£1800-£2000 Desktop

[FinalSquall]

Hey guys

I am looking to build a new PC (toying with the idea of a gaming laptop also, but want to see my options on the desktop side)

My requirements are;

Intel CPU (Pref Air Cooling as I have not delved into liquid cooling setups)
Nvidia RTX 3070Ti (Better if achievable, but this is my aim)
High Quality PSU
High Quality MOBO
High Quality SSD particularly for the main boot disk
High Quality DDR5 RAM (32GB Pref)
Good Case which is not too huge but large enough to comfortably fit components and provide sufficient airflow

I do not need;
Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor

How do I use it:
Naturally I play video games
I am a software developer so various programming tools/software
I also delve into content creation and video editing

 

[Frenzy]

A new cpu and gpu generation is just about to come out, I would wait.

 

[Tetras]

Common components:

Lian-Li GALAHAD AIO 240mm High Performance RGB CPU Water Cooler - White - £129.95
Lian Li Lancool 205 Midi-Tower Case - White Window - £64.99
Phanteks AMP 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - £114.95

Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive - £139.99
WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) - £79.99

Build 1 (upper end of budget, AMD & DDR4)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Ventus 3X OC 8GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card - £659.99
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Sixteen Core 4.9GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail - £548.99
Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £139.99
MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard - £149.99

Grand Total: £2,042.03

Build 2 (upper end of budget, Intel & DDR5)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Ventus 3X OC 8GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card - £659.99
Intel Core i7-12700K 3.60GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail - £419.99
Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £259.99
Asus Prime Z690-P - Intel Z690 LGA 1700 DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £212.99

Grand Total: £2,096.03

Build 3 (lower-end of budget & what I'd get)
Powercolor Radeon RX 6800 FIGHTER 16GB PCI-Express Graphics Card - £529.99
AMD RAISE THE GAME - Up To 3 Games with RX 6000 Series Graphics Cards - £0.00
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail - £399.95
Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £139.99
MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard - £149.99

Grand Total: £1,762.99

I'm not sure what air coolers are suitable for a 5950X/5900X/12700K but £130 is a big budget to find one.

According to TPU's i7-12700K review:
- The 5900X/5950X are faster than the i7 in UE4, but slower in C++ compilation.
- In blender, The 12700K at stock is roughly equal to the 5900X, the 5950X is faster even with the 12700K's power limits unlocked.
- In V-Ray, 5900X and 5950X are both faster than the 12700K, even with the 12700K's power limits unlocked.
- In Adobe Premier Pro, they seem to all perform similarly, but in Adobe Photoshop the 12700K is faster than the 5900X and 5950X.
- Under moderate/heavy multi-threaded load the 12700K seems to have an approx 20% higher power ceiling than the 5950X at stock, but considerably more when overclocked.
- The energy efficiency of the 5900X and 5950X is much higher under moderate/heavy multi-threaded load.

In reference to my third build, nvidia generally has better support for productivity/workstation than AMD, so perhaps best to stick with them, but AMD did a lot of driver work recently, including a massive projected increase in OpenGL performance, so I'm not sure if that still holds true.