Tips for a future build! All opinions are welcome :)

[Francisco Couto]

Hello guys!
I hope you are doing well.
This is my first post in here and I am really hoping to get some good feedback on this suggested build I have.

To start, I will let you know what will my purposes be with the computer:

I am musician and produtor so I use Ableton Live 10 and FL Studio. These softwares also incorporate a lot of plugins, so I am constantly using a lot of softwares simultaneously.

I like to game on my PC. Not much but it would be awesome to play games like Assassins Creed, FIFA, Counter Strike, Football Manager, and especially GeoGuessr, which is basically using Google Maps on Street View all of the time. Not very heavy stuff usually though I wanted to have a smooth experience in gaming.

I have some projects coming through in a near future, that will involve working actively with software like Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop.

I am also an avid user of our lord and saviour Microsoft Excel.

The current build that CGD have suggested is:

CPU		AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor	$749.00 $799.00
CPU Cooler		be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4	$89.90 $80.00
Motherboard		MSI X570 Tomahawk ATX AM4	$250.00 $195.00
Graphics Card		AMD Radeon RX 6800 - ASUS TUF Gaming	$1850.00 $579.00
Memory (RAM)		32GB (2 x 16GB) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 C16	$119.99 $160.00
Storage SSD		Samsung 860 EVO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$499.99 $300.00
PCIe-SSD		Sabrent Rocket 1TB NVMe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive	$159.98 $200.00
Storage HDD		Seagate BarraCuda Compute 6TB, 3.5"	$139.99 $150.00
Power Supply		EVGA 650 B5, 80 Plus Bronze 650W Power Supply	$59.99 $95.00
Case		NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$164.99$140.00

Let me know your thoughts on this and thank you to all of you that comment for your help and expertise.

 

[Francisco Couto]

Oh! One more thing I forgot to say is that my budget is around 3000$ or 2500£!

 

[Alex Glawion]

Looks like a great build, I see no issues! Depending on what kind of VSTs you're using for your digital audio production, you might benefit from more RAM, like 64GB.

 

[magneto]

Looks great! Unless you plan to run a LOT of very large Sample Libraries, for Music Projects 32GB is absolutely adequate. VSTs for effects and synths primarily require processing power, from a music perspective you are sitting pretty with this Rig. If you are budget-constrained right now, you always have the option to add another 2 sticks later if needed.
My own limited understanding is that you might want the the extra memory more for Rendering out of Premiere especially if you are working in 4K and up. Alex?

 

[Alex Glawion]

Looks great! Unless you plan to run a LOT of very large Sample Libraries, for Music Projects 32GB is absolutely adequate. VSTs for effects and synths primarily require processing power, from a music perspective you are sitting pretty with this Rig. If you are budget-constrained right now, you always have the option to add another 2 sticks later if needed.
My own limited understanding is that you might want the the extra memory more for Rendering out of Premiere especially if you are working in 4K and up. Alex?

Absolutely, it'll depend on the libraries. If you've got Berlin Strings and a couple of EWQLSO loaded you might run into bottlenecks RAM-wise, for everything else 32GBs are more than enough.

Video Editing in 4K then again and especially after effects can fill up your RAM even faster.