New Ryzen build

[lordbarsdale]

Budget (including currency): ~2000 US dollars (without GPU)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Warzone, Blender, Adobe Premiere

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): 1440 Fps

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sHz67X

So this will be my first build since about 2013. I've swapped some newer parts in and out but nothing this extensive until now. This will be used for gaming and video editing, large photoshop files, and other creative productions. I was also starting a 3d modeling course, but my current PC is just doesn't have the power to use programs like Blender and Daz3D without slowing to a crawl.

Bearing that, I'm sort of treating myself on some of these parts.  But I have a few concerns:

1. My motherboard. I've got some friends telling me that spending over 300 dollars is a complete rip off. I feel the one I choose is a good middle ground.
2. Initially, I was going to go the nvme boot drive/ Sata SSD storage path, but I honestly can't find a good combination of parts that are both reliable and have good warranties/Customer service. I figured at the end of the day, I would rather pay more now and know my ass is covered if there's a problem down the road, then try to save money now and be fucked if the cheaper drives fail 3 months from now. Some of the 1 star reviews on newegg and amazon have admittedly shook me.
3. I'm not a big fan of watercooling. Noctua is Noctua, but I've been reading about about the Scythe Mugen and Fuma 2. Maybe this is a place where I can save a few bucks?
4. With the GPU market the way it is, I'll be gpu drop hunting for a while. I'm going to use my ol' 970 until I can grab a 3080. I know it will be a bottleneck, but it's only until I can beat the bots and scalpers.

In all, I'm just asking for recommendations on places where I could save some money on similarly performing but less expensive parts. This is in no way a budget build, but any place where fat can be trimmed is good.

EDIT: list is fixed lol.
 

[VEXICUS]

Just now, lordbarsdale said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/LordBarsdale/saved/byY4Mp

Your parts list is private.

[BLT_Sharpies]

1 minute ago, lordbarsdale said:

Budget (including currency): ~2000 US dollars (without GPU)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Warzone, Blender, Adobe Premiere

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): 1440 Fps

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/LordBarsdale/saved/byY4Mp

So this will be my first build since about 2013. I've swapped some newer parts in and out but nothing this extensive until now. This will be used for gaming and video editing, large photoshop files, and other creative productions. I was also starting a 3d modeling course, but my current PC is just doesn't have the power to use programs like Blender and Daz3D without slowing to a crawl.

Bearing that, I'm sort of treating myself on some of these parts.  But I have a few concerns:

1. My motherboard. I've got some friends telling me that spending over 300 dollars is a complete rip off. I feel the one I choose is a good middle ground.
2. Initially, I was going to go the nvme boot drive/ Sata SSD storage path, but I honestly can't find a good combination of parts that are both reliable and have good warranties/Customer service. I figured at the end of the day, I would rather pay more now and know my ass is covered if there's a problem down the road, then try to save money now and be fucked if the cheaper drives fail 3 months from now. Some of the 1 star reviews on newegg and amazon have admittedly shook me.
3. I'm not a big fan of watercooling. Noctua is Noctua, but I've been reading about about the Scythe Mugen and Fuma 2. Maybe this is a place where I can save a few bucks?
4. With the GPU market the way it is, I'll be gpu drop hunting for a while. I'm going to use my ol' 970 until I can grab a 3080. I know it will be a bottleneck, but it's only until I can beat the bots and scalpers.

In all, I'm just asking for recommendations on places where I could save some money on similarly performing but less expensive parts. This is in no way a budget build, but any place where fat can be trimmed is good.
 

list is private

[lordbarsdale]

Sorry, list should be fixed now. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sHz67X

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Build is actually decent though

 

1200w hxi is only 30$ more so might aswell upgrade to that

 

225$ for a 2tb ssd like 970 evo is pricey but ok ish though sabrent rocket 4.0 are gen4 nvme ssds and a 2tb version is only 25$ more than the 970 evo so might aswell upgrade storage

 

D15 is abit pricey, i think you can save ~20$ if you go for a drp4

 

Lancool is also pricey, go for a p400a and add an extra fsk fan for exhaust which should still save ~30$

 

Otherwise actually a good build

[RONOTHAN##]

10 minutes ago, lordbarsdale said:

I've got some friends telling me that spending over 300 dollars is a complete rip off

Not exactly, but that is mostly true. The $300+ motherboards are usually designed for extreme overclocking and have more stuff that most consumers need, but there are a few people that it does make sense for, and they do tend to have "nice to have" features not available on lower end boards like POST code readouts and individual PCIe lane toggles. That said, the board you picked is a pretty good option if you need X570, though I'm not sure that you do. The B550 Tomahawk from MSI is a very respectable motherboard, having VRMs that rival some of those $250-300 boards while costing half as much. 

15 minutes ago, lordbarsdale said:

Initially, I was going to go the nvme boot drive/ Sata SSD storage path, but I honestly can't find a good combination of parts that are both reliable and have good warranties/Customer service. I figured at the end of the day, I would rather pay more now and know my ass is covered if there's a problem down the road, then try to save money now and be fucked if the cheaper drives fail 3 months from now. Some of the 1 star reviews on newegg and amazon have admittedly shook me.

The SN750 is a pretty good drive for the price, though Samsung is still legendary in the space. If you only care about warranty coverage and not price-to-performance, then sure go for them, just be warned you'll spend a bit extra when compared to some of the other drives on the market. 

17 minutes ago, lordbarsdale said:

I'm not a big fan of watercooling. Noctua is Noctua, but I've been reading about about the Scythe Mugen and Fuma 2. Maybe this is a place where I can save a few bucks?

Both of those are good coolers, but the NH-D15 you selected will still outperform them by a decent margin. If you can afford the extra cash, it's probably a decent idea to go with one of those, especially given how hot the 5900X can get. With the GPU market the way it is, I'll be gpu drop hunting for a while. I'm going to use my ol' 970 until I can grab a 3080. I know it will be a bottleneck, but it's only until I can beat the bots and scalpers.

 

As for a couple places you can save some money, swap out the PSU for an RM850x. It's pretty similar in quality with a few less watts, but can still handle a 3080 pretty easily and costs $50-70 cheaper depending on the day. The extra efficiency with 80+ Platinum is next to impossible to notice on an electric bill, and it would take something like 5+ years to make up the cost for a fairly heavy PC user. Also efficiency =/= quality.

 

You can save $40 by going with the P400a Digital instead, very similar airflow characteristics and both easy to build in, but the case is a very subjective part and you'd be fine going with either.

[VEXICUS]

Swapped a few parts .....

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($524.00 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($86.90 @ B&H) 

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PRO (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard ($207.68 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory ($369.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Sabrent Rocket HTSK 4.0 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($269.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.90 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1688.45

[lordbarsdale]

33 minutes ago, VEXICUS said:

Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.90 @ Amazon)

Will 850 W be enough? I'm between an 3080 and 3090 right now, it's literally which ever card comes back down to a sane-ish price first, and I know 3090s have a tendency to power spike.

[VEXICUS]

4 minutes ago, lordbarsdale said:

Will 850 W be enough? I'm between an 3080 and 3090 right now, it's literally which ever card comes back down to a sane-ish price first, and I know 3090s have a tendency to power spike.

Get 1000w to be on a safer side