buying support needed in building a budget setup for my little brother

[MohammadTNS]

Dear All,

 

I am contacting you all in hopes of some support in building a budget setup for my little brother.

 

My little brother is an armature mid-career designer who self taught himself:

Cinema 4D

Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop

Houdini Fx

Adobe Aftereffects

Autodesk Maya / 3Ds Max

basic macroing... etc,,,

 

He wants a PC setup that will allow him to further develop his skills and build his career in graphics designing and marketing...

 

I request that you please send me of a configuration that will support above programs and not be too expensive. He wants performance... I would appreciate if the products you suggest are easily available in Saudi Arabia. I also want the PC to be easily serviceable or if needed upgradable..

 

If you guys can advise me on the build I would be very grateful.

 

Hope you guys can support and guide here...

Look forward to your kind response.

[berberries]

can we have a rough price budget in USD?

[MohammadTNS]

hi

my budget is 1000-1500$

i want parts that will be available in Saudi Arabia

appreciate your guidance

thanks

[berberries]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($61.05 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.87 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($96.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $955.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-19 17:24 EDT-0400

total with a gpu should be around 1500 USD, i picked parts which i could find on saudi.microless.com

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, MohammadTNS said:

hi

my budget is 1000-1500$

i want parts that will be available in Saudi Arabia

appreciate your guidance

thanks

Make sure to quote people or use @berwynhan so people see your responses.

 

This might do, how's Saudi pricing look?

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$49.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$28.85 @ OutletPC
Video Card	Zotac - GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING Video Card	$219.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$78.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$881.70
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$861.70
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-19 17:26 EDT-0400

 

[berberries]

11 minutes ago, berwynhan said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($61.05 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.87 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($96.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $955.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-19 17:24 EDT-0400

total with a gpu should be around 1500 USD, i picked parts which i could find on saudi.microless.com

Just realised something, since you said he uses Houdini and Maya, I would recommend bumping it to 32GB RAM, 16GB gets eaten up pretty quick, sometimes just by opening a project.