3950x Build for a Photo Booth

[Richie B]

Hey Guys, 

 

I am planning my first build for a fairly specific purpose. I need a machine for my photo booth business, specifically for green-screen video keying and for adding an overlay onto slow motion HD video. NOT FOR GAMING.

 

I have put together this rig: http://amzn.eu/bALgl5L

I am after for function only, I don't need it to be pretty, or RGB or anything like that. I want the ability to use up to 3 displays though, hence my GPU choice.

 

Do you think I should pull the trigger on this, change some spec of hold off for some prices to drop?

Thanks in Advance.

 

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Processor (16C/32T, 72MB Cache, 4.7 GHz Max Boost) Offered by Amazon.   £694.97 1 0 Cooler Master MasterBox Q300P Black Mini Tower Case (M-ITX/M-ATX) Offered by Amazon.   £64.99 1 0 Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 - Multi Compatible All-in-One CPU Water Cooler, Compatible with Intel & AMD Sockets, Fan Speed: 200–1700 rpm (Controlled by PWM) Offered by ADMI Limited UK.   £84.95 1 0 ARCTIC MX-4 (current edition) (4 Grams) - Thermal Compound Paste, Carbon Based High Performance, Heatsink Paste, Thermal Compound CPU for All Coolers, Thermal Interface Material Offered by Amazon.   £4.99 1 0 MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Motherboard mATX, AM4, DDR4, LAN, USB 3.2 Gen2, TYPE-C, M.2, Mystic Light Sync, HDMI, Display Port, AMD RYZEN 1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen Ready Offered by Amazon.   £87.96 1 0 Crucial CT500P1SSD8 P1 500 GB (3D, NAND, NVMe, PCIe, M.2, Solid State Drive) Offered by Amazon.   £64.79 1 0 Corsair TX-M Series 650 Watt 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU (UK) Hybrid Modular Power Supply Unit - Black Offered by Kikatek.   £91.07 1 0 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G Offered by Amazon.   £204.99 1 0 G.SKILL F4-3200C16D-16GTZR Trident Z RGB Series 16 GB (8 GB x 2) DDR4 3200 MHz PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Memory Kit - Black with full length RGB LED light bar Offered by Fast Media Ships From USA.

[Aaron_T]

@Richie B I'd change the RAM to a G.Skill Ripjaw V 3600mhz kit

 

Since you don't need RGB it's better to get faster RAM.

 

Also, is a 3950x really necessary? Seems like overkill.

[Rhythm8503]

 

4 minutes ago, AaronThomas said:

@Richie B I'd change the RAM to a G.Skill Ripjaw V 3600mhz kit

 

Since you don't need RGB it's better to get faster RAM.

 

Also, is a 3950x really necessary? Seems like overkill.

I'd Highly recommend getting faster ram at 3,600MHz+ and maybe might want to get storage over 500GB like at least 1TB as you may need that space for customer logs, programs for green screen editing, backup saves and of course customer files and photos. These can add up very fast and its best to prepare for the future, I mean 1TB is 20 bucks more sooo. 

 

As for the 3950x well it is a little overkill unless your doing video editing but if not Id recommend stepping a bit down and saving some money. 

[brob]

The cup cooler comes with MX4 compound. There shouldn't be a need for more. But Consider an air tower cooler instead.

 

Consider a quiet case without glass.

 

I wouldn't put a £700 cpu in a £90 motherboard. Anything more than a 3700X deserves a reasonably good X570 motherboard.I

 

Consider a quieter and higher quality psu.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£399.95 @ AWD-IT) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler  (£54.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£217.98 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  (£92.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£99.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card  (£204.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Antec P7 Silent ATX Mid Tower Case  (£46.78 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.99 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1200.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[Richie B]

Cheers for the feedback so far. Just to explain some of our needs and why I thought the 3950x might be good. 

The photo booth will also be a video booth and will process greenscreen video. We will have this equipment at events and it currently takes 3 minutes for a video to process on an i5 processor, 4 cores. I need to get this down to 20 or 30 seconds if possible. People don't like to wait at events. 

I was assuming that more cores would be better for video processing / encoding that.

For storage, it won't be an office machine, it will be transported from event to event, so we rarely need more then 256gb of storage. 

As it will be moved around, I heard that an AIO would be better than a large air cooler?

 

[brob]

If the system is going to be moved regularly then an aio would be a better choice.

 

Are you sure that 16GB is enough memory? More memory might improve processing times.

 

Whether or not more cores would help depends a great deal on the software doing the processing.

 

 

[Richie B]

I have been trying to ask the software company if they can advise if the program benefits from more cores or clock speed ( I was thinking 9900K). Unfortunatly they said that they would not offer advice on equipment beyond the recommended specs.  All one person said was that it would use cores... not very helpful. 

 

More cores would help in other ways, we simultaneously run other software for uploading images for social media and for dropbox, so that may help.

I am not sure if I need more than 16gb. the current machine has 8GB ram and it never uses more than 6gb.

I have updated my shopping listed. I think I am nearly there and within budget. I just not really sure about the Motherboard... lots options out there.

 

	Aorus X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI (Socket AM4/X570/DDR4/S-ATA 600/Mini-ITX) Offered by Amazon.		£199.99	1	0
	Corsair RM850x 80 PLUS Gold, 850 Watts, Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Unit - Black Offered by Amazon.		£109.11	1	0
	Cooler Master MasterCase MC500 Metallic Grey Mid Tower Case (M-ITX/M-ATX/ATX/E-ATX) Offered by Amazon.		£84.99	1	0
	DDR4 32GB PC 3600 CL19 G.Skill KIT (2x16GB) 32Gvrb Ripjaws Offered by Amazon.		£185.17	1	0
	Crucial CT1000P1SSD8 P1 1 TB (3D, NAND, NVMe, PCIe, M.2, Solid State Drive) Offered by Amazon.		£99.97	1	0
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Processor (16C/32T, 72MB Cache, 4.7 GHz Max Boost) Offered by Amazon.		£694.97	1	0
	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 - Multi Compatible All-in-One CPU Water Cooler, Compatible with Intel & AMD Sockets, Fan Speed: 200–1700 rpm (Controlled by PWM) Offered by ADMI Limited UK.		£84.95	1	0
	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G Offered by Amazon.

 

[brob]

The motherboard is mini-ITX while the case will accommodate up to E-ATX. An ATX motherboard would be a better match to the case. Alternatively, get a smaller case.

 

The memory timings are not good. Get a kit with CL 16.

 

There is no need for an 850W psu. A 650W unit offers more than enough capacity for upgrades. 

[Richie B]

Thanks for the help. I think I am there, I think is the final list:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($747.95 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($299.00 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card  ($239.98 @ Walmart) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase MC500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1786.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[brob]

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  (£680.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£90.57 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£249.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  (£173.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£97.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card  (£204.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase MC500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£111.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£94.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1703.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-06 00:16 GMT+0000