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Budget (including currency): 15000kr

Country: Sweden 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Cities Skylines and other simulation games mostly. 

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):  have a Samsung ViewFinity S5 monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. 

I have already picked up the fractal north case and yesterday found a 5070 for a really good price so decided I’ll try and get this build started finally. 

 

I’ve been a MacBook user for the last ten years so I don’t really have a preference for amd or intel and would love some help deciding what to go for. Could the ultra 265k be a good pick?  I’m very open and if it’s better to spend  another $100 to have it last longer etc I’m open for that. 
Main usage will be for video editing and photography as that’s my job but will probably use for some games I can’t play on my ps5 also. I want something to just work, I don’t need the fanciest things and prefer to not have tons of rgb as I’m an adult. lol. 

 

Im thinking id like 64gb ram and thinking I’ll start getting a 2tb ssd to work from and possibly add more storage in the future, but will probably use some type of external drives for that. 
Thanks!!

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6 hours ago, snorvalp said:

Budget (including currency): 15000kr

Country: Sweden 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Cities Skylines and other simulation games mostly. 

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):  have a Samsung ViewFinity S5 monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. 

I have already picked up the fractal north case and yesterday found a 5070 for a really good price so decided I’ll try and get this build started finally. 

 

I’ve been a MacBook user for the last ten years so I don’t really have a preference for amd or intel and would love some help deciding what to go for. Could the ultra 265k be a good pick?  I’m very open and if it’s better to spend  another $100 to have it last longer etc I’m open for that. 
Main usage will be for video editing and photography as that’s my job but will probably use for some games I can’t play on my ps5 also. I want something to just work, I don’t need the fanciest things and prefer to not have tons of rgb as I’m an adult. lol. 

 

Im thinking id like 64gb ram and thinking I’ll start getting a 2tb ssd to work from and possibly add more storage in the future, but will probably use some type of external drives for that. 
Thanks!!

So 15000kr without GPU and case?

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4 minutes ago, snorvalp said:

Yeah exactly, something around that! 

I'll get to work on that then (a part list)! 😊

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11 hours ago, snorvalp said:

Budget (including currency): 15000kr

Country: Sweden 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Cities Skylines and other simulation games mostly. 

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):  have a Samsung ViewFinity S5 monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. 

I have already picked up the fractal north case and yesterday found a 5070 for a really good price so decided I’ll try and get this build started finally. 

 

I’ve been a MacBook user for the last ten years so I don’t really have a preference for amd or intel and would love some help deciding what to go for. Could the ultra 265k be a good pick?  I’m very open and if it’s better to spend  another $100 to have it last longer etc I’m open for that. 
Main usage will be for video editing and photography as that’s my job but will probably use for some games I can’t play on my ps5 also. I want something to just work, I don’t need the fanciest things and prefer to not have tons of rgb as I’m an adult. lol. 

 

Im thinking id like 64gb ram and thinking I’ll start getting a 2tb ssd to work from and possibly add more storage in the future, but will probably use some type of external drives for that. 
Thanks!!

 

According to https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/intel-core-ultra-200s-content-creation-review AMD is much better in Photoshop and Intel leads the way in Premiere Pro. 

 

The 9900X seems to me the best compromise.

 

The budget would support a 4 TB NVMe drive. Not selected as it isn't clear if the workflow would benefit.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor  (kr4785.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (kr508.00 @ Proshop) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B850-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (kr2129.85 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (kr2499.00 @ Proshop) 
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (kr1669.10 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Video Card: Asus PRIME OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (Purchased For kr0.00) 
Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For kr0.00) 
Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 12 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (kr1288.38 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Total: kr12879.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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12 hours ago, brob said:

 

According to https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/intel-core-ultra-200s-content-creation-review AMD is much better in Photoshop and Intel leads the way in Premiere Pro. 

 

The 9900X seems to me the best compromise.

 

The budget would support a 4 TB NVMe drive. Not selected as it isn't clear if the workflow would benefit.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor  (kr4785.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (kr508.00 @ Proshop) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B850-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (kr2129.85 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (kr2499.00 @ Proshop) 
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (kr1669.10 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Video Card: Asus PRIME OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (Purchased For kr0.00) 
Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For kr0.00) 
Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 12 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (kr1288.38 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Total: kr12879.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-13 00:46 CEST+0200

Thank you!!

 

if I would focus on the video editing, is the 9900 still the better option or would you maybe recommend some intel cpu then? My photoshop work is mainly photography, and maybe like four photos up at the same time. I’m basically using photoshop as people use Lightroom, I just started out editing fifteen years ago in ps so that’s where I stayed. So not the most demanding work my m1 MacBook Pro is more than sufficient for me. 

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18 hours ago, snorvalp said:

Yeah exactly, something around that! 

