Review my custom pc specs

[fingerbreaker]

Time for a new desktop. Not a heavy VS user, just hobbyist, but do work with some 4K videos and am looking for good performance without breaking the bank (aren't we all). Anything in this configuration jump out as overkill, or insufficient, or just doesn't make sense (like budget tires on a Lambo)? Just looking for a sanity check or recommendations. This is coming out to about $1500.

Notes: seems like going to Ryzen 9 kicks in liquid cooling which requires more expensive cases, yada yada, so Ryzen 7 seemed like a good compromise to keep price under control. AMD over intel is just random - if there's a strong performance difference with VS with one or the other, will gladly follow recommendation.

Thanks,
FB

[gewb]

Nice build but I'll suggest some tweeks.

I have a very similar build to what you are proposing so I feel confident making recommendations.

I recommend a different video card as VideoStudio rendering can make heavy use of the video card. See my choice below.

Also a different version of the Ryzen 7 to include the Wrath Cooler. The cooler is actually very good and will save money by not going liquid cooling.

M.2 storage is getting cheap so get 1TB instead of 500GB.

Here is a sample system I "built" at Microcenter:

NZXT H5 Flow RGB Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case
$120
https://www.microcenter.com/product/662 ... case-black

ASRock B650 Pro RS AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard
$220
https://www.microcenter.com/product/660 ... otherboard

ASUS TUF Gaming 850 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply
$130
https://www.microcenter.com/product/665 ... wer-supply

TeamGroup T-FORCE Vulcan 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-5600 PC5-44800 CL32 Dual Channel Desktop Memory
$84
https://www.microcenter.com/product/650 ... 00hc-black

WD Black SN850X 1TB 112L 3D TLC NAND Flash PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD with Heatsink
$90
https://www.microcenter.com/product/652 ... h-heatsink

Crucial - BX500 1TB SSD 3D NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive
$42
https://www.microcenter.com/product/061 ... tate-drive

ASRock AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT Challenger Pro Overclocked Triple Fan 12 GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card
$360
https://www.microcenter.com/product/652 ... phics-card

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael AM5 3.8GHz 8-Core Boxed Processor - Wraith Prism Cooler Included
$300
https://www.microcenter.com/product/662 ... r-included

TOTAL: $1346 + taxes

[fingerbreaker]

Thank you for sharing your rig, that is very helpful. I only know what I read on the internet and saw a few opinions that VS doesn't really utilize the graphics card much to make it worth it for anything other than a minimally performing product. However, though I don't game, my kids do/will, so I may as well get something that would perform reasonably in a gaming scenario.

[tletter]

VS doesn't really utilize the graphics card much to make it worth it for anything other than a minimally performing product.

Don't sell the GPU short, as VS does utilize the GPU (see TM image). The issue is that VS doesn't fully utilize either the CPU or GPU.

tletter
https://www.youtube.com/user/tletter

[excalibur1814]

I can use CVS on a Surface Pro 9, without issue (other than crashing ever so often, which is the case on any and nearly all kit). 16Gb ram, 1tb 2230 ssd etc. Nothing that special.

You could buy a bog standard desktop from Dell, HP, whomever, increase the ram to 16Gb and throw in a 2060 and be happy. The choice is yours. I've thrown a lot of kit at CVS (Raid 0 m.2 ssds etc) and in all honesty, it pretty much performs the same. You still have to create a proxy.

Suggestions:
-Save cash and drop the Intel ARC gpu. You could try using the radeon graphics that's on the cpu for a bit.
-Your board has: 1 x M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x 4 / 1 x M.2 22110 PCIe 4.0 x 4 / 1 x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x 4, so possibly drop the ancient SATA SSD and opt for a second M.2 2280 drive.
-You don't need 32Gb ram, but it's nice to have. 16Gb could be seen as standard. Depends on how much they're charging you.
-You probably don't need a 1000w power supply and 650w would probably be perfectly fine. 850w if required.

If you've the cash, you could replace the pcie-4 SN770 for a pcie-5 Crucial T700 ssd. Your board supports it (but, you probably wouldn't notice the difference). I used to have three ssds in my main rig. 1x system drive. 1x working drive and 1x scratch/export drive. All in all, it's not a bad computer/spec at all.

P.s. You did mention gaming, so an AMD or nVidia card would be better. Although I do currently own an Arc enabled Serpent canyon nuc, the drivers are a work in progress with regards to graphics.