4K Gaming - Ideal CPU / Platform

[Craterloads]

My cousin is looking to replace his old gaming pc, main use is gaming at 4k with some occasional video rendering.

He was thinking 14600k + Z790 mobo
I suggested the 7800x3d + x670 mobo

Having a closer look it’s closer than I thought. My initial reaction based of reviews I watched a while ago were intels new stuff was a bit crap, power hungry and just rebadged 11th / 12th gen stuff.

I think price is comparable, what would be the better pick for the above use cases or any other suggestions?

 

[Craterloads]

That’s what he has specked, which I don’t like the look of. Seems money is being wasted on motherboard and inefficient places. Just not well balanced.

So for a 4k gaming build he is probably better off allocating more of the budget towards a 4080 super in my opinion.

Any suggestions on a better speck?

 

[Craterloads]

He doesn’t need storage, as will move over his old ssd / hdds

 

[Craterloads]

If staying with Intel, I'd change the balance of 2K to something like this. I agree allocating more to the graphics card makes sense for 4K:

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 Gigabyte B760 AORUS ELITE AX (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BS-GI) = £189.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C46 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01085) = £170.00
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Super Trinity Black 16Gb Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-01496) = £959.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £89.98
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM850x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020200-UK) (SKU: CA-267-CS) = £119.99

Total: £1,941.89 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

Cooler: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/air-cooling/thermalright-phantom-spirit-120-evo-review

cheers that seems better balanced. Ive sent him that list and a similar 7800x3d list both coming to around £2100

personally id get the cheapest motherboard possible in that chipset, as doesnt do anything to performance.