Not sure about spec for 4k gaming pc

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AveragePrettyLightsFan

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I may have gotten a bit caught up in the Black Friday deals and have ended up buying a Neo Odyssey G7 4k 165hz so I’m looking for a pc that can make good use of it in addition to some 3d modelling/simulation.

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Intel® Core™ i9 24-Core Processor i9-14900KF (Up to 6.0GHz) 36MB Cache
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GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING X AX (LGA1700, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 - HDMI, DP, LHR



1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)


Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
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1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)


Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H150i ELITE RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND

I did look at going for an AM5 platform but I was seeing a lot of complaints about stability which really put me off. I have a bit of knowledge of PC stuff but not a lot my only other experience has been picking up a pre built system off the shelf at curry’s so any advice would be appreciate.
 
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Intel® Core™ i9 24-Core Processor i9-14900KF (Up to 6.0GHz) 36MB Cache
Motherboard
GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING X AX (LGA1700, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H150i ELITE RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
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ONBOARD LAN PORT
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sorry about that
 
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AveragePrettyLightsFan

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Ive heard a lot of people complaining about these CPU’s either causing major issues with their system or just being a pain to deal with, is this true or just internet gossip? The 7800x3d and 7950x3d look amazing on paper but a lot of what ive heard makes me a bit nervous about buying one.
 
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AveragePrettyLightsFan said:
Ive heard a lot of people complaining about these CPU’s either causing major issues with their system or just being a pain to deal with, is this true or just internet gossip? The 7800x3d and 7950x3d look amazing on paper but a lot of what ive heard makes me a bit nervous about buying one.
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They had issues on release but that was sorted as of may this year with a bios update, no issues since that I’m aware of unless you’ve got a faulty part of course
 
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I reckon Ryzen and the 7950X3D is a great bet for you here. And you can go quite indulgent on the build and still come in quite a bit cheaper than the Intel build, even if we double your RAM to 64GB. You could even upgrade to the 4090 and stay within the £3500 maximum budget, but whether that's worthwhile for you I don't know!

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16 Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.7GHz/144MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5) Great combination of gaming and productivity performance
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X670 AORUS ELITE AX (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6E) Really strong motherboard
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 32GB) Lots of RAM for 3D performance
Graphics Card
16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW) Boot drive
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW) Project and game drive
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE Mass storage (or maybe you could get a second P41+ 2TB to separate games and projects?)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Lots of PSU capacity is a good plan
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler Good option for cooling the 7950X3D - and probably quieter than the H150i
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING Corsair coolers come with good thermal paste
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
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Price: £3,020.00 including VAT and Delivery
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sck451 said:
I reckon Ryzen and the 7950X3D is a great bet for you here. And you can go quite indulgent on the build and still come in quite a bit cheaper than the Intel build, even if we double your RAM to 64GB. You could even upgrade to the 4090 and stay within the £3500 maximum budget, but whether that's worthwhile for you I don't know!

Case
FRACTAL MESHIFY 2 LIGHT TEMPERED GLASS Great case
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16 Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.7GHz/144MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5) Great combination of gaming and productivity performance
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X670 AORUS ELITE AX (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6E) Really strong motherboard
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 32GB) Lots of RAM for 3D performance
Graphics Card
16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW) Boot drive
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW) Project and game drive
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE Mass storage (or maybe you could get a second P41+ 2TB to separate games and projects?)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Lots of PSU capacity is a good plan
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler Good option for cooling the 7950X3D - and probably quieter than the H150i
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING Corsair coolers come with good thermal paste
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
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Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
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United Kingdom - English Language
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3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
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STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Price: £3,020.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/hgxhQWgexi
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I don’t know how you did that but thank you very much, a lot of good recommendations that I didn’t think about like the RAM as i was planning to upgrade to 64gb at some point but this gives me the option of upgrading to 128gb for stuff like fluid simulation.
 
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Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16 Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.7GHz/144MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X670 AORUS ELITE AX (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4090 - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
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CORSAIR 1200W RMx SHIFT SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
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Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
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Price: £3,535.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/2H2d4mKZMZ/


I had a look at fitting in a 4090 and came up with this, slightly over budget but I felt like 1200W would give me more freedom for future upgrades given this platform should be around for a while. Also for whatever reason when i was looking before it would only show the ASUS cards which seem to be very overpriced given that a very similar spec was coming in north of £4k so this is a nice surprise.
 
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AveragePrettyLightsFan said:
Case
FRACTAL MESHIFY 2 LIGHT TEMPERED GLASS
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16 Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.7GHz/144MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X670 AORUS ELITE AX (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4090 - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W RMx SHIFT SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
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FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
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NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Price: £3,535.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/2H2d4mKZMZ/


I had a look at fitting in a 4090 and came up with this, slightly over budget but I felt like 1200W would give me more freedom for future upgrades given this platform should be around for a while. Also for whatever reason when i was looking before it would only show the ASUS cards which seem to be very overpriced given that a very similar spec was coming in north of £4k so this is a nice surprise.
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Amazing system! Very envious.

I think you might have been looking at one of the overclocking configuration tools before? I definitely agree the Asus cards aren't worth the extra price.
 
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sck451 said:
Amazing system! Very envious.

I think you might have been looking at one of the overclocking configuration tools before? I definitely agree the Asus cards aren't worth the extra price.
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Ah that makes sense I did think the huge price jump was a bit odd. I‘ll happily lose out on at most a 100mhz boost clock increase and a couple of extra ports for £350 to spend on other components seems like a no brainer to me.
 
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This is a good post that may help explain a bit about extra storage drives.

Why more than one storage drive?

I've been meaning to put something like this together for a while. In recent weeks I've found myself writing this more and more so thought I would just post my thoughts in a thread that I could link to. So the reason for this thread is to try and give insight as to the reasoning behind having...
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Thinking about it you could go for the 4TB Corsair drive instead of the two P41s to simplify the storage and save £30.
 
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Bhuna50 said:
This is a good post that may help explain a bit about extra storage drives.

Why more than one storage drive?

I've been meaning to put something like this together for a while. In recent weeks I've found myself writing this more and more so thought I would just post my thoughts in a thread that I could link to. So the reason for this thread is to try and give insight as to the reasoning behind having...
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk
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Thats actually quite interestin. Thanks
 
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