90K+ Help me build my 4k dream rig. Budget 3.5L

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  1. What is your budget?
    • 3.5L - can stretch by 20-30k if needed. Realized that I have been postponing my dream PC build for far too long. Life is too short to keep postponing what you love, finally going to take the plunge
  2. What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
    • None
  3. Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
    • None
  4. Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.
    • Thermaltake Tower 500 Mid Tower Chassis (Already bought)
    • AMD 7000 Series Ryzen 9 7900X 3D Desktop Processor (Thinking about it)
    • RTX 4090 (Thinking about it)
  5. Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component
    • Would prefer this to be my final configuration. Although I might add in Disk storage if needed.
  6. Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
    • Online
  7. What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
    • 4k gaming
    • Competitive shooters at high refresh rate
  8. Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
    • Any brand with great after sales support would be nice. In my experience Gigabyte has always come through for me in the past.
  9. If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
    • Strategy - AOE4
    • Shooters - CS2, Valorant
    • Visually Striking and Story Rich Games - Witcher, Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA, Planet Zoo, Cyberpunk, Diablo
  10. What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
    1. Visual games at 4k - Max settings
    2. Competitive shooters at 1920 x 1080
  11. Are you looking to overclock?
    • No
  12. Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
    • Windows 11 64 bit
Looking to build something that will last me 5 years and I don't mind spending extra on beautification - I really believe if one spends 3 lacs + on a PC, then it makes sense to spend 30k on AIO, LED fans, RGB steps, Strimer Cables to help with the aesthetics.

Thanks in advance.
 
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With 4090, you can play even competitive games at 4K, no need to drop to 1080p at all. In fact, it will be the opposite, something like CP 2077 with Path Tracing will make you drop the resolution, not CoD.

You have to do your research on beautification, as it is subjective. Most people, including myself, go for VFM products as performance takes the priority for a limited budget. Anyways, use Gamers Nexus & Hardware Unboxed for general research.

Usually performance of the top tier card becomes the performance of $500 GPU in next generation, happened with 1080Ti vs 2070S & 2080Ti vs 3070, new 4070Ti is a 3090Ti but not at $500-600 though. So expecting 4090 to last 5 years for 4K gaming is a bit of a stretch as we will get 5090 in 1 year & 6090 in 3 years which will put 4090 to shame.

For gaming, 7800X3D is considered the best, not 7900X3D or 7950X3D as these don't have X3D cache on all its cores. Check review of 7950X3D by GN or HUB to understand.

This is what I put together, but do your research & choose parts yourself. You have flexibility:

Gigabyte M28U will be a good 4K monitor, if you want an even better experience, get LG C2/C3 42".
 
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+1 for 7800X3D.
A thing to note - 50 series may not be available till first quarter of 2025. Also, the top SKUs will be released first.
Another way to go about it is to settle for 4080 instead and save some money, and upgrade to 50 series when it comes up. The hit you'll take in price paid will be minimised, and you'll stay up to date with the tech and performance. Just a matter of preference, whether you want to go all in now, or keep upgrading.
With this kind of hardware, one thing is for sure - you'll never be playing at 1080p again.
 
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+1 for 7800X3D.
A thing to note - 50 series may not be available till first quarter of 2025. Also, the top SKUs will be released first.
Another way to go about it is to settle for 4080 instead and save some money, and upgrade to 50 series when it comes up. The hit you'll take in price paid will be minimised, and you'll stay up to date with the tech and performance. Just a matter of preference, whether you want to go all in now, or keep upgrading.
With this kind of hardware, one thing is for sure - you'll never be playing at 1080p again.
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Thats an interesting approach. Do think 4080 is good enough for 4k?
 
Yes. 4080 is enough unless you want to play at 100+ fps in all games. Even 4070ti will suffice if you aren't against using DLSS.
 
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Thats an interesting approach. Do think 4080 is good enough for 4k?
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4080 + 7800X3D is all you need for 4k. Check zWormz gaming for its benchmarks, he has tested the 4080 extensively in every popular game you could think of.

That 50% extra cost over the 4080 doesn't really justify the RTX 4090 IMO, you could put that aside for a future GPU upgrade or something.

Aesthetics are subjective, simple cable extensions for the Motherboard ATX connector and the EPS connector for the CPU should be enough. Check Sensei mods or Coolermaster. For the GPU however, you'll have to use the included 3x 8 pin PCIE to 12VHPWR connector. There should be some PSUs on the market here that include the 12vhpwr cable, but I don't think you'll find any extensions for these.

Furthermore, research on some builds with the Lian Li O11D case, it'll look stunning, but you'd have to spend an extra chunk for the looks as well. I'd suggest going with the Lian Li lancool 216 and an ARGB air cooler, but the AIO and case part is up to you.

Without aesthetics- https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/dfa4cc83-70ac-458b-802c-0358dee0d449
With aesthetics - https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/bc41e956-4949-459b-a550-e49851e50f44

Spend the extra budget on an LG C2 or any of the higher end Samsung monitors.
 
