Picked the case because I’m using this video as my building blueprint.
Also needed a case that would house a lot of hard drives.
The PSU is what’s in my current PC. So was just gonna reuse. Would you get a new different one?
SSD + monitor already own.
Struggling with the video card selection. This PC is for video editing, gaming, streaming, and will be a server. I want this pc to be as future proof as possible.
Any changes you would make to the part selections I have thus far, and what video card would you go with? I’d go a bit above my 2k budget if it would truly make a difference.
Was gonna wait on the GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB but the cost doesn’t appear like it would make it a sensible purchase.
Not the best at this stuff so some guidance would be appreciated!
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($475.78)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X870 Steel Legend WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard ($269.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard option 2: Msi B650 gaming plus wifi ( $164 @Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Lexar NS100 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($0.00)
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card ($1099.99 @ Walmart)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case ($149.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic Focus GX ATX 3.0 V4 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro OEM - DVD 64-bit ($15.00)
Monitor: Acer B276HULymiidprz 27.0" 2560 x 1440 60 Hz Monitor
Total: $2315.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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The air cooler is more than enough.
I have added PSU because the new RTX cards are using 12VHP or ATX3.1 connector, your psu might work fine with a pigtail like adapter. but I have not personally used one so I don’t know if it’s compatible with your PSU.
second motherboard is a slight downgrade but should be fine for most general allrounder PC.
The total should be around $2200
Re. video card: If you can, wait until the next generation of NVidia and AMD GPUs are out. If nothing else, older models should become cheaper.
Re. memory: Go with 2 sticks instead of 4: That should improve the chance that you can actually run them at the rated speed.
If you want to use a lot of HDDs, you may run into problems with your old PSU, because of startup current. But I’m not sure what “a lot” is in your case. Also some modern GPUs have transient power spikes that might be a problem for older PSUs. I’m not saying you need a new PSU, I’m just suggesting you check into this.
Definitely swap to 2x32 if you absolutely must have 64gb of RAM; there are also 2x24 kits available in Ryzen-relevant speeds (6000-6400mt/s) for considerably less than 50% more cost than the 2x16 kits (so best value cost/quant/perf). 4x16 simply doesn’t work anywhere near rated speed in 90%+ of AM5 applications and should be avoided at any cost (in this case it’s $10 more to have a 2x32 kit that will work instead of 4x16 that will not, while there are 2x24 kits for $140).
I’d also suggest getting an NVMe drive of some form because AM5. It may have been something to do with the BTRFS merge between a SATA SSD and HDD I had going on, but when I tried a 9700X using drives directly robbed from a 3900X system it wound up performing worse than the 3900X with the same GPU in any game I threw at it until I got it off SATA and onto NVMe storage, while the AM4 systems I had to compare with at the time didn’t suffer whatsoever from it.
Also, if you happen to be where your name implies, check MicroCenter. And note that you can get a 265k and Z890 board together for the price of the 9800X3D by itself (or within $40 if you step to a midrange board). Won’t do HRR/low resolution gaming as well as the 9800X3D, but it’ll embarass it in the not-gaming realms.
Rated speed for the kits, I should’ve specified. I’d actually be morbidly curious how bad performance would be on an AM5 system running DDR5-3600 and SATA-only storage.
Hmm, might have to take a look on the memory side sometime. The DDR5 data I have up’s confounded by differences in processors, timings, and AGESA versions. Also, at least with the BIOSes and AGESA versions where I’ve looked, at DDR5-3600 FCLK’s defaulted to 1800 instead of 2000 as for DDR5-4000+.
I mainly do large sequential and a decent bit of it’s with third party code that can’t max out a hard drive, much less a SATA III SSD. If it’s my code it’s a little over 30 minutes/TB at 550 MB/s and like ~2.5 minutes/TB with a PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe. Certain workloads run out of cores before running out of IO but, given dual CCD Ryzen, but mostly it’d take like a 4 TB 5.0 x4 drive to hit all core utilization. So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
