Need Help Deciding PC SPECS

Ice_Boundation

Ice_Boundation

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Hey PC Specialists of the Forum,
I have a budget of £1500- £1600, I edit in Premiere Pro, and I do complex video editing, I also play video games and would like high fps, such as Apex Legends and Valorant. Could you please suggest some ideas as to what specs I should choose, I am fine with Intel or AMD, and I would prefer a higer GPU such as a 3060 or higher.
Thanks!
Kind Regards,
Ice Boundation!
 
Martinr36

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I'd suggest giving this a read and answering some of the questions it raises re budget , monitors etc

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Ice_Boundation

Ice_Boundation

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Martinr36 said:
I'd suggest giving this a read and answering some of the questions it raises re budget , monitors etc

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Hello, I am Ice Boundation. I need help on getting a PC, here is some info:
I don't need any peripherals, exept one, which I have already bought.
It is the AOC C24G1 24" Curved Frameless Gaming Monitor
Specs:
Panel Curvature: 1800R
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Display Resolution : 1920x1080
Screen Size: 24 Inches
Display Type: LED
Item Dimensions: 21.14 x 9.64 x 20.19 inches
Mounting Type: PC
Refresh Rate: 144 Hertz
Size: 24" FHD Curved
Response Time: 1 MS
Connectivity: 2 x HDMI 1.4, 1 x DisplayPort, VGA, 3.5mm audio out

Uses:
This system will have a lot of uses, I want to become a Streamer/Youtuber/ Editor. So because of this,
I need a system which has enough power to be able to stream properly, but also record games well, with
minmal lag and a good resolution. The games which would be streamed/ recorded would be games such
as Apex, Valorant, Minecraft etc. But the main purpose of this system would be editing, I have
a Editing buisness, and I have a bad pc currently, so I need a very good PC, being able to handle Adobe
Software such as Premiere and Photoshop.

My Budget is £1500 to £1600, personally I want a very good experience in most things,
but i'd like to be the system to be strong with Ram, and have a good graphics card and CPU.
I don't really need external storage as I already have a 1TB storage drive, so like 500MB would be alright.
I don't mind what companies the different parts are from, but I'd prefer it to be an AMD Build.

Please help me on this topic!
 
AgentCooper

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At Least I Have Chicken
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This would do the job nicely. Storage is lacking a little but you can use your external for now and then get an additional 1TB/2TB M.2 drive later and that will slot in for some excellent fast storage for editing projects and games 👍


Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 2500MB/W)
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
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
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
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]
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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
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 - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £1,603.00 including VAT and Delivery
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AgentCooper

AgentCooper

At Least I Have Chicken
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Ice_Boundation said:
Sorry not cooler lmao, the power supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
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Ah, I see. An RMx unit is the best kind available, fully modular, semi-passive and they tend to last forever.

Overspeccing on the suggested wattage is a move for the future; say if you wanted to upgrade your GPU in a few years time, there’s a strong possibility that power requirements will have gone in an upward trajectory. If you’d picked a PSU that was only rated for 550w and your new card had a requirement of 750w you’d be faced with changing the whole power supply, which is not one of life’s most fun jobs.

Spend an extra few quid now and save yourself a fair bit of hassle in a couple of years. Future you will thank present you (which at that stage, will actually be past you) for doing that 🙂👍
 
Ice_Boundation

Ice_Boundation

Member
What is the difference between ram, for example why is there 2x8 and 1x16, what is the difference?
If I want 32GB of Ram, what is the best arrangment?
 
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Steveyg

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The difference is about the number of ranks available. It's generally why Dual Channel or 2x8 would perform better than 1x16 as it would have more ranks for the RAM to work with.

If you wanted 32GB of RAM and no more the best setup would likely be 4x8 GB sticks. Not always the case and it varies from RAM manufacturer to manufacturer but at 32GB usually 4x8GB is the way to go unless for a specific reason

It's a fairly complex question but we can absolutely say that two sticks is pretty much always better than one stick. Performance difference between 2 Sticks and 4 Sticks can be conditional and depends on the purposes so the waters tend to muddy a bit there
 
ubuysa

ubuysa

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Steveyg said:
The difference is about the number of ranks available. It's generally why Dual Channel or 2x8 would perform better than 1x16 as it would have more ranks for the RAM to work with.

If you wanted 32GB of RAM and no more the best setup would likely be 4x8 GB sticks. Not always the case and it varies from RAM manufacturer to manufacturer but at 32GB usually 4x8GB is the way to go unless for a specific reason

It's a fairly complex question but we can absolutely say that two sticks is pretty much always better than one stick. Performance difference between 2 Sticks and 4 Sticks can be conditional and depends on the purposes so the waters tend to muddy a bit there
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Close, but it's to do with the number of BANKS available. :)

Ranks are the number of 64-bit addressable areas on a single memory module. Banks are the number of memory modules. 2x8GB means two banks of 8GB modules (which could in turn have single, double, or higher ranks). See https://www.crucial.com/support/articles-faq-memory/what-is-a-memory-rank#:~:text=A memory rank is a,data block 72 bits wide.
 
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Steveyg

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Ice_Boundation

Ice_Boundation

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What do you think of this as an editing pc build?
Case
NZXT H511 MID-TOWER GAMING CASE (WHITE)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 - HDMI, DP, LHR (Pre-Order Only)
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
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
PCS FrostFlow 240 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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Ice_Boundation said:
What do you think of this as an editing pc build?
Case
NZXT H511 MID-TOWER GAMING CASE (WHITE)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 - HDMI, DP, LHR (Pre-Order Only)
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
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
PCS FrostFlow 240 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
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I think it would cook in that case, your best bet is to go with @AgentCooper build, also the RAM is slow which is going to cripple the CPU as they like a minimum of 3200, the cooler also isn't sufficient, I'd also change the wireless card to AX200 which is dual band and has bluetooth
 
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Ice_Boundation

Ice_Boundation

Member
Martinr36 said:
I think it would cook in that case, your best bet is to go with @AgentCooper build, also the RAM is slow which is going to cripple the CPU as they like a minimum of 3200, the cooler also isn't sufficient, I'd also change the wireless card to AX200 which is dual band and has bluetooth
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K, its just I want a better cpu than Agent cooper has reccomended tbh, any suggestions? @AgentCooper
 
Ice_Boundation

Ice_Boundation

Member
AgentCooper said:
This would do the job nicely. Storage is lacking a little but you can use your external for now and then get an additional 1TB/2TB M.2 drive later and that will slot in for some excellent fast storage for editing projects and games 👍


Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 2500MB/W)
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
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
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
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]
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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
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 - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £1,603.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/Ck!naVWetC/
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Hey, I was wondering if you could make this an Intel Based build instead please.
Same purposes, just different processor pls.
 
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