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[Bashierr]

I am putting together a new PC.  I am pretty new to all of this.  I built a PC 6 or 7 years ago, so I'm not entirely illiterate, but I would like everyone's opinions on the components I'm purchasing this week.

 

My budget is $5000.  (I have more to spend on the build, but I'm saving it to SLI two of the RTX 3080 TI's when they come out.  I'll switch out the 2080 TI when that time comes).

 

I live in the US.

 

I will be using the PC for music production, gaming, premier pro, after effects, web browsing.

 

Assuming the below components are suitable, I could use the rest of my budget to get a sound card that would be more useful to me for music production.

 

Motherboard:  ASUS AMD AM4 ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, WIFI 6, 2.5Gbps LAN, Dual M.2 SATA 6gb/s, USB 3.2....

Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 TI XC Hybrid

Power Supply Unit:  Corsair HX Series HX1200 CP-9020140-NA 1200W ATX12V v 2.4

RAM: 2 x (64gb total) CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (2x16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model....

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core 3.5 GHz Socket AM4 105W 100-100000051WOF Desktop Processor

CPU Cooler:  Thermaltake Water 3.0 360 ARGB Sync Edition CL-W234-PL12SW-A Cooler

Case: Thermaltake View 71 RGB 4-sided Tempered Glass Vertical GPU Modular E-ATX Gaming Full Tower Computer Case with 3 RGB LED...

Storage: Seagate ST4000NC000 4TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s HD

Storage: Sabrent 1TB Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 Internal SSD

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Zx 116dB PCIe Gaming Sound Card

[Bashierr]

Also, I use abelton, pro tools, and ardour (but I won't be using ardour on this build.  I'm going to use my other PC as a dedicated linux box).

[idwt]

12 minutes ago, Bashierr said:

I am putting together a new PC.

put it all into PCPartPicker, it will be alot easier to help, then we can easily swap out components for you

 

[Bashierr]

Just now, idwt said:

put it all into PCPartPicker, it will be alot easier to help, then we can easily swap out components for you

 

Ok will do.  Give me a few

 

[idwt]

Just now, Bashierr said:

Ok will do.  Give me a few

no problem, thank you

 

[Bashierr]

8 minutes ago, idwt said:

no problem, thank you

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Bashierr/saved/rjQdD3

[berberries]

As I see part of your use cases is music production, I assume silence is important for you. The build below are made with parts which will be much quieter while having the same performance.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($749.00 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($241.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB ROG Strix Gaming Video Card  ($1119.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair HX Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($239.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $3300.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-24 04:38 EST-0500

 

I also won't recommend Thermaltake and RGB together in the same sentence as Thermaltake's RGB Software is ABSOLUTE TRASH. You'd be lucky to even get it to open.

[Bashierr]

53 minutes ago, berberries said:

As I see part of your use cases is music production, I assume silence is important for you. The build below are made with parts which will be much quieter while having the same performance.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($749.00 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($241.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB ROG Strix Gaming Video Card  ($1119.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair HX Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($239.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $3300.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-24 04:38 EST-0500

 

I also won't recommend Thermaltake and RGB together in the same sentence as Thermaltake's RGB Software is ABSOLUTE TRASH. You'd be lucky to even get it to open.

Thank you.  I don't care about the RBG at all lol.  So I honestly had no idea their software is trash.  Silence is important, but there is a wall between the PC and my Desk with the peripherals wired through the wall, so it isn't a big deal.  Thanks for the list though, I think I may use some of your suggestions.

[boggy77]

i ca't really recommend SLI unless you use a specific application a lot and you know it can take advantage of it.

[Bashierr]

30 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

i ca't really recommend SLI unless you use a specific application a lot and you know it can take advantage of it.

It should speed up rendering in after effects (admittedly, I'm still learning to use the software to its full extent). 

[boggy77]

3 minutes ago, Bashierr said:

It should speed up rendering in after effects (admittedly, I'm still learning to use the software to its full extent). 

if you're still learning and not making money of of it, I wouldn't spend $5000 on a system for that. but that's up to you, of course.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($749.00 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($77.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 UNIFY ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($299.97 @ Amazon) 
Memory: OLOy 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($262.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket HTSK 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($110.14 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB XC HYBRID GAMING Video Card  ($1153.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Vector RS Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $3114.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-24 06:50 EST-0500