Davo64
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Hi all! I've been looking into upgrading to a new PC, and I've been working on designing a build. I'm pretty new to this so I'm looking for advice & thoughts
When designing this I started with the 'Minecraft RTX Pro' setup and built from there. I'm planning this as a long-term investment while I'm at a point in my life where I can afford it.
• Budget: Flexible for cost-justified improvements, I'll say £3,500 is probably stretching it
• Uses: - Gaming (my main game these days is Minecraft but it's not the only one I play)
- Image processing (high-quality photography, I regularly edit large images in Photoshop which is a huge RAM hog and slow on my current laptop)
- (Some) video editing, including up to 4K
- Possible streaming & VR in the future
• Monitors: Included in the spec but will list here separately too, using a dual-monitor setup at work has made me want that for myself, so I was thinking a 4k60hz monitor primarily for photography and a 1440p144hz monitor primarily for gaming with those higher framerates
Spec + Thoughts On Each Part:
Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE Was looking at the Corsair iCUE 5000X, but it appears to be out of stock at the moment. This one looks suitable for the build, though idk if it'll be worth throwing some more money in for the 5000X. I do like its potential for extra cooling options.
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4) Not sure if overkill but certainly very powerful for multithreaded CPU-based processes and handling as many tasks as I'll need
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X570S UD: ATX (USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready! One of the areas I don't know a lot about, mostly chosen based on the buyer's guide and original spec
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB) A lot of RAM for sure but Photoshop in particular eats it like crazy. Comparatively the extra 32GB add surprisingly little to the price for a big jump.
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR Reading the GPU guide leads me to believe this might be a good choice for my setup, though I'm still not 100% sure if it's over or underkill haha. Using two monitors probably increases the requirements but then wouldn't only one be doing intensive work at a time?
Graphics Card Support Bracket
PCS ARGB GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT BRACKET Looking at other threads these seem like a good idea to avoid the GPU sagging, which for a minimal increase in price seems more than worth it
(Continued below, looks like the site doesn't like my verbose posts haha)
When designing this I started with the 'Minecraft RTX Pro' setup and built from there. I'm planning this as a long-term investment while I'm at a point in my life where I can afford it.
• Budget: Flexible for cost-justified improvements, I'll say £3,500 is probably stretching it
• Uses: - Gaming (my main game these days is Minecraft but it's not the only one I play)
- Image processing (high-quality photography, I regularly edit large images in Photoshop which is a huge RAM hog and slow on my current laptop)
- (Some) video editing, including up to 4K
- Possible streaming & VR in the future
• Monitors: Included in the spec but will list here separately too, using a dual-monitor setup at work has made me want that for myself, so I was thinking a 4k60hz monitor primarily for photography and a 1440p144hz monitor primarily for gaming with those higher framerates
Spec + Thoughts On Each Part:
Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE Was looking at the Corsair iCUE 5000X, but it appears to be out of stock at the moment. This one looks suitable for the build, though idk if it'll be worth throwing some more money in for the 5000X. I do like its potential for extra cooling options.
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4) Not sure if overkill but certainly very powerful for multithreaded CPU-based processes and handling as many tasks as I'll need
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X570S UD: ATX (USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready! One of the areas I don't know a lot about, mostly chosen based on the buyer's guide and original spec
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB) A lot of RAM for sure but Photoshop in particular eats it like crazy. Comparatively the extra 32GB add surprisingly little to the price for a big jump.
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR Reading the GPU guide leads me to believe this might be a good choice for my setup, though I'm still not 100% sure if it's over or underkill haha. Using two monitors probably increases the requirements but then wouldn't only one be doing intensive work at a time?
Graphics Card Support Bracket
PCS ARGB GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT BRACKET Looking at other threads these seem like a good idea to avoid the GPU sagging, which for a minimal increase in price seems more than worth it
(Continued below, looks like the site doesn't like my verbose posts haha)