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Looking to build a rig with rtx 4090 & 13900 for 3d work and vfx simulation stuffs, Can someone recommend? Is the lian li o11 dynamic evo case worth getting ? Full white looks chio but like not easy to find parts. If not black build is fine too, dont have to be 011.
 
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Looking to build a rig with rtx 4090 & 13900 for 3d work and vfx simulation stuffs, Can someone recommend? Is the lian li o11 dynamic evo case worth getting ? Full white looks chio but like not easy to find parts. If not black build is fine too, dont have to be 011.
It's not super difficult just expensive, for example if you want a pure white mobo (PCB included) AFAIK Z790 Apex is the only board and that is absurdly expensive for normal use

I'll just try to match a white build for a reasonable price.

i9-13900KF + Asus Prime Z790-P WiFi CSM D5 1144
Deepcool LT720 white 169
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL40 2x32GB 415 (not sure if white is available at the store, have to check)
WD SN850X 2TB 240
Zotac RTX4090 Amp Extreme Airo White 2810
Superflower Leadex SE 1000W Platinum 231
Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo white 235

Total: 5244
Budget additional 100 on top of this for more 120mm/140mm fans as case doesn't come with any
 

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It's not super difficult just expensive, for example if you want a pure white mobo (PCB included) AFAIK Z790 Apex is the only board and that is absurdly expensive for normal use

I'll just try to match a white build for a reasonable price.

i9-13900KF + Asus Prime Z790-P WiFi CSM D5 1144
Deepcool LT720 white 169
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL40 2x32GB 415 (not sure if white is available at the store, have to check)
WD SN850X 2TB 240
Zotac RTX4090 Amp Extreme Airo White 2810
Superflower Leadex SE 1000W Platinum 231
Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo white 235

Total: 5244
Budget additional 100 on top of this for more 120mm/140mm fans as case doesn't come with any

It is a niche board if you want to run guaranteed stable higher memory clocks or running 2x24gb / 2x32gb sticks at 7000+ speeds with no issues. Since it is pointless to have 4 slots of DDR5 unless you are running JEDEC speeds, it really does not matter just having 2 slots. But you have to decide if it is worth the extra money to run the speeds of RAM on the Apex. I personally love my Z790 Apex and it is the same price as the Z790 Hero if I am not mistaken. The Apex is good in the sense it has dual bios, seperate ME and seperate BIOS backup and it also has a DIMM slot for additional NVME drives that do not eat up the PCIE bandwidth.
 

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It's not super difficult just expensive, for example if you want a pure white mobo (PCB included) AFAIK Z790 Apex is the only board and that is absurdly expensive for normal use

I'll just try to match a white build for a reasonable price.

i9-13900KF + Asus Prime Z790-P WiFi CSM D5 1144
Deepcool LT720 white 169
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL40 2x32GB 415 (not sure if white is available at the store, have to check)
WD SN850X 2TB 240
Zotac RTX4090 Amp Extreme Airo White 2810
Superflower Leadex SE 1000W Platinum 231
Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo white 235

Total: 5244
Budget additional 100 on top of this for more 120mm/140mm fans as case doesn't come with any
thank u
 

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It's not super difficult just expensive, for example if you want a pure white mobo (PCB included) AFAIK Z790 Apex is the only board and that is absurdly expensive for normal use

I'll just try to match a white build for a reasonable price.

i9-13900KF + Asus Prime Z790-P WiFi CSM D5 1144
Deepcool LT720 white 169
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL40 2x32GB 415 (not sure if white is available at the store, have to check)
WD SN850X 2TB 240
Zotac RTX4090 Amp Extreme Airo White 2810
Superflower Leadex SE 1000W Platinum 231
Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo white 235

Total: 5244
Budget additional 100 on top of this for more 120mm/140mm fans as case doesn't come with any
what about this mobo

https://www.amazon.com/ASRock-ASROCK-Z790-Steel-Legend/dp/B0BJF1RS19?th=1
 

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for example if you want a pure white mobo (PCB included) AFAIK Z790 Apex is the only board
only board locally*. u can find full white pcb boards from vendors like galax, colorful and onda for fairly reasonable prices, though they only seem available for the china market (ie have to import).
if ur looking at black mobo with white heatsinks, there are boards with larger heatsink coverage, like the gigabyte aero or msi edge. gpu wise there is also the 4090 aero.

i would suggest this:
i9 13900kf + msi mpg z790 edge wifi d5 - $1288, dynacore
lian li galahad 360 white - $183, dynacore (website)
gskill ripjaws s5 2x 32gb 5600mhz ddr5 - $285, bizgram (also not sure if they have white in stock)
wd black sn850x 2tb - $240, dynacore
gigabyte aero oc 4090 - $2716, dynacore
lian li o11 dynamic evo white - $235, dynacore
fsp hydro g pro 1000w - $245, tradepac

total $5192.
 

