Need advice Editing/Gaming PC under £1500

[Wolfram74]

This is my first PC build.
I am aiming to do 60% Video Editing (4k) 10% (VFX) 30 % Gaming.

My few questions:
1. Is cooling i have selected sufficient? Not sure if liquid is necessary?
2. How about the PC case? I am trying to future proof.
3. I have my eyes on AMD 3700 any better ideas for that price?
4. Is the motherboard goo for future proofing?
5. Not sure whats the difference between (240GB ADATA SU630 2.5" SSD) and (250GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2) should i get both or one is ok?
6. Does this build makes sense? (I am not very up to date with new releases)

Happy to hear alternative recommendations - somewhere around (£1500)

Your help is very welcome
Many thanks!

Build is bellow

Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 275R TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.4GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 SUPER - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
240GB ADATA SU630 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE IRONWOLF PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 128MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 2300MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Price: £1,465.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-workstation/WJH3G4qHmB/

 

[Oussebon]

Massively overspending on the motherboard here. It's not futureproofing at all, it's just paying for extreme overclocking features you won't use. The X570 PLUS should be generously more than enough. If it doesn't support a future CPU, the Hero won't either.

For this budget and your uses you should easily be able to aim for an R9 3900x.

Go with faster RAM, a better case with improved airflow (ignore the RGB, note the mesh at the front for air intake), an improved cooler, a better value HDD, probably a better value SSD as well. And A 650W PSU as with the R9 CPU, it will give a little more headroom for future GPU upgrades.

I assume the gaming is 1080p.

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX K500 RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.6GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)

The Outer Worlds -AND- Borderlands 3 w/ select AMD Ryzen CPUs
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 SUPER - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
256GB ADATA SX6000 Pro PCIe M.2 2280 (2100 MB/R, 1200 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Price: £1,494.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/PXTepsaut0/

I think I've touched on most of your specific questions above but to address 5) specifically, they are both SSDs. Most of the SSDs under the M.2 menu are faster than the SSDs under the Storage Drive menu (and all of them are faster than HDDs almost all of the time). Faster SSDs can have benefits for video editing and VFX work - not really for gaming (1-2 seconds load time between a fast and a slow SSD, and 0 framerate difference).

The X570 motherboards support PCIe 4.0 SSDs. This is a very new option for SSDs. As you can see in the configurator the MP600 already offers speed around 5000MB/S, up from even the fastest PCIe 3.0 SSDs like the 970 Evo. However, as the tech matures and (I think) new controllers for the SSDs come out, we'll see speeds of upto ~7000MB/S. That's probably something you'll buy for a future upgrade.

For now I'd suggest getting a decently fast but wallet-friendly SSD like the SX6000. You can add additional SSDs e.g. for cache/scratch and for project files as you go. Doing so now would just squeeze out the R9 CPU, which is a huge upgrade over the R7 3700x for your uses, so invest now in the CPU, and add additional storage down the line - perhaps even faster drives than are currently available on the market.

 

[Wolfram74]

This is great!
Thank you very much!