Discussion Looking for suggestions/changes for my upcoming PC build

[Dalgio124]

I am a music producer as well as a heavy gamer and I'm building a PC to phase out my old rig. I'd love some feedback from the lovely people on Anand Tech on what you guys and gals think about the spec list for my upcoming build. I would also love to hear any changes that you guys would make. My budget is $4,500 including peripherals. I will be buying within the US.

Link for my current build:

System Builder

pcpartpicker.com

 

[UsandThem]

I'd love some feedback from the lovely people on Reddit

I guess we're not lovely here.

 

[Dalgio124]

I guess we're not lovely here.

OOF. Sorry, I was copy pasting the thread to several sites. Lemme fix that.

 

[Charlie98]

Explain your storage solution, please. You have an NVMe SSD and a 2.5" SSD, along with 2 spinners (which I understand.) Why not just put one 2TB MVMe SSD in there?

 

[Dalgio124]

Explain your storage solution, please. You have an NVMe SSD and a 2.5" SSD, along with 2 spinners (which I understand.) Why not just put one 2TB MVMe SSD in there?

So the NVMe is gonna be my boot drive, the SSD is for games and the HDD's are for everything else.

 

[Charlie98]

Personally, I would just put everything on one 2TB NVMe SSD and be done with it, I don't see any advantage to the 2 drives. You mentioned music editing... that board has 2 NVMe slots, you could actually put a 2nd NVMe drive in as your game drive. My concern was a heavy I/O load on the 2nd NVMe drive... and issues with overheating... but that would not be a problem with a game drive most likely... but I would still vote for a single, large NVMe drive vs 2 drives. As I say, I understand the 2 HDD's for storage, I'm just talking about the SSD's.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

For $4500 I'd be getting rid of those spinners and getting nvme for boot and either nvme or sata ssds for storage too. Maybe a 2tb + a 1tb nvme

 

[Flayed]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor ($418.95 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard ($299.00 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($371.99 @ B&H)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($269.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card ($409.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($128.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($145.00 @ Walmart)
Monitor: LG 34GK950F-B 34.0" 3440x1440 144 Hz Monitor ($894.95 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Wired Standard Keyboard ($118.40 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Corsair NIGHTSWORD RGB Wired Optical Mouse ($79.99 @ Best Buy)
External Storage: Western Digital Elements 2 TB External Hard Drive
Total: $3236.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-08 17:52 EDT-0400

 

[LOUISSSSS]

looks great, how about a 1tb (your choice of top of the line NVME drive, and 2tb of (slower, but still NVME, still faster than any HDD or Sata drive) ? Unless you had a need for an external drive, I wouldn't.

Also, would u consider a Fractal Design or Lian Li case over Phanteks for potentially better cable management and build quality?

 

[Charlie98]

I'm going to guess the OP spec'ed 2x 4TB drives for a reason, in addition to the 2TB external. I'd stick with my original idea of a single 2TB NVMe for the OS and games, and the 2x spinners for storage. If he wanted quick access to working files or something, he could add a 2nd NVMe drive and use that as his scratch drive, but Blacks are 7200RPM drives and no slouch, either.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

I'm going to guess the OP spec'ed 2x 4TB drives for a reason, in addition to the 2TB external. I'd stick with my original idea of a single 2TB NVMe for the OS and games, and the 2x spinners for storage. If he wanted quick access to working files or something, he could add a 2nd NVMe drive and use that as his scratch drive, but Blacks are 7200RPM drives and no slouch, either.

yea, I must've missed that 2x 4tb drive statement. sounds like he's set. How about a 2nd monitor? I haven't used a computer with a single monitor for over 10 years (work + home.) My home PC is a 32in 1440p + 24in (19x12) rotated vertically. So much screen real estate...