First Time Build: Streaming/Editing/Gaming 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, Minecraft, Discord

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 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've done some research and I think I've found a build I really like! Any help would be amazing. Thanks again!

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PnTpz7

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($142.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Intel 665p 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB WINDFORCE OC Rev 2.0 Video Card  ($316.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($98.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master V Gold V2 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer VG270 Pbiip 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($229.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1691.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 16:33 EST-0500

[Roswell]

If you're only playing Minecraft a lot of that is really overkill and could be better spent on parts more geared towards your Adobe apps. 

 

I'd drop the AIO cooler, gaming mobo and gaming monitor and get a SSD with cache (the model you listed is cacheless which will be slow especially with Adobe exports) and a higher resolution color accurate monitor so you can edit and create in 4K.

[Downkey]

Note that the CPU and GPU have custom set MSRPS. Once stock becomes normal in a couple months I’d get this, this will perform much faster than the build you picked out. Also don’t go with an AMD card for Minecraft due to the bad OpenGL support 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor	$450.00
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken X63 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$149.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard	$184.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$81.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$700.00
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$78.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Best Buy
Monitor	ViewSonic VX2458-mhd 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$169.17 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2055.09
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 16:52 EST-0500

 

 

[milleraubrey]

5 minutes ago, Vitamanic said:

If you're only playing Minecraft a lot of that is really overkill and could be better spent on parts more geared towards your Adobe apps. 

 

I'd drop the AIO cooler, gaming mobo and gaming monitor and get a SSD with cache (the model you listed is cacheless which will be slow especially with Adobe exports) and a higher resolution color accurate monitor so you can edit and create in 4K.

Thanks for your advice! Yeah, I was worried I was going overboard. I also don't plan on filming in 4k so there's no need for me to get a higher res monitor. If you don't mind, I have a few more questions.

 

Do I not need the cooler? I thought all PCs needed one. Another person gave me a build without one so I'm just a bit confused. Also, I do plan on dipping my toe into different games as time goes on and would like the option to download heavier games.

The SSD would replace the storage, right? Do you have one that you would recommend? Sorry, I'm still trying to figure out how all of this works. 

[brob]

I'd suggest waiting until you can get a 5800X. There is a significant performance benefit.

 

Adobe editing tend apps do better with Nvidia gpu.

 

Consider a much better psu that doesn't cost much more. There is no need for a white psu as the case has a psu shroud.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($450.00) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($142.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB SC BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($479.94 @ Office Depot) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($98.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic PRIME Ultra Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($144.99 @ B&H) 
Monitor: Acer VG270 Pbiip 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($229.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $2035.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 17:15 EST-0500

[Roswell]

31 minutes ago, milleraubrey said:

Thanks for your advice! Yeah, I was worried I was going overboard. I also don't plan on filming in 4k so there's no need for me to get a higher res monitor. If you don't mind, I have a few more questions.

 

Do I not need the cooler? I thought all PCs needed one. Another person gave me a build without one so I'm just a bit confused. Also, I do plan on dipping my toe into different games as time goes on and would like the option to download heavier games.

The SSD would replace the storage, right? Do you have one that you would recommend? Sorry, I'm still trying to figure out how all of this works. 

No problem! I probably should have elaborated a little more, I'm sorry!

 

You do need a cooler with that processor since it doesn't come with one but you don't really need to spend that much on it. You can get air coolers for half the price that would do the job and get pretty close in cooling performance.

 

You can mix up SSD and regular mechanical drive storage, that's no issue and would make sense since you edit. You should install Windows and games on the SSD and export your projects to it before archiving on the mechanical drive. If you directly export onto the mechanical drive it will make your export times jump higher depending on what you're doing. That said, cheap SSDs like the one you linked lack a DRAM cache which significantly affects their speed during prolonged transfers. You want something that has DRAM in it for sure if you're using the Adobe suite to keep things speedy. Western Digital makes decent, affordable drives that have DRAM cache for only a little more than the drive you were looking at: https://amazon.com/dp/B07M64QXMN?tag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=anandtech-us-2303304701667528400-20

[milleraubrey]

12 minutes ago, Vitamanic said:

No problem! I probably should have elaborated a little more, I'm sorry!

 

You do need a cooler with that processor since it doesn't come with one but you don't really need to spend that much on it. You can get air coolers for half the price that would do the job and get pretty close in cooling performance.

 

You can mix up SSD and regular mechanical drive storage, that's no issue and would make sense since you edit. You should install Windows and games on the SSD and export your projects to it before archiving on the mechanical drive. If you directly export onto the mechanical drive it will make your export times jump higher depending on what you're doing. That said, cheap SSDs like the one you linked lack a DRAM cache which significantly affects their speed during prolonged transfers. You want something that has DRAM in it for sure if you're using the Adobe suite to keep things speedy. Western Digital makes decent, affordable drives that have DRAM cache for only a little more than the drive you were looking at: https://amazon.com/dp/B07M64QXMN?tag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=anandtech-us-2303304701667528400-20

Oh okay gotcha! I'll for sure change the cooler then. Correct me if I'm wrong but I should then replace the Intel 665p 1 TB with the Western digital right?

 

Also does OPenGL not run well on AMD? 

[Roswell]

49 minutes ago, milleraubrey said:

Oh okay gotcha! I'll for sure change the cooler then. Correct me if I'm wrong but I should then replace the Intel 665p 1 TB with the Western digital right?

 

Also does OPenGL not run well on AMD? 

Yeah swap it to that one. That specific Western Digital drive has been well received/reviewed and will give you much better performance during exports and file transfers. Just don’t pay more than 135 or so for it. That model is always on sale somewhere.

 

OpenGL does run quite a bit more poorly on AMD. Hardly anything uses OpenGL these days but Java Minecraft does, unfortunately. If you’re playing the bedrock edition though it won’t be an issue since that version uses DirectX instead.

[milleraubrey]

44 minutes ago, Vitamanic said:

Yeah swap it to that one. That specific Western Digital drive has been well received/reviewed and will give you much better performance during exports and file transfers. Just don’t pay more than 135 or so for it. That model is always on sale somewhere.

 

OpenGL does run quite a bit more poorly on AMD. Hardly anything uses OpenGL these days but Java Minecraft does, unfortunately. If you’re playing the bedrock edition though it won’t be an issue since that version uses DirectX instead.

Ok perfect. I'll probably go ahead and look for a different CPU then, as I have Java. If you know a NVIDIA one similar, let me know. If not, I'm sure I can find one. Thanks again for all of your help. I really appreciate it

[Roswell]

17 minutes ago, milleraubrey said:

Ok perfect. I'll probably go ahead and look for a different CPU then, as I have Java. If you know a NVIDIA one similar, let me know. If not, I'm sure I can find one. Thanks again for all of your help. I really appreciate it

You’re welcome! Take a look at the RTX 2060. That’s essentially the Nvidia counterpart. The 3060 just came out but they’re harder to find and cost around 100 more, though you do get better performance.