I aim to construct a highly customized PC tailored for gaming and game development purposes.
I aim to construct a highly customized PC tailored for gaming and game development purposes.
I'm thinking about water cooling because everything else I build uses that. Since SLI is no longer relevant, what about pushing the CPU further?
I would tend to shy away from water cooling on anything that you use for any type of work. You should also include a full backup solution, NAS, or cloud to make sure any hardware failures don't set you back too much. Partially why I included a 10TB hard drive, as a local backup.
Same with overclocking, you should be prizing stability over performance for anything you are using to output something. Don't want your system to crash while compiling.
That said, CPUs and GPUs basically overclock themselves these days. On the GPU side of things you can spend a lot more power to gain a few unnoticeable percent improvement. On CPUs it is a compromise. While you can generally get a little more clockspeed by tuning you sacrifice general performance due to increased temperatures. There is some benefit in undervolting to reduce power consumption, which can lead to higher boost clocks due to lower temperatures. As always, every CPU and GPU will behave slightly differently.
with the same information but different phrasing:
The PCPartPicker list includes the following components for your RTX 5090 32GB build:
CPU:
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor (available at $359.99 from B&H)
- ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB with 48.82 CFM liquid cooling (Amazon, $107.79)
- Asus ROG STRIX Z890-F GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1851 motherboard (ASUS, $429.99)
Memory:
- G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6800 CL34 (Newegg, $229.99)
Storage:
- Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME SSD (Newegg, $174.99)
- Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME SSD (Amazon, $325.55)
Case:
- Lian Li LANCOOL 216 RGB ATX Mid Tower case (Amazon, $109.99)
Power Supply:
- MSI MAG A1250GL PCIE5 1250 W, 80+ Gold Certified, fully modular ATX (Amazon, $179.99)
Monitor:
- Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQML1A 27.0", 2560 x 1440, 260 Hz (Amazon, $369.00)
The total comes to $2426.27, covering shipping, taxes, and any applicable discounts.
All prices reflect the lowest available options based on the specified criteria.
Generated by PCPartPicker on 2025-02-01 00:27 EST-0500
I would select the following components:
PC Part List:
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor ($671.99 @ Amazon)
- ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro A-RGB 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($98.99 @ Amazon)
- ARCTIC MX-6 4 g Thermal Paste ($7.97 @ Amazon)
- ASRock Phantom Gaming X870E Nova WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard ($299.99 @ Amazon)
- G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 96 GB DDR5-6000 CL28 Memory ($424.99 @ Amazon)
- Crucial T705 W/Heatsink 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME SSD ($369.99 @ Adorama)
- Crucial T705 W/Heatsink 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME SSD ($369.99 @ Adorama)
- Asus ROG Astral OC GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card ($3231.21 @ Amazon)
- NZXT H9 Flow RGB+ ATX Mid Tower Case ($289.99 @ Amazon)
- Corsair AX1600i 1600 W 80+ Titanium Certified Power Supply
- Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Retail - 64-bit ($199.98 @ Newegg)
- Corsair iCUE LINK QX120 RGB Starter Kit 63.1 CFM Fans (3-pack, 120 mm) ($149.95 @ iBUYPOWER)
- ARCTIC P14 Max 95 CFM 140 mm Fans (5-pack) ($72.80 @ Amazon)
- Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27UCDM 26.5" 3840 x 2160 240 Hz Monitor ($1149.00 @ B&H)
Grand total: $8149.62
All prices account for shipping, taxes, and applicable discounts.
This selection was created using PCPartPicker on 2025-09-06 21:25 EDT-0400
Founders edition 5090 would also be suitable.
It’s simple to waste significant sums of money.
Highlight the most costly item in each group.
Occasionally, several can be involved.
Yet achieving a 0% performance boost while reducing the price by one-third is challenging.
$300 for fans?
Four 4TB NVMe drives?
Let me joke and chuckle.