I made a parts list here: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/whatkindofbuild/saved/q6kY99 and would appreciate any comments/suggestions of alternatives or mismatches that are over/underkill for my wants.
My primary uses: Photography - lightroom/photoshop; CAD - sketchup and 3d landscape design; some video editing
I don't anticipate returning to the days when I gamed on the PC...
Wanting to keep the total cost excluding monitors around $2500
Key wants
Windows 10, US located
I'm partial to AMD, and typically have used ASUS motherboards.
My primary uses: Photography - lightroom/photoshop; CAD - sketchup and 3d landscape design; some video editing
I don't anticipate returning to the days when I gamed on the PC...
Wanting to keep the total cost excluding monitors around $2500
Key wants
- paranoid about backups, so would like RAID 1 or 10. Currently I have cloud backup, local external, large dedicated harddrive using daily sync/clone, but thinking I'll return to raid redundancy on this build. 6TB is enough storage, so the picklist is 4 6TB drives
- want a quiet(er) system
- would like a case that is easily cleanable with removable dust filters
- planning to try water cooling on cpu
- wanting the speed of nvme storage
- unsure about a graphics card, mostly I want to drive 2-3 displayport monitors for photography (BENQ typically)
Windows 10, US located
I'm partial to AMD, and typically have used ASUS motherboards.
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