Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week (the closer the better)
Budget Range: (e.g.: 300-400) Before / After Rebates; Before / After Shipping
System Usage from Most to Least Important: (e.g.: Folding@Home, gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies)
Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No
Parts to Upgrade: Pretty much everything but the PSU.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: During pandemic times? I'm game for anything, Mainly Newegg or Amazon, but I just bought some parts via Best Buy.
Location: Austin, TX
Parts Preferences: I'm still uncertain about AMD vs. Intel. Open I suppose. And I really don't know anything about the different types of video cards, so help there would be appreciated!
Overclocking: Maybe, but doubtful.
SLI or Crossfire: NO
Your Monitor Resolution: 1440p and 4k
Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
After going nearly 7 years with my current PC, I am building a new rig to help with quarantine and the fact that I'm WFH for the remainder of 2020.
I'm mainly using this for 4k video editing and photoshop + lightroom (both for hobbies and work). Most of the footage I edit with is 4k H.264 or HVEC. No RED, ProRes, etc. Hence, why I wanted to stick with Intel because of Quick Sync, and stick with an Nvidia 2070 for gaming (and maybe come mild coloring in Resolve). However, I do hear good things about the 2060 KO card. Just not certain if that is best. But open to suggestions.
I'm jumping from an old i7 Ivy-Bridge Quad-Core to something much beefier, that I hope will suit my needs for another 7 years. However, I know AMD is currently on the "Ryze" and blowing Intel out of the waters these days in terms of price-per-performance, so I thought I would ask this community what they think about this build below before I pull the trigger.
I already have a fairly new 750w PSU and the Noctua Chromamax Black Air Cooler D15. And some good monitors. But any advice or help would be appreciated.
Much thanks!
Budget Range: (e.g.: 300-400) Before / After Rebates; Before / After Shipping
System Usage from Most to Least Important: (e.g.: Folding@Home, gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies)
Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No
Parts to Upgrade: Pretty much everything but the PSU.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: During pandemic times? I'm game for anything, Mainly Newegg or Amazon, but I just bought some parts via Best Buy.
Location: Austin, TX
Parts Preferences: I'm still uncertain about AMD vs. Intel. Open I suppose. And I really don't know anything about the different types of video cards, so help there would be appreciated!
Overclocking: Maybe, but doubtful.
SLI or Crossfire: NO
Your Monitor Resolution: 1440p and 4k
Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
After going nearly 7 years with my current PC, I am building a new rig to help with quarantine and the fact that I'm WFH for the remainder of 2020.
I'm mainly using this for 4k video editing and photoshop + lightroom (both for hobbies and work). Most of the footage I edit with is 4k H.264 or HVEC. No RED, ProRes, etc. Hence, why I wanted to stick with Intel because of Quick Sync, and stick with an Nvidia 2070 for gaming (and maybe come mild coloring in Resolve). However, I do hear good things about the 2060 KO card. Just not certain if that is best. But open to suggestions.
I'm jumping from an old i7 Ivy-Bridge Quad-Core to something much beefier, that I hope will suit my needs for another 7 years. However, I know AMD is currently on the "Ryze" and blowing Intel out of the waters these days in terms of price-per-performance, so I thought I would ask this community what they think about this build below before I pull the trigger.
I already have a fairly new 750w PSU and the Noctua Chromamax Black Air Cooler D15. And some good monitors. But any advice or help would be appreciated.
Much thanks!
- CPU: Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor ($529.99 @ Best Buy)
- Motherboard: ASRock Z490M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Newegg)
- Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
- Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.99 @ Adorama)
- Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($149.97 @ Amazon)
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Best Buy)
- Case: NZXT H510i ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.62 @ Amazon)
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($142.88 @ Other World Computing)
- Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 2 120 PWM 87 CFM 120 mm Fan ($20.00 @ Amazon)
- Case Fan: NZXT AER RGB 2 52.44 CFM 120 mm Fan ($37.64 @ B&H)
- Total: $1919.06
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