"If I'm dropping that kind of cash, I'd split it into three key things:

Awesome Display: Think OLED TV, either 42 inches or maybe a cool curved 34-incher, or even a 32-inch 4K IPS Monitor. You're looking at around 70K to 1L for this visual feast.

GPU Powerhouse: Now, if you're eyeing the 4080, be ready for a decision-making adventure because the price range is wild. TUF or Suprim-X could set you back up to 1.3L, but throwing in an extra 30k gets you the sweet variant of 4090. I'm rocking a 3090Ti for my 4K gaming on an LG OLED C2X, but if I were upgrading, it's gotta be the 4090 for me.

Smart CPU Move: You don't want a CPU that's the party pooper. Anything beyond a 13600K for Intel or Ryzen 7700x and up won't slow down a 4080 or 4090.

As for the motherboard, pick one that suits your style—whether you're overclocking or keeping it chill at stock speeds.
No need for a flashy setup. My buddy crammed all this goodness into a Lian Li 216—Z790 Asus, 13900K, 128GB RAM, 2TB GEN 4 Corsair SSD, and the beastly 4090.
Oh, and forget about the bling. He's considering a QLED from Samsung since the LG C2X isn't in his local stores. C3's a no-show, and the same variant is 20K extra. Tough choices, huh?"
 
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For gaming, 7800X3D is considered the best, not 7900X3D or 7950X3D as these don't have X3D cache on all its cores. Check review of 7950X3D by GN or HUB to understand.
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In addition, the 7950X3D has more CCDs than the 7800X3D, which in turn increases the communication time between processes that the cache has to pull data from, thus not as fast for gaming.
 
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You can definitely say low VRAM on 8GB 4060Ti or even on 12GB 4070Ti for its price, but please, 4080's 16GB VRAM is sufficient.
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Sufficient is subjective. From what I've seen the cards have similar performance, which performs better depends on the game. Unless you really want rt, I dunno why you'd spend the same amount of money for similar performance but with less vram.
 
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Sufficient is subjective. From what I've seen the cards have similar performance, which performs better depends on the game. Unless you really want rt, I dunno why you'd spend the same amount of money for similar performance but with less vram.
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Although with the 7900XT/X, you lose out on RT performance relative to its NVIDIA counterpart, if that matters to the OP.
 
My 2 cents regarding RT:
They won't appreciate it, until they have seen it. They won't see it, until they have used it... (ring any bells?)
At that budget, I don't get how you won't want it.
 
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There's plenty of yt videos on rt no rt comparisons... Why do you say they won't see it until they've used it?
 
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There's plenty of yt videos on rt no rt comparisons... Why do you say they won't see it until they've used it?
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Most YT videos are compressed (quality), and don't have HDR. Need to experience HDR + RT in person.
If someone only plays competitive eSports, then it doesn't matter. OP will play lots of single player games though.
 
If money no object then why would he care about the rationality of 4080 vs 4090?

+1 for the 7800X3D suggestion.
 
13700K+4090+LG C2 owner here.

You absolutely need the 4090 if you are even remotely considering a 4k monitor. I've used the 4080 in the past aswell.. and there is a big performance difference.

some will say oohh the difference is only 30%.. but the difference between 60-70fps and 110 fps in playbility is huge.

Cybperunk Path Tracing with no upscalling at 4k.. the 4090 outputs 25 frames.. with DLSS and frame gen its 100ish.. i dont know why people keep suggesting AMD.. nvidia is miles ahead in terms of performance.

and please.. if you spend 4 lakhs on a PC.. please have it look good and not like a trashcan.. buy a decent 20kish case.. put good highend fans in it.
 
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enc0dex264 said:
13700K+4090+LG C2 owner here.

You absolutely need the 4090 if you are even remotely considering a 4k monitor. I've used the 4080 in the past aswell.. and there is a big performance difference.

some will say oohh the difference is only 30%.. but the difference between 60-70fps and 110 fps in playbility is huge.

Cybperunk Path Tracing with no upscalling at 4k.. the 4090 outputs 25 frames.. with DLSS and frame gen its 100ish.. i dont know why people keep suggesting AMD.. nvidia is miles ahead in terms of performance.

and please.. if you spend 4 lakhs on a PC.. please have it look good and not like a trashcan.. buy a decent 20kish case.. put good highend fans in it.
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So true. Crappiest driver support for their GPU.
 
If you haven't bought the case already, I had suggested Antec Performance 1.
Such a rig deserves one.

As 50XX is around the corner I will suggest you look for a used 4090 if you will definitely change to 50XX when it launches.
If have no plan for upgrade in the next 1-2 years get a new 4090.
Life is too short to wait for a new launch as well :) get the best that is in the market and have fun.

 
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manuvikraman said:
If you haven't bought the case already, I had suggested Antec Performance 1.
Such a rig deserves one.

As 50XX is around the corner I will suggest you look for a used 4090 if you will definitely change to 50XX when it launches.
If have no plan for upgrade in the next 1-2 years get a new 4090.
Life is too short to wait for a new launch as well :) get the best that is in the market and have fun.

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5 xxx series from Nvidia is not coming this soon. They have lot of pending orders for GPU's from Alibaba and Indian Government.
 
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