Good 2k Build

[ethandeguire]

I'm building a pc for a friend who wants to do some video editing and high level gaming. He's been saving up and has $2000 to spend. What do you think of this build. Also, he needs the wireless adapter. He can't run Ethernet to his room.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ethandeguire/saved/BHGjXL

 

Thank you.

 

 

[3 Lions]

Is your friend going to be editing 24/7 every day, all week? 

[ethandeguire]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Is your friend going to be editing 24/7 every day, all week? 

Why do you say that? Is this still too much ram?

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, ethandeguire said:

Why do you say that? Is this still too much ram?

No it's the CPU that is the problem, you can still do video editing on a normal i7. 

[AleksanderK]

4 minutes ago, ethandeguire said:

I'm building a pc for a friend who wants to do some video editing and high level gaming. He's been saving up and has $2000 to spend. What do you think of this build. Also, he needs the wireless adapter. He can't run Ethernet to his room.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ethandeguire/saved/BHGjXL

 

Thank you.

 

 

For 20 USD more he could buy a HyperX Savage 480GB (MLC) instead of a 240GB Adata one

[Guest]

1 minute ago, ethandeguire said:

Why do you say that? Is this still too much ram?

Don't get a NEX PSU

I don't think that SSD is really good

[ethandeguire]

2 minutes ago, AleksanderK said:

For 20 USD more he could buy a HyperX Savage 480GB (MLC) instead of a 240GB Adata one

yes, but this is just a boot drive, and this is a lot faster than a savage.

[ethandeguire]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Don't get a NEX PSU

I don't think that SSD is really good

its an evga psu, Whats wrong with it?

 

[AleksanderK]

3 minutes ago, ethandeguire said:

yes, but this is just a boot drive, and this is a lot faster than a savage.

Is it PCI-E?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, ethandeguire said:

its an evga psu, Whats wrong with it?

 

It is EVGA, but it's a bad EVGA. Get an EVGA G2, GQ. 

[ethandeguire]

1 minute ago, AleksanderK said:

Is it PCI-E?

its m.2

[AleksanderK]

4 minutes ago, ethandeguire said:

yes, but this is just a boot drive, and this is a lot faster than a savage.

Nope, it's SATA

[AleksanderK]

2 minutes ago, ethandeguire said:

its m.2

m.2 is the form factor. This particular drive is still based on SATA.

[AleksanderK]

4 minutes ago, ethandeguire said:

its m.2

Amazon says it's SATA 3

[ethandeguire]

1 minute ago, AleksanderK said:

Amazon says it's SATA 3

ok thanks, so what insanely fast boot drive would be good?

[AleksanderK]

3 minutes ago, ethandeguire said:

ok thanks, so what insanely fast boot drive would be good?

Samsung 960 Pro is insanely fast but it's expensive

[AleksanderK]

3 minutes ago, ethandeguire said:

ok thanks, so what insanely fast boot drive would be good?

Basically Samsung 950 and 960 lineups are the fastest

[ethandeguire]

1 minute ago, AleksanderK said:

Samsung 960 Pro is insanely fast but it's expensive

yeah i was thinking at this price point, or is this good enough

[AleksanderK]

3 minutes ago, ethandeguire said:

yeah i was thinking at this price point, or is this good enough

A balance between the drive you've picked and 960 Pro https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kwVBD3/kingston-internal-hard-drive-shpm2280p2240g