Checking Hive Mind on this New Build

[dbwcreates]

Ordered and currently been in pre-production for a few weeks.
The delay has got me wondering if there was a better combo available for a machine that will mainly be used for video but some audio & photo editing too (mainly adobe apps).


Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX NR600P MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6230R 26-Core (2.1 GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo, 35.75M L3 Cache)
Motherboard
ASUS® WS C621E SAGE (DDR4 RDIMM, 6Gb/s, CrossFireX/SLI)
Memory (RAM)
128GB Kingston DDR4 2666MHz ECC Registered (4 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
12GB ASUS TUF GAMING GEFORCE RTX 3080 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
500GB Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive
250GB Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/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
INTEL BXSTS300C THERMAL SOLUTION
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
2 x 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 2100Mbps/5GHz, 1000Mbps/2.4GHz
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Firewire
2 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI-E Card (2 x 6 pin)
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
Asus TPM-M R2.0
Operating System
Windows 10 Professional for Workstation 64 Bit - inc. Licence (>6 Core)

 

[AgentCooper]

The Xeon range is a very particular kettle of fish and as such only tends to suit a very particular subsection of uses. We’re in the realms of high end workstation and/or running servers. They’re also knocking on a bit, age wise so are being outperformed on many levels.

You say you’re looking at mainly video work, can we pull at that thread a little more? What exactly are you going to be doing?

I personally haven’t seen a Xeon system in ages so am not the best informed in that respect. But depending on your uses, an AMD or iCore system is potentially much more likely to be a suitable build.

 

[sck451]

I agree fully that the Xeon is unlikely to be the best choice here. That particular chip is old and not especially strong. A 24-core Threadripper would knock it out of the park in every respