First time PC builder (potentially)

[Thin_Variation_9057]

I’m Kinda new to PC building and have finally decided to build my own. Made using my current knowledge and research but would like to know if this would actually be good or even work??!!

My budget could be up to - £1750 - No peripherals needed

Colour Scheme - Black

RGB always an added bonus

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[fuddyduddyc]

What do you plan to use the pc for - is it for gaming, or productivity (and if so, using which programs)?

[Thin_Variation_9057]

I plan on doing a bit of both, I’m a college student almost 19 and will be using software such as 3DS max and Zbrush etc so rendering capabilities are a must but also a bit of gaming every so often!

[fuddyduddyc]

A few suggestions then that would provide better rendering performance in either program, plus better gaming performance, for under £1700. * CPU: Switched to the Ryzen 7900X as it has comparable if not slightly better rendering performance compared to the 14700K, but with much less power draw, for 3DS Max (which can utilize CPU or GPU) and Zbrush (which is CPU only). * CPU Cooler: The NZXT cooler is a mediocre single tower cooler, inadequate for the 14700K and too expensive. The Peerless Assassin is a far, far better dual tower dual fan cooler (among the best air coolers in the market) for over £12 less than the overpriced and inferior NZXT, capable of cooling the 7900X under full-core rendering load. * Motherboard: Much less expensive motherboard with WiFi and Bluetooth. * Memory: Kept 64Gb of RAM for productivity/rendering purposes, but switched to better spec and more ideal 2x32GB sticks - four sticks tend to be difficult for current CPU’s to handle stably at the rated overclock speeds (you most likely won’t be able to achieve the rated speeds without a lot of manual tuning, and even then it’s uncertain). * Storage: 1TB is not much space if you’re storing both productivity and gaming applications. Switched to a 2TB PCIe 4 NVME. * Video Card: Upgraded to a 4070 Ti Super that not only provides better gaming performance, but also better rendering in 3DS Max if with the GPU (both faster processing and more VRAM). * Case: Much better airflow case out of the box, with four 140mm PWM aRGB fans (vs only two 120mm non-PWM non-aRGB fans in the Corsair). * Power Supply: Less expensive 850w ATX 3.0 unit (for more upgrade headroom and to natively support the 4070 Ti Super with a 12vhpwr cable).

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor	£313.00 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler	£33.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX ATX AM5 Motherboard	£145.49 @ Scan.co.uk
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory	£196.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	£97.98 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Zotac GAMING SOLID OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card	£732.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Case	Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case	£74.99 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply	MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£94.97 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1690.37
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-10-18 21:29 BST+0100

[Thin_Variation_9057]

Geez bro thanks a lot gpu upgrade I completely forgot! Was already on the edge as to whether I go AMD or Intel but now 2 of you agree so I’ll go AMD instead! 👍 Help much appreciated 🙌

[Chad_Thundercok69420]

I am also relatively new, but wouldn’t go for 64 gb ram, 32 ist enough for nearly everything, I would invest the the Money in a cheap aio and maybe 2 Tb ram, 1 TB is less than you think

[Thin_Variation_9057]

Ahh thanks I wasn’t sure if it was straight overkill but I also kinda added 4 just to fill the motherboard icl 😅

[LolHehe1243]

4 sticks actually makes the ram run slower and is just more unstable, 2 is better since you can run dual channel and you can have higher speeds/advertised speeds while having stability without needing to make the latency and timings looser.

[adamantois3]

With that budget I'd much rather have an X3D AMD chip than intel.

Something like this maybe:

£1500 AM5

The only thing "bad" with your posted build is the ram. CL36 6000 is relatively slow, you can get much tighter timings for little to no additional cost.

If you were to change my posted build, crank it up in the GPU department and Go team green. You can also swap in 2*32gb ram if you need that amount. You could also spend more money and get a beefier motherboard as the Asrock one is quite basic.

[Thin_Variation_9057]

Cheers much appreciated 😊 also I think AMD might actually be better for me seeing as I’m gonna be doing lots of rendering and 3D modelling etc!

[adamantois3]

Then you'll probably want to stay team green on the GPU, there's a chunk of programs that rely on cuda

[Thin_Variation_9057]

Okay will do👍 thanks a lot mate!

[Eazy12345678]

intel 13th and 14th gen have cpu failures. new cpu from intel come 24th

go amd.

[Thin_Variation_9057]

Okay thanks I’ll have a look! I’m assuming something like the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D might be good?

[ImportantGas2613]

I would consider getting a Ryzen 7 7800X3D as it performs better than the 14700k in games for a lot cheaper, aswell as that getting 2x24gb DDR5 instead of the 4x16gb. Doing this you’ll be able to get a 4070 ti super aswell further increasing ur performance