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Endere7

PC Build for Houdini simulations

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Im building a PC to mainly work on houdini simulations (a lot of flip), so from what i read online i should invest mainly on cpu with high number of cores and ram, and not that much on gpu.

Im pretty noob in hardware so i got some pc builds from AI, my budget should be 2000€.

The AMD cpu below has 16 performance core, while the intel has 24 but only 8 are performance and the other 16 are efficency. which is the best between these 2 cpus? also any other reccomendation is welcome.

AMD:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (16 Cores / 32 Threads)
  • CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE
  • Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
  • Storage: Lexar NM790 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 NVME SSD
  • Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Fully Modular
  • Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow

INTEL:

  • CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K (24 Cores: 8 P-Cores + 16 E-Cores / 32 Threads)
  • CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 AIO
  • Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI DDR4
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
  • Storage: Lexar NM790 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 NVME SSD
  • Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Fully Modular
  • Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 216

Posted Apr 7, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC

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