It's time for a new system as my 3-year-old system is giving me fits and can be re-purposed. I put together the 3900x system below and hoping for some double-checking to ensure that I'm not doing something stupid.
A few notes on use: I do not game. I run some VMs, and write programs to do a lot of multi-core data processing ranging from 100+ GB data files and 30,000 files of various sizes (1KB - 4 MB). I may do some over-clocking, but I'm a dummy there and stability is far more important. A quiet system is very, very important.
This system below is well within my budget. I will spend more money to get something even marginally better/faster, but there is a limit.
AMD 3900x
ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero X570
Thermal Paste
G.Skill Trident Z Neo Series 2x16GB 3600MHz CL16-19-19-39
Fractal Design Define R5
+2 more Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-14 fans
Seasonic 850W Prime Titanium
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 cooler Noctua DH-15
Corsair MP600 1TB (Boot, applications, programming)
EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 SC
Win 10
I will be also be adding a Samsung 850 EVO 2 TB SSD and a Seagate 4TB HDD from my old system.
Questions:
Is there anything incompatible here?
Is that RAM good or very good or is there better/faster within $200? (It's currently $215 so doubling that would need to be better/faster in a way that's noticeable to me. I'm not chasing performance stats.)
Will that RAM fit under the cooler? (I had problems on an old build and don't know this brand.)
Is there a better/quieter air cooler? I'm gun-shy on water cooling because I have no knowledge but could be convinced after some info.
Can I get buy with a lesser GPU for running a 5K ultrawide plus a 1080p?
Thanks in advance.
A few notes on use: I do not game. I run some VMs, and write programs to do a lot of multi-core data processing ranging from 100+ GB data files and 30,000 files of various sizes (1KB - 4 MB). I may do some over-clocking, but I'm a dummy there and stability is far more important. A quiet system is very, very important.
This system below is well within my budget. I will spend more money to get something even marginally better/faster, but there is a limit.
AMD 3900x
ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero X570
Thermal Paste
G.Skill Trident Z Neo Series 2x16GB 3600MHz CL16-19-19-39
Fractal Design Define R5
+2 more Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-14 fans
Seasonic 850W Prime Titanium
Corsair MP600 1TB (Boot, applications, programming)
Win 10
I will be also be adding a Samsung 850 EVO 2 TB SSD and a Seagate 4TB HDD from my old system.
Questions:
Is there anything incompatible here?
Is that RAM good or very good or is there better/faster within $200? (It's currently $215 so doubling that would need to be better/faster in a way that's noticeable to me. I'm not chasing performance stats.)
Will that RAM fit under the cooler? (I had problems on an old build and don't know this brand.)
Is there a better/quieter air cooler? I'm gun-shy on water cooling because I have no knowledge but could be convinced after some info.
Can I get buy with a lesser GPU for running a 5K ultrawide plus a 1080p?
Thanks in advance.
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