My wife and I want to build a shared workstation. Usually our projects are not that demanding for a mid range pc, but sometimes it comes to when she needs to edit a 4k video or I need to make a 3d video render. We think that it would be a good idea to have one pc that can do either of those without an issue, but we can also share (at the same time) when doing less demanding work. Can 2 people use the same pc at the same time? How powerfull would it need to be?

here you go, just run a vm and do heavy on the main system PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor $169.89 @ OutletPC Motherboard ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard $75.90 @ OutletPC Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $104.99 @ Newegg Business Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $67.89 @ OutletPC Video Card XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card $189.89 @ OutletPC Case Cooler Master - MasterBox MB511 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $67.98 @ Newegg Business Power Supply BitFenix - Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $49.99 @ Newegg Business Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $806.53 Mail-in rebates -$80.00 Total $726.53 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-16 11:46 EST-0500

2 users 1 big mean machine

By san-dia
January 16, 2019 in New Builds and Planning

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Go to solution Solved by LukeSavenije, January 16, 2019

here you go, just run a vm and do heavy on the main system

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor	$169.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$75.90 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$67.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	$189.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox MB511 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	$67.98 @ Newegg Business
Power Supply	BitFenix - Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$49.99 @ Newegg Business
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$806.53
	Mail-in rebates	-$80.00
	Total	$726.53
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-16 11:46 EST-0500

Posted January 16, 2019

Just now, san-dia said:

Thank you again

As a side note...

I thought that an intel + nvidia was the way to go, why would amd be a better option here?

because it's cheaper and gives you more cores