Building a God-Tier High-End Desktop PC for Editing, Gaming and Memes: Part 1

Building a God-Tier High-End Desktop PC for Editing, Gaming and Memes: Part 1

Joe’s Current Editing PC

► PARTS LIST - JOE’S NEW EDITING PC
CPU
CPU COOLER
MOTHERBOARD
MEMORY
VIDEO CARD / GPU
MSI RTX 4090 24GB Suprim Liquid X - $2000+
CASE
POWER SUPPLY
ENERMAX Revolution D.F. X 1200W 80+ Gold ATx3.0/PCIE5 - $150
STORAGE / SSD
8x Lexar NM790 4TB PCIe Gen4 NVME M.2 SSD - $230 each
FANS/EXTRAS

► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro - Let’s Build a Monster PC
1:32 This Build is for my Editor, Joe
2:10 Parts - Lian Li O11 Vision Case, Gigabyte TRX50 Aero D Mobo
3:09 Parts - Threadripper 7970X CPU, G.Skill Zeta R5 Neo 128GB DDR5
4:24 Parts - Why we chose the MSI Suprim X Liquid Cooled RTX 4090
5:29 Parts - ENERMAX D.F. X 1200W PSU, Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 Cooler
7:44 Parts - STORAGE SURPRISE! Lexar NM790 4TB NVME M.2 SSDs
9:56 Build Begins! Motherboard Setup, Installing CPU / SSDs / Memory
14:09 Installing 32TB (8x4TB) of M.2 NVME SSDs - AIC Required
16:15 Installing G.SKILL Zeta R5 Neo DDR5 and Noctua NH-U14S Cooler
19:17 Motherboard Setup Complete - Now, the O11 Vision Case
20:57 Installing ENERMAX Revolution D.F. X 1200W PSU
21:47 Will the GPU and 4K Capture Card fit??
25:26 VIDEO ENDS ABRUPTLY

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[questargon]

Swap 4090 and Elgato. The bottom slot is still PCIe 4.0 x16 and the 4090 is PCIe 4.0 as well. See Mainboard Manual, Page 5.
The card will overhang the PCIe bracket slot area, but since I do not see an obstacle there (25:01), it should be possible to fasten it with one screw at the back. Should hold although it misses the second screw. The area now resting below the slots can exhaust through the mesh in the case there.
Plugs for HDAudio, USB 2.0, SYS_FAN, RGB and the like could prove to be a problem though, because the graphics card might block them now. :(
UPDATE: The newer BIOS versions for this board allow bifurcation on all PCIe slots, so this is a moot point now. Just add the cards wherever they fit. :)

[mikew]

Joe, thanks for being awesome to Paul and us! ❤ Well deserved

[mr.guillotine]

I can't wait for part 2! It's fun watching you and Joe work together on a build.

[kwithping]

Joe deserves every bit of this rig. Thanks for the great videos Joe! Este Vato!

[moik]

On ya Joe. You are the friend that everyone would be very lucky to have.

[cracklingice]

I believe once you update the BIOS, you should be able to have the GPU in the top slot and the quad M.2 in the middle. Early BIOS only supported bifurcation on the top slot but according to Level1Techs, that was rectified in later BIOS releases.

[ShermSpinner]

Regarding the PCIe slot clearance isues:
As already mentioned, option one would be to use Lian Li's upgright GPU kit to mount the card over the fan tray at the front.
This would also a) bypass the potential clearance issues with the tubes that you touched on, or b) use an aircooled GPU after all.
Alternatively you could consider swapping the SSD AIC to a card with its own PLX-Chip to do the bifurcation itself without the need for support on the motherboard side.
I think those can get pretty expensive and often only go to gen 3 speeds though...

[The_Man_In_Red]

Since the case has plenty of room due to lack of radiators, I think it might be best to vertically mount the GPU in the front of the case and then use the bottom PCIe slot for the capture card. At least I think that's what I would try :)

[Jubeininja]

Pail I have been watching you for about 6 years now.
Really enjoy all your videos. You did Joe a real solid here. NIce work guys

[Jay_the_Caffeinator]

Awesomesauce video as always guys. I was voting for one epic long video. But actually watching it in 2 parts, makes me appreciate the time it takes to build Joe's new editing rig. My concern so far is the airflow on the CPU cooler. The M.2 adapter card blocks almost half the suction fan. I imagine by now we would know if it has had any issue in cooling.
It's cool watching Joe put together his latest editing rig. And knowing how he separates the drives, like i try to do.
Caffeinator out!

[garynagle]

Great video part 1. Love the back and forth banter between you two

[LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS]

My dad's company is looking to upgrade their server for hardware simulation. He got a quote from Dell for a new one for 9k, but it has dual intel cpus both at 16 cores. I suggested he build one of these for half the cost, and he's told me (minus the gpu and crazy storage) to build this exact computer! Pretty cool opportunity.

[highlanderknight]

Always good to see Paul and Joe working together on camera.

[YuProducciones]

19:55 LMAO HAhahahahahha freaking PAUL

[DethNade]

32T WOW! This is a monster Build for editing! Cool build!

[garyc]

Thanks for doing this video you two, building one right now in a ThermalTake CTE750, still waiting on some parts. will be watching Pt 2 after this

[georgem.]

What a beast of a machine, it’s going to stomp whatever task you throw at it! I definitely would have just removed the capture card & figure it out later! Congrats Joe!

[dixonsoftwaresolutions]

For the pcie cards, i would replace the Aorus card with a HighPoint NVME RAID card. More expensive, but shows up as a single drive, uses all 16 lanes, and is even bootable. Then you could put the gpu in the top slot, NVME RAID in the second, and capture in the bottom with no issue.

[davidpeterson]

@Paul, disconnect the tower power and reset switch from the motherboard. Then use a connect/disconnect a jumper on the power motherboard pins. I have seen a bad tower power switch fail and a stuck reset switch prevent a motherboard from powering up.

[khyron]

You are correct, The allen wrench tip is a ball socket. Awesome P.C. :)