Here's a 15000kr build - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VdrFh7 without GPU and Case.

 

A 16-core processor for all your simulation needs, 64GB of blazing fast DDR5 RAM, 4TB of 7000GBps Gen4x4 SSD, and a reliable, 1000W PSU. 😊

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7 minutes ago, KidKid said:

Here's a 15000kr build - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VdrFh7 without GPU and Case.

 

A 16-core processor for all your simulation needs, 64GB of blazing fast DDR5 RAM, 4TB of 7000GBps Gen4x4 SSD, and a reliable, 1000W PSU. 😊

I swapped the psu to the corsair rm1000x for its ten year warranty.https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yYmsfd

proud owner of a AMD Athlon 64 cpu

PSU tier list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/edit?gid=1973454078#gid=1973454078

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8 minutes ago, KidKid said:

Here's a 15000kr build - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VdrFh7 without GPU and Case.

 

A 16-core processor for all your simulation needs, 64GB of blazing fast DDR5 RAM, 4TB of 7000GBps Gen4x4 SSD, and a reliable, 1000W PSU. 😊

I swapped the place from usa to Sweden in pcpartpicker and it's 19000kr not 15000kr

proud owner of a AMD Athlon 64 cpu

PSU tier list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/edit?gid=1973454078#gid=1973454078

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1 minute ago, strange13930 said:

I swapped the place from usa to Sweden in pcpartpicker and it's 19000kr not 15000kr

Oh wow, you're right. I guess PC parts in Sweden cost more, since the money converter said that $1500 USD is = ~15000kr. 😔

 

Good catch.

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On 6/12/2025 at 7:12 AM, snorvalp said:

Budget (including currency): 15000kr

Country: Sweden 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Cities Skylines and other simulation games mostly. 

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):  have a Samsung ViewFinity S5 monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. 

I have already picked up the fractal north case and yesterday found a 5070 for a really good price so decided I’ll try and get this build started finally. 

 

I’ve been a MacBook user for the last ten years so I don’t really have a preference for amd or intel and would love some help deciding what to go for. Could the ultra 265k be a good pick?  I’m very open and if it’s better to spend  another $100 to have it last longer etc I’m open for that. 
Main usage will be for video editing and photography as that’s my job but will probably use for some games I can’t play on my ps5 also. I want something to just work, I don’t need the fanciest things and prefer to not have tons of rgb as I’m an adult. lol. 

 

Im thinking id like 64gb ram and thinking I’ll start getting a 2tb ssd to work from and possibly add more storage in the future, but will probably use some type of external drives for that. 
Thanks!!

 

3 minutes ago, KidKid said:

Oh wow, you're right. I guess PC parts in Sweden cost more, since the money converter said that $1500 USD is = ~15000kr. 😔

 

Good catch.

here's a build that a little over 15000kr but the price can be lower if you go for a ssd with less storage.https://se.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZKnDyW

proud owner of a AMD Athlon 64 cpu

PSU tier list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/edit?gid=1973454078#gid=1973454078

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5 hours ago, snorvalp said:

Thank you!!

 

if I would focus on the video editing, is the 9900 still the better option or would you maybe recommend some intel cpu then? My photoshop work is mainly photography, and maybe like four photos up at the same time. I’m basically using photoshop as people use Lightroom, I just started out editing fifteen years ago in ps so that’s where I stayed. So not the most demanding work my m1 MacBook Pro is more than sufficient for me. 

 

If you do more video editing then I would suggest an Intel build.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor (kr3389.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (kr508.00 @ Proshop) 

Motherboard: MSI PRO Z890-A WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard (kr2732.38 @ Amazon Sweden) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (kr2588.00 @ Proshop) 

Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (kr1671.05 @ Amazon Sweden) 

Video Card: Asus PRIME OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card (Purchased For kr0.00) 

Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For kr0.00) 

Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 12 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (kr1290.48 @ Amazon Sweden) 

Total: kr12178.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Hey guys! 
 

thanks for your suggestions! I just ran into a electronics store that had like opening deals on pretty much everything in store. I’ll return the 5070 I got and get one here for $150 less than the one I bought a week ago. 
do you guys think these components that I could pick up would be decent? 
 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xYGPdb

 

Its 20% off every full priced item in the store so I thought it could save me some money. The power supply is what I’m most skeptical towards as I really don’t know anything about those kinds of things. 


might go through with the purchases and if you think I’m doing something stupid tell me haha. Thankssss!

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Also, also… they have this 

https://www.elgiganten.se/product/gaming/datorkomponenter/elgiganten-build-bygg-din-egen-dator/elgiganten-build-400-r7x3d322tbrtx-5070-ti-16gb/893043

 

down to a crazy 17500kr. I’ve had my fractal case for some time so I can’t return that but maybe that’s a deal I shouldn’t refuse?

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