Question Want to build an overkill PC for gaming and game design computer

[turnerkenn92]

I need some help on my build. It been few years that I kept up with all of my PC parts. I'm going to be opening my own gaming studio soon so I need a PC that can do whatever Im doing and Im a huge gamer please help

 

[rgd1101]

budget? buying from?

 

[turnerkenn92]

budget? buying from?

I don't really have a budget since I'm going to use it for business. But I would like to spend no more than 10k. I normally buy all my stuff on newegg

 

[COLGeek]

I need some help on my build. It been few years that I kept up with all of my PC parts. I'm going to be opening my own gaming studio soon so I need a PC that can do whatever Im doing and Im a huge gamer please help

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[turnerkenn92]

Approximate Purchase Date: soon as I can

Budget Range: 5k-10k

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and game design/programming

Are you buying a monitor: Yes



Parts to Upgrade: everything

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Location: Richmond VA

Parts Preferences: I'm big on Intel and Nvidia

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes

Your Monitor Resolutions: 4k

Additional Comments: like to have an overkill build

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I need a new pc for gaming and for my game studio

 

[Eximo]

Probably should take SLI/Crossfire out of the template, obsolete. Dual 3090 Ti sounds cool until you realize that a single 5090 has more CUDA cores now.

I've always struggled to spend 10k on a system. A lot may have to go into peripherals these days.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor ($586.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler ($119.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E AORUS MASTER ATX AM5 Motherboard ($449.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 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 ($174.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 8 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($649.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Storage: Western Digital Red Plus 10 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($196.53 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card ($2000.00)
Case: In Win ModFree Base ATX Full Tower Case ($179.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair HX1200i 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell Alienware AW3225QF 31.6" 3840 x 2160 240 Hz Curved Monitor ($899.99 @ Dell Technologies)
Keyboard: Logitech G610 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($145.00 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Optical Mouse ($94.95 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Sennheiser GSP 670 7.1 Channel Headset ($87.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $6231.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-29 10:26 EST-0500

 

[turnerkenn92]

Probably should take SLI/Crossfire out of the template, obsolete. Dual 3090 Ti sounds cool until you realize that a single 5090 has more CUDA cores now.

I've always struggled to spend 10k on a system. A lot may have to go into peripherals these days.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor ($586.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler ($119.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E AORUS MASTER ATX AM5 Motherboard ($449.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 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 ($174.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 8 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($649.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Storage: Western Digital Red Plus 10 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($196.53 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card ($2000.00)
Case: In Win ModFree Base ATX Full Tower Case ($179.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair HX1200i 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell Alienware AW3225QF 31.6" 3840 x 2160 240 Hz Curved Monitor ($899.99 @ Dell Technologies)
Keyboard: Logitech G610 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($145.00 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Optical Mouse ($94.95 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Sennheiser GSP 670 7.1 Channel Headset ($87.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $6231.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-29 10:26 EST-0500

It been few years since I been up to date with everything. I been overseas for 4 years. Sli was a big thing when I was keeping up

 

[Eximo]

That was directed at the template itself, not your lack of knowledge. And to point out that Nvidia took SLI away for a reason. They just ended up making massive GPUs to supplant the need.

Multiple GPUs still has its use for rendering and AI and other accelerated tasks. But since the average person won't have anywhere close to a 4090 or 5090 GPU, any long term game development done at that level will easily be able to run on a mid-range card a few years down the road.

 

[COLGeek]

Will take a look at the template. Fair comment. Not really relevant now.

May change to Multiple GPUs and Why?

 

[helper800]

Personally this is what I would do:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor ($586.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($90.08 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E AORUS PRO ATX AM5 Motherboard ($359.99 @ Best Buy)
Memory: Mushkin Redline ST 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL30 Memory ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial T705 W/Heatsink 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($401.67 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 8 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($649.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card ($1999.99)
Case: Fractal Design Torrent ATX Mid Tower Case ($205.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic PRIME TX-1300 ATX 3.0 1300 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($459.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: [url=https://pcpartpicker.com/product/v4TZxr/gigabyte-aorus-fo32u2p-315-3840-x-2160-240-hz-monitor-fo32u2p]Gigabyte AORUS FO32U2P 31.5" 3840 x 2160 240 Hz Monitor ($1099.99) [/URL]
Total: $6057.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-29 14:06 EST-0500

Place the two front mounted 160mm fans on the bottom of the case as intake and put th Arctic freezer 3 radiator as intake on the front of the case. That monitor I linked is very nice, I have one, and it's one of the few with a Displayport 2.1 port so there is no DSC between the graphics card and the monitor. If you could wait for the 9950X3D CPU, that would be the ideal CPU for your use cases. The 9800X3D is the fastest gaming CPU right now but since it only has 8 cores it would slow down the workflow when doing compiling or other multithreaded workloads related to game dev. The 9950x has the cores but does not have the game boosting X3D cache that the X3D chips do.