First Build - Content Creation Rig - Feedback Wanted

[BASEmonkey]

Budget (including currency): <$2k USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Content Creation using Davinci Resolve, Insta360 and GoPro Quik

Other details: I'm seeking feedback on my first build. The primary focus of this computer is for video editing of content captured from action sports cameras (insta360, GoPro), shot in 1080p and 4k. Editing software includes Davinci Resolve, Insta360 and GoPro Quik. I have included a graphics card in my build list for power consumption and compatibility, but am planning to see how my current NVIDIA Quadro 4000 preforms before dropping the coin on a new graphics card. I plan to use the smaller M.2 as the boot drive and the larger M.2 drive as my active projects folder.  I also plan to include storage hardware from my current computer. 

 

Your feedback is greatly appreciated. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($319.86 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING X AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($160.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($799.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($108.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Corsair) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Custom: ARCTIC Case Fan Hub ($9.89)
Total: $1960.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-01-30 23:59 EST-0500

[Shimejii]

That 3080 should just be replaced with the 4070ti at that price geez. Other then that since you mentioned youll be using a  different GPU.  

 

Are You TRULY sure you wan t to go down the MicroATX rabbit hole? For a business/content creation PC, i never recommend them due to the thermal constraints. You have to know what you are doing in those builds because everything becomes a factor, and if you are doing that you probably wont need help. 

 

If you are hellbent on the small form factor, make sure you give yourself 3-4 hours of time to build it and take your time. Triple check EVERYTHING fitment wise, you have to make sure it fits because otherwise its gonna suck.

 

 

[Dukesilver27-]

Your budget is $1300 yet your list is totaling at $2K?

Anyway, I'll just modify the list you made. Basically much faster for much cheaper. And mini mATX case is not good for high powered parts that content creation requires.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dgYrjZ

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($319.86 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING X AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($160.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($799.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ Corsair)
Total: $1896.68

[Queen Chrysalis]

A few trims you should make:

• The 5700x and 5800x are the same CPU, just get the 5700x and save the $50
• The Noctua U9 is not gonna be able to cool that.  You need a bigger cooler.  It being a noctua doesn't change the fact that it's a 92mm cooler with 3 heat pipes.  It would be very loud trying to keep up with such a small fan and radiator.  The Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 has gotten excellent reviews, and it performance is just shy of the Noctua D15.  It has 6 heatpipes and 2 120mm fans and radiators.  It will be able to run way quieter and cool your chip better
• Get a Gen 4 SSD.  A 1 or 2TB dram drive is probably fine, and a bigger dramless drive would supplement space well.
• You probably only need 32GB of RAM, and getting a2 32GB kits is cheaper than a 64GB kit.  You're never gonna need 128GB so see if 32GB gets the job done (it will, 64GB probably won't benefit you in resolve) and if for some reason it's not enough just get another 32GB kit.  It'll cost less overall.
• That is just way too much money to spend on 3080.  The 4070ti will be about twice as fast and has more VRAM (12GB for rendering whole frames in 4k is nice).
• Get another 140mm intake fan so you have better positive internal pressure and more cold air blowing into your system.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($179.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS WIFI II Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($67.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($179.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($799.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ Corsair) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP 105.9 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($20.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1667.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-01-30 20:48 EST-0500

/i]

 

A 13400f and a b760 board would also be a generally better move, as it should do a little better in editing and game a bit better too:

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($209.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M Pro RS/D4 WiFi Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($67.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($799.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ Corsair) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP 105.9 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($20.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1708.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-01-30 20:53 EST-0500

 

 

25 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

Are You TRULY sure you wan t to go down the MicroATX rabbit hole? For a business/content creation PC, i never recommend them due to the thermal constraints. You have to know what you are doing in those builds because everything becomes a factor, and if you are doing that you probably wont need help. 

As long as it's not too thick of a GPU, and the PCIe x16 port is DIRECTLY below the I/O, there's still plenty of space for air to move.  The only differenc between mATX and ATX ie space under the I/O.  That's it.  On a case like this with good airflow, and a motherboard like this with a high PCIe x16 port I don't see it being an issue.

[SorryBella]

1 hour ago, BASEmonkey said:

Your feedback is greatly appreciated. 

quick feedback for next time is that this forum (and i think most invision community based forums) uses bbcode format, not reddit. But no fuss.

 

1. Im not sure about your editing workflow, but id drop that lone 4.0 SSD either way as a "boot drive". you better off partitioning 1 drive instead and consolidate the budget for something like Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus. Its 4.0 out of the box without doing that kerjiggery, unless if having a physically separate boot drive for various reasons (easier/less risky multibooting, moving the boot drive from 1 PC to another with similar driver, etc.) is a want for you.

2. The U9S should be good enough but at 70$ its quite a ripoff especially considering its currently similarly priced to a standard poo brown U12S which uses 120mm instead of 92. Easier to find replacement fans if in the dead of the night the noctua fan built in somehow died early. If youre fine living without noctua insanely well networked aftersales support and free brackets for years for performance now, consider Scythe Ninja or Mugen 5.

