Is this good enough?

[EGadz]

Hi, people.

 

Been indulging in YouTube videos about tech since the lockdown and am really interested in getting a high performance computer that'll handle multi-tasking, streaming/editing/gaming/etc, basically anything I throw at it, it should manage. I would love some input to see if this configuration of a computer is over-kill/under-kill/wrong parts/etc to see if I can maximize performance and minimize any unnecessary or stupid costs. So far this is the configuration from PCSPECIALISTS:

 

Case

CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 680X RGB GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24 Core CPU (3.8GHz - 4.5GHz, 142MB CACHE)

Motherboard

Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS PRO Wi-Fi 6: ATX, USB 3.2 - RGB Ready

Memory (RAM)

32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)

Graphics Card

8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 5700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12

1^st Storage Drive

1TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)

2^nd Storage Drive

2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive

NOT REQUIRED

Power Supply

CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Power Cable

1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling

CoolerMaster MasterLiquid ML360R RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler

Thermal Paste

ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND

LED Lighting

2x 50cm RGB LED Strip

Extra Case Fans

3x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit

Sound Card

ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking

10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)

USB/Thunderbolt Options

MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Operating System

Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [MUP-00003]

Operating System Language

United Kingdom - English Language

Windows Recovery Media

Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account

Office Software

FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)

Anti-Virus

BullGuard™ Internet Security - 3 User, 1 Year

Browser

Google Chrome™

Warranty

3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)

 

Any input would be greatly appreciated :) <3

[5x5]

Budget and intended use case?

[Mr. PC]

For gaming and even editing the CPU is very much overkill, as basically no game or editing software can utilize that many cores. A 3950x will preform basically the same in these scenarios. Also it really doesn't fit with the 5700xt because that's a mid range gpu with a HEDT processor.

[EGadz]

I'd say anywhere from £2,000 to £4,000, best performance for money and something to last a good number of years with ability to upgrade to stay up-to-date, for example, if what I've picked could be beaten by something less than £3,500, then that would be much better  (£3,500 is what the set-up costs just now(

 

[Mr. PC]

1 minute ago, EGadz said:

I'd say anywhere from £2,000 to £4,000, best performance for money and something to last a good number of years with ability to upgrade to stay up-to-date, for example, if what I've picked could be beaten by something less than £3,500, then that would be much better  (£3,500 is what the set-up costs just now(

 

But what do you plan on doing with your pc exactly?

[EGadz]

Thanks firstly for your input, I really appreciate your time.

 

As I said, I'm kinda looking at streaming/editing/gaming/something that is capable of handling multiple tasks at one time and will stand the test of time. I'm not exactly looking at having a super high end computer but more-so a very high mid-range type of computer that will perform the tasks, if you get what I mean. (hopefully being clear enough)

[aDoomGuy]

I can tell you this.... It sure ain't underkill lol. I wonder though, when spending all this why not a 2080 Ti or Super? A 2080 Ti ...sure it costs an arm and a leg but you get more GPU and VRAM. 11 GB I think..? A RX 5700 XT will not perform on the same level as the TR.

[EGadz]

1 minute ago, aDoomGuy said:

I can tell you this.... It sure ain't underkill lol. I wonder though, when spending all this why not a 2080 Ti or Super? A 2080 Ti ...sure it costs an arm and a leg but you get more GPU and VRAM. 11 GB I think..? A RX 5700 XT will not perform on the same level as the TR.

 

It's just the GPU that I have seen a lot of good reviews about, but I'll take that into consideration, as it's adding a further 500 quid to the bill, lol

[Snowarch]

overkill. my 8086k handles everything i throw at it. a cpu like your intended one should leave you good for a few years. i dont understand amd's gpu naming, but if thats 1060 equivalent or lower you need a better gpu. my cpu never gets to 100% use in games with my 1060 at 100% usage. 

[aDoomGuy]

1 minute ago, EGadz said:

Thanks firstly for your input, I really appreciate your time.

 

As I said, I'm kinda looking at streaming/editing/gaming/something that is capable of handling multiple tasks at one time and will stand the test of time. I'm not exactly looking at having a super high end computer but more-so a very high mid-range type of computer that will perform the tasks, if you get what I mean. (hopefully being clear enough)

Ok, so if midrange will do you fine may I suggest something like so?

 

Ryzen 7 3800x 8-core 16-thread CPU or if you want more a Ryzen 9 3950x 16-core 32-thread CPU

X570 motherboard

32 or 16 GB RAM

RX 5700 XT if not a 2080 Ti/Super

Corsair RM 750x

 

What you think about this?

