Build 175 – Spectre v4: 4K Gaming Computer

Spectre v4 is a 4K gaming computer, designed around a 24-core i9-13900K processor and an RTX 4090 24GB video card.

Description

Spectre v4 is a 4K gaming computer, designed around a 24-core i9-13900K processor and an RTX 4090 24GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 24-core i9-13900K processor and an RTX 4090 24GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This is a follow-on to our Spectre v3 4K gaming computer. This customer saw that new processors and video cards had been released, and wanted to upgrade their 4K gaming computer.

This customer had also purchased Spectre v1 and Spectre v2.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel i9-13900K

CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI

Memory: Kingston Fury Beast RGB 2x32GB DDR5-5600 CL40

Storage (SSD): Kingston Fury Renegade 1TB

Storage (SSD): Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB

Video Card (GPU): Zotac Geforce RTX 4090 24GB Trinity Gaming OC

Power Supply (PSU): EVGA SuperNOVA 1600 P2

Case: Be Quiet Silent Base 802 Black

Fans: 9x Corsair ML120 RGB ELITE

OS: Windows 11 Home

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Design Rationale

  • The i9-13900K gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for gaming, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm AIO is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
  • The customer wanted at least 64GB of RGB RAM, and didn’t want last-gen tech. 128GB is an easy upgrade.
  • The customer wanted to stay with the capacities of drives in previous builds, but they wanted faster drives. We recommended our fastest Gen4 NVME drives.
  • The customer wanted an RTX 4090 for maximum 4K gaming performance.
  • The overall design of the build meant that a 1200W power supply was recommended.
  • We used a bigger mid-tower case to fit the RTX 4090
  • While we recommended using our highest-performing fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure, the customer wanted RGB models for visual appeal.

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