3. If the GPU will be temporary, id prefer speccing down to something like a 3070 or even 3060, just something sufficient to edit 4K for now (which technically 1650 super, but again, not sure about your edit workflow so im accounting for that). The value of the GPU on the used market for 3000 series is stabilizing but id rather control what i buy new than praying that used market will be condusive.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($298.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S chromax.black 82.51 CFM CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B650M MORTAR WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($239.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory  ($325.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Twin Edge OC GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card  ($353.49 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Pop Mini Air MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: NZXT C1000 (2022) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($179.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1788.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-01-30 21:57 EST-0500

[Queen Chrysalis]

53 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

The value of the GPU on the used market for 3000 series is stabilizing

The 3080s are the best value rn.  The OEM ones are all over US eBay for about $500, some just under.   Though I'd want I'd probably want 12GB of VRAM for optimal 4k editing value, so a used 3060 would also be a good deal too as OEM 3060s are going for about $250.  Either would be good, the 3080 games way better, but the 3060 is half the price and is still a great editing card.

[BASEmonkey]

14 hours ago, Dukesilver27- said:

Your budget is $1300 yet your list is totaling at $2K?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dgYrjZ

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($319.86 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($104.99 @ Amazon)

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Yeah, I see how that's confusing. I'd rather not drop the coin on a GPU if the current GPU functions for my needs. In my current rig, my GPU is about 25% utilized while my CPU is basically consistently at 100% when trying to edit timelines. If the GPU becomes the new bottleneck, I'll upgrade accordingly, but my "budget" was without GPU. Regardless, I changed it to clear up the confusion.

 

I had been looking at that CPU as well and appreciate you helping push me in that direction. The price scared me, but you showed me a more balanced build that keeps the cost roughly the same.

 

I assume you'd use the P5 for the boot drive? Would you patrician the drive or just under utilize the capacity to keep it clean? Which M.2 would you put in the slot with the heat sink?

 

Curious why you changed the case. I like the smaller form factor of the Meshify C Mini and it also has a bottom fan that I was planning to utilize the with the stock fan. Planning on putting five 4-pin fans in the case with ramping curves and then placing the two stock 3-pin fans to only kick on if the other fans are peeked out (so hopefully they never turn on).

[brob]

Consider a more powerful locked CPU in a case the provides a front panel USB-C port and 3 stock fans.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($379.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B760-PLUS D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($77.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 PRO 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($56.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($112.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PNY VCQ4000-PB Quadro 4000 2 GB Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact Lite ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: ADATA XPG CORE Reactor 850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($134.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1068.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-01-31 12:37 EST-0500

 

[Dukesilver27-]

7 hours ago, BASEmonkey said:

(Responses spaced with respect to the spacing of the quoted text above)

 

Yeah, I see how that's confusing. I'd rather not drop the coin on a GPU if the current GPU functions for my needs. In my current rig, my GPU is about 25% utilized while my CPU is basically consistently at 100% when trying to edit timelines. If the GPU becomes the new bottleneck, I'll upgrade accordingly, but my "budget" was without GPU. Regardless, I changed it to clear up the confusion.

 

I had been looking at that CPU as well and appreciate you helping push me in that direction. The price scared me, but you showed me a more balanced build that keeps the cost roughly the same.

 

I assume you'd use the P5 for the boot drive? Would you patrician the drive or just under utilize the capacity to keep it clean? Which M.2 would you put in the slot with the heat sink?

 

Curious why you changed the case. I like the smaller form factor of the Meshify C Mini and it also has a bottom fan that I was planning to utilize the with the stock fan. Planning on putting five 4-pin fans in the case with ramping curves and then placing the two stock 3-pin fans to only kick on if the other fans are peeked out (so hopefully they never turn on).

Well, I simply modified your list, it's up to you about the GPU.

In this case where you don't want to upgrade your GPU, I'd consider a faster CPU, like 13700 or 13700K.

 

And yes, the P5 Plus is for boot and main drive, NV2 is for mass storage and ongoing projects. I assume you mean partition, I'd make separate partition for the P5, at least 120GB for OS or drive C, then the rest for fast storage. Anything that you consider needed fast storage.

 

The M.2 slot with the heat sink/shield is the fastest slot on the board, so naturally you have to put the fastest SSD you have, which would be the P5.

 

As for the case, since you picked 4070 Ti, I'd suggest bigger cases due to my experience with small cases and big ass GPUs. The cold air from intake hit the GPU right away, therefore the cold air only reach the first GPU fans, which resulted in higher GPU temps and hot air pocket under the 3rd GPU fans.

I have the Phanteks P360A, which also is in the smaller side of mATX case. Without OC, my 6800 XT reached 100C+ hotspot temp, which is too high for my liking, once I configured the GPU to be vertically mounted, this allows the hot air pocket under the GPU to be exhausted. The temps drop 7C, it's not much and makes no difference in terms of performance, but I have peace of mind.