 

2 minutes ago, EGadz said:

It's just the GPU that I have seen a lot of good reviews about, but I'll take that into consideration, as it's adding a further 500 quid to the bill, lol

Lol I know mate.  The above should save you some quids though.

[Anus_McSphincter]

I also think the threadripper is overkill. 3950X is plenty. use your CPU savings for a 2080TI intel graphics card.

[Mr. PC]

13 minutes ago, EGadz said:

I'd say anywhere from £2,000 to £4,000, best performance for money and something to last a good number of years with ability to upgrade to stay up-to-date, for example, if what I've picked could be beaten by something less than £3,500, then that would be much better  (£3,500 is what the set-up costs just now(

 

This will destroy that in most applications and it costs less than 3500:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	£680.00 @ Currys PC World
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£119.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER ATX AM4 Motherboard	£355.12 @ Ebuyer
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£189.24 @ Ebuyer
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£166.21 @ Box Limited
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£52.22 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card	£1159.98 @ Box Limited
Case	Corsair Crystal Series 680X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	£197.49 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£121.99 @ AWD-IT
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	£89.99 @ AWD-IT
Case Fan	Corsair LL120RGB LED (Three Fans With Lighting Node PRO) 43.25 CFM 120 mm Fans	£73.99 @ AWD-IT
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£3206.21
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-05 14:14 BST+0100

I still think its more than you probably need but if that's your budget than this is what I would recommend.

[EGadz]

2 minutes ago, aDoomGuy said:

Ok, so if midrange will do you fine may I suggest something like so?

 

Ryzen 7 3800x 8-core 16-thread CPU or if you want more a Ryzen 9 3950x 16-core 32-thread CPU

X570 motherboard

32 or 16 GB RAM

RX 5700 XT if not a 2080 Ti/Super

Corsair RM 750x

 

What you think about this?

 

Lol I know mate.  The above should save you some quids though.

I'll try to configure this and see what price it is, what about cooling/case etc?

 

2 minutes ago, Anus_McSphincter said:

I also think the threadripper is overkill. 3950X is plenty. use your CPU savings for a 2080TI intel graphics card.

I think that's a great point.

 

As a note: I'm legit coming from an Dell Inspiron 3537

[EGadz]

2 minutes ago, Mr. PC said:

This will destroy that in most applications and it costs less than 3500:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	£680.00 @ Currys PC World
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£119.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER ATX AM4 Motherboard	£355.12 @ Ebuyer
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£189.24 @ Ebuyer
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£166.21 @ Box Limited
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£52.22 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card	£1159.98 @ Box Limited
Case	Corsair Crystal Series 680X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	£197.49 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£121.99 @ AWD-IT
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	£89.99 @ AWD-IT
Case Fan	Corsair LL120RGB LED (Three Fans With Lighting Node PRO) 43.25 CFM 120 mm Fans	£73.99 @ AWD-IT
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£3206.21
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-05 14:14 BST+0100

I still think its more than you probably need but if that's your budget than this is what I would recommend.

 

 

That looks awesome, I really appreciate your time! IF anyone else would have further suggestions to this package, it'd be cool to hear!

[aDoomGuy]

1 minute ago, EGadz said:

I'll try to configure this and see what price it is, what about cooling/case etc?

 

I think that's a great point.

 

As a note: I'm legit coming from an Dell Inspiron 3537

Cooling depends, do you want air or water cooling? If air maybe the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 but it needs a big case to fit. Water I would go for a 360 radiator but I never used watercooling for myself so it's hard to say exactly which. If you don't want to spend too much on a cooler the Dark Rock 4 is very good and silent even at full blast. I can easily recommend that as I use it myself.

[EGadz]

2 minutes ago, aDoomGuy said:

Cooling depends, do you want air or water cooling? If air maybe the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 but it needs a big case to fit. Water I would go for a 360 radiator but I never used watercooling for myself so it's hard to say exactly which. If you don't want to spend too much on a cooler the Dark Rock 4 is very good and silent even at full blast. I can easily recommend that as I use it myself.

 

 

What I'm'a do is compare both builds and really bring it down to what I'll use it for.

 

I'm not sure what cooling to go with, so, any kinda further advice is always welcome!

[doinurmop]

13 minutes ago, Snowarch said:

dont understand amd's gpu naming, but if thats 1060 equivalent or lower you need a better gpu.

It's an RTX 2070 equivalent I think. My RX580 is a 1060 equivalent i believe, although iit also handles everything I throw at it.

