Spec me a 7950x build

[krooton]

My brother is looking to build a pc focusing on VM/Docker/Layers, with a bit of ML and moderate gaming.

Looking in the region of £2k, and I did a rough spec, but I am unsure on what mobo to get, as well as a cooler. I'm guessing AIO would be needed due to the tdp of the 7950x?

Ram I'm guessing 64gb of corsair non-bling 5600 should be fine, and likely going with the £420 3060ti as can't justify the jump to a 4070ti for his needs.

650w to 750w corsair should be fine with all the above?

Thanks for any advice

 

[krooton]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Samsung 980 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-24F-SA) = £109.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool II Mesh Performance Midi-Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-78B-LL) = £96.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060Ti WindForce OC V2 LHR 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1FR-GI) = £428.99
• 1 x MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-375-MS) = £319.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DE-AM) = £599.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £329.99
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer II High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: HS-07D-AR) = £119.98
• 1 x Noctua NH-D15 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler with two NH-A15 Fans (SKU: HS-026-NC) = £99.95
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-750 750W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-06U-SS) = £112.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Meshify C Mid-Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-082-FD) = £110.00

Total: £2,344.81 (includes delivery: £15.99)​

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[krooton]

This is where I got, with either the AIO sitting at the front of the case (top can only hold a 240mm rad) or just going with the Noctua.

Also thinking maybe the Meshify C for a slightly smaller footprint, but seemingly similar cooling performance to the Lian Li.

 

[krooton]

Thanks all, further discussions with him, he likes the compact nature of the Meshify C, and it looks like the Dark Rock Pro 4 will be a fine aircooler for £80.

Keep in mind, he will not be overclocking or anything like that, will be set up with stand XMP (EXPO?) settings and that's it.

Looks like I can up the RAM to 6000mhz for only an extra £50

He will look at extra storage if he needs it in the future, 1TB is fine for now.

Here's what I got shopping around for a total of £2,030:

WD BLACK SN850X 1TB M.2

Meshify C

Corsair RM750

AMD 7950x

Gigabyte 3060 ti

MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI

Dark Rock Pro 4

Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 64GB 6000MHz