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I am planning on building my first build after a few years of watching Linus and the pc crowd. I have done a lot of research and would like to hear all ya'lls opinion on my choices. My goal was to build that was VR ready, and capable of light to medium photo/video editing and airflow is a heavy priority. If there's anywhere you believe I can save money or suggest an upgrade all comments would be appreciated! Also, I can't find a good case with front USB-c support.

 

Here is my current build...

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $179.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $29.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $119.99 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $149.99 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $99.69 @ OutletPC
Storage Western Digital - 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $104.95 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $104.95 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card $478.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $95.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $85.56 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit $139.89 @ OutletPC
Keyboard Rosewill - RK-9000V2 BR Wired Standard Keyboard $64.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1704.86
  Mail-in rebates -$50.00
  Total $1654.86
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7 minutes ago, Sailboy42 said:

CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $29.89 @ OutletPC

For $1 more you can get the black edition, the evo just has no place anymore with its price so high.

7 minutes ago, Sailboy42 said:

Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $99.69 @ OutletPC

Only splurge on the drive speed when video/photo editing is a main priority. An NVMe SSD is not useful in a gaming PC.

 

try this out:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $179.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler $31.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $119.99 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $149.99 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $67.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $104.95 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $104.95 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card $478.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $95.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $61.98 @ Newegg
Keyboard Rosewill - RK-9000V2 BR Wired Standard Keyboard $64.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1496.79
  Mail-in rebates -$35.00
  Total $1461.79
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I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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4 minutes ago, Sailboy42 said:

 

Probably don't need 32GBs of RAM, should go for one of the gigabyte aorus B450 boards

 

Should get a 500GB SSD for that price, 2TB drives shouldn't cost that much.

Could go for a case with a bit more airflow.

You can use windows 10 for free or just get a cheap key from ebay.

 

What monitor resolution/refresh rate?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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18 minutes ago, Sailboy42 said:

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Swapped the motherboard for the MSI Tomahawk, also 3000Mhz RAM as Ryzen likes fast RAM

PSU for the cheaper on-sale Seasonic

Removed W10Pro

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($155.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($99.69 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.95 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.95 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($478.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($95.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Rosewill - RK-9000V2 BR Wired Standard Keyboard  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1492.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600  Heatsink: ID-Cooling Frostflow X GPU: Zotac GTX 1060 Mini 6GB RAM: KLEVV Bolt 3600Mhz (2x8GB) Mobo: ASUS B550-F ROG Strix (Wifi)  Case: Fractal Design Meshify C PSU: Deepcool DQ-M-V2L

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17 minutes ago, Sailboy42 said:

photo/video editing

You'll be better served with Intel, I'd say try out 16GB first and only add another kit for a total of 32GB later if you feel you truly need it.

 

Run Windows 10 unregistered for a while, no need to pay such an expensive price tag for what you can use for free.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ Walmart)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Pure Rock 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($35.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($76.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($699.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($45.28 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1406.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

You'll be better served with Intel,

It's unlikely to be the kind of heavy workload that would really show a difference.


As well an R7 1700 is still $160 and really hard to beat in terms of value.

 

His PC probably doesn't need to go over $1000-1100 total.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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@Sailboy42 your hard drives are pretty expensive for HDD's the WD blacks are, from my understanding, usually used by video editors. Since you have two of them i'm assuming you want to raid 0 them. Instead I would suggest using a Seagate Firecuda drive instead. I've tried raid 0 with HD's and it still feels really slow compared to solid state drives. The firecuda is a hybrid drive with an 8gb sdd for exceleration. It really helps if you're using it for gaming after the first load. I'm using one in my PS4 pro and i'm really happy with it. Also the Firecuda is cheaper. 

 

One thing to keep in mind is stock case fans are usually loud, so you might want to budget for adding some nice magnetic levitation fans (bonus they are quiet). Also with ryzen you should try to get ram around 3000 mhz speed.  

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NpBrxr/seagate-firecuda-2tb-35-7200rpm-hybrid-internal-hard-drive-st2000dx002

 

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($223.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($145.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP - EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($64.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba - X300 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.99 @ Walmart) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($699.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define C TG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($88.38 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($99.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Keyboard: Logitech - G413 Silver Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($52.95 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1629.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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3 hours ago, Sorenson said:

@Sailboy42 your hard drives are pretty expensive for HDD's the WD blacks are, from my understanding, usually used by video editors. Since you have two of them i'm assuming you want to raid 0 them. Instead I would suggest using a Seagate Firecuda drive instead. I've tried raid 0 with HD's and it still feels really slow compared to solid state drives. The firecuda is a hybrid drive with an 8gb sdd for exceleration. It really helps if you're using it for gaming after the first load. I'm using one in my PS4 pro and i'm really happy with it. Also the Firecuda is cheaper. 

 

One thing to keep in mind is stock case fans are usually loud, so you might want to budget for adding some nice magnetic levitation fans (bonus they are quiet). Also with ryzen you should try to get ram around 3000 mhz speed.  

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NpBrxr/seagate-firecuda-2tb-35-7200rpm-hybrid-internal-hard-drive-st2000dx002

 

Yes, I was planning to run them in raid. I'm surprised though that they wouldn't be that fast though for such good and expensive drives. I think I will transfer over to the firecudas. I have heard good things about them and coming from someone that uses convinces me.

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4 hours ago, Princess Luna said:

You'll be better served with Intel, I'd say try out 16GB first and only add another kit for a total of 32GB later if you feel you truly need it.

