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$2,000 video editing PC, part by part

An Intel Core i7-14700K with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB, and the 6 parts around them that fit it: $2,230 all in.

Video editing, photo work and motion graphics at 1440p. Every part here was checked against every other for fit, and picked for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory. A price marked Amazon US is ScoutPrices' reading of the listing its button opens, dated; the rest are typical prices. Not a checkout total: no operating system, shipping, tax, screen, keyboard or mouse.

The Intel Core i7-14700K and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB are well matched at 1440p.

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$2,230 of $2,000

The MSI PRO B760-P WiFi DDR4 goes onto the Montech Air 903 Max's tray: ATX, B760, nine standoffs.

The Intel Core i7-14700K drops into the LGA1700 socket, lever down: 20 cores, up to 5.6 GHz.

The Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360's block sits on the chip and its 360 mm radiator bolts to the roof; rated 330 W against 253 W.

Two sticks of G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 click into the second and fourth slots: 32 GB at 3600 MT/s.

The Lexar NM790 2TB screws into the first M.2 slot under the card.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB slides into the x16 slot and latches: 320 mm in a case that takes 400 mm, 16 GB of memory.

The be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W goes into the basement, 750 W for a build that draws about 750 W flat out.

Side panel on, 4 case fans spinning. Fit for the job: 69 of 100.

Build order

Eight steps, the way a builder works through the case. $1,995 all in.

MSI PRO B760-P WiFi DDR4 on the tray
Core i7-14700K in the socket
Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 on top
2 sticks of memory
Lexar NM790 2TB on the board
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB in the x16 slot
750 W supply in the basement
Panel on, power on

Illustration built from this build's parts: the case's card and cooler clearances, the board's size, the card's length, the cooler, the memory sticks, the supply. Shapes are generic, not the products' own.

PartScore for the jobPrice

ProcessorIntel Core i7-14700K

Highest content creation score the budget allows next to this card: 20 cores, boosts to 5.6 GHz.

3 swaps that still fit