Question Help me build a new system please

[Mr.Taina]

Hello dear community members,

Looking forward to build a new system.
I do know the hardware. But I'm not aware which ones work best when paired together, and I'm not aware which hardware I shall avoid.
For instance I heard 4090 has connector heating problems. Or some newest SSDs having a bit of problematic behavior (990 Pro I think?).
Getting more technical, I don't know which motherboard to pick when it comes to VRM or other factors I don't know about.
So things like that are why I have made this thread.

Need to buy:
1. Motherboard (I think AMD cpus are better)
2. PSU (No idea)
3. RAM (I need 128GB)
4. GPU (I have a 3080, not sure if 4080 is worth the upgrade or wait for 5080)
5. CPU (I think 7950x is the best choice but lets hear your opinions)
6. CPU Cooler (Fans or liquid, you tell me)
7. SSD (Currently running on a 980 Pro, not aware if there's anything faster out there)

Intended use:
Mainly used for video game development on a 4K 144hz Display.
Need huge rendering and computing power.
Need very fast read/write speeds on the SSD.

Budget:
I'm willing to spend whatever necessary.
I don't need bells and whistles i.e rgb doesn't matter to me.
I don't overclock.

Question:
Is it a good time to do this?
Is there anything new around the corner?
Should I wait for RTX 5000 series?
DDR6 anytime soon?
Newer AMD processors coming out?
I'm not in a hurry and I can wait for it if you recommend me to do so.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Why_Me]

What country are you located and what is your budget?

 

[Why_Me]

Intel build. Add storage as you see fit.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i9-13900 2 GHz 24-Core Processor ($549.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($170.61 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($259.99 @ B&H)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1699.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL III ATX Mid Tower Case ($149.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: *MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 1300 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($349.99 @ B&H)
Total: $3620.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-29 17:24 EDT-0400

 

[Mr.Taina]

What country are you located and what is your budget?

Hello friend,

I have no problem with ordering parts online if something isn't available in my area. I'm even willing to travel if I have to.

Regarding the budget like I said I'm willing to spend whatever necessary. As long as it makes a noticeable difference. For example one of the things that I don't like to spend much on is the ram frequency. High frequency rams are very expensive but it makes almost zero difference so I don't think it's wise to spend money on such frequencies.

Thank you.

 

[Mr.Taina]

Intel build. Add storage as you see fit.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i9-13900 2 GHz 24-Core Processor ($549.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($170.61 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($259.99 @ B&H)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1699.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL III ATX Mid Tower Case ($149.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: *MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 1300 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($349.99 @ B&H)
Total: $3620.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-29 17:24 EDT-0400

Hello my friend,

That's interesting.
I thought everyone was going to recommend 7950x CPU nowadays.
I'll have a look.
And what about SSD?
Thank you.

 

[Why_Me]

AMD build. Add storage as you see fit.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor ($541.94 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1699.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: *MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 1300 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($349.99 @ B&H)
Total: $3581.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-29 17:31 EDT-0400

 

[Why_Me]

Hello my friend,

That's interesting.
I thought everyone was going to recommend 7950x CPU nowadays.
I'll have a look.
And what about SSD?
Thank you.

For SSD .. Samsung, Crucial P5 Plus or Western Digital SN770.

 

[Zerk2012]

Intended use:
Mainly used for video game development on a 4K 144hz Display.
Need huge rendering and computing power.
Need very fast read/write speeds on the SSD.

Are you making a living doing this?
What programs are you using?

 

[Mr.Taina]

Are you making a living doing this?
What programs are you using?

Yessir this is for work.
Game engines and a mix of many different applications which are used for modeling, texturing and online/offline simulations.

 

[Mr.Taina]

For SSD .. Samsung, Crucial P5 Plus or Western Digital SN770.

Thank you sir.

 

[Zerk2012]

AMD build. Add storage as you see fit.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor ($541.94 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1699.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: *MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 1300 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($349.99 @ B&H)
Total: $3581.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-29 17:31 EDT-0400

2 sets of ram is iffy if they will work together, should be using the X3D processor and for the drives really only need one of the fastest m.2 drives for a scratch drive, then everything should by transferred to another drive I would recommend a Samsung drive for this for the secure erase option.

 

[Why_Me]

2 sets of ram is iffy if they will work together, should be using the X3D processor and for the drives really only need one of the fastest m.2 drives for a scratch drive, then everything should by transferred to another drive I would recommend a Samsung drive for this for the secure erase option.

Agree about the RAM but not the X3D which isn't the best choice imo in regards to productivity.

 

[sitehostplus]

I going to be honest with you.

Something better is always around the corner. After I assembled my system just a month ago, better SSD's that utilize my PCIE to the fullest showed up.

There is no 'best time to do it', you just do the best you can, and make sure it's enough for you to get the job done.

As far as your needs go, I would start with a 13th gen Intel I9 and build out from there.

As far as the video card is concerned, you will probably want a nVidia professional video card. Here is some info to do research on that:

NVIDIA RTX in Professional Workstations

The world’s most powerful GPUs for visualization.

www.nvidia.com

Very powerful stuff that can do video production easily IMHO (they do that for breakfast lol).

As far as the rest of it goes, make a list of all the features you need in a motherboard and work form there. Clearly you will need super-fast ram, but what else do you need? Will you need lots of PCI slots for extra cards like a video toaster and SLI? How about a built-in sound mixing board to produce sound for your productions? How many M2 drives do you want, and how much capacity and how fast?

Think about that, make a list and research motherboards that fit the 13th gen I9, and work from there.

Good luck and good hunting!

 

[Deleted member 2838871]

Agree about the RAM but not the X3D which isn't the best choice imo in regards to productivity.

It's not the worst choice either especially if you do any gaming. There's also the thermal differences between the non-X3D version. Those are the 2 reasons I chose it over the 7950X.

Now if it's pure productivity I'd pass on the X3D. My usage is 70/30 gaming/productivity with said productivity mainly being video editing/encoding and soon streaming. I do a little CAD stuff for work on the side. Best of both worlds IMO.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

if you are doing game development, you will have to work with lot of unoptimised data. that will require a lot of VRAM.

especially if you plan on doing 4k 144hz.

have 2 SSDs - dedicated work drive and an OS drive.

Maybe have the 3080 to test for 1440p scenarios XD

I would also suggest the 13900k and the 4090 for game development.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K 3 GHz 24-Core Processor ($499.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL34 Memory ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($52.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($112.09 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING AMP Extreme AIRO GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1599.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Phanteks Revolt Pro 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($117.98 @ Other World Computing)
Total: $3222.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-31 02:15 EDT-0400