New build advice please

[ttreaders]

Hey,

My brother (Afran) has just got a new system put together from advice from people on this forum. I'm happy with his setup but it's a bit costly for me.. I've not added a hard drive or graphics card as I'll use ones I already have, (have a 2070). I do a lot of gaming at 1440 and also plan to do a fair bit of video rendering on DaVinci Resolve (a few times a week).

I'm thinking of buying a Ryzen 3600 instead of the 5900x to save quite a bit of money, I'm aware that the 59000x would be great for the video editing, but do you think it's worth the extra cost? I can stretch it if it really is a lot better.



My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Revolt Pro 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Combo Supply= £134.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £209.99
• 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x Noctua NH-D15S Chromax Black CPU cooler - 140mm= £99.95
• 1 x Noctua NF-A15 PWM Chromax Premium Grade Fan - 140mm= £25.99
• 1 x Phanteks SK140 Black PWM Fan - 140mm= £7.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £499.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P500 Air ATX Case Tempered Glass Satin Black= £96.95

Total: £1,260.54 (includes shipping: £14.70)
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Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks

 

[mickyflinn]

You cant compare a 6 core cpu to a 12 core cpu what about going for an 8 core cpu like the 3700x. So it really depends how many cores you want im guessing more the better for davinci.

Drop the fancy noctua fans.

Heres a couple of alternatives to save you money.

ODE My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM850 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020196-UK)= £119.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit= £139.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken 3 Black Edition CPU Cooler Dual Fan Edition - 140mm= £53.99

Total: £323.87 (includes shipping: £9.90)​

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[ttreaders]

Thanks for the suggestions Mickyflinn.

You cant compare a 6 core cpu to a 12 core cpu what about going for an 8 core cpu like the 3700x. So it really depends how many cores you want im guessing more the better for davinci.

True, I just think once I drop the most budget option the gap gets smaller and then I'm thinking I may as well just get the 5900x.

Normally I wouldn't spend so much on the cooling but I've been really impressed with how efficient and quiet my brothers system is

As for the memory, he originally picked out 'Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit' for £149.99 but was recommended the memory I've listed, it does seem expensive.

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks for the suggestions Mickyflinn.



True, I just think once I drop the most budget option the gap gets smaller and then I'm thinking I may as well just get the 5900x.

Normally I wouldn't spend so much on the cooling but I've been really impressed with how efficient and quiet my brothers system is

As for the memory, he originally picked out 'Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit' for £149.99 but was recommended the memory I've listed, it does seem expensive.

Why dont you for the memory i sugested its marginal performance diffrence compared to 3600mhz and at cheaper.

The patriot is ok but tall.

Enjoy.

Motherboard may need a bios update for the 5900x to work this can be done with a feature on the motherboard called bios flashback which the Tomahawk has,no need for an older cpu.

 

[DNfk]

I agree I think half the memory for now and you can always upgrade in the future.