Build help

[edd666999]

Looking to replace the Mrs ageing XPS with a new desktop machine. Shes a photographer, uses a 5DMK4. She currently just does photo editing, All her media is stored on some network storage (raid10) + (Cloud)

Moving forward she wants to be able to edit video, play some esports games. Shes uses the Adobe suite of software for all her work.

 

I want a true 10bit display 27". I cant seem to find another display that beats the Benq, any suggestions?

I have a 10GBE switch so want to be able to transfer at full speed from the nvme to the ssd cashe on the network storage box, suggestions for a pci card?

For reasons I wont go into I also want a wireless AX PCI card. Any suggestions?

 

I was always under the impression im going to need a quadro or radeon pro for true 10bit support in Photoshop and lightroom but apparently theres some new nvidia drivers (studio drivers) that unlock 10bit. I have a 1050ti in my plex server so going to do some testing before I purchase the GPU. If I have to buy a Pro card it would be a wx5100 I thing, 2nd hand around £240.

 

 

My current build idea:

 

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  Purchased at £100

 

MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard Purchased at £82.48

 

Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory Purchased at £62.50

 

Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case Purchased at £48.00

 

Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  Current price £76.50

 

Corsair HX Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Current Price £149.99

 

2 x ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Current Price £119.25

 

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card Current Price £239.98

 

Noctua NF-A20 PWM 86.46 CFM 200 mm Fan Current Price £25.49

 

BenQ SW271 27.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor Current Price £959.99

 

Need recommendations on a pci Wireless ax card and a 10GBE card.

 

*Im aware that psu is massive overkill, ignore that as I've got other plans for the PSU in the future.

 

As you can see I've already made a start so changes will be limited! I was planning on mirroring the nvme drives, as although she is *supposed to* save everything on the network, shes a user!

 

I thought swapping the 200mm fan in the case to the noctua will give quieter results?

 

I was hoping that massive D15 cooler would run almost fan less at times?

 

Thanks to those who read this far and thansk for any suggestions

 

[boggy77]

Current build looks good. The d15 will definitely keep things quieter.

I'm not an expert on network cards, though. Look on the forum on the networking area, maybe there are recommendations there.