[SOLVED] looking for help picking the parts to my first pc

May 20, 2020
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i would like to build a pc for school as well as for video editing with my go pro hero 8. i have a budget of $1500 and i also ned a monitor included in this budget. does anyone know of any well rounded pc builds for these tasks?
 
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You should wait for new gen. Intel processors launching in about a week's time.

Something like this should be good...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor | $289.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard | MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard | $114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory | $82.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $124.99 @ Amazon
Video Card | MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB VENTUS GP Video Card | $409.99 @ B&H
Case | Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case | $59.99 @ Newegg...
You should wait for new gen. Intel processors launching in about a week's time.

Something like this should be good...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor | $289.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard | MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard | $114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory | $82.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $124.99 @ Amazon
Video Card | MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB VENTUS GP Video Card | $409.99 @ B&H
Case | Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case | $59.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply | Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $114.98 @ Newegg
Monitor | Asus TUF Gaming VG289Q 28.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor | $329.00 @ B&H
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1536.92
| Mail-in rebates | -$10.00
| Total | $1526.92
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-20 22:51 EDT-0400 |
 
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Solution
You probably need more storage than 1Gb SSD.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Best Buy)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.88 @ Amazon)
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB CHALLENGER D OC Video Card ($366.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus TUF Gaming VG289Q 28.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor ($329.00 @ B&H)
Total: $1528.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-21 01:19 EDT-0400
 
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From my experience I have seen that Cuda parallel computing is usually more reliable and efficient than OpenCL for encoding and rendering. I would keep the card and think about more storage over that if required.
Most professionals usually use NVidia cards for editing. Doesnt mean that AMD cannot do the job.
 
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