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only board locally*. u can find full white pcb boards from vendors like galax, colorful and onda for fairly reasonable prices, though they only seem available for the china market (ie have to import).

if ur looking at black mobo with white heatsinks, there are boards with larger heatsink coverage, like the gigabyte aero or msi edge. gpu wise there is also the 4090 aero.

i would suggest this:
i9 13900kf + msi mpg z790 edge wifi d5 - $1288, dynacore
lian li galahad 360 white - $183, dynacore (website)
gskill ripjaws s5 2x 32gb 5600mhz ddr5 - $285, bizgram (also not sure if they have white in stock)
wd black sn850x 2tb - $240, dynacore
gigabyte aero oc 4090 - $2716, dynacore
lian li o11 dynamic evo white - $235, dynacore
fsp hydro g pro 1000w - $245, tradepac

total $5192.
heard galahead aio cooler alot of noise after long usage, how true?

gigabyte aero vs msi edge? which one will be your pick?
 
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heard galahead aio cooler alot of noise after long usage, how true?

gigabyte aero vs msi edge? which one will be your pick?
Aero G vs Edge is generally quite similar. VRM wise it doesn't really matter because anything above a MSI Z790-P Pro can handle a i9-13900K just fine, even overclocked.

When paying for more premium boards, you generally get
1. More or more flexible IO (key thing you should look at)
2. More overclocking features (External clock gen, 8 layer PCB, LN2 OC mode, POST code, voltage read points)

Both Edge and Aero G have similar rear IO, though Edge has faster USB ports overall. However, I think Aero G could potentially be more useful in a production perspective.

1. You are using a mouse and keyboard and these don't need fast USB3 ports so the MSI edge fast ports are kind of irrelevant.
2. All the PCIe slots are full sized so you can use capture cards in those slots
3. Aero G has an interesting feature called Displayport Passthrough. You can use a displayport cable to connect your GPU to motherboard, and then have video output from GPU in a USB Type C connection. This is super useful if you are using a graphics tablet from say, Huion, Wacom or XP Pen. You can use a single USB-C cable to carry video, power and input signals to and from your graphics tablet. This will free up extra USB Type A and HDMI ports for other uses.
 

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You could consider a MSI MPG Edge Z690i/Z790i mobo thats white as well, it is mini ITX but the benefit is that its similar to Z790 apex because it only has 2 DIMM slots it generally is more stable at running memory OC.

Better to just import your RAM, generally memory yield is very good so getting a dud is unlikely and it's much cheaper to do so vs local stocks.
 

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Aero G vs Edge is generally quite similar. VRM wise it doesn't really matter because anything above a MSI Z790-P Pro can handle a i9-13900K just fine, even overclocked.

When paying for more premium boards, you generally get
1. More or more flexible IO (key thing you should look at)
2. More overclocking features (External clock gen, 8 layer PCB, LN2 OC mode, POST code, voltage read points)

Both Edge and Aero G have similar rear IO, though Edge has faster USB ports overall. However, I think Aero G could potentially be more useful in a production perspective.

1. You are using a mouse and keyboard and these don't need fast USB3 ports so the MSI edge fast ports are kind of irrelevant.
2. All the PCIe slots are full sized so you can use capture cards in those slots
3. Aero G has an interesting feature called Displayport Passthrough. You can use a displayport cable to connect your GPU to motherboard, and then have video output from GPU in a USB Type C connection. This is super useful if you are using a graphics tablet from say, Huion, Wacom or XP Pen. You can use a single USB-C cable to carry video, power and input signals to and from your graphics tablet. This will free up extra USB Type A and HDMI ports for other uses.
I work more on 3d , don really use tablet with screen.
 

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Your work doesn't entail sculpting or compositing?

I was expecting some sculpting where a tablet will be really useful
But most 3d artist still prefer normal wacom tablet, not cintiq that screen plus tablet that kind
 
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