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$7,000 video editing PC, part by part

An Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus with the GeForce RTX 5090, and the 6 parts around them that fit it: $7,064 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 Ultra 7 270K Plus and the GeForce RTX 5090 are well matched at 1440p.

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PartScore for the jobPriceBuy
ProcessorIntel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Highest content creation score the budget allows next to this card: 24 cores, boosts to 5.5 GHz.

2 swaps that still fit
95
$386Amazon US, Oct 25
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MotherboardASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi

Z890 board for the LGA1851 socket, DDR5, 5 M.2 slots, Wi-Fi.

2 swaps that still fit
92
$290Amazon US, Oct 25
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MemoryG.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6400 CL32

32 GB DDR5 at 6400 MT/s CL32; 32 GB or more is the floor for content creation.

4 swaps that still fit
85
$590Amazon US, Oct 25
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Graphics cardGeForce RTX 5090

32 GB of video memory, index 100 at 1440p; tuned for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

Buying it opens Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Xtreme WATERFORCE 32G, one of the boards built on this chip.

2 swaps that still fit
100
$4,830typical price
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CPU coolerArctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360

Rated 330 W for a chip that turbos to 250 W.

3 swaps that still fit
96
$70Amazon US, Oct 25
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Power supplyThermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W

1200 W, 80 Plus gold; this build draws about 1100 W at full tilt, native 12V-2x6 cable.

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$197Amazon US, Oct 25
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CaseLian Li O11 Dynamic Evo RGB

7 fans in the box, 7 of them lit, 5 is the least 825 W of parts needs behind a closed front. Takes EATX/ATX/MATX/ITX boards and cards up to 422 mm.

4 swaps that still fit
93
$295Amazon US, Oct 25
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StorageSamsung 9100 Pro 2TB

2 TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe, 14,700 MB/s reads, with cache.

4 swaps that still fit
97
$406Amazon US, Oct 25
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Total8 parts, 7 read on Amazon US and 1 typical$7,064

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