I am designing a new PC with a $4000 budget. I was saving for over a year for the new Zen4 CPUs, but it seems the Intel outperforms it.
I want a system that will be upgradable and still be decent in 7 years. The plan is to order most of the parts on either Black Friday or Cyber Monday except for the GPU, which doesn't come out until December.
I am looking for some feedback on this build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YJhPH2
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K 3 GHz 24-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 RGB 68.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory
GPU: RX 7900 XTX
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
PSU: SeaSonic PRIME TX-1000 1000 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Case: Fractal Design Define 7 ATX Mid Tower Case
I want to either get the best RAM that the system can handle. 64GB is very overkill for my needs. However, the 32GB DIMMs seem to mostly come in pairs, and the ones that are listed single in pcpartpicker have higher First Word Latencies and CAS Latiencies. I want to be able to eventually upgrade this to 128GB of the best ram. So my question here is: Are these 10ns latencies and timings the best that can come out with DDR5 and work with a i9-13900K? I think the only alternative would be to get 16GB DIMMs and then discard them in a few years when there is better/cheaper ram.
I am not going to overclock, and think cooling is very important to maintain the lifespan of these components. Also, the new CPUs are limited by thermals, so I wanted the best cooler. I chose the case for cooling and for having good expandability. I am not well versed on cases, so please feel free to point out any issues with my choice. I am going from a Thermaltake V3 Black Edition which is already large and this new case is sigificantly larger than that.
I threw in an optical drive just so that I can access software on disks. I just used a CD a few hours ago to install a printer driver so I still find some use from being able to access them.
I think that at some point I may add a USB PCIe card to the PCIe x 1 slot. Also, there are no PCIe Gen 5 GPUs so should I just leave that slot empty until one comes out? If that is the case then maybe I should just skimp on the GPU and just get something to hold me over for a couple of years and then get the GPU for the PCIe Gen 5 slot. I could just get a RX 6700, RX 6700XT or maybe a A770. I just don't want to spend $1000 on a component that will be replaced in 2 or 3 years. My current system has a 980Ti so anything will be a huge upgrade for me.
I chose a PSU larger than I need to provide headroom for future upgrades.
Is this an optimal build? This is only my second time building a PC, so any thoughts, suggestions and feedback would be appreciated.
I want a system that will be upgradable and still be decent in 7 years. The plan is to order most of the parts on either Black Friday or Cyber Monday except for the GPU, which doesn't come out until December.
I am looking for some feedback on this build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YJhPH2
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K 3 GHz 24-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 RGB 68.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory
GPU: RX 7900 XTX
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
PSU: SeaSonic PRIME TX-1000 1000 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Case: Fractal Design Define 7 ATX Mid Tower Case
I want to either get the best RAM that the system can handle. 64GB is very overkill for my needs. However, the 32GB DIMMs seem to mostly come in pairs, and the ones that are listed single in pcpartpicker have higher First Word Latencies and CAS Latiencies. I want to be able to eventually upgrade this to 128GB of the best ram. So my question here is: Are these 10ns latencies and timings the best that can come out with DDR5 and work with a i9-13900K? I think the only alternative would be to get 16GB DIMMs and then discard them in a few years when there is better/cheaper ram.
I am not going to overclock, and think cooling is very important to maintain the lifespan of these components. Also, the new CPUs are limited by thermals, so I wanted the best cooler. I chose the case for cooling and for having good expandability. I am not well versed on cases, so please feel free to point out any issues with my choice. I am going from a Thermaltake V3 Black Edition which is already large and this new case is sigificantly larger than that.
I threw in an optical drive just so that I can access software on disks. I just used a CD a few hours ago to install a printer driver so I still find some use from being able to access them.
I think that at some point I may add a USB PCIe card to the PCIe x 1 slot. Also, there are no PCIe Gen 5 GPUs so should I just leave that slot empty until one comes out? If that is the case then maybe I should just skimp on the GPU and just get something to hold me over for a couple of years and then get the GPU for the PCIe Gen 5 slot. I could just get a RX 6700, RX 6700XT or maybe a A770. I just don't want to spend $1000 on a component that will be replaced in 2 or 3 years. My current system has a 980Ti so anything will be a huge upgrade for me.
I chose a PSU larger than I need to provide headroom for future upgrades.
Is this an optimal build? This is only my second time building a PC, so any thoughts, suggestions and feedback would be appreciated.