Opinions on 3k Programming build

[jlourenco]

Budget: 3000ish€

Country: Portugal (Amazon.es/Amazon.de)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Programming workload meaning a lot of Webstorms, Phpstorms and IntelliJ's open at the same time while running heavy builds and heavy docker workloads at the same time, eventually one linux VM in the middle. Eventually, some gaming like... once a year when I have spare time

Other details:
 - 2 Del U2719DC

 - 2 Samsung T22D390 
Peripherals:

 - I'll go for a cherry mx brown at some point since my current one broke already
Why the upgrade:

Well currently I have a Lenovo T490 with 32G of ram and a macbook pro 15' with 16G of ram and I use them both at the same time with syncing software for the mouse and keyboard.
First of all... syncing drives u crazy. Second, they are both full blast all day long....

I run both MacOS and Ubuntu or recently, PopOS and my idea was to upgrade to a single machine capable of the full workload and much more so that I don't need to worry about it and have PopOS on it.

 

 

So far the hardware I choose was:
CPU: Ryzen 9 3950x

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming
RAM: HyperX Fury 128GB DDR4 at 3200Mhz
NVME: Corsair 1TB MP600 Gen4
PSU: be quite! Unit Straight Power 11 (850w, bit overkill but meh.... future upgradability maybe?)

GPU: ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Super EVO V2 OC Edition (This one really is where my doubts are... I don't really need too much graphics power but I need to power my 4 displays nicely)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C - TG Midi-Tower Black


Overall wdyt of my build so far?
I'm still considering it and tweaking before I actually order it, advices would be appreciated!

thanks 

 

[jlourenco]

PS: Something a bit silent would be Highly appreciated  I'm considering in water cooling it later if it becomes a bit noisy.

Also, considering something like a Threadripper... but I'm not really sure if I should go that far or not  something like a Threadripper 3960X? idk, wdyt?

[jlourenco]

For the threadripper...

I simulated the following build:

CPU: Threadripper 3960x

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme Alpha
RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 128GB (4x32GB) DDR4 3200
NVME: Corsair 1TB MP600 Gen4
PSU: Seasonic Prime PX - 1000W

GPU: GeForce RTX 2060
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C - TG Midi-Tower Black

I know this is more like 4k desktop, but since I'm buying under my company expenses, its technically still in the 3k's taking VAT out

I know this one would be 1k extra basically then the previous one... but looking at it, I feel like the first build configuration is almost "maxed out" while this one can be wayyy more upgraded later on like in 2 years+ which would justify the price difference.

What do you guys think?
Also, wondering, would it be more performant if I used 16GB sticks for the same 128GB kit and therefore using all 8 slots?
Same goes for the storage, maybe if I wen't for like two 500GB or maybe a small optane for boot and a 1TB would there be much of a difference performance wise?