Gaming and geospatial work PC build

whatamidoing

whatamidoing

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Hi, I want to build a new PC for a combination of geospatial work and gaming. This is my first build and I'm looking to future proof it for when I want to upgrade it in the future a bit too. I want to be able to play some high end games like cyber punk 2077 in 4k (and good Hz but i admit i dont know too much about that side of things yet). I also will need to be able to work using python and qgis, and I'm looking to make that a bit easier than it is on my laptop currently.

I have done a bit of research and I'm looking to go heavy on the CPU (i was thinking an i9), GPU (i was thinking a 4090) and RAM (I was thinking 64gb). However I'm not 100% anchored to these if there's a better option. I'm not too sure about other parts, and im leaning towards a big case for future upgrading potential with a lot of ssd storage (4tb minimum). I also want wifi capability and a 4k screen. I'm looking to spend around the £4000 ish mark there or there abouts.

Do all of these components work together for what I'm looking to do? And does anyone have any better recommendations, where I may need more/less performance.

Thanks for any help you can give!
 
Does the 4K monitor need to be included in the budget?

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £749.99
Asus TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £350.00
Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) - £248.98

Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity 24GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card - £1,748.98
Nvidia Bite Back Promotion - Redfall Bite Back Edition Bundle - £0.00

2 X WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) - £149.99
1 X WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) - £124.99

be quiet! Silent Loop 2 360 High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm - £149.95
Phanteks Eclipse P600S Glass Silent Midi Tower Case - Black - £152.99
MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5 UK PSU 1000W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply - £159.95

Grand Total: £3,997.80 (includes delivery charge: £11.99)
 
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whatamidoing said:
Hi, I want to build a new PC for a combination of geospatial work and gaming.
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What package are you using for your Geospatial work? Some packages don't sale well with many CPU threads and use more GPGPU workload, where as the likes of Manifold scales extremely well with CPU threads/cores, as well as GPU's.
 
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I'm using a combination of qgis and python (mostly geopandas and shapely libraries) for the geospatial stuff I'm doing but it's something I'm still learning and wanted to make sure I can practice on my machine!
 
whatamidoing said:
No, the screen can be on top of the original 4k budget, as I may get that a bit further down the line!
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No changes to my build then :D If you do want the screen in the budget, I'd suggest: drop down to the 7900X3D, lose the SN770 (or one of the SN850X drives) and switch the board to the B650 version (TUF B650-PLUS WIFI). That would give you nearly £400 which my uninformed (I know very little about monitors) opinion says is enough to buy one.
 
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