[aDoomGuy]

7 minutes ago, Mr. PC said:

This will destroy that in most applications and it costs less than 3500:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	£680.00 @ Currys PC World
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£119.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER ATX AM4 Motherboard	£355.12 @ Ebuyer
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£189.24 @ Ebuyer
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£166.21 @ Box Limited
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£52.22 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card	£1159.98 @ Box Limited
Case	Corsair Crystal Series 680X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	£197.49 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£121.99 @ AWD-IT
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	£89.99 @ AWD-IT
Case Fan	Corsair LL120RGB LED (Three Fans With Lighting Node PRO) 43.25 CFM 120 mm Fans	£73.99 @ AWD-IT
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£3206.21
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-05 14:14 BST+0100

I still think its more than you probably need but if that's your budget than this is what I would recommend.

This is a very strong machine, OP if you get something like this you will have it for a long long time. It is far beyond midrange lol but if it is within your budget then as I said you will have that machine for a long time without needing any upgrades apart from maybe additional SSD/hard drives.

 

Just now, doinurmop said:

It's an RTX 2070 equivalent I think. My RX580 is a 1060 equivalent i believe, although iit also handles everything I throw at it.

Yep 2070 equivalent. I think the RX580 is maybe more equivalent with 1070. At least if it has 8GB memory, I may be wrong though.

[SavageNeo]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

 

 

 

 

here is sweet looking white build with the most high end white gpu for gaming

 

[doinurmop]

2 minutes ago, aDoomGuy said:

Yep 2070 equivalent. I think the RX580 is maybe more equivalent with 1070. At least if it has 8GB memory, I may be wrong though.

Yeah it's one of the two, I have the XTR 8GB version, XTR version is apparently supposed to be a little more powerful? (than a regular rx580) very small amount tho. It's definitely a good card on a budget, bought it to replace one that died.

 

Amd's drivers are cancer sometimes tho.

[EGadz]

3 minutes ago, aDoomGuy said:

This is a very strong machine, OP if you get something like this you will have it for a long long time. It is far beyond midrange lol but if it is within your budget then as I said you will have that machine for a long time without needing any upgrades apart from maybe additional SSD/hard drives.

 

Yep 2070 equivalent. I think the RX580 is maybe more equivalent with 1070. At least if it has 8GB memory, I may be wrong though.

 

It's literally a one time investment that I intend to last for a long time, this is why I'm willing to spend a bit on the computer to save additional money in future, y'know?

[EGadz]

2 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

 

 

 

 

here is sweet looking white build with the most high end white gpu for gaming

 

Weird, nothing linked here

[Mr. PC]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

 

 

 

 

here is sweet looking white build with the most high end white gpu for gaming

 

Uhhh you accidentally linked the general list not your own list... You have to use the link just above the build

[aDoomGuy]

5 minutes ago, EGadz said:

 

 

What I'm'a do is compare both builds and really bring it down to what I'll use it for.

 

I'm not sure what cooling to go with, so, any kinda further advice is always welcome!

Well I prefer air cooling myself, I tend to think it will make me sleep better at night lol. So if you are like me I would say either the one I got the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 or the over the top Dark Rock 4 Pro. I don't think there is an insane amount of cooling difference between them but the Pro version sure looks good! It comes with a price premium though. If you want water I'm sure the Corsair radiator Mr.PC provided in his list will do a great job.

 

2 minutes ago, EGadz said:

 

It's literally a one time investment that I intend to last for a long time, this is why I'm willing to spend a bit on the computer to save additional money in future, y'know?

Yeah totally mate, replacing parts gets expensive in the long run. There are new video cards that should start to come out in the coming summer though, so if you can you may want to wait for that? It's the Nvidia RTX 3000 series, I think they will start with the 3080 Ti.

[SavageNeo]

sorry my bad haha

 

white build in my opinion looks better than black. Just my opinion thought

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	£680.00 @ Currys PC World
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero ATX AM4 Motherboard	£350.00 @ Currys PC World
Memory	Thermaltake TOUGHRAM RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-4400 Memory	£130.98 @ Ebuyer
Memory	Thermaltake TOUGHRAM RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-4400 Memory	£130.98 @ Ebuyer
Case	Thermaltake View 51 Snow ARGB Edition ATX Full Tower Case	£211.49 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£140.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Case Fan	Corsair iCUE QL140 RGB 50.2 CFM 140 mm Fans	£91.19 @ CCL Computers
Custom	asus strix rtx 2080ti white	£1300.00
Custom	asus strix lc 360 white	£250.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£3285.11
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-05 14:39 BST+0100