Build Advice Creator Build: final suggestions ?

[teejco]

This is build is primarily for after effects, 4k+ video editing, cinema 4d + octane, and some unreal engine - looking to get some final feed back on the remaining parts.


I decided to wait for a 5090, and so far I already have:

- AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor

- Aorus x670 elite ax rev 1.3

- ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

- Three front intake, one rear exhaust - be quiet! Silent Wings 4 51.3 CFM 140 mm Fan

- Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL ATX Full Tower Case


Remaining Parts to buy
- Leaning towards MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 Graphics Card RTX 5090 32G VENTUS 3X OC

- I think the sweet spot for stability with my board is DDR5 2×48GB 6000 expo - open to recommendations here

- General plan for storage + external drives for cold storage

Slot	Drive & Capacity	Use Case
M2A_CPU	Samsung 9100 PRO 4 TB (Gen 5)	OS, Adobe + Unreal apps, active project files
M2B_CPU	Samsung 990 PRO 4 TB (Gen 4)	Scratch/cache (AE, Premiere, Octane temp data)
M2C_SB	Samsung 990 PRO 2 TB (Gen 4)	Asset libraries (overlays, LUTs, models, grains, HDRIs)

- Seems like 1200 might be the safe option, open to suggestions here as well Corsair RM1200x Shift Fully Modular ATX Power Supply - Modular Side Interface - ATX 3.1 & PCIe 5.1 Compliant - Zero RPM Fan Mode - 105°C-Rated Capacitors - 80 Plus Gold Efficiency - Black


I think im pretty close here, just want to get any final thoughts, suggestions. Here is the part picker https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JvnWsp

Thanks!

 

[Darkbreeze]

I'd really recommend avoiding ANY of the MSI Ventus series cards, regardless of what model the card actually is. Especially for a creator build where you're not going to likely be wearing headphones all the time. And the reason is, the Ventus cards are well known to have weak cooling performance when compared to most other card families and they tend to use cheaper, lower quality fans than models that are easily recommendable. They are a budget card, no question, but budget isn't really appealing when you have to deal with noisy fans that have a tendency to fail much sooner than a lot of other configurations. Just my cents on that.

Although it's a little bit more expensive, I'd really recommend looking at the Trio or Tuf Gaming models. They have better heatsinks, better fans, so better cooling overall, and since they are more mid tiered cards compared to the entry level Ventus, they likely also have other premium aspects the Ventus is not likely to have.

As to the memory, I'd recommend this kit. The Ripjaws are excellent, often times using as good or better IC's than the Trident Z sticks, which in this case, are only .667MT/s faster than the Ripjaws which, 9.333mS True latency vs 10mS True latency, you and everybody else is never going to notice the difference in True Latency when it's that small. Plus, the Trident sticks are 100 bucks more. And G.Skill tends to play nice with Ryzen platforms a lot better overall than the majority of other memory brands. Whatever you do, avoid Corsair for Ryzen platforms, in general, unless you are going to go with Dominator sticks and even then I've seen significantly more compatibility issues with them than with AMD oriented Ripjaws or Trident Z sticks.

The rest, looks pretty good.

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws M5 Neo RGB 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $309.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-28 00:24 EDT-0400

 

[teejco]

Thanks, it helps when someone knows the really nitty gritty details, and compatibility. There are so many versions it's hard to know what the differences are.

Looks like there are a few other 5090s under 3k, would you have any specific recommendations?

This MSI trio is only $10 more

G.Skill working with Ryzen is a good tip + yours is cheaper, and RGB so thank you there as well

 

[helper800]

I'd really recommend avoiding ANY of the MSI Ventus series cards, regardless of what model the card actually is. Especially for a creator build where you're not going to likely be wearing headphones all the time. And the reason is, the Ventus cards are well known to have weak cooling performance when compared to most other card families and they tend to use cheaper, lower quality fans than models that are easily recommendable. They are a budget card, no question, but budget isn't really appealing when you have to deal with noisy fans that have a tendency to fail much sooner than a lot of other configurations. Just my cents on that.

