Overkill or not

[TekRed]

Planning a rebuild for my workstation/game Station. Needs to be able to 3d render/edit photos and videos (light room/photoshop) /and game. Is this overkill? Should I go with the am4 2700x and a non ti 1080?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xc76D2

[Skiiwee29]

depends on how much 3d rendering you will be doing? if its just occasional, then probably could drop down. But if its the primary focus of the machine over gaming, then its worth it IMO for the work load. 

[TekRed]

3 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

depends on how much 3d rendering you will be doing? if its just occasional, then probably could drop down. But if its the primary focus of the machine over gaming, then its worth it IMO for the work load. 

In school now working on my BS in computer science with my focus on graphic design so right now it's just occasional but I'm thinking about once I finish school. Do you think the 2700x would handle well?

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, Tekred said:

In school now working on my BS in computer science with my focus on graphic design so right now it's just occasional but I'm thinking about once I finish school. Do you think the 2700x would handle well?

Yes the 2700x will be able to handle it will. It will be slower, but I think will perform just fine as a starting build to get your feet wet in the world of graphic design. Once you start growing your client list and earning money, then I would look at building higher end. For now a 2700x and 1080 will be just fine. 

[Radium_Angel]

35 minutes ago, Tekred said:

Planning a rebuild for my workstation/game Station. Needs to be able to 3d render/edit photos and videos (light room/photoshop) /and game. Is this overkill? Should I go with the am4 2700x and a non ti 1080?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xc76D2

There is an old saying:

 

"You can never be too rich, too thin, or too well armed."

 

We can amend it in 2018 to include "or have too powerful a computer"

[Guest]

If the software you are using can't take advantage of all those cores/threads then it is overkill. Have a look at sites such as puget systems as they do guides for hardware recommendations.

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/content_creation/index.php

[brob]

I would counsel against the OP build. School work is about learning, not about producing commercial output. A good system is needed, but don't plan on using it for professional work much beyond graduation. By that time tech will have advanced significantly and interests will be more focused.

 

Consider something along the lines of a Ryzen 7 or Coffeelake i7. Either platform should provide more than enough power.

 

[TekRed]

6 hours ago, lee32uk said:

If the software you are using can't take advantage of all those cores/threads then it is overkill. Have a look at sites such as puget systems as they do guides for hardware recommendations.

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/content_creation/index.php

Great site, I am a wedding photographer so I do a lot of editing with photoshop and light room as well as video editing in premiere

 

2 hours ago, brob said:

I would counsel against the OP build. School work is about learning, not about producing commercial output. A good system is needed, but don't plan on using it for professional work much beyond graduation. By that time tech will have advanced significantly and interests will be more focused.

 

Consider something along the lines of a Ryzen 7 or Coffeelake i7. Either platform should provide more than enough power.

 

Yeah that's my issue now I can't decide, I was originally going with the ryzen 7 2700x but worried after I get it I will be disappointed and wish I would've gotten the 1950x. As I am not a typical student I am 36 with 2 kids a wife and I am a professional photographer as well as videographer for weddings. I also dabble in graphic design while in school, So would the 16 cores suite me better over 8? 

[TekRed]

9 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

There is an old saying:

 

"You can never be too rich, too thin, or too well armed."

 

We can amend it in 2018 to include "or have too powerful a computer"

My thoughts exactly lol so I said f**k it and went big, I'll never have to worry about not having enough proccesing power also thank you to everyone for the input

[brob]

Nice pictures but they don't tell us much.

 

 

[TekRed]

5 minutes ago, brob said:

Nice pictures but they don't tell us much.

 

 

Wasn't meant to lol because it was all in the pcpartpicker link I just ordered it all through Amazon only change was I went with the 1080 instead of the 1080ti because it wasn't in stock