  • Corsair 4000D Airflow 

  • Power Supply:  Corsair RM850x (850W, 80+ Gold, Fully Modular)

  • CPU:  Intel Core i7-14700KF

  • Motherboard:  ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi 2

  • RAM:  G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5 (2×16GB) 6000MT/s CL30

  • Storage:  WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD 

  • CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-D15 

  • Front Intake: 2× Noctua NF-A14 PWM (140mm)

  • Rear Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM (120mm)

  • Top Exhaust: 1× Noctua NF-P12 redux

ps. or an RTX 4090 if budget is only for GPU

AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600g w/ Radeon Graphics | 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM | 256GB NVME SSD + 2TB HDD | Amazon Basics 2.0 Speakers

                                                                                       

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