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Looking for some insight, tips, suggestions to PC building.

Jul 20, 2019 1:17PM PDT

I'm a brand-spanking new kid to building their own PC. I've done a general amount of research on various GPU's, CPU's, motherboard, etc. and I've come up with what I think would be a cohesive build starter. I dont have all the parts pinned down yet because I want to make sure that the more fundamental parts are in order. So after searching the internet, reading reviews and watching a fair number of YouTube videos, here what I came up with. Let me know what you think:

Motherboard - ASUS x570 Crosshair VIII Hero
CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 3900x (if I can find one) or AMD Ryzen 7 3700x
GPU - GeForce RTX 2080 ti
RAM - Corsair Dominator 2x16GB DDR4
CPU Cooling - Noctua NH-D15S

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I have two views.
Jul 20, 2019 5:06PM PDT

1. Build your new beast of what you want but if you are the first, you may find arrows in your back or rocks in your boots as you blaze a new trail.

2. Build what others have built so you know this combo has been made and is up and working.

As to the RAM, consider using RAM the motherboard maker notes as supported. I have stories about many bald builders that picked out ram because of it's cool RGP LEDs.

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Build
Jul 20, 2019 10:27PM PDT

As a first time builder I would not build that.

I don't know what your needs are so I'll guess....gaming.

Look here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/wiki/builds
Scan down to the ultra build.
Swap out the gpu for the 2080.

If it was me I'd swap out both disk for a one TB ssd.

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Thanks for this.
Jul 20, 2019 10:41PM PDT

Here the 1TB SSDs are being spotted at 99.99USD weekly now. Of course if you want to get a faster model, they are still under 200.

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Computer Intention
Jul 21, 2019 11:27AM PDT

The purpose of the computer is for it to become my work horse of sorts. Something that can handle 4K video rendering and production, game development, 3D modeling software and things of the like. There's also a considerable portion of me aiming just to show off a monster of a machine.

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Even some lowly i3 can handle 4K
Jul 21, 2019 11:34AM PDT

Slowly. If you look at video editing houses like Linus Techtips they are on i9 32GB and more monster desktops since they have deadlines to meet.

Maybe you really want the beast from the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCfmM71NOTo

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Function wise
Jul 21, 2019 8:35PM PDT

The PCMR machine should work fine for gaming.

Now that you have brought in workhorse and bragging rights you will need to move up.

The workhorse part should not be difficult to build.

The bragging rights part I'll leave to others.

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Bragging.
Jul 21, 2019 9:42PM PDT

I won't pay for the following.

1. RGB lighting. (I'm fine with power, activity LEDs.)
2. Beyond 16GB RAM. For me, it's never paid off. We've had them at the sho.
3. Core i9 or bleeding edge. For now, the i7's are doing well.
4. GPU overkill. Some want to go beyond the FPS of the monitor. I've found that to not pay off.

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Pay for it
Jul 21, 2019 11:27PM PDT

Neither would I.

I'll get as much cpu/gpu/ram as I need to do what I need.

Gaming.
If I have a 60Hz monitor and my gpu can feed it a constant 60 fps then I'm happy.
I don't need 100/200 fps being fed to the monitor.

I have no interest in bling or trying to impress someone else.

But that's not what the OP wants.