Although it's a little bit more expensive, I'd really recommend looking at the Trio or Tuf Gaming models. They have better heatsinks, better fans, so better cooling overall, and since they are more mid tiered cards compared to the entry level Ventus, they likely also have other premium aspects the Ventus is not likely to have.

As to the memory, I'd recommend this kit. The Ripjaws are excellent, often times using as good or better IC's than the Trident Z sticks, which in this case, are only .667MT/s faster than the Ripjaws which, 9.333mS True latency vs 10mS True latency, you and everybody else is never going to notice the difference in True Latency when it's that small. Plus, the Trident sticks are 100 bucks more. And G.Skill tends to play nice with Ryzen platforms a lot better overall than the majority of other memory brands. Whatever you do, avoid Corsair for Ryzen platforms, in general, unless you are going to go with Dominator sticks and even then I've seen significantly more compatibility issues with them than with AMD oriented Ripjaws or Trident Z sticks.

The rest, looks pretty good.

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws M5 Neo RGB 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $309.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-28 00:24 EDT-0400

Thanks, it helps when someone knows the really nitty gritty details, and compatibility. There are so many versions it's hard to know what the differences are.

Looks like there are a few other 5090s under 3k, would you have any specific recommendations?

This MSI trio is only $10 more

G.Skill working with Ryzen is a good tip + yours is cheaper, and RGB so thank you there as well

The MSI ventus and shadow cards perform extremely well IF you deshroud them and add your own quality 120mm fans. Deshrouding can be done a couple different ways and is not overly difficult if it saved you more than 100 dollars on another card. Here is the nice looking way, and here is the uglier way that is just as effective.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Understood, however, IMO, and it's just my opinion, by the time you go through all that effort, pay for 3d printing materials (If you go that way or whatever way you go), pay for good fans, etc., to me it would be a lot more worth it to pay the extra 100 dollars for a better model especially since cooling configuration aside, the mid tiered cards tend to have other aspects that raise them above the level of the entry level cards like a better heatsink, in some cases higher binned silicon allowing for higher or more sustained clocks and often other premium components like better caps etc.

So for me, unless you absolutely have to settle for a Ventus card it makes a lot of sense to not do so even if it means you might have to put some plans for specific hardware (Not including core hardware. If you feel like you need to get a cheap PSU, motherboard or memory just to make it happen, that too is a bad idea.) on hold to get at a later date (Like specific high cost case fans, CPU cooler, RGB stuff, peripherals, etc.) then that is a consideration you need to think about. IMO.

 

[helper800]

Understood, however, IMO, and it's just my opinion, by the time you go through all that effort, pay for 3d printing materials (If you go that way or whatever way you go), pay for good fans, etc., to me it would be a lot more worth it to pay the extra 100 dollars for a better model especially since cooling configuration aside, the mid tiered cards tend to have other aspects that raise them above the level of the entry level cards like a better heatsink, in some cases higher binned silicon allowing for higher or more sustained clocks and often other premium components like better caps etc.

So for me, unless you absolutely have to settle for a Ventus card it makes a lot of sense to not do so even if it means you might have to put some plans for specific hardware (Not including core hardware. If you feel like you need to get a cheap PSU, motherboard or memory just to make it happen, that too is a bad idea.) on hold to get at a later date (Like specific high cost case fans, CPU cooler, RGB stuff, peripherals, etc.) then that is a consideration you need to think about. IMO.

Yeah, price and availability is the main determining factor. I was just letting you guys know that the ventus can be modded to save money versus higher performance and much higher cost 5090 variants to achieve similar results. If a much better stock card is within 50 dollars, then this mod does not make sense. If its all that is available or that other models are 100+ dollars more, that's when this does make a lot of sense. Plus, if you have a couple spare 120mm fans available, the mod is essentially free unless you count the 10-15 minutes it takes to attach the fans.

