After saving up for a few months, I will finally be able to buy a PC next month
Posted by TheDarkGrenadeX@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 15 comments
For the past few months I saved up some money to finally buy my dream PC. It might not be the best one out there, but I think it will set me up for the next few years.
I will mainly use it for video editing (not 4k editing, just basic FULL HD for social media), hosting a home server, gaming for mainly old titles (I have a lot to catch up with) and a few new games. Working from home and music production will be other things I ll do on it.
Although AM6 is set to release by 2030 (hopefully), I still feel like this configuration, being almost the best thing money can buy for AM5 will hold up for at least 5 years based on what I want to use it for. I will stop yapping, here's the full configuration. Let me know what other upgrades I can do to it later down the road, thanks!
Full Build:
Motherboard - mATX MSI B850M GAMING PLUS WIFI6E
GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 5070
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
PSU - Corsair RMe Series 2025 RM850e, 80+ Gold, 850W
RAM - Patriot Viper Venom RGB 32GB DDR5 6000MHz CL36 (can probably be upgraded to 64gb later down the road if prices get better, but for now I think this will do just fine)
CPU Cooler - ALPHAGEAR WaterChill FLUX 360 (mainly chose it because with my retailer I will get a discount for an Alphagear case+cooler kit)
SSD - SSD Kingston NV3 1TB PCI Express 4.0 x4 M.2 2280 (later down the road I will want to have around 4-8tb for what I want to put on this pc, but for now, 1tb + another 2tb that I already own will do just fine)
Case - ALPHAGEAR Adept Black
ActualWeed@reddit
If you are gaming at anything above 1080p then dont bother with the 9800x3d tbh, just get a 9600x.
TheDarkGrenadeX@reddit (OP)
Probably won't do any 4k gaming anytime soon. 4k monitors are expensive and I won't bother with it rn. Later down the road, maybe, if I need it. I play 4k games on my console, and on my tv, but for the oldies that I play it's not much of a difference.
ActualWeed@reddit
Yeah but even on 1440p you will barely notice the difference between those cpus
TheDarkGrenadeX@reddit (OP)
True. I sometimes feel like people overexaggerate performance in PC parts. I am 100% sure that most of the people wouldn't be able to tell the difference in performance for most builds of similar components. I feel like the 9800x3d won't feel any different than a 9600x, and that 2, 3% difference is not noticeable.
ActualWeed@reddit
Yeah for sure, also I just noticed you also do editing. A 9950X is the same price in my country, might be worth a look.
wdeag1e@reddit
????
ActualWeed@reddit
The fps difference between the 9600x and the 9800x is like 10-20% on 1440p, not worth more than double the price.
Desperate-Big3982@reddit
It depends on the GPU, the game you are playing and the level of graphical quality you want. Also, the poster said they will be using it mostly for video editing, where the CPU matters more. If the poster is using Adobe Premier, an Intel processor might be better than a Ryzen, but the eight core Ryzen's are better than the six core Ryzens for Premier.
ActualWeed@reddit
Wouldn't a 9700x be better instead of a 9800x3d?
Desperate-Big3982@reddit
If you are mostly focused on video work in Adobe Premier, an Intel processor will actually give you better results. See the Puget reivew.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/amd-ryzen-7-9850x3d-content-creation-review/
That being said, for everything else, the 9800X3D is a better choice, or the 9850X3D if you can afford that. And for gaming, the 9800X3D is really good, the 9850X3D is a little better. If the price difference is less than $100, I would get the 9850X3D.
TheDarkGrenadeX@reddit (OP)
I am working in Davinci actually, but for the stuff I do, I think amd will do just fine.
wdeag1e@reddit
I've occasionally regretted not buying the higher performance CPU or GPU.. I've NEVER regretted buying the higher performance ones.
Creative_Bedroom_448@reddit
Honestly, for the workloads you listed, this is way beyond "good enough" and firmly in dream-PC territory. The 9800X3D + 5070 combo should absolutely cruise through gaming, editing, music production, and homelab stuff for years.
-UserRemoved-@reddit
Your build will last you exactly as long as you deem it's performance as acceptable. This is your opinion, you can choose to upgrade as soon or as late as you want.
Build looks great, enjoy it. Don't worry about next gen, there is always a next gen around the corner, and new hardware isn't somehow going to make old hardware perform worse.
TheDarkGrenadeX@reddit (OP)
I do agree with what you say. My current laptop can do almost everything I throw at it, considering it is an Acer Nitro 5 released in 2018, with an Intel Core i5 8th gen and a GTX 1060. Work wise, it's doing fantastic, but an upgrade to a PC feels necessary atm for what I want to do in the future.