Need a Build Approved plz

AgiLity

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Hello I made a build on pcaprtpicker and I just would to get it approved by someone reputable.

Here it is https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TJjmpb

(Updated: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/62QpLD)

Also some suggestions to the build would be nice this is my first time. Thx

Its a Build For Gaming and Game Production so I Will be Rendering Allot
 
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Alright, here's a workstation gamer Ryzen system.

Sorry it took me so long, I'm not up to speed on Ryzen boards so I had to look up professional reviews and performance comparisons before I was willing to put one in the list for AgiLity. I also wanted to make sure that your CPU cooler would come with AM4 mounting, which this one does.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H110i 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($114.00 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000...
I have a few questions...

1) Why a KRAIT board for overclocking? Power delivery on that board is not exactly stunning.

2) Do you really need LED RAM? Other brands offer RAM with roughly the same performance for much less.

3) Step down to Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB pls. PRO offers no real benefit bc the EVO series already maxes out the SATA III connection. PRO is wasting money in my opinion.

4) Case is rather expensive. I'd rather you get something more affordable. The H440 is also not necessarily friendly to first time builders bc of strange cable management areas and tight spaces near the hard drives.

5) Power supply is great, but a little on the expensive side.
 


If OP would step down from such premium components to normal ones that offer relatively the same performance, he can fit a GTX 1080 in his budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.75 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($104.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z270 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($103.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($198.45 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 ROCK Video Card ($494.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-ALPHA (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($76.00 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($50.00)
Total: $2028.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-26 21:04 EDT-0400
 


Yeah, but I figured maybe he had 32GB of RAM for a reason. He said in the original post that this machine will also be used for game production and rendering so the extra RAM would come in handy.

On the other hand, the extra GPU power will also come in handy when rendering in applications that use GPU acceleration or GPU rendering.
 


I would go Ryzen then for a workstation, or wait for the new intel stuff. And maybe do some kind of RAID setup with a few smaller drives rather than one massive drive, it could perfom better and be more reliable depending on the type of raid you choose and how many drives you get.
 


A lot of people are recommending Ryzen for workstations, but are there really any good reputable video editing programs that are optimized for AMD? I know everything Adobe is optimized for Intel.

For game production, a CPU is a CPU. More cores is almost always beneficial as long as the individual cores aren't drastically weaker, right?
 


That will run beautifully, but I still think that you're going overboard with your choice in expensive RAM, case and power supply. You could save on those and fit a 1080 ti into your budget as Dunlop0078 said.

I also looked up what's up with Ryzen and video editing software. It seems to work rather well in most applications, including Adobe software.
 
Alright, here's a workstation gamer Ryzen system.

Sorry it took me so long, I'm not up to speed on Ryzen boards so I had to look up professional reviews and performance comparisons before I was willing to put one in the list for AgiLity. I also wanted to make sure that your CPU cooler would come with AM4 mounting, which this one does.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H110i 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($114.00 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($115.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($116.45 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G Video Card ($683.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2065.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-26 21:50 EDT-0400
 
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