 

Run Windows 10 unregistered for a while, no need to pay such an expensive price tag for what you can use for free.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ Walmart)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Pure Rock 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($35.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($76.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($699.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($45.28 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1406.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Why do you intel? I was preferring Amd due to pricing and the delided processor running cooler.

When you say start off with 16gb of ram I assume you mean running that in dual channel, correct?

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4 hours ago, BigRom said:

 

Swapped the motherboard for the MSI Tomahawk, also 3000Mhz RAM as Ryzen likes fast RAM

PSU for the cheaper on-sale Seasonic

Removed W10Pro

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($155.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($99.69 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.95 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.95 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($478.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($95.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Rosewill - RK-9000V2 BR Wired Standard Keyboard  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1492.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Could you explain why the switch to the tomahawk?

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4 hours ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

get ryzen 300

I was wondering about that, what is the estimated date for gen 3 release?

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4 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Probably don't need 32GBs of RAM, should go for one of the gigabyte aorus B450 boards

 

Should get a 500GB SSD for that price, 2TB drives shouldn't cost that much.

Could go for a case with a bit more airflow.

You can use windows 10 for free or just get a cheap key from ebay.

 

What monitor resolution/refresh rate?

The 32gbs I believed is good for multitasking with multiple items open such as Photoshop, Lightroom, with music in the background. I also usually leave lots of chrome tabs open.

What in the case makes you say that it doesn't have great airflow. With such an open front I believed it should be fine. Compared to cases like corsair obsidian where there are just small vents that, I believed this was on the better end.

 

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2 minutes ago, Sailboy42 said:

 

RAID is pretty pointless for you

 

you only need 16Gbs at most to do all of that.

The Coolermaster H500 is rather nice

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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39 minutes ago, Sailboy42 said:

Could you explain why the switch to the tomahawk?

Its slightly cheaper, and the Tomahawk is one of the better boards at that price point. Good VRMs and power delivery so overclocking shouldn't be an issue.

Also a slight personal preference as I sometimes find ASUS BIOS to be a bit of a faff.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600  Heatsink: ID-Cooling Frostflow X GPU: Zotac GTX 1060 Mini 6GB RAM: KLEVV Bolt 3600Mhz (2x8GB) Mobo: ASUS B550-F ROG Strix (Wifi)  Case: Fractal Design Meshify C PSU: Deepcool DQ-M-V2L

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7 minutes ago, BigRom said:

Its slightly cheaper, and the Tomahawk is one of the better boards at that price point. Good VRMs and power delivery so overclocking shouldn't be an issue.

Also a slight personal preference as I sometimes find ASUS BIOS to be a bit of a faff.

No reason to buy anything other than the gigabyte aorus B450 boards at this point. "doubled" 4 phase VRM at $80-100

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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3 hours ago, Sailboy42 said:

Why do you intel? I was preferring Amd due to pricing and the delided processor running cooler.

When you say start off with 16gb of ram I assume you mean running that in dual channel, correct?

Because Adobe software likes single thread performance more, is more stable on Intel and now with iGPU Acceleration the i7 8700 will render as fast as a TR 1920X

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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6 hours ago, Streetguru said:

No reason to buy anything other than the gigabyte aorus B450 boards at this point. "doubled" 4 phase VRM at $80-100

What is doubled four phase VRM?

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3 hours ago, Princess Luna said:

Because Adobe software likes single thread performance more, is more stable on Intel and now with iGPU Acceleration the i7 8700 will render as fast as a TR 1920X

Does Intel CPUs affect VR support at all?

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Does Intel CPUs affect VR support at all?

VR Demands you to push at least 90fps at all times and have more stable minimums.

 

That is easier to achieve with an Intel processor, now need is a strong word, take it more as a preferable scenario.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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I do not see anything wrong with other processors than Intel, but it's just that Intel processors are better...

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1 hour ago, Sailboy42 said:

What is doubled four phase VRM?

You want good VRMs (they help deliver power to the CPU) so you can achieve a better overclock on the CPU. I don’t know what that guys is talking about though, because Gigabyte and Asus have been heavily critiqued on their B450 VRMs. MSI has been well reviewed by hardware unboxed.

 

9 hours ago, Sailboy42 said:

Yes, I was planning to run them in raid. I'm surprised though that they wouldn't be that fast though for such good and expensive drives. I think I will transfer over to the firecudas. I have heard good things about them and coming from someone that uses convinces me.

The WD blacks are “fast” for an HDD. Hard drive suffer when loading lots of  different small files because it takes time for the reader to move to the different part of the disk. That is where the fire CUDA comes in handy, since those small files will be cached in the SSD after the first load. If you can get the 7200rpm version of the firecuda.

 

9 hours ago, Sailboy42 said:

I was wondering about that, what is the estimated date for gen 3 release?

Computex starts at the end of next month. I would expect them to be announced then. But they might not be available for a little while after that. If you go with the Ryzen 2600x you should be able to upgrade to the Ryzen 3000 when it comes out if you decide to later. A lot of people are saying intel is better, but that is only really true for gaming. Although, there is really only a difference in the high end. The difference between a 2600 with fast ram and an i5 is marginal. However, the 2600 will be better at some of the editing stuff you want to do (unless you want to use adobe premiere quick sync which uses the integrated gpu in intel chips to speed up rendering). 

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3 hours ago, Sorenson said:

The difference between a 2600 with fast ram and an i5 is marginal.

Is there any noticeable thermal difference between the two brands with the delided Amd cpu?

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