Build advice and spec check

[CountDookey]

Hi Overclockers!

I've never built a PC before but have been advised to go it alone rather than buy a pre built rig. Can you please check the kit list I've put together and offer advice as to whether I've got everything I need, or whether you think I should swap out certain components. Ideally I'd hope to spend £3,500 but this little lot is coming out at £4,345 so some advice on slimming it down a little without losing too much 'future proofing' would be great

For reference, I'm not looking to play games (except on rare occasions) and will mostly be using it for UE5 projects, 3D modelling (Maya / Blender), Z-Brush and Photoshop. I work in the visual effects industry, so I'm concentrating on cinematics and stills rather than gameplay.

Also, any tips on what the hell I should be doing, how to avoid cocking it up all gratefully received

Thanks so much for taking a look

• Phanteks NV Series NV7 Full Tower Case​

• Gigabyte Z790 Aero G Motherboard​

• Intel i9-13900KS Processor​

• Corsair HX1500i Fully Modular Ultra-Low Noise ATX Digital Power Supply​

• Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 AERO OC 24G GPU​

• CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz RAM​

• Samsung 990 PRO Heatsink 2TB PCIe 4.0 (up to 7,450MB/s) NVMe M.2 SSD (I'll add another one later on down the line)​

• CORSAIR iCUE LINK H150i RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler​

• Phanteks D30 Fans​

• Corsair Premium 600W PCIe 5.0 / Gen 5 12VHPWR PSU Cable​

• CORSAIR CP-8920224 Premium Individually Sleeved PSU Cables​

• Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut thermal paste​

 

[CountDookey]

Here's an alternative AMD build:

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My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Twelve Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DU-AM) = £399.95
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
• 1 x MSI MPG B650 Edge WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-373-MS) = £229.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £199.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Ventus 3X OC 24GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-38Z-MS) = £1,639.99
• 1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £95.00
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool II Mesh C RGB Midi-Tower Case - Snow Edition (SKU: CA-79T-LL) = £119.98
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 1000W V2 80PLUS Gold Power Supply - White (SKU: CA-0C6-PT) = £170.00

Total: £2,866.88 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

Cooler: this, in white (under £50).

I couldn't choose the white Aero-G because I couldn't find the 4090 version on sale at OCUK, so the Ventus was the best I could do.

Same story with the RAM, I know you can get the vengeance heatsinks in white.

CPU chosen based on this review, but if you don't pay the power bill, I guess it is not important.

The case includes 3x 120mm fans in the front.

The PSU already includes the white sleeved cables, so no need to buy more.

Thanks so much for your help!

Looks great!