Been away for a while.. Advice on new build

[Bard0ck]

Hello guys, been away for quite some time. The last time I post anything on this forum was back at 2014 (different account) and the last time I did a fresh built was 2017. Currently, I am sitting on a 6600k and an EVGA GTX1070,both watercooled, just to give you a picture of my situation. I'm thinking of building a new rig from October and forth, mainly for running simulations of physical systems (I'm a physicist) and game on it here and there (I would like to have my peace of mind that I can decently play most titles on UHD resolutions) plus for the fun of it. The question is, how are things out there? Intel or AMD? I've heard that Asus has gone sour on MoBos which was quite surprising so what would you recommend? Are EKWB blocks worth the price tag? As you can understand, I would like some general update on the scene. Thanks in advance and it's really nice to be back!

 

[dfonda]

If your near a Microcenter get one of their AMD, Mobo,Cpu, Ram bundles.

 

[Dolk]

Like dfonda said, the bundle deals are great when doing a scratch build.

ASUS has an issue with warranty process and so the advice is to stay away from them even though they have some good products. Gigabyte and ASRock motherboards are great and will get the job done if you do not plan on significant exploration into OC.

Since you are doing physics based work, Intel maybe better for you but the new AMD 9000 series may win. Give it a few weeks to see what the reviewers say. Anandtech typically does a great coverage of industry benchmarks along with game benchmarks.

Nvidia will still be the better GPU for physics work as usual.

As for watercooling, I'm still a fan of EKWB. I do not have any issues with their products but the industry is becoming skeptical to their business practices. Bitspower is still a great alternative for watercooling needs.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

Like dfonda said, the bundle deals are great when doing a scratch build.

ASUS has an issue with warranty process and so the advice is to stay away from them even though they have some good products. Gigabyte and ASRock motherboards are great and will get the job done if you do not plan on significant exploration into OC.

Since you are doing physics based work, Intel maybe better for you but the new AMD 9000 series may win. Give it a few weeks to see what the reviewers say. Anandtech typically does a great coverage of industry benchmarks along with game benchmarks.

Nvidia will still be the better GPU for physics work as usual.

As for watercooling, I'm still a fan of EKWB. I do not have any issues with their products but the industry is becoming skeptical to their business practices. Bitspower is still a great alternative for watercooling needs.

I agree that Nvidia would be the best pick of the litter like a 4080 Super or a 4090.

 

[dfonda]

I agree that Nvidia would be the best pick of the litter like a 4080 Super or a 4090.

I would say both of those are way overpriced. RTX 4070 Ti Super would be the most I would do. 4060 Ti for a budget build. IMHO.

 

[Evilsizer]

depending on the Vram you need, a 3070/3080 might be a good option as well. i would say go with a amd 9000x cpu, i wish they would tell us when the X3D chips drop.

 

[Bard0ck]

Thank you all for your responses. For the GPU I was already thinking for the 4070 Ti Super, those 8k CUDA cores look very juicy . As for the CPUs go, Intel seems to be a bit favored because of MKL, which is very useful when it comes to array operations in a program. But I wondering if it would be of any significance since I want the program to be run, mostly, on the GPU. Therefore, haven't ruled out AMD (yet). About EKWB, I just think that their products are wayyyy overpriced, especially when you got Heatkiller as a competitor. I was also thinking of slapping at least 64GB of RAM in there. Are there any blocks for a 4070 Ti super coming out?

Thanks again!

 

[Flamethrower1972]

Thank you all for your responses. For the GPU I was already thinking for the 4070 Ti Super, those 8k CUDA cores look very juicy . As for the CPUs go, Intel seems to be a bit favored because of MKL, which is very useful when it comes to array operations in a program. But I wondering if it would be of any significance since I want the program to be run, mostly, on the GPU. Therefore, haven't ruled out AMD (yet). About EKWB, I just think that their products are wayyyy overpriced, especially when you got Heatkiller as a competitor. I was also thinking of slapping at least 64GB of RAM in there. Are there any blocks for a 4070 Ti super coming out?

Thanks again!

Good pick!

 

[Dolk]

You'd have to check whats available for your specific 4070 Ti Super.

FYI Intel 13gen and 14gen seem to be hit and miss with some hardware issues, but I don't think its enough to completely rule them out. Just a good thing to be aware of.

Ryzen5 9000s look to be competing with Intel on the memory side for once, I'd be interested to see what they can do before making a decision.