[SOLVED] New PC Build - for Designer/Editor

[robobergz]

Approximate Purchase Date: This week

Budget Range: $1000 - $1500 -( including monitor of higher end price point )

Skill level - I have built machines in the past but nothing too complex. Willing to do the learning if required.

System Usage from Most to Least ( Windows 10 )
Graphic design ( Adobe products), Video Editing= After Effects, Premier, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. Office. I need to be able to have several apps open at once.

Considerations: I have plenty of drives, only would need a med sized SSD for OS. ( maybe 1 TB - unless reco is for more.) I also really don't care about the visual appeal of the case. Medium sized footprint.

Additional component: I want to backup all of my work onto another drive(s). Is there something external, small footprint that can auto backup all working files (specific folders)? What is the fastest connection? USB(x)? other? The files for video editing can get quite large.

Are you buying a monitor: Yes - would like a monitor in the 30" range.

I have no components, starting fresh. Any and all help would be amazing.

Thank you - Robobergz

 

[jeremyj_83]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($189.59 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($78.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: OLOy 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.48 @ Amazon)
Storage: MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate 6 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($116.35 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB Phoenix OC Video Card ($228.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.14 @ Amazon)
Total: $1084.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-21 10:40 EST-0500
You install the OS and applications on the 500GB SSD and you use the 960GB SSD as your project drive. The 6TB drive is for saving large files until they are finished and can be moved to a different storage device.
Add another $210 for the monitor.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/philips-326e8fjsb-monitor,6066.html

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-326E8FJSB-UltraNarrow-DisplayPort-Flicker-Free/dp/B07KQXJLF8

For backups you can add a small NAS and use that. For your requirements I would do something like the Synology DS218j. https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS218j It is a dual drive NAS that can write at 133MB/sec or the speed of a 1Gbit network adapter. You would need to buy 2 drives for this and use them in a RAID 1 configuration. RAID 1 means the data is mirrored so that if 1 disk fails you still have the data. The drives you get should be rated for NAS usage, I would use the WD Red at 6+ TB.

 

[g-unit1111]

This is what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($326.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock X570 PHANTOM GAMING 4 WIFI ax ATX AM4 Motherboard ($161.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($97.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 275R ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($99.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $1269.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-21 11:32 EST-0500

All solid parts and gives you a top of the line Radeon 5700XT and leaves you $250 for a 32" monitor.

 

[robobergz]

This is what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($326.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock X570 PHANTOM GAMING 4 WIFI ax ATX AM4 Motherboard ($161.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($97.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 275R ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($99.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $1269.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-21 11:32 EST-0500

All solid parts and gives you a top of the line Radeon 5700XT and leaves you $250 for a 32" monitor.

Thanks for this! I have a few questions:

1. Do I need ANY other parts like thermal glue to build this? Just making sure I have everything
2. Memory RAM - 16gb feels low ( although I am speaking from maybe an outdated logic)
3. I dont need Windows, so if I removed that and we went slightly higher to my budget of $1500 where would you spend the difference?

Thanks again. Robobergz

 

[robobergz]

Thanks for this! I have a few questions:

1. Do I need ANY other parts like thermal glue to build this? Just making sure I have everything
2. Memory RAM - 16gb feels low ( although I am speaking from maybe an outdated logic)
3. I dont need Windows, so if I removed that and we went slightly higher to my budget of $1500 where would you spend the difference?

Thanks again. Robobergz

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($189.59 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($78.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: OLOy 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.48 @ Amazon)
Storage: MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate 6 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($116.35 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB Phoenix OC Video Card ($228.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.14 @ Amazon)
Total: $1084.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-21 10:40 EST-0500
You install the OS and applications on the 500GB SSD and you use the 960GB SSD as your project drive. The 6TB drive is for saving large files until they are finished and can be moved to a different storage device.
Add another $210 for the monitor.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/philips-326e8fjsb-monitor,6066.html

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-326E8FJSB-UltraNarrow-DisplayPort-Flicker-Free/dp/B07KQXJLF8

For backups you can add a small NAS and use that. For your requirements I would do something like the Synology DS218j. https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS218j It is a dual drive NAS that can write at 133MB/sec or the speed of a 1Gbit network adapter. You would need to buy 2 drives for this and use them in a RAID 1 configuration. RAID 1 means the data is mirrored so that if 1 disk fails you still have the data. The drives you get should be rated for NAS usage, I would use the WD Red at 6+ TB.

Thanks for this.

 

[g-unit1111]

Thanks for this! I have a few questions:

1. Do I need ANY other parts like thermal glue to build this? Just making sure I have everything
2. Memory RAM - 16gb feels low ( although I am speaking from maybe an outdated logic)
3. I dont need Windows, so if I removed that and we went slightly higher to my budget of $1500 where would you spend the difference?

Thanks again. Robobergz

1. No, you don't need any extra thermal compound. The CPU fan has some pre-applied already on it. You would only need extra if you need to reinstall the fan, which you shouldn't have to.

2. Depends on what you're using it for. Strictly gaming you don't need more than 16GB. If you're doing some heavy streaming you might need more than that, but probably not.

3. Keep in mind that license might not transfer over to the new motherboard. You may have to buy just the key.

But if you increase the budget, I'd put the money in the graphics card. You can't really spend that much more on the CPU after a 3700X other than the 3900X but the extra cores are useless in a gaming rig. So I would spend more on the graphics card - you could get a 2070 Super on that budget but the 2080 Super might be stretching it.

 

[timg65]

g-unit1111, according to original post, this looks more like a productivity rig than a gaming rig. So I would think a 3900x (and probably upgrading cooling, as 3900x runs hotter) would be very relevant.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor ($499.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: MSI X570-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($97.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($30.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($30.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1484.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-23 13:15 EST-0500

 

[GarrettL]

Please don't put a 3900x in that budget MSI board. Spend another $20-$30 for a board with better VRM's. A 3700x would be ok but the 3900x is a different story.

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...x-it-has-bad-vrm-should-i-be-worried.3546394/