Budget content creation PC

[Chillzasocial]

I've been looking at building a PC for content creation, manly for video and picture editing) as well as light gaming.

 

I was just wondering what is the best way to allocate the budget. Whether spending more on a CPU over a GPU or putting more into the storage and RAM.

[zlolslavez]

Welcome to the forum! Please follow this format in the future.

 To answer your question; it depends. Likely it would be something like allocating equal amount of budget into your CPU and GPU and memory and storage strictly depends on your workload. But if you follow that format then someone here will be able to help you better.

[Taf the Ghost]

1 minute ago, Chillzasocial said:

I've been looking at building a PC for content creation, manly for video and picture editing) as well as light gaming.

 

I was just wondering what is the best way to allocate the budget. Whether spending more on a CPU over a GPU or putting more into the storage and RAM.

At least 6 cores, 16 Gb of memory, 256 Gb good SSD as the primary and some extra storage. 1050 Ti/1060 is all that's needed for GPU acceleration tasks. Rest is down to how much budget you have.

[PlayStation 2]

Can I ask about what's the budget?

[Chillzasocial]

22 minutes ago, handymanshandle said:

Can I ask about what's the budget?

Around $1000

[Chillzasocial]

23 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

At least 6 cores, 16 Gb of memory, 256 Gb good SSD as the primary and some extra storage. 1050 Ti/1060 is all that's needed for GPU acceleration tasks. Rest is down to how much budget you have.

Is that strictly a latest generation 6 core? Are you saying a 6 core with a high clock speed or is that not so important? 

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Chillzasocial said:

Is that strictly a latest generation 6 core? Are you saying a 6 core with a high clock speed or is that not so important? 

depens on the application. some favor higher clocks. I'll make something for you in pcpp. back soon

[LukeSavenije]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor	$195.99 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/White) CPU Cooler	$32.07 @ Newegg
Motherboard	ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$109.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$72.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$58.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Video Card	$379.99 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1124.78
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$1074.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-08 17:44 EST-0500

bit over budget, but this would actually be a great machine

[Chillzasocial]

6 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor	$195.99 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/White) CPU Cooler	$32.07 @ Newegg
Motherboard	ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$109.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$72.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$58.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Video Card	$379.99 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1124.78
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$1074.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-08 17:44 EST-0500

bit over budget, but this would actually be a great machine

Woah! I don't know if its my English pessimism but I wasn't expecting this forum to be so helpful.

 

Thank you for your time kind sir.   

[Taf the Ghost]

1 minute ago, Chillzasocial said:

Woah! I don't know if its my English pessimism but I wasn't expecting this forum to be so helpful.

 

Thank you for your time kind sir.   

What type of monitor do you have?

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, Chillzasocial said:

Woah! I don't know if its my English pessimism but I wasn't expecting this forum to be so helpful.

 

Thank you for your time kind sir.   

well. I get bored sometimes. that's why I'm here. it's like 5 minutes of work for me now. because after a couple thousend (not kidding) times you know what to look for

[Taf the Ghost]

It's always safe to assume the Internet isn't helpful, until you run into a place that is.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

It's always safe to assume the Internet isn't helpful, until you run into a place that is.

Or people that are of course. I don't think those advertisers around here are helpful