I’ve finally decided to build a new high end PC and wanted to bounce a draft of my build off of you guys. I’m no stranger to building PCs or electronics in general, but my current one is from 2017, so it’s been a little while.

The rig will be used for 1440p 165hz gaming in the near future and will likely upgrade to a 4k down the line and maybe VR in the future. I also use this for video editing, some 3D rendering and other relatively computationally heavy tasks.

Anyway here’s roughly what my overkill build might look like: https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=68781196-1a0b-4a9d-9e79-41b82f778fb3

I am open to an AMD CPU and even maybe a GPU, but I’m leaning towards the RTX 4080 because of DLSS and better raytracing and VR performance.

That RAM looks pretty good, I don’t know if you guys have any recommendations for fast and low latency RAM.

Also fairly clueless on motherboards and how to check if this will all physically fit inside the case considering how huge the GPUs are these days.

Any tips are appreciated, but basic PC building guides videos are probably not necessary. I have my tweezers and wireless anti static wrist band ready.

  • NecessaryWeevil@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That looks like a solid build. A few things to be aware of, though. Since you’ve chosen a large air cooler, you’ll need low-profile RAM. Corsair, Mushkin and G-Skill are popular choices. You also won’t need extra thermal paste. The tube that comes with the AK620 will be fine.

    Also, the 13700K is at the upper limit of CPUs where I would use air cooling, as it can pull up to 250 watts from the board. You may want to consider a 7800X3D because it uses about half the power, without sacrificing gaming performance. And AM5 boards are supposed to be compatible with the future 8000 series chips, or whatever AMD ends up calling those. I say this as the owner of a 13600K whose chip regularly pulls up to 200 watts when gaming.

    Lastly, 3D rendering. Depending on how deep you get into that, you may actually need 64GB of RAM – or more. The good news is that you have two more slots on that board, so you can always get more later. And I highly advise that you try to get an identical pair, for maximum compatibility. At the least, make sure that all four sticks are rated for the same voltage when set to their XMP speed. Also be aware that Intel memory controllers tend to be more robust, so if you do need to populate all four slots, the AMD option may not be able to handle the same clock speeds.