New work PC

[ErdokovyZ]

Country: Austria

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: VR development, Houdini, Unreal, Blender.

Hey folks, I'm looking for a replacement of my un-upgradeable pre-built work PC. My budget is “whatever makes sense”, given my goals:

• Longevity. I want to keep (most of) the PC for the next decade with minimum maintenance.
• I don't want to worry about liquid cooling failing in ways that kill other components so air cooling.
• As quiet as possible. I'm fine cleaning the dust filters regularly, so the case should be airy and the fans big, low rpm (most of the time).
• No overclocking. If a bit of underclocking is necessary for a reasonable temperature/noise level, that's fine.
• The typical workload is more GPU heavy. Full CPU load is usually only a few minutes at a time, no hour long rendering or encoding tasks.
• My screen is 5120x1440 and ideally I’d play games in that resolution. I’m ok with DLSS but I prefer real 60+ Hz, no framegen.
• No RGB or other fluff.

With all that in mind, this is the config I came up with:
 

NZXT H7 Flow (2024)
ASRock X870E Taichi Lite
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
Noctua NH-D15 G2 LBC
G.Skill Flare X5 32GB DDR5-6000, CL36-36-36-96
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Suprim or ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua OC Edition
Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W
Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB, M.2 2280 / M-Key / PCIe 4.0 x4, Heatsink

What do you think?

 

[venomtail]

Why get a 3D CPU? What heavy games do you expect to play? Non 3D will be fine and will have better performance in development and productivity. I can just smell the Noctua being overpriced from here. Why E board with a 4.0 drive? You'd be fine with a B650 board then. Just get the cheapest 5080 you can get. They're all identical as NVIDIA won't let them be anything else.

 

Consider something like this instead, case with good airflow, especially for GPU but got bought out last minute, wait a few days for it to be restocked:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€526.89 @ Proshop) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 CPU Cooler  (€106.55 @ Proshop) 
Motherboard: ASRock X870 Pro-A WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€218.01 @ Proshop) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (€349.90 @ Alza) 
Storage: Crucial T705 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€137.90 @ Alza) 
Storage: Crucial P310 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€256.90 @ Alza) 
Video Card: Gainward Phoenix GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card  (€1024.90 @ Alza) 
Case: Fractal Design Torrent ATX Mid Tower Case  (€209.09 @ Proshop - OOS) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€167.90 @ Alza) 
Total: €2998.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-10 16:20 CET+0100

[ErdokovyZ]

3D so the CPU won't be the bottleneck in high framerate gaming, even if I upgrade the GPU down the line.
Heavy games: anything in the next 5 years, including the recent Doom and Indiana Jones.
Yeah, I wasn't sure about the mobo... I'll look at B650 boards.
The two 5080 mentioned are the best ones when it comes to fan noise and coil whine.

[Why_Me]

@ErdokovyZ add storage.

 

https://geizhals.at/gigabyte-z890-gaming-x-wifi7-a3328034.html 

Gigabyte Z890 GAMING X WIFI7 €226,90

 

https://geizhals.at/intel-core-ultra-7-265k-bxc80768265k-a3329421.html 

Intel Core Ultra 7 265K €289,90 

 

https://geizhals.at/arctic-liquid-freezer-iii-pro-360-acfre00180a-a3455404.html 

ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 €90,66

 

https://geizhals.at/patriot-viper-venom-dimm-kit-64gb-pvv564g600c30k-a3204227.html   

Patriot Venom DDR5-6000 64GB (2x32GB) CL30 €347,89

 

https://geizhals.at/montech-air-903-base-black-a2974660.html  

Montech Air 903 Base Black €69,53

 

https://geizhals.at/seasonic-core-gx-atx-3-2024-gx-850-850w-atx-3-1-srp-cgx851-a5a32sf-a3364395.html   

Seasonic Core GX ATX 3 (2024) GX-850 850W ATX 3.1 €103,40

 

https://geizhals.at/?cat=gra16_512&xf=9816_03+05+18+-+RTX+5070+Ti

RTX 5070 Ti 16GB

 

or .....

 

https://geizhals.at/msi-mpg-a1000gs-pcie5-1000w-atx-3-1-a3396945.html  

MSI MPG A1000GS PCIE5 1000W ATX 3.1 €141,17

 

https://geizhals.at/?cat=gra16_512&xf=9816_03+05+18+-+RTX+5080  

RTX 5080 16GB

[filpo]

5 hours ago, ErdokovyZ said:

The typical workload is more GPU heavy. Full CPU load is usually only a few minutes at a time, no hour long rendering or encoding tasks.

if so then just go for the 9800X3D. has better productivity scores than the 78000X3D and holds up well but has the best gaming performance of any CPU out there

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€455.99 @ Proshop) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro A-RGB 110 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€116.90 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: MSI X870E GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€249.90 @ Alza) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (€349.90 @ Alza) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€302.90 @ Alza) 
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC SFF GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card  (€1029.00 @ Alza) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL III ATX Mid Tower Case  (€174.90 @ Proshop) 
Power Supply: Lian Li EDGE 1300 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€225.82 @ Proshop) 
Total: €2905.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-10 21:18 CET+0100

[ErdokovyZ]

Thank you folks!