 

[teejco]

Understood, however, IMO, and it's just my opinion, by the time you go through all that effort, pay for 3d printing materials (If you go that way or whatever way you go), pay for good fans, etc., to me it would be a lot more worth it to pay the extra 100 dollars for a better model especially since cooling configuration aside, the mid tiered cards tend to have other aspects that raise them above the level of the entry level cards like a better heatsink, in some cases higher binned silicon allowing for higher or more sustained clocks and often other premium components like better caps etc.

So for me, unless you absolutely have to settle for a Ventus card it makes a lot of sense to not do so even if it means you might have to put some plans for specific hardware (Not including core hardware. If you feel like you need to get a cheap PSU, motherboard or memory just to make it happen, that too is a bad idea.) on hold to get at a later date (Like specific high cost case fans, CPU cooler, RGB stuff, peripherals, etc.) then that is a consideration you need to think about. IMO.

I don't have my heart set on any specific brand or model if you have a specific suggestion, ideally under 3k.

Not sure if you saw my reply above.

 

[Darkbreeze]

What country are you in?

 

[teejco]

What country are you in?

USA

 

[helper800]

USA

I would get the MSI vanguard SOC 5090 if you are unwilling or unable to deshroud the ventus. Its tested as one of the coolest/quietest stock cards that does not have an AIO cooler.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor ($448.94 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($294.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 9100 PRO 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($429.99 @ Abt)
Video Card: MSI VANGUARD SOC GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card ($2799.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL ATX Full Tower Case ($204.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM1200x SHIFT 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular Side Interface ATX Power Supply ($229.99 @ B&H)
Total: $5218.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-29 14:07 EDT-0400

 

[Darkbreeze]

I would get the MSI vanguard SOC 5090 if you are unwilling or unable to deshroud the ventus. Its tested as one of the coolest/quietest stock cards that does not have an AIO cooler.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor ($448.94 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($294.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 9100 PRO 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($429.99 @ Abt)
Video Card: MSI VANGUARD SOC GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card ($2799.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL ATX Full Tower Case ($204.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM1200x SHIFT 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular Side Interface ATX Power Supply ($229.99 @ B&H)
Total: $5218.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-29 14:07 EDT-0400

Dude. Ok. I'm not going to be my usual self and I'm going to be, or try to be, totally cool about this. You do realize, because you DID read the OP, that much of what you tried to stick to the wall, was parts he already has and that there were only a few parts still needed, right?

 

[helper800]

Dude. Ok. I'm not going to be my usual self and I'm going to be, or try to be, totally cool about this. You do realize, because you DID read the OP, that much of what you tried to stick to the wall, was parts he already has and that there were only a few parts still needed, right?

Of course. I intentionally only added a desirable 5090. Is that a problem? He was asking for a 5090 so I added it to his list? Everything other than the graphics card was from the OP's list is not my recommendation per se...

 

[Darkbreeze]

No. But normally, we only add parts to the PCPP list that are actually needed. Unless something has changed and we're doing things, less logically, now.

 

[logainofhades]

I often do PCPP lists with the parts an OP has, and mark the price at $0, or mark as purchased, to avoid confusion. It helps with the compatibility side, when making suggestions on the parts still needed.

 

[helper800]

No. But normally, we only add parts to the PCPP list that are actually needed. Unless something has changed and we're doing things, less logically, now.

I often do PCPP lists with the parts an OP has, and mark the price at $0, or mark as purchased, to avoid confusion. It helps with the compatibility side, when making suggestions on the parts still needed.

@logainofhades I normally mark the parts as 0 dollars as well for parts that are already purchased, but I got a call at work so I just posted what I had. @Darkbreeze I don't see the issue with what I did at all. I just added a 5090 to their own list and posted it as a 5090 recommendation. Here is the OP's list with the appropriate parts marked as already purchased:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($294.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 9100 PRO 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI VANGUARD SOC GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card ($2799.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair RM1200x SHIFT 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular Side Interface ATX Power Supply ($229.99 @ B&H)
Total: $4199.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-30 11:14 EDT-0400

Here is my full recommendation for parts:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($159.95 @ iBUYPOWER)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($282.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 9100 PRO 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI VANGUARD SOC GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card ($2799.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair HX1200i 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $4201.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-30 11:22 EDT-0400