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I'm building a new PC to replace my 2011 Mac Book Pro. (yeah, it's time) Here is my parts list (see below)

1. Budget and location:

2500 USD America. (UT)

 

2. Aim:

4K rendering with Davinci Resolve & Blender.

 

3. Monitors:

 I already have a 1080p monitor. But I'll Probably upgrade to 4k + 1080p monitors.

 

4. Peripherals:

 

Shoot. I think we have a keyboard around here somewhere. And I have a mouse and Headphones.

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

 

Macbook Pro 2011.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Threadripper 1920X 3.5 GHz 12-Core Processor $419.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $138.59 @ OutletPC
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $6.39 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard $299.97 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 32 GB (8 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $349.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $82.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB DUKE Video Card $779.99 @ Walmart
Case Corsair - 750D ATX Full Tower Case $119.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit $124.79 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $2511.48
  Mail-in rebates -$50.00
  Total $2461.48
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-08 10:53 EST-0500  

 

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2 minutes ago, bohndigga said:

I'm building a new PC to replace my 2011 Mac Book Pro. (yeah, it's time) Here is my parts list (see below)

1. Budget and location:

2500 USD America. (UT)

 

2. Aim:

4K rendering with Davinci Resolve & Blender.

 

3. Monitors:

 I already have a 1080p monitor. But I'll Probably upgrade to 4k + 1080p monitors.

 

4. Peripherals:

 

Shoot. I think we have a keyboard around here somewhere. And I have a mouse and Headphones.

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

 

Macbook Pro 2011.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Threadripper 1920X 3.5 GHz 12-Core Processor $419.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $138.59 @ OutletPC
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $6.39 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard $299.97 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 32 GB (8 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $349.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $82.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB DUKE Video Card $779.99 @ Walmart
Case Corsair - 750D ATX Full Tower Case $119.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit $124.79 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $2511.48
  Mail-in rebates -$50.00
  Total $2461.48
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-08 10:53 EST-0500  

 

Hello, great Config by the way. If i would change anything i'd would buy a regular 1TB hard driver and try getting a 1TB SSD, but honestly i'd be confortable using a 500GB SSD + 2TB HD.

"Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave birth to time and space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that set a planet spinning in that space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave rise to life as we know it... And then came the next explosion. An explosion that will be our last"

 

"... To see the world in a grain of sand. Heaven in a wild flower

Hold infinite in the palm of your hand.  And eternity in an hour ..."

 

PC: 1

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 4.3GHz 1.3875v Motherboard: AsRock X470 Taichi (BIOS: Agesa 1.0.0.3 ABB) RAM: 4x8GB(32) 3200MHzCL16 Hyper X GPU: GTX 980 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Core Clock: 1595MHz Memory Clock: 8000MHz Storage: SAMSUNG EVO 860 2TB(OS) / SAMSUNG EVO 860 1TB(Backup) Cooler: NZXT Hydro X72 360mm Case: NZXT Phantom 820 PSU: Corsair TX-750w Display Monitor: Monitor AOC AG251FG 240Hz G-Sync 1080p Headset: Headset LogiTech G633 OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Version: 1909 / OS Build: )

NOTEBOOK:

Model: Acer Aspire 5516 CPU: AMD TF-20 1.6GHz(1C/1T) GPU: ATI Radeon X1200(256MB) RAM: 4GB(2x2GB) 666MHz HD: SSD Sandisk PLUS 240GB OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

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Change the cooler. The Kraken will fit on the threadripper, but the CPU is so fricking big that the block won't cover the whole CPU. There are coolers that are designed to cover the whole CPU.

 

Noctua, be quiet, cooler master, and deepcool all make air coolers for threadripper

 

enermax makes a water cooler for threadripper

8086k

aorus pro z390

noctua nh-d15s chromax w black cover

evga 3070 ultra

samsung 128gb, adata swordfish 1tb, wd blue 1tb

seasonic 620w dogballs psu

 

 

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4 minutes ago, mxk. said:

Change the cooler. The Kraken will fit on the threadripper, but the CPU is so fricking big that the block won't cover the whole CPU. There are coolers that are designed to cover the whole CPU.

 

Noctua, be quiet, cooler master, and deepcool all make air coolers for threadripper

 

enermax makes a water cooler for threadripper

Thanks, that helps a lot! I'm going with the enermax.

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Maybe wait a few hours for the AMD keynote. Rumors are, it could be game changing (But than again, rumors are rumors).

The rumored Ryzen 9:

  • Ryzen 9 3850X: 16-cores, 32-threads, clocked at 4.3GHz to 5.1GHz @499 $
  • Ryzen 9 3800X: 16-cores, 32-threads, clocked at 3.9GHz to 4.7GHz @449 $

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Just now, bohndigga said:

Thanks, that helps a lot! I'm going with the enermax.

If you haven't heard, AMD might announce ryzen 3000 tomorrow so wait that out. If you need a PC now, then this is a good choice and you'll be fine.

8086k

aorus pro z390

noctua nh-d15s chromax w black cover

evga 3070 ultra

samsung 128gb, adata swordfish 1tb, wd blue 1tb

seasonic 620w dogballs psu

 

 

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Now that I'm looking over the list, you might want to try and get one of those windows keys off of eBay. $124 is a steep price for windows...

8086k

aorus pro z390

noctua nh-d15s chromax w black cover

evga 3070 ultra

samsung 128gb, adata swordfish 1tb, wd blue 1tb

seasonic 620w dogballs psu

 

 

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Just now, mxk. said:

If you haven't heard, AMD might announce ryzen 3000 tomorrow so wait that out. If you need a PC now, then this is a good choice and you'll be fine.

Well, this build isn't scheduled until Mar or Apr... I should have mentioned that. So I'll wait with bated breath.

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Just now, mxk. said:

Now that I'm looking over the list, you might want to try and get one of those windows keys off of eBay. $124 is a steep price for windows...

Yeah, we might even be able to take that off the budget and assign it to an office expense.

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Just now, bohndigga said:

Yeah, we might even be able to take that off the budget and assign it to an office expense.

saving money feels good

 

1 minute ago, bohndigga said:

Well, this build isn't scheduled until Mar or Apr... I should have mentioned that. So I'll wait with bated breath.

The threadripper 2 stuff might be cheaper by then, too so keep that in mind.

8086k

aorus pro z390

noctua nh-d15s chromax w black cover

evga 3070 ultra

samsung 128gb, adata swordfish 1tb, wd blue 1tb

seasonic 620w dogballs psu

 

 

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1 minute ago, bohndigga said:

Well, this build isn't scheduled until Mar or Apr... I should have mentioned that. So I'll wait with bated breath.

If the rumors a true you will get better performance with a cheaper motherboard on a more reasonable sized CPU (cooler) 

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3 minutes ago, Manderis said:

If the rumors a true you will get better performance with a cheaper motherboard on a more reasonable sized CPU (cooler) 

 

3 minutes ago, mxk. said:

saving money feels good

 

The threadripper 2 stuff might be cheaper by then, too so keep that in mind.

That would be awesome! This is my first build, so I'm excited to start with the big toys.

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It would be better to use a 4x8GB kit instead of an 8x4GB one. This would leave four slots available should a memory upgrade every prove necessary. Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 is on the motherboard QVL.

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, brob said:

It would be better to use a 4x8GB kit instead of an 8x4GB one. This would leave four slots available should a memory upgrade every prove necessary. Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 is on the motherboard QVL.

He is right, haven't even seen it :D 

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11 minutes ago, brob said:

It would be better to use a 4x8GB kit instead of an 8x4GB one. This would leave four slots available should a memory upgrade every prove necessary. Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 is on the motherboard QVL.

 

 

 

Good catch, thanks! But what about bandwidth, would I really notice a difference by only using half the slots?

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Your bandwidth is depending on your max memory frequency and if it is in dual channel or quad channel [only high end or server hardware], you don't get a benefit in populating all slots as far as i know. 
The benefit in only using half the slots is, that you can upgrade it down the line if you need to double your memory because your demand has changed

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1 minute ago, bohndigga said:

Good catch, thanks! But what about bandwidth, would I really notice a difference by only using half the slots?

The memory controller has four channels. 

 

Threadripper does have some interesting behavior with respect to memory and there is a setting that can affect performance depending on use case. You may want to do some research into this to see how it might affect your usage.

 

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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Behold! The Modified Parts List!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor $569.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler Enermax - LIQTECH TR4 II 360 102.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $151.99 @ Newegg
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $6.39 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard $299.97 @ B&H
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $257.99 @ Newegg
Storage HP - EX920 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $89.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB DUKE Video Card $799.99 @ B&H
Case Corsair - 750D ATX Full Tower Case $119.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $2476.08
  Mail-in rebates -$40.00
  Total $2436.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-08 13:32 EST-0500  

 

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