NEED COMPUTER BUILD ADVICE!

[gamer77]

Budget:  $2,000 - $3,000 

Country: U.S.

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Gaming and video editing/creating

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

 

Doing my first computer build.  What is your opinion about this build so far and what remaining component make and models are best/most compatible to complete it?

 

Would you change anything? Looking for solid advice for the remaining components. Thanks!

 

1.  AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

2.  Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, Aura Sync RGB Lighting, 2.5 Gbps and Intel   Gigabit LAN, WIFI 6 (802.11Ax), Dual M.2 with Heatsinks, SATA 6GB/S and USB 3.2 Gen 2

3.  Samsung (MZ-V7S1T0B/AM) 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND 

 

4.  Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600) C16 1.35V Desktop Memory

 

5.  Noctua NH-U12A, Premium CPU Cooler with High-Performance Quiet NF-A12x25 PWM Fans (120mm, Brown)

 

6.  ARCTIC MX-4 - Thermal Compound Paste For Coolers | Heat Sink Paste | Composed of Carbon Micro-particles 

 

 

[dizmo]

You need a video card for starters.

I personally wouldn't be buying top tier processors this close to the release of next gen ones.

I wouldn't get a 970 Evo, there are cheaper options like the SX8200 Pro.

 

[dfsgsfa]

5 minutes ago, gamer77 said:

  Noctua NH-U12A, Premium

note that it is quite ugly

ITS BROWN

 

any colour theme you can match with the parts now,

case , gpu , cooler , ram

[Mateyyy]

What sort of video editing do you do? If you're not working with massive projects and you're just doing it as a hobby, you could just as well go with an 8C/16T CPU.

What sort of games do you play and at what resolution? 

Can you wait a couple more months until building, so you can go with the new CPUs and GPUs that will be launching?

 

1 minute ago, dfsgsfa said:

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The fans are replaceable on it for a reason. And if OP likes the look of it, I don't personally see a problem. It's a great performing cooler.

[dfsgsfa]

5 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

are replaceable on it for a reason. And if OP likes the look of it, I don't personally see a problem. It's a great performing cooler.

major cost of cooler goes to that ugly brown fans

undoubtfully those fans are best

[Mateyyy]

Just now, dfsgsfa said:

undoubtfully those fans are best

I was about to say that, but it seems you did it for me. The A12x25s are pretty much as good as 120mm fans can get.

Thankfully, according to Noctua, they'll be releasing a chromax.black version early next year  

[Avocheeseado]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$429.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$89.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$179.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$144.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$109.99 @ Western Digital
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB Video Card	$699.99 @ Best Buy
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$98.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$144.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM 55.44 CFM 120 mm Fan	$19.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM 55.44 CFM 120 mm Fan	$19.95 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1993.71
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-09 16:34 EDT-0400

Something like this would be good. Except if you can, wait a month or two for the new hardware to come out so you can swap out the cpu and gpu for one of those. Depending on what resolution you are editing, a 12 core processor may not be necesarry. Maybe 8 cores would be better.