My 2nd Build, advise please

[Jody]

It's been a long time since I built a PC, I'm wanting a new build mainly for editing 4k drone footage, working with Photoshop/Illustrator and playing warzone.
I've been reading a little and have come up with the following spec.
What's your thoughts please guys? It's there anything here that can/should be improved? Anything OTT?
I may swap out the GPU for a 4080 super yet I'm undecided ATM need to see if my funds can stretch to it.
Partpicker doesn't show any compatibility issues.


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-14700K (Raptor Lake-S) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-INT-00800) = £399.95
• 1 x NZXT Kraken 360 Black RGB AIO CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: HS-02G-NX) = £199.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-52800C32 6600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-01225) = £259.99
• 1 x Crucial T700 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen5 M.2 Solid State Drive (CT2000T700SSD3) (SKU: HD-07D-CR) = £326.99
• 1 x B Grade Asrock Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Formula 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Gra (SKU: BG-198-AK) = £599.99
• 1 x NZXT H9 Flow Mid Tower Tempered Glass PC Gaming Case - Black (SKU: CA-1BE-NX) = £169.99
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM1000e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020264-UK) (SKU: CA-27P-CS) = £152.99
• 3 x Lian Li UNI SL120 INF Addressable RGB Black 120mm Fan (SKU: FG-00Z-LL) = £29.99
• 1 x MSI Pro Z790-A WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-36Y-MS) = £269.98

Total: £2,481.83 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[mickyflinn]

Do you really need a pcie5 m2 ?

£200 on a aio cooler is excessive there are cheaper alternatives.

Nvidia GPU mite be better for GPU encoding with it's cuda cores.

 

[Jody]

Do you really need a pcie5 m2 ?

£200 on a aio cooler is excessive there are cheaper alternatives.

Nvidia GPU mite be better for GPU encoding with it's cuda cores.

Thanks for your reply

I chose pcie5 M2 due to speed, are there any other options with similar speeds which may be a better choice?

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks for your reply

I chose pcie5 M2 due to speed, are there any other options with similar speeds which may be a better choice?

The speed will mainly be relevant moving large files from one fast drive to another., for the money you can get 2 pcie4 2tb western digital sn850x

Memory is another thing where you can save money, unless you need high MHz for the extra bandwidth then 5600mhz or 6000 MHz should be fine.

Below ar some alternatives.

MSI TOMAHAWK which I prefer over the pro, seasoning has a 10 year warranty .

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-379-MS) = £269.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C40BBAK2-64) (SKU: MY-29V-KS) = £229.99
• 1 x G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo EXPO RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-GSK-01357) = £248.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-1000 ATX 3.0 1000W 80 Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-08L-SS) = £169.99
• 1 x DeepCool LE720 All In One ARGB Black CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: HS-01T-DC) = £89.99
• 1 x Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB All In One Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: HS-097-CM) = £109.99
• 1 x MSI MAG CORELIQUID 360R V2 ARGB Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: HS-00Q-MS) = £119.99

Total: £1,246.92 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[Jody]

Can you explain why you prefer the tomahawk over the pro please

 

[mickyflinn]

Can you explain why you prefer the tomahawk over the pro please

Extra sata and usb ports, but mainly the all black look and the Tomahawk have been the go to boards for some time.

 

[PhigBill]

Have to say I'm with @mickyflinn on this one, to see a build totaling nearly £2500 and for you to still only have a B-Grade 6900XT as your GPU, you're doing something wrong.

 

[Jody]

Extra sata and usb ports, but mainly the all black look and the Tomahawk have been the go to boards for some time.

I'll take a look at that thanks

Have to say I'm with @mickyflinn on this one, to see a build totaling nearly £2500 and for you to still only have a B-Grade 6900XT as your GPU, you're doing something wrong.

I'm undecided on the GPU, as stated in the original post!

 

[Tetras]

Alternative build:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-13700F (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BD-IN) = £359.99
• 1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £159.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-41600C40 5200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200C40 (SKU: MY-4DC-CS) = £170.00
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Eagle 16GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1FP-GI) = £1,099.99
• 2 x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-075-CR) = £114.95
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P600S Glass Silent Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-08T-PT) = £152.98
• 1 x Phanteks M25 140mm PWM High-Airflow Chassis Fan - Black (SKU: FG-033-PT) = £9.95
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-1000 ATX 3.0 1000W 80 Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-08L-SS) = £169.99

Total: £2,364.78 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

- Switch the 13700F to 13700 non-F, if available, since the integrated graphics can be useful.
- Switch the graphics card to 4080 Super when available.

The 14700 non-K / F CPUs are due soon, but the board in my spec does not have USB flashback.

Cooler: this.

There's an article here on the difference of RAM speed for productivity:

Impact of DDR5 Speed on Content Creation Performance (2023 update)

DDR5 memory has kits rated for up to 8400 Mbps, while desktop CPUs only officially support up to 5600 Mbps. How much does running at official specifications actually impact performance in common content creation applications?

www.pugetsystems.com

 

[PhigBill]

I'll take a look at that thanks

I'm undecided on the GPU, as stated in the original post!

I think you've missed my point, it's not fact that you're undecided on a GPU, it's the fact that you're already at nearly £2500 and the build itself just doesn't really make any coherent sense, it just isn't budgeted very well.

 

[Jody]

I think you've missed my point, it's not fact that you're undecided on a GPU, it's the fact that you're already at nearly £2500 and the build itself just doesn't really make any coherent sense, it just isn't budgeted very well.

That's why I'm here, for a 2k budget what would you spec? and why..

 

[jigger]

What size files are you working with and how are you transferring/storing the media?

 

[Jody]

What size files are you working with and how are you transferring/storing the media?

Anywhere between 5 to 15GB, usb-c direct from drone (Air 3) at the moment. Storing on multiple ssd's

 

[jigger]

Anywhere between 5 to 15GB, usb-c direct from drone (Air 3) at the moment. Storing on multiple ssd's

Do know what kind of transfer rates the drone is capable of? I had a quick look but didn’t see much.

 

[Jody]

Do know what kind of transfer rates the drone is capable of? I had a quick look but didn’t see much.

Unsure of exact capabilities but I know it's USB 3.0

 

[mickyflinn]

Unsure of exact capabilities but I know it's USB 3.0

That's a transfer speed of 5gbs equating to roughly 600mbps

 

[jigger]

I helped a friend out a while back to streamline his business and the bottleneck was transferring the footage from his drones. Those hacks are now several iterations on and the drones contain NVME drives connecting over oculink.

You might find it’s the media within the drone that is the limiting factor.