Help Building Rig

TrustyTanuki · March 11, 2020

Hihi everyone!

I'm fairly new to the tech world, so I have minimal knowledge of computer hardware and price vs performance, But I'm honestly stuck constantly debating what to put in my build and was hoping maybe someone could help me put together a decent build.

I'd be using it for Video Editing, Art (Clip Studio Paint and Photoshop), Rendering (Blender), And gaming (Generally MMORPG'S and RTS games).

My budget is $2,500.00 USD

I definitely need a decent bit of storage since I do a gratuitous amount of digital art/gaming and will need space to do both. I'm not totally opposed to eventually moving older art onto thumbdrives if and when necessary though.

Thanks tons to anyone who contributes! :)

SupaKomputa · March 11, 2020

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor ($738.89 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S 46.44 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard ($248.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($186.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Toshiba X300 8 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card ($699.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($69.33 @ Amazon)
Total: $2469.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-11 15:42 EDT-0400

nonsense42 · March 11, 2020

this dude pretty much did the thing. only thing i advice is that don't take anyone's words for a case, just make sure you get a relatively big one, specially if it's your first time building one and since you might wanna add more storage in the future.