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I understand. It is 'beefy' compared to the laptop that is currently being used for Blender. ;0)

Ordered, thanks!

Thanks. So will the M2 function as the primary drive (where Windows is stored)? Are there any disadvantages of the M2 over the bigger SSDs (e.g. reliability)? What are the advantages of the uprated motherboard? The configurator seems to think 450W is sufficient. Is uprating to 750W helpful?

Here is the full spec: Case PCS SPECTRUM RGB MID TOWER CASE Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Six Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.4GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Motherboard ASUS® PRIME B450-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready! Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB) Graphics Card 6GB NVIDIA...

I have just been reading that and come up with a revised AMD based system: Case PCS SPECTRUM RGB MID TOWER CASE Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Six Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.4GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Motherboard ASUS® PRIME B450-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready! Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE...

I am looking to buy a desktop PC, mostly for doing Blender animations. Also some gaming. So needs to be fairly beefy. Monitor is a 32 inch Samsung. Trying to get it close to £1k inc VAT. Suggestions would be very welcome. Case CORSAIR 175R RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™...

That is nearly identical to what I ended up with. They should sell it as a 'developer PC'. ;0)

>-3000MHz might give a bit of a performance boost RAM, that is.

Based on my recent research for my development machine, I would suggest: -You might get a bit more bang for your buck with an AMD chip, such as the Ryzen 7 RX 3700X. -Maybe not the S600 case. Following a post on this forum I found a couple of reviews that said the ventilation isn't great and it...

The nice man at PCSpecialist allowed me to change the case on my order to a Fractal Define R6. ;0)

@The_Scotster When I looked online I found a few reviews of the S600. A couple mentioned that it runs hots and a couple didn't mention heat issues. I'm not sure that PCSpecialist will let me change my order now that I have submitted it.

Ordered! Thanks for your help spydertracks.

Hard to know what the optimal number of fans is for price/cooling/noise. I guess too many is better than too few.

Actually, it looks like the 550 TX is only around £33 (+VAT) more expensive than the 450 VS.

Probably won't be upgrading much, if at all. But I did consider going for a higher end PSU. I've had a power supply go and fry the motherboard in the past. £77 is a fair chunk of change for an uprated PSU though.