Gaming + video editing pc by Potatocraze

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ℹ️ Info

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Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X M.2 restriction: (M2M_SB connector shares bandwidth with the SATA3 2, 3 connector.)

This parts list was created using (UK) pricing and availability. (Change region)

Type	Product	Price	Shipping
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X £190.00 Buy	£190.00 Out of Stock	+Free shipping	Buy
CPU	Intel Core i5-13600K £259.99 (+ £3.99 Shipping) Buy	£259.99 In Stock	+ £3.99	Buy
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken X73 RGB White £169.99 (+ £11.50 Shipping) Buy	£169.99 Out of Stock	+ £11.50	Buy
RAM	Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 4800 £500.00 Buy	£500.00 In Stock	-	Buy
Graphics Card	ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 V2 OC Edition LHR £411.59 Buy	£411.59 Out of Stock	+Free shipping	Buy
Power Supply	CORSAIR TX Series TX850M 850W £79.99 (+ £5.48 Shipping) Buy	£79.99 Out of Stock	+ £5.48	Buy
Case	NZXT H7 Flow White £59.99 (+ £5.48 Shipping) Buy	£59.99 Out of Stock	+ £5.48	Buy
SSD	Samsung 980 PRO 1TB £90.98 (+ £5.48 Shipping) Buy	£90.98 Out of Stock	+ £5.48	Buy
Case Fan	NZXT F120P White £3.98 (+ £5.48 Shipping) Buy	£3.98 Out of Stock	+ £5.48	Buy
Case Fan	NZXT F120P White £3.98 (+ £5.48 Shipping) Buy	£3.98 Out of Stock	+ £5.48	Buy

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470 W

Estimated Wattage

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£1770.49

Build Total

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🚀 Performance

CPU Single-Core

75%

100% Ref.:
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
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CPU Multi-Core

21%

100% Ref.:
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X
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CPU Gaming

49%

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
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GPU Gaming

28%

100% Ref.:
GeForce RTX 5090
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SSD

48%

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Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB
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📝 Description

Some things i considered while compiling this build:

What i hope to achieve: Use in gaming at 1080/1440 without too much strain on the system + light video editing work.
Contemplated whether to get a slower 2TB SSD or a faster 1TB SSD, in the end went for the Samsung 980 PRO 1TB.
32GB RAM instead of 16GB to meet video editing needs (16GB would have been suffice for gaming only)
With 3070 GPU, no significant improvement in frames are expected by going for a high DDR5 RAM, so went for 4800MHz.
Initially would have gone for GIGABYTE Z690 Aorus Elite but prices went up.. :-( (it also has wifi6 and bluetooth function)
Went for 13th gen instead of lower gen CPU to fully utilise GPU, and K instead of KF, again for video editing needs. KF would have probably been enough for gaming. But the price diff was not much anyway (about £30).
Main reason going for Kraken X73 was because it's one of the better quality AIO liquid coolers in my opinion, and RGB is a bonus.
Case has a total of 7 fan spaces, but comes with 2 so extra 2 more fans bought.
Went for ASUS 3070 TUF model specifically, for it's relatively high clocks but at low temps.
Yet to build so can't comment on long-term performance but looking forward to it!

Ps this is my first build so i'm defo not a pro 😅 take all of the above with a pinch of salt

Total build cost at the time including thermalright socket guide: £1730

💬 Comments

ejjpi

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Great build! Gratz Is this the NZXT F120P White fan you were looking for? Hopefully when DDR5 prices will further go down you'll be able to swap that memory kit with a higher performance one.

Potatocraze Build Owner

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Yes that's the one thanks! Yeah I hope so too - but at this point in time I think the improvement in performance from a faster memory card will only be significant if you have a more powerful gpu to back it up like a 4090 😁 nevertheless if prices do fall, definitely worth trying it out!

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Type	Product	Price
RAM	Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 4800	£500.00
Build Total:		£500.00

Type	Product
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X
CPU	Intel Core i5-13600K
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken X73 RGB White
Graphics Card	ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 V2 OC Edition LHR
Power Supply	CORSAIR TX Series TX850M 850W
Case	NZXT H7 Flow White
SSD	Samsung 980 PRO 1TB
Case Fan	NZXT F120P White
Case Fan	NZXT F120P White

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