first PC build

[Phteve]

Budget (including currency): 

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

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): 

Dear all,

 

 

I am building my first desktop PC.

 

Right now I have some ideas, which specs the pc should have, but I don´t know, which parts I need and which a compatible with each other.

 

Use:

Office work (Excel, Microsoft, GraphPad Prism 8, Origin Lab, R Studios) - should no be that resource intensive

Video and photo editing (paid and professional work - but only 1-2 videos per months)

 

Specs:

 

CPU: Ryzen 5 or 7 (???)

RAM: 16 GB at least

GPU: RTX 1660 6GB (too weak?)

Motherboard: don´t know, which works with the rest

SSD: 512-1.024 GB

HDD: 2-4 TB

Cooling: ???

Power unit: ???

 

 

For the video stuff, I would use DaVinci Resolve and I am fine with working with proxy files.

 

 

Any tips or recommendation?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[boggy77]

Hard to make a build without a budget and country

[Justaphysicsnerd]

What is your budget ? Like you have to give us a price range in any currency. Just convert your local currency to USD. But if you do tell the community where you are from, we may be able to provide better deals for your region. As in some markets a better component maybe available for just a few bucks more and in another region it might cost a lot

[Phteve]

Damn, I knew I forgot something.

 

 

Budget: 1.500 € (around 1800 USD)  without peripherals and display

Country: Austria in Europe

[Justaphysicsnerd]

6 minutes ago, Phteve said:

Budget (including currency): 

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

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): 

Dear all,

 

 

I am building my first desktop PC.

 

Right now I have some ideas, which specs the pc should have, but I don´t know, which parts I need and which a compatible with each other.

 

Use:

Office work (Excel, Microsoft, GraphPad Prism 8, Origin Lab, R Studios) - should no be that resource intensive

Video and photo editing (paid and professional work - but only 1-2 videos per months)

 

Specs:

 

CPU: Ryzen 5 or 7 (???)

RAM: 16 GB at least

GPU: RTX 1660 6GB (too weak?)

Motherboard: don´t know, which works with the rest

SSD: 512-1.024 GB

HDD: 2-4 TB

Cooling: ???

Power unit: ???

 

 

For the video stuff, I would use DaVinci Resolve and I am fine with working with proxy files.

 

 

Any tips or recommendation?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Its a GTX card meaning it doesn't have the tensor and RT cores as the RTX cards. Although it does support DXR ray tracing, but it doesn't perform as good as the RTX cards in ray tracing

[boggy77]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	€300.00
CPU Cooler	Gelid Solutions Phantom CPU Cooler	€32.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard	ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€101.93 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3466 CL16 Memory	€174.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€125.70 @ Computeruniverse
Storage	Toshiba X300 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	€103.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO GAMING Video Card	€305.79 @ Alternate
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case	€63.13 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply	Enermax Revolution D.F. 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€87.81 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case Fan	ARCTIC F12 CO 74 CFM 120 mm Fan	€7.29 @ Amazon Deutschland
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€1303.44
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-09 09:21 CET+0100

 

[qwaked as fwuk]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.86 CFM CPU Cooler	$136.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$134.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$148.66 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card	$459.99 @ Staples
Case	Thermaltake View 51 Snow ARGB Edition ATX Full Tower Case	$189.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Silverstone SFX 800 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply	$234.57 @ Amazon
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 32/64-bit	$199.99 @ Adorama
Software	Microsoft Office Home & Student 2019 - 1 Device Software	$119.99 @ Monoprice
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1870.15
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-09 04:40 EST-0500

Hey, includes Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows 10 Professional.

[Phteve]

Thanks all for the input!

 

Both of you upgraded the gpu. Is the 1660 to weak because of GTX vs RTX.

What's ray tracing? 

Isn't it only important for gaming?

[Downkey]

15 minutes ago, Phteve said:

Thanks all for the input!

 

Both of you upgraded the gpu. Is the 1660 to weak because of GTX vs RTX.

What's ray tracing? 

Isn't it only important for gaming?

To keep it short, it basically changes the lighting and shaders for the game. It's only for RTX cards, and it destroys performance. It's supported in very few games, but that shouldn't stop you from buying an RTX card, as they still have great performance.

[Phteve]

2 hours ago, Downkey said:

To keep it short, it basically changes the lighting and shaders for the game. It's only for RTX cards, and it destroys performance. It's supported in very few games, but that shouldn't stop you from buying an RTX card, as they still have great performance.

Thanks! 

 

I only cut and edit videos, so I won't  play any game, nevertheless RTX is better than GTX ? 

[Downkey]

7 minutes ago, Phteve said:

Thanks! 

 

I only cut and edit videos, so I won't  play any game, nevertheless RTX is better than GTX ? 

Yes. I edit videos on my GTX 1050 quite frequently at 4k, so you will have no problems at all

[Phteve]

14 hours ago, Downkey said:

Yes. I edit videos on my GTX 1050 quite frequently at 4k, so you will have no problems at all

Thanks, do you use Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve?

[Downkey]

3 hours ago, Phteve said:

Thanks, do you use Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve?

Neither, I use Vegas as I just do editing for fun
 

premiere should work fine w your CPU and GPU combo tho

[drexTech]

On 11/9/2020 at 4:41 AM, qwaked as fwuk said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.86 CFM CPU Cooler	$136.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$134.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$148.66 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card	$459.99 @ Staples
Case	Thermaltake View 51 Snow ARGB Edition ATX Full Tower Case	$189.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Silverstone SFX 800 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply	$234.57 @ Amazon
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 32/64-bit	$199.99 @ Adorama
Software	Microsoft Office Home & Student 2019 - 1 Device Software	$119.99 @ Monoprice
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1870.15
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-09 04:40 EST-0500

Hey, includes Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows 10 Professional.

Windows 10 pro cost 199.99?? Holy crap son..  and to think I've been giving away for chump change on reddit

[Phteve]

On 11/10/2020 at 1:53 PM, Downkey said:

Neither, I use Vegas as I just do editing for fun
 

premiere should work fine w your CPU and GPU combo tho

Thanks! Guess it will be fine!

 

 

Regarding Win10: I will use the free license from my university