New PC for Blender 3D rendering and animation

[Jonilo5]

Budget: ~960 USD (8500 SEK)

Country: Sweden

 

PC will be used for:

1. Mainly Blender 3D rendering, animation and video editing.
2. Maybe some beginner game development with Unity.
3. Occasional gaming can occur. 

 

Parts list

CPU:  AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (stock fan)

GPU:  MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS
Case:  Phanteks Eclipse P300 Mid Tower Vit

Motherboard:  Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE

RAM:  Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3600MHz LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB)

SSD:  WD Blue 3D NAND SSD 2.5" SATA III 1TB

HDD:  Seagate Barracuda Compute 2TB

PSU:  Corsair RM850

 

The GPU will not count in the budget since it's already ordered (and I am waiting). 

I will be honest about the PSU, I picked something random and I am not sure if it's good or not. 

Initially I am thinking about installing Linux Ubuntu as OS and later adding Windows as dual-boot. 

 

It's my second time building a computer since 5 years ago. The last time my build was a bit of a let down so will be glad to receive feedback and/or if I missed compatibility for something.  (I don't want bottlenecks like the last build)

I was thinking buying the components around black Friday.

 

Thank you so much for your time.

[Nerdom]

Make sure the RAM is at least 3000mhz, since you didn't list the speed here.

 

Honestly I'd spend a bit more on the SSD, you're going to fill up a 240gb really fast, and for heavier video files you don't want to be working off a HDD. 1tb SATA SSDs have really been coming down in price recently, so if you have the budget definitely look for something larger with a DRAM cache.

[Jonilo5]

Whoops I forgot to add that it's DDR4 3600MHz RAM. 

Thanks for the suggestion, will look into replacing the SSD with for example:
WD Blue 3D NAND SSD 2.5" SATA III 1TB instead 

[Nerdom]

9 hours ago, Jonilo5 said:

Whoops I forgot to add that it's DDR4 3600MHz RAM. 

Thanks for the suggestion, will look into replacing the SSD with for example:
WD Blue 3D NAND SSD 2.5" SATA III 1TB instead 

And I bet you'll still fill it up in a shorter amount of time that you think you will lol, happens to me with my SSD all the time 

[Jonilo5]

13 hours ago, Nerdom said:

And I bet you'll still fill it up in a shorter amount of time that you think you will lol, happens to me with my SSD all the time 

I still haven't used up 1 TB on my current computer though , but I see your point, if I will create content in the future I might need bigger capacity. 

[brob]

Can you squeeze a Ryzen 5 5600X into the budget? It offers much better performance than the 3600X.

 

The RM850 would be fine, but has much more capacity than needed. Consider instead https://se.pcpartpicker.com/product/2HbwrH/corsair-rmx-2018-650w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020178-na or https://se.pcpartpicker.com/product/RzfFf7/seasonic-focus-650-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-focus-gx-650.

 

[Jonilo5]

3 minutes ago, brob said:

Can you squeeze a Ryzen 5 5600X into the budget? It offers much better performance than the 3600X.

 

The RM850 would be fine, but has much more capacity than needed. Consider instead https://se.pcpartpicker.com/product/2HbwrH/corsair-rmx-2018-650w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020178-na or https://se.pcpartpicker.com/product/RzfFf7/seasonic-focus-650-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-focus-gx-650.

 

I was thinking about Ryzen 5 5600X recently too. Should be decided then. 
Will change in the list.

About the PSU: I see. Though I think read somewhere that it's recommended to have at least 750 Watt when using RTX 3080? 

[Nerdom]

9 hours ago, Jonilo5 said:

I was thinking about Ryzen 5 5600X recently too. Should be decided then. 
Will change in the list.

About the PSU: I see. Though I think read somewhere that it's recommended to have at least 750 Watt when using RTX 3080? 

Yeah at least. To be safe I'd go with a 850w, which would also leave more headroom for a higher end CPU down the line, but a 750w should do fine.

 

I wouldn't push it and go 650w, the cards have spikes in power draw that can trigger overcurrent protection

[brob]

Manufacturer psu requirements are often on the very high side to account for people using cheap improperly rated psu.