$6k PC good for 3D/Gaming?

Posted by potato_cult101@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 7 comments

As the title suggests I'm building a PC primarily for 3d animation but I also want to do gaming on it. The cost is quite high so I wanted to check I was getting the right parts without any unecessary costs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D - $1045
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 96 GB - $1169
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE RTX 5080 - $1849

These are the main parts, below is the link to the full build:
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/v7GQqd

Any feedback is greatly apreciated, Thanks!

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spusuf@reddit

You don't need the absolute best CPU and unless you're working in photorealistic renders you don't need 96gb of ram. You need to start somewhere reasonable then upgrade IF you encounter a bottleneck in your specific software and workflow. You don't need a render farm to get started on animations.

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potato_cult101@reddit (OP)

Most of my work is very cpu intensive, e.g geometry nodes, simulations, etc. So I figured a high end cpu would be a good idea. I previously had a laptop with 64gb ram, 5080, and an i9 and it couldn't run alot of my work. Do you recon the CPU would still be too much? if so what's a step down you would recomend?

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spusuf@reddit

Open task manager and see what's pinned at 100% if it's the CPU then that probably just means the laptop was overheating and slowing itself down.

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potato_cult101@reddit (OP)

the laptop is dead now because of it but it was the cpu due to geometry nodes, it was an i9 so it likely was overheating now that I think of it. What do you think a good CPU to match the build would be then? Thanks

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Sajgoniarz@reddit

Space - 1TB is currently reasonable minimum for a gaming, not mentioning animation. If you are going to render on that PC and don't have any external storage you are going to need much more. I would aim for 2-4TB SSD as a "work drive" and some HDD as cold storage for your projects, but you need to do math how much spece do you need for it.
GPU - I would go with "normal" size GPU if it's going to render for hours under 100% load and also not a Gigabyte due to issues with leaking thermalpaste
Monitor - 27" 4K monitor makes a little sense to me, i would stick with 1440p I can't find any qualities to that case that makes it
PSU - Your PSU is a very good pick, but i would go with 1000W due to 170W CPU

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potato_cult101@reddit (OP)

Would a pny 5080 be a good alternative?

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Tenderchicken669@reddit

96gb is kinda over kill 64 would be enough