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[dark_globe]

maybe swap the power supply
better quality , almost the same price :

PCPartPicker Part List

Power Supply: NZXT C850 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.00 @ Centre Com)
Total: $159.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-07 20:06 AEST+1000

 

[acadia11]

Alrightey, with everyone's feedback and consideration for price to productivity value, I have put together a new parts list:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor ($469.00 @ Centre Com)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Aqua Elite V3 66.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.17 @ Amazon Australia)
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z890-P WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard ($259.00 @ PLE Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory ($283.99 @ Amazon Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($149.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Inno3D X3 GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card ($1469.00 @ MSY Technology)
CASE: FSP M580 Curved Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Case = ($199.00 @ Centrecom)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($148.77 @ JW Computers)
Total: $3071.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-07 10:52 AEST+1000


I have spent all morning reading & watching reviews on the Intel Ultra 7 256K and it seems to hit all the required benchmarks for productivity that I need. And for that price, its kind of insane! On top of it, the 265KF is currently even cheaper than the 265K, but is it better???
(my searches has shown me that the KFs actually run with slightly higher benchmarks - what are your thoughts?)

With the savings in CPU & MB, this will allow me to get the 5070Ti instead and again seems like a no brainer compared to the 5070.

Also I know I can save a bit on the case, but I really like the look and port placement of the FSP M580, so might just bite the bullet and pay a little extra for the aesthetic 😗

I am keen to start purchasing this weekend as EOFY sales are running hot and definitely wanna take advantage of it 😍

Might as well go 5080 over 5070ti if you will spend 1500 on video card?

 

[adamtam]

Might as well go 5080 over 5070ti if you will spend 1500 on video card?

That would stretch way over my budget. My last pc was a 1070ti, and based on a similar (relative) stretch, the choice to forego the 1080 didn't even cross my mind over the last 8 years.

I think I have my build, team!

Thanks for all the input.
Will share the final build after I purchase tomorrow

 

[Misgar]

Ohh do you think 2 x 2TB works better than 1 x 4TB SSD?

For Adobe Apps (Photoshop. Lightroom, Premiere Pro and DaVinci, Topaz, etc.) you can speed things up slightly by moving the Adobe scratch disk to a different (physical) disk drive. Select 'Edit', 'Preferences', 'Scratch Disks' in Adobe and change from the default Drive C:.

I run Photoshop and Windows on my first 1TB M.2 NVMe drive, the Adobe Scratch Disk on my second 1TB M.2 drive and 'work-in-progress' video files on a third 1TB M.2 drive. I pull image files (RAW + JPG) off a bunch of spinning hard disks. Splitting things over three SSDs might improve performance by only a few %, but it can make a difference. I like to keep all my data off the main Windows drive, so 1TB is enough for the boot drive.

If everything is stuck on one SSD (i.e. Windows + programs + scratch files + data files) it makes more work for the poor old disk controller. Even a Gen.5 SSD might bog down with a complex 4K+ video render, if the drive holds everything. Sometimes I'll spool large 4K video files (10GB+) off hard disk and write to the third 1TB M.2. That way I'm splitting I/O over 4 physical disk drives.

 

[acadia11]

That would stretch way over my budget. My last pc was a 1070ti, and based on a similar (relative) stretch, the choice to forego the 1080 didn't even cross my mind over the last 8 years.

I think I have my build, team!

Thanks for all the input.
Will share the final build after I purchase tomorrow

Not following, I’m saying the money you are spending for that 5070 ti you can buy a 5080 for the same price … what are you stretching . reality it’s your machine I couldn’t care less one way or the other.

 

[dark_globe]

Not following, I’m saying the money you are spending for that 5070 ti you can buy a 5080 for the same price … what are you stretching . reality it’s your machine I couldn’t care less one way or the other.

i think you are confusing the price because of the currency .
he is buying in australian dollars - 1 AUD is roughly 0,65 USD
therefore the cheapest rtx 5080 would be 1 998 AUD at au.pcpartpicker

 

[acadia11]

i think you are confusing the price because of the currency .
he is buying in australian dollars - 1 AUD is roughly 0,65 USD
therefore the cheapest rtx 5080 would be 1 998 AUD at au.pcpartpicker

That explains it, missed this is AUD.

 

[adamtam]

I have made my purchase! This is the final parts list:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor ($499.00 @ Centre Com)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Aqua Elite V3 66.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.00 @ Centrecom)
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z890-P WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard ($259.00 @ PLE Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory ($283.99 @ Amazon Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($149.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Palit GamingPro GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card ($1399.00 @ Centre Com)
Case: FSP M580 Curved Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Case = ($199.00 @ Centrecom)
Power Supply: NZXT C850 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.00 @ Centre Com)
Total: $3,046.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-08 12:06 AEST+1000

Some noteworthy thoughts:

• Decided to go with the AIO cooler as I haven't tried it before and would like to give it a go.
• Found the Palit Gaming Pro 5070Ti on EOFY deals for $1399 (w00t!)
• Went with NZXT PSU as it does seem to be the better quality for a $20 differential.
• I'm happy to run a 1x2TB SSD in the meantime and if I need to purchase another, I'll do that later once I test out the system for a bit.
  • I also failed to mention I run a 64TB Synology NAS drive for storage of all my media, so the loss of 2TB from the initial build isn't too worrying.
  • The 5GBe port on the MB was a treat to find!

Thanks again for everyone's input & responses!

Should take me a week or two to find time to put everything together. Will share photos of the build when its up and running