Little bit of background. I've built a few pc's but my main desktop (built 8 years ago) has recently died. I built a replacement (similar to specs below) and spent about 6 weeks trying to get to the bottom of a regular DPC Watchdog Violation bsod without any luck. This has led me here. I'm now happy to pay a little extra for the experience and expertise of professionals and for the peace of mind.
My budget is definitely a max of £2,000 but I don't really want to spend that much.
It's going to be a all rounder workhorse with video editing and encoding as well as some gaming and will also be a media server and possibly a VM or 2! I've lots of drives I'll be loading in (possibly up to 6 HDD's and 2 SSD's) in addition to the M.2 in the spec. I'm not bothered about RGB, it's all about functionality for me. I'm also after longevity. I don't expect the 8 years I got from my last pc but I'm happy to pay a little extra for some "future proofing" (whatever that means).
As for my monitor, I've a couple of old 1080p monitors that aren't very good but if all goes well with a new pc I'll be on the lookout for a budget 1440p at a later date.
Here's where I'm at so far. I'm not sure whether to go for Corsair H100i or Noctua air cooler. All feedback is welcome - thanks:
Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.6GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 5700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive
NOT REQUIRED
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 4400MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/t0fkAMAxU2/
My budget is definitely a max of £2,000 but I don't really want to spend that much.
It's going to be a all rounder workhorse with video editing and encoding as well as some gaming and will also be a media server and possibly a VM or 2! I've lots of drives I'll be loading in (possibly up to 6 HDD's and 2 SSD's) in addition to the M.2 in the spec. I'm not bothered about RGB, it's all about functionality for me. I'm also after longevity. I don't expect the 8 years I got from my last pc but I'm happy to pay a little extra for some "future proofing" (whatever that means).
As for my monitor, I've a couple of old 1080p monitors that aren't very good but if all goes well with a new pc I'll be on the lookout for a budget 1440p at a later date.
Here's where I'm at so far. I'm not sure whether to go for Corsair H100i or Noctua air cooler. All feedback is welcome - thanks:
Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.6GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 5700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive
NOT REQUIRED
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 4400MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/t0fkAMAxU2/
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