- Mar 5, 2018
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Not too long ago I had registered on the site with an interest in building a new computer - namely, one to replace my current one that runs on an AMD A6-5400K with integrated graphics, about 120GB of storage (plus around 70GB since recently after discovering and plugging in an old unused hard drive), 4GB of RAM, and an AOC LM929 monitor. It's an okay computer and I can work with it for as long as I have to, but for my needs I ultimately need a modern computer. So I'm saving up for about $1000 or less worth of PC parts that work in harmony and do the job I ask for.
I have played around on PCPartPicker and I made up several configurations, but before I list those I'd like to mention what I'd like to do:
Now for the lists I came up with, aside from the last one and excluding my first 2 "test" lists:
Test 3 - A Ryzen 5 1400 CPU with Radeon RX 560. One of the first lists I created
Test 4 - More or less cheaper version of the above, with an older CPU that may or may not be suitable
Test 5 - Intel Core i5-8600K with a GTX 1050 Ti, not a complete build
Test 6 - Intel Core i3-8350K with a GTX 1060 3GB
Test 7 - Ryzen 7 1700X with a slightly cheaper GTX 1050 Ti card than Test 5
Test 8 - A build suggested by a fellow user in my other thread, involving a workstation card
My question is, are any of these builds good for my needs listed above? Which one would be the best? Could they perhaps also be mixed and matched if each one has a weakness that another build covers?
Would also appreciate better component suggestions, some of them were somewhat random so that I could fill the component slots and get a quick sketch or two to work from, my most important things are CPU, about 16 gigs of RAM, and preferably at least 1TB of space and a suitable graphics card that hopefully won't be expensive in the future due to price inflation. I'd love to get a 1920x1080 monitor as well, although I can probably also use my current one as a temporary solution so that I don't have to save up for a new monitor right away (if I take an adapter into account as my monitor only connects via VGA and DVI and thus cannot guarantee compatibility).
Long story short, I seek to finalize a configuration outline so that I can know how much I should save up, and once I have the budget I intend to ask once more since a lot can change with time.
Thank you in any case!
I have played around on PCPartPicker and I made up several configurations, but before I list those I'd like to mention what I'd like to do:
■ Buy the parts from EU countries from Paypal-compatible stores, as I live in an EU country (Croatia to be exact) and this is how I can avoid all those nasty taxes. That and PC parts can get pretty pricey over here, so I'm only saving it for most important parts (likely the GPU and MOBO)
■ Art - I use Paint Tool SAI, might switch to Clip Studio Paint in the future. My current PC more or less handles this just fine but I think it can do better performance-wise... plus I'm slowly running out of space.
■ Animation/Video editing - If you have seen my other thread, you probably know this is what I really want to do. I fiddled around in Sony Vegas, but I think I'll give Premiere and After Effects a try. Current PC handles SV okayish - except for render times that can get obscenely long if something is even remotely complex. SV has also managed to crash on me many times.
■ Casual streaming - Not like streaming demanding Switch games or such, just casual stuff on the computer such as drawing or playing a 1080p/720p game or lower. I utilize OBS. Current PC is a very mixed bag, being 90% unsuited; it streams fine when it's, say, Notepad or a standby image with a GIF in the corner, but once it gets more intensive than that then both the stream and my program(s) lag like they're lugging an elephant around.
■ A little gaming - Same thing as above. I'd be happy to play at least some modern games, though I don't really aim for 4k (just 1080p or even 720p is enough for me). Current PC handles less-intensive games just fine (including Minecraft), haven't tried anything very intensive though due to having an old PC.
■ Casual 3D modelling - I don't seek to be a Pixar level 3D animator, but I'd like a computer that handles 3D programs a little better. I like to use 3DS Max, getting started with Blender as well, I'm more for simpler objects than stuff like photorealistic scenes.
Now for the lists I came up with, aside from the last one and excluding my first 2 "test" lists:
Test 3 - A Ryzen 5 1400 CPU with Radeon RX 560. One of the first lists I created
Test 4 - More or less cheaper version of the above, with an older CPU that may or may not be suitable
Test 5 - Intel Core i5-8600K with a GTX 1050 Ti, not a complete build
Test 6 - Intel Core i3-8350K with a GTX 1060 3GB
Test 7 - Ryzen 7 1700X with a slightly cheaper GTX 1050 Ti card than Test 5
Test 8 - A build suggested by a fellow user in my other thread, involving a workstation card
My question is, are any of these builds good for my needs listed above? Which one would be the best? Could they perhaps also be mixed and matched if each one has a weakness that another build covers?
Would also appreciate better component suggestions, some of them were somewhat random so that I could fill the component slots and get a quick sketch or two to work from, my most important things are CPU, about 16 gigs of RAM, and preferably at least 1TB of space and a suitable graphics card that hopefully won't be expensive in the future due to price inflation. I'd love to get a 1920x1080 monitor as well, although I can probably also use my current one as a temporary solution so that I don't have to save up for a new monitor right away (if I take an adapter into account as my monitor only connects via VGA and DVI and thus cannot guarantee compatibility).
Long story short, I seek to finalize a configuration outline so that I can know how much I should save up, and once I have the budget I intend to ask once more since a lot can change with time.
Thank you in any case!
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