Video Production / Gaming Rig -- First Build

[BigShizzle]

Budget (including currency): $3500 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I am a video editor and audio producer for a living. I need a rig that can easily handle editing 2k video footage at minimum, and that won't start chugging on me when I'm working with a lot of layers. I heavily use Adobe Premiere and Adobe Audition for work. I will also be gaming on this rig, and it would be great to be able to play the latest games at great performance & quality. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Lots of hard drive space is important, and I'd really like to run a high-capacity SSD as the boot drive. I'm going to be buying soon - within the next week or two ideally. I plan to run three monitors. 

 

This will be my first-ever build, so I'm a little nervous. I've been watching LTT for a while now and I feel like this is my best path forward for my work. Thanks in advance!

 

[Oswin]

would recommend waiting for newer hardware

[BigShizzle]

9 minutes ago, Oswin said:

would recommend waiting for newer hardware

Unfortunately I can't wait too long, as my work is getting too taxing on my current rig and I need to be able to keep up with client requests. Is there a particular component you would recommend waiting for?

[Oswin]

Just now, BigShizzle said:

Unfortunately I can't wait too long, as my work is getting too taxing on my current rig and I need to be able to keep up with client requests. Is there a particular component you would recommend waiting for?

new ryzen 4000 series cpus and rtx 3000 series graphics should be announced in december

 

will see what i can come up with

[BigShizzle]

3 minutes ago, Oswin said:

new ryzen 4000 series cpus and rtx 3000 series graphics should be announced in december

 

will see what i can come up with

Thanks so much for your help!

[Mateyyy]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	$699.66 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler	$69.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$149.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$134.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Red Pro 6 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$194.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Video Card	$499.99 @ Best Buy
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Corsair
Case Fan	be quiet! SilentWings 3 pwm 59.5 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
Case Fan	be quiet! SilentWings 3 pwm 59.5 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2214.33
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-19 15:01 EDT-0400

Went with "just" a 2070 Super since it sounded like gaming's more of an afterthought.

With this budget you could probably fit a Threadripper in there, just wasn't sure whether you needed that much multi-threaded power. If you do though, you'd probably be looking at a 3960X and a $500ish TRX40 board, like a Gigabyte Aorus Maste for example. You'll also be looking at bumping up the power supply if you go that route.

[BigShizzle]

Just now, Mateyyy said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	$699.66 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler	$69.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$149.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$134.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Red Pro 6 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$194.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Video Card	$499.99 @ Best Buy
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Corsair
Case Fan	be quiet! SilentWings 3 pwm 59.5 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
Case Fan	be quiet! SilentWings 3 pwm 59.5 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2214.33
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-19 15:01 EDT-0400

Went with "just" a 2070 Super since it sounded like gaming's more of an afterthought.

With this budget you could probably fit a Threadripper in there, just wasn't sure whether you needed that much multi-threaded power. If you do though, you'd probably be looking at a 3960X and a $500ish TRX40 board, like a Gigabyte Aorus Maste for example. You'll also be looking at bumping up the power supply if you go that route.

Thanks for the tips! I'll definitely start digging into this. 

[Oswin]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	$699.66 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$89.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MEG X570 ACE ATX AM4 Motherboard	$369.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$289.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$110.20 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$134.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate IronWolf Pro 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$148.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING Video Card	$709.99 @ B&H
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$134.99 @ Corsair
Case Fan	be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM 50.5 CFM 120 mm Fan	$22.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan	be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM 50.5 CFM 120 mm Fan	$22.95 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2834.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-19 15:17 EDT-0400

took quite some time

could be better with a threadripper

[BigShizzle]

1 hour ago, Oswin said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	$699.66 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$89.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MEG X570 ACE ATX AM4 Motherboard	$369.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$289.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$110.20 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$134.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate IronWolf Pro 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$148.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING Video Card	$709.99 @ B&H
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$134.99 @ Corsair
Case Fan	be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM 50.5 CFM 120 mm Fan	$22.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan	be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM 50.5 CFM 120 mm Fan	$22.95 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2834.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-19 15:17 EDT-0400

took quite some time

could be better with a threadripper

Thank you so much for digging into this! I'll study this list for sure. 

[Oswin]

9 minutes ago, BigShizzle said:

Thank you so much for digging into this! I'll study this list for sure. 

someone would probably make a better list, i am not too farmiliar with higher end hardware