Draft build for Stable Diffusion and gaming

[tinerd]

Hi all, I'm thinking about a build with the following applications in mind, in order of importance:

• Generative art with Stable Diffusion, I'll need a good amount of VRAM
• Blender 3D renderings
• Gaming, Cyberpunk as a reference
• dual boot Windows / Linux for development work

*removed all of the competitors - please be aware of our rules* - ci_newman
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£368.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Total: £3128.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available


I made it as a starting point, I've never assembled a desktop computer of this size independently, so feel free to be over-descriptive and suggest alternatives.

Thank you for your time!

 

[dfour]

First @tinerd welcome to the forum

Second please edit out all the competitiors you have mentioned as this forum is owned and run by OCUK and competitors are not allowed to be mentioned. (fine to leave the prices).

I would change the 3090ti to a 4080 as its much faster in blender. If you need more vram then the other option is a 4090.
For a 4090 you will need a bigger atx v3 psu like:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W Fully Modular Native PCIE 5 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-1BN-TT) = £164.99
• 1 x Power Cable for Thermaltake GF3 850/1000/1200 Power supply (SKU: CB-000-TT) = £0.00
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14Q-BQ) = £168.99
• 1 x MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5 UK PSU 1000W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-00W-MS) = £169.98
• 1 x CoolerMaster MWE V2 1050w ATX3.0 PCI-e 5.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply - Black (SKU: CA-38H-CM) = £170.00

Total: £673.96 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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[tinerd]

*removed all of the competitors - please be aware of our rules* - ci_newman
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£368.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Apologies, here's the updated list:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£368.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X73 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£210.39)
Motherboard: ASRock X670E Steel Legend ATX AM5 Motherboard (£312.84)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 Memory (£231.49)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£87.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£137.94 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: EVGA FTW3 GAMING GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24 GB Video Card (£1289.99)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£147.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Monitor: Gigabyte G34WQC 34.0" 3440 x 1440 144 Hz Curved Monitor

Second please edit out all the competitiors you have mentioned as this forum is owned and run by OCUK and competitors are not allowed to be mentioned. (fine to leave the prices).

Thank you for the answer and the recommendations.

 

[mickyflinn]

Get yourself a 1000w PSU min the 3090ti has power spikes of over 500w.

You also mite need a case to put it all in

 

[mickyflinn]

@tinerd have you looked how much faster the 4090 is over the 3090 in stable diffusion ?

https://www.andyhtu.com/post/the-power-of-stable-diffusion-rtx-4090-performance#:~:text=In%20tasks%20involving%20a%20resolution,computational%20tasks%20in%20Stable%20Diffusion.

Stable Diffusion Benchmarked: Which GPU Runs AI Fastest (Updated)

Which graphics card offers the fastest AI?

www.tomshardware.com

 

[Tetras]

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£368.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Total: £3128.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available


feel free to be over-descriptive and suggest alternatives.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £368.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £255.54
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-41600C40 5200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200Z40) (SKU: MY-4DM-CS) = £169.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity 24GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13E-ZT) = £1,499.99
• 2 x Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM3A013) (SKU: HD-3DX-SE) = £109.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
• 1 x Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W Fully Modular Native PCIE 5 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-1BN-TT) = £164.99
• 1 x Power Cable for Thermaltake GF3 850/1000/1200 Power supply (SKU: CB-000-TT) = £0.00
• 1 x Gigabyte 34" G34WQC-A 3440x1440 VA 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Curved Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MO-00S-GI) = £378.95

Total: £3,123.42 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Cooler: this (under £50).

Changes:
- Swapped to a cheaper board, but it still retains PCI-E 5.0 graphics and 1x PCI-E 5.0 SSD.
- Swapped 3090 Ti to a 4090, since in some workloads it is a lot faster (article).
- Removed the 1TB SSD and replaced with 2TB, since it is better value.
- Removed the AIO, you don't need a £200 cooler for a 7800X3D, power consumption is very low, see here.
- Upgraded the PSU to an ATX 3.0/PCIE5 model to get a 12/16 pin and more headroom.
- Downgraded the RAM, this change is not ideal, but the X3D cares far less about ram speed than the non-X3D CPUs and it helped keep the cost down.

 

[tinerd]

Thank you all for your suggestions.

I collected yours and other suggestions and came out with this final setup. Let me know what you think.
(I removed the monitor that I already have, and added a case)

************ Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£359.99)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool LS720 SE 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£99.00)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£255.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£204.99)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£106.85)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£106.85)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card (£1559.99)
Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO ATX Mid Tower Case (£179.00 )
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£165.00)
Total: £3036.67

 

[ED209]

Wouldn't you be better off going for a ATX 3.0 PSU for the new connecter on the 4090?

Save having to use the horrible 3 x 8 pin to 1 x new pin connecter?

Just my opinion but upto you

Can get this 1 for £4 more

be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

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I have a 4070Ti and it has a 2 x 8 pin adaptor that it came with as using a non atx 3.0 PSU but i can get a cable that changes this for the modular PSU.

2 x connecters from the PSU to 1 x new connecter.

This 1 below

be quiet! 12VHPWR Pci-E Adapter Cable

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