A good combo?

[Scpntf22]

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Video editing, Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Lots of gaming, 3D Modeling/Rendering.

 

Is this a good combination?
My main concern is weather or not this CPU/Motherboard, RAM Combination are compatible with each other. 

 

[Timme]

For rendering and media encoding, you'll be better off with Intel. And do you absolutely need those 96GB?
 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($286.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Pro Overclocking 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL40 Memory  ($749.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1236.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-02-21 05:22 EST-0500

 

[dark_globe]

you don´t need a $400 motherboard and 7200MHz expensive memory for ryzen cpu 
(7000MHz and above actually makes sense if you buy intel , but for ryzen the 6000MHz cl30 expo memory kits are the most cost effective)
9850X3D is the best gaming CPU but in terms of a workstation PC there are better and cheaper options -
like (already mentioned) core 7 265K or ryzen 9900X  
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($286.95 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler  ($44.39 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6800 CL34 Memory  ($1099.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1631.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-02-21 06:32 EST-0500


and just like that you actually saved $800 (that´s almost enough to add rtx 5070Ti) while getting even better cpu for work 

[jaslion]

Rank your usecase from highest priority to least priority.

 

Also what gpu are you using.

 

That will allow us to evaluate if tjis is a good or bad combo.

 

Also what do you have now?

 

The x3d is an 8 core focused on gaming it will do the tasks you want well too but obviously a 9900x or if lucky a 7950x and such will be faster in all other tasks except gaming.

 

ram is garbage prices atm so it will just suck

 

Board is expensive and doesnt have to be

 

 

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, Timme said:

For rendering and media encoding, you'll be better off with Intel. And do you absolutely need those 96GB?
 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($286.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Pro Overclocking 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL40 Memory  ($749.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1236.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-02-21 05:22 EST-0500

 

Much better overall config

[Dedayog]

3 hours ago, Scpntf22 said:

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Video editing, Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Lots of gaming, 3D Modeling/Rendering.

 

Is this a good combination?
My main concern is weather or not this CPU/Motherboard, RAM Combination are compatible with each other. 

 

Why would a combo not be compatible with each other?

 

 

[KidKid]

On 2/21/2026 at 4:57 AM, Scpntf22 said:

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Video editing, Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Lots of gaming, 3D Modeling/Rendering.

 

Is this a good combination?
My main concern is weather or not this CPU/Motherboard, RAM Combination are compatible with each other. 

 

Hmm 96GB is a lot of RAM, and, I think you'd be better off getting DDR5-6000 with CL30 instead of CL40 latency for AMD CPUs. Also that mobo seems a bit overkill