Prospective 4090 build

HopelessOptimist · 5 Oct 2023 at 13:15

Looking for some advice or referrals to resources to do some research. I last built my current PC in 2011 and it's just not cutting it any longer.

I'm looking to upgrade to as top of the range as I can afford (£3k) but still get value for my money. I realise this is a slight contradiction with the cost of GPUs these days but still. I am looking to mostly play games on it with some part time video editing thrown in so I am considering building around a chosen GPU. With my budget in mind I think I should be aiming for a 4090 right? What considerations should I be making w/r/t the different brands of 4090s? Let's say noise and aesthetics are mostly unimportant and monitor and other peripherals are not part of the budget equation.

Apologies if I am using the forum incorrectly or using incorrect terminology.

Thanks in advance.

tamzzy · 5 Oct 2023 at 13:21

HopelessOptimist said:
with some part time video editing thrown in

what software do you use?

HopelessOptimist · 5 Oct 2023 at 13:53

tamzzy said:
what software do you use?

Mostly Adobe.

Tetras · 5 Oct 2023 at 15:14

How much storage do you need?

Do you care about RGB?

Is Windows included in the budget?

Here is an example 3K build, the 4090 by Zotac is chosen just because of the warranty length.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DS-AM) = £499.99
1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £250.00
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) = £1,589.99
1 x Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM3A013) (SKU: HD-3DX-SE) = £109.99
1 x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-075-CR) = £109.99

1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £89.99
1 x Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050W ATX3.0 Native PCIE 5 Fully Modular 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply (SKU: CA-1BR-TT) = £179.99
1 x Power Cable for Thermaltake PF3 750/850/1000/1200 Power supply (SKU: CB-001-TT) = £0.00

Total: £2,999.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Cooler: this (under £50).

HopelessOptimist · 5 Oct 2023 at 15:28

Tetras said:
How much storage do you need?

Do you care about RGB?

Is Windows included in the budget?

Here is an example 3K build, the 4090 by Zotac is chosen just because of the warranty length.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DS-AM) = £499.99

1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £250.00

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) = £1,589.99

1 x Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM3A013) (SKU: HD-3DX-SE) = £109.99

1 x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-075-CR) = £109.99

1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £89.99

1 x Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050W ATX3.0 Native PCIE 5 Fully Modular 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply (SKU: CA-1BR-TT) = £179.99

1 x Power Cable for Thermaltake PF3 750/850/1000/1200 Power supply (SKU: CB-001-TT) = £0.00

Total: £2,999.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Cooler: this (under £50).

2TB is probably enough to begin with so long as there's room to add more in future.

Do not care about RGB at all.

Windows might be necessary but I can up the budget to encompass it. £3k is not a hard cutoff.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll have a proper look through once I've finished for the day.

Quartz · 5 Oct 2023 at 15:32

Tetras said:
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DS-AM) = £499.99

If the PC is mainly for gaming then the CPU of choice is the 7800X3D. The 7900X3D only has the extra cache on one CCD.

Tetras · 5 Oct 2023 at 15:34

HopelessOptimist said:
2TB is probably enough to begin with so long as there's room to add more in future.

The board has 3x M.2 slots, so no issue there.

HopelessOptimist said:
Do not care about RGB at all.

The version of the Lian Li 216 in my case spec has no RGB, though it is pre-order at the moment.

Quartz said:
If the PC is mainly for gaming then the CPU of choice is the 7800X3D.

Yeah, I was thinking of the "part time video editing".

Quartz · 5 Oct 2023 at 15:47

Tetras said:
Yeah, I was thinking of the "part time video editing".

I'm sure the OP will be able to upgrade to the hopefully forthcoming 7950X3D2 at some point.