Planning a major upgrade, if not just a new build | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

civic echo Oct 22, 2023, 10:35 PM

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I'm currently planning to do a massive overhaul of my pc, just for context I'm currently running:
Asus Z170-P
I7-7700K
GTX 1060 6GB
(2x8) 16GB DDR4 RAM

Currently planning on upgrading to:
MSI Z790 GAMING PRO WIFI
I9-13900k (Using a Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE as cooler)
RTX 3060Ti
(2x32) 64GB DDR5 RAM
(Also I'd be possibly getting a Meshify 2 case in case that affects anything for some reason)

Going to be varied use from gaming to 3D modelling and rendering to just general browsing the internet (kind of a jack of all trades)
If you have any comments from a better part for value or if I'm going overkill it'd be much appreciated

bright cosmos Oct 22, 2023, 10:37 PM

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its a new build

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id say use pcpartpicker for your list

sudden bone Oct 22, 2023, 10:38 PM

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What’s your budget?

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Also I doubt the peerless assassin could handle the 13900K

bright cosmos Oct 22, 2023, 10:39 PM

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youd need a 360mm rad at least

sudden bone Oct 22, 2023, 10:39 PM

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sudden bone Also I doubt the peerless assassin could handle the 13900K

The Thermalright Frozen Notte 360 is pretty well priced for a 360mm aio

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Like $70 iirc

civic echo Oct 22, 2023, 10:40 PM

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sudden bone What’s your budget?

It's about 1.5k-ish which from looking through parts i've got some to spare

sudden bone Oct 22, 2023, 10:40 PM

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Okay

bright cosmos Oct 22, 2023, 10:40 PM

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woah wait, dont get a 13900k with a 3060ti

sudden bone Oct 22, 2023, 10:40 PM

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What type of games do you play?

civic echo Oct 22, 2023, 10:43 PM

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Kinda varies but literally from pixel games to stuff like Cyberpunk, the new Spiderman games etc

civic echo Oct 22, 2023, 10:45 PM

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bright cosmos woah wait, dont get a 13900k with a 3060ti

how come

bright cosmos Oct 22, 2023, 10:45 PM

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massively overpriced cpu for that gpu

sudden bone Oct 22, 2023, 10:46 PM

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I have no clue whether 3D modelling favours Nvidia or not but this is what I came up with https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fQk9Cd

civic echo Oct 22, 2023, 10:55 PM

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sudden bone I have no clue whether 3D modelling favours Nvidia or not but this is what I cam...

thanks for this

idle glade Oct 23, 2023, 1:42 AM

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civic echo I'm currently planning to do a massive overhaul of my pc, just for context I'm c...

Woah woah woah. 13900k and just a 3060 ti?

idle glade Oct 23, 2023, 1:42 AM

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bright cosmos youd need a 360mm rad at least

The 240s work better than the 360s

idle glade Oct 23, 2023, 1:43 AM

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sudden bone I have no clue whether 3D modelling favours Nvidia or not but this is what I cam...

This is good

idle glade Oct 23, 2023, 2:03 AM

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But I wouldn’t use nvidia

idle glade Oct 23, 2023, 2:28 AM

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Maybe a 7800

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Or 6800

lament flume Oct 23, 2023, 5:42 AM

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the 7700k is pretty damn beefy, I'd consider tossing another 16GB of DDR4 at that (cheap!!) and maybe just dropping the 3060ti in that

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or as others have noted the AMD cards being a better value for games

idle glade Oct 23, 2023, 1:33 PM

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lament flume or as others have noted the AMD cards being a better value for games

Yep

white hawk Oct 23, 2023, 4:50 PM

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hmm do you plan on doing a lot of rendering via CPU?

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13900k feels kinda unbalanced with a 3060ti

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ahhh i just checked the list and it seems like you rebalanced it

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seems fine to me now

idle glade Oct 23, 2023, 4:52 PM

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white hawk 13900k feels kinda unbalanced with a 3060ti

Kinda?

white hawk Oct 23, 2023, 4:53 PM

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idle glade Kinda?

there are legitimate use cases for that config

idle glade Oct 23, 2023, 4:54 PM

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Well for rendering yes

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That makes sense

white hawk Oct 23, 2023, 4:56 PM

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idle glade But I wouldn’t use nvidia

i absolutely would

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a lot of 3d modelling programs and render engines do not play well with AMD

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or have support at all

idle glade Oct 23, 2023, 4:57 PM

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Ok well if only for gaming amd is the better option

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