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Got a case and CPU, need recommendations for the rest.

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Budget (including currency):  1000

Country:  USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Ableton Live 10, I mostly need this computer for audio sound design, running an ableton template of 50 tracks, which always maxes out my Macbook Pro.  I'd also like to occasionally play some games, and basic video editing. 

 

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): 

Exiting parts: 

Case: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1561224-REG/fractal_design_fd_ca_def_r5_bk_define_r5_black.html

CPU: https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-1700x

 

So my friend, who does video editing, sold me a case and CPU (listed above) for 150 - great deal I thought.

 

Now I need the other parts. Which motherboard would you recommend? I'd like at least 32 GB of RAM and 2 TB of storage. 

 

 


 

 

 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor Purchased For $0.00
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U14S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler $63.75 @ Amazon
Motherboard ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard $89.99 @ Newegg
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $89.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Blue 2 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $229.45 @ Walmart
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card $329.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case Purchased For $0.00
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $119.97 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $923.14
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 18:31 EDT-0400  

 

Rationale:

 

Cooler: Dead silent, extremely reliable, a little overkill but I figured for sound work you'd want something quiet

Board: Decent enough VRM, cheap, lots of expansion slots for sound cards, etc.

Memory: Cheap, fast enough for Zen 1

SSD: basic, reliable, DRAM-cached

Graphics card: Lots of gaming horsepower and punches above its weight in video editing thanks to the slightly different die vs. a normal 2060

PSU: Reliable, quiet, a bit of healthy overkill

 

You still have a bit of budget left for whatever other expansion you want-- idk if you can get a worthwhile sound card for that much, I don't really know a ton about audio.

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10 minutes ago, dennisrcao said:

Budget (including currency):  1000

Country:  USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Ableton Live 10, I mostly need this computer for audio sound design, running an ableton template of 50 tracks, which always maxes out my Macbook Pro.  I'd also like to occasionally play some games, and basic video editing. 

 

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): 

Exiting parts: 

Case: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1561224-REG/fractal_design_fd_ca_def_r5_bk_define_r5_black.html

CPU: https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-1700x

 

So my friend, who does video editing, sold me a case and CPU (listed above) for 150 - great deal I thought.

 

Now I need the other parts. Which motherboard would you recommend? I'd like at least 32 GB of RAM and 2 TB of storage. 

 

 


 

 

 

The define r5 does not have great airflow so do watch out for temps. How many fans are currently in it? The ryzen 1700x is an alright cpu for your task but you would have been better off with a ryzen 3100 or 3300x for a good bit better single core performance. Either way we can make you a decent system with those parts. Since you want to game a bit I would highly advice you to remove the cover on the side of the case and put a fan there it's gonna really like having airflow for the gpu.

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7 minutes ago, Grabhanem said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor Purchased For $0.00
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U14S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler $63.75 @ Amazon
Motherboard ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard $89.99 @ Newegg
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $89.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Blue 2 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $229.45 @ Walmart
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card $329.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case Purchased For $0.00
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $119.97 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $923.14
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 18:31 EDT-0400  

 

Rationale:

 

Cooler: Dead silent, extremely reliable, a little overkill but I figured for sound work you'd want something quiet

Board: Decent enough VRM, cheap, lots of expansion slots for sound cards, etc.

Memory: Cheap, fast enough for Zen 1

SSD: basic, reliable, DRAM-cached

Graphics card: Lots of gaming horsepower and punches above its weight in video editing thanks to the slightly different die vs. a normal 2060

PSU: Reliable, quiet, a bit of healthy overkill

 

You still have a bit of budget left for whatever other expansion you want-- idk if you can get a worthwhile sound card for that much, I don't really know a ton about audio.

For the budget left over I'd add in a side mounted fan on the sidepanel (really helps for this not so great airflow case). Also isn't the 2060 ko pretty loud due to the lesser cooler?

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21 minutes ago, jaslion said:

For the budget left over I'd add in a side mounted fan on the sidepanel (really helps for this not so great airflow case). Also isn't the 2060 ko pretty loud due to the lesser cooler?

i believe it has a worse cooler than most 2060 cards but it uses a die from a 2080 or something which gives it strong performance in compute workloads, worst case scenario you could get an aftermarket cooler and it'd still be worth it

topics i need help on:

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my "oops i bought intel right before zen 3 releases" build

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 (placeholder)

GPU: Gigabyte 980ti Xtreme (also placeholder), deshroud w/ generic 1200rpm 120mm fans x2, stock bios 130% power, no voltage offset: +70 core +400 mem 

Memory: 2x16gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3600C16, 14-15-30-288@1.45v

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S w/ white chromax bling
OS Drive: Samsung PM981 1tb (OEM 970 Evo)

Storage Drive: XPG SX8200 Pro 2tb

Backup Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 4TB

PSU: Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 750W w/ black/white Cablemod extensions
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Dark (to be replaced with a good case shortly)

basically everything was bought used off of reddit or here, only new component was the case. absolutely nutty deals for some of these parts, ill have to tally it all up once it's "done" :D 

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 5 Rev. B 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($48.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON MAX WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Inland Premium 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($64.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card  ($499.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 11 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.90 @ B&H) 
Total: $987.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 22:34 EDT-0400

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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On 8/15/2020 at 7:34 PM, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 5 Rev. B 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($48.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON MAX WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Inland Premium 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($64.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card  ($499.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 11 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.90 @ B&H) 
Total: $987.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-15 22:34 EDT-0400

So I went with your Motherboard choice, turns it it doesn't have an onboard wifi module. Any recommendations? 

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2 minutes ago, dennisrcao said:

So I went with your Motherboard choice, turns it it doesn't have an onboard wifi module. Any recommendations? 

It does have onboard wifi. It's right in the name.

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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3 minutes ago, dennisrcao said:

So I went with your Motherboard choice, turns it it doesn't have an onboard wifi module. Any recommendations? 

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Refer to number 2 for the wifi module and antenna mounts.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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1 hour ago, dennisrcao said:

oh shoot im so sorry i went with this instead 

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MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sorry meant to reply to someone else.

You can pick up a pci-e wifi card for $20-30.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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