Advice on VFX and 4k editing workstation.

Aiming at $3500. Probably using Lightwave, Maya, Octane, Redshift, Fusion, Vegas. But final sequence rendering on separate farm.
I usually buy pre-assembled, and have not assembled a workstation myself in over 10 years. NOT looking forward to compatibility headaches of assembling, but want to save cost.

Anything I am missing from my CG Director recommendation?

CGDirector.com Parts List: https://www.cgdirector.com/pc-builder/?=6O1oT


CPU: Intel Core i9 13900K 3.0GHz 24-Core Processor ($551.99)

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 ($89.90).


Or, DeepCool LT720 Premium Liquid CPU Cooler?

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 Aero D ATX LGA1700 ($325.47)

GPU: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB - PNY Gaming Verto Epic-X ($1609.99)

Memory: 64GB (2x32GB) G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6000 CL30 ($204.99)

Storage PCIe-SSD: WD Black SN850X 4TB NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive ($299.99)

Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series RM1000x 1000W ATX Power Supply ($250.83)

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($145.01)

Total: $3478.17


Thanks in advance!

Shakubuku said:

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 ($89.90).

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Swap the cooler out to any decent 360mm AIO Liquid cooler.

Everything else looks good to me, unless you will need more memory for your work (96/128 GB)