First Time Build: Streaming/Editing Computer

[milleraubrey]

Budget (including currency): $2000 (but I don't mind going a tad over)

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, OBS, Skype 

Other details To be frank with you all, I know nothing about PCs. I've spent nearly a decade on Macbook Pros but never considered investing in a PC until I started using more heavy duty applications. I'm starting from scratch. I need a PC plus a monitor and I don't know where to start. I really just need to be able to have multiple programs open at once (ie. OBS and Skype) and not encounter difficulties with streaming like encoding overloads. I also need a lot of space. I plan to edit rather high quality video and possibly 4k in the future.

 

I think I've settled on a CPU (AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor) but that's about it. I definitely want to have some kind of color aesthetic and I'm looking for purple/pink. 

 

Someone of reddit created a build for me but I don't know if it's any good (and it's a little too expensive for me).

 

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor	$339.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$139.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$149.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$94.50 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$850.00
Case	Fractal Design Meshify S2 ATX Mid Tower Case	$161.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$154.99 @ Corsair
Monitor	BenQ PD2700U 27.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor	$499.00 @ Adorama
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2390.45

Really, any help would be fantastic. Thank you guys in advance

[Guest]

That looks really good.  Maybe more watts on the PSU..

[tishous]

I think lowering the GPU a bit to maybe a 3070 or one of the new ~$500 AMD cards and upping the CPU will help you a bunch. Maybe go for one of AMD's new CPUs releasing next week like the 5900x etc.

Also, that monitor is a bit overpriced. I would look for a cheaper 4k monitor than that one.

 

 

[VeganJoy]

a guideline for what i'd look for in a build:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$424.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$99.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$204.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$149.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$500.00
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	$86.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$144.99 @ Best Buy
Monitor	LG 27UK650-W 27.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor	$426.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2268.90
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$2248.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-27 23:27 EDT-0400

overbudget but if you look for good deals over black friday you can easily get these or similar components under 2000 bucks. buying used would make this really easy, ive gotten a similar setup right now for maybe 1500 bucks total, and most of it was just open box stuff that i found secondhand. you'll be hard pressed to get any ampere card but you want nvidia for adobe applications because those take advantage of cuda acceleration which is huge. i suggest you learn all about the necessary components so that you can make informed decisions on what parts to invest in and what can be downgraded without impacting performance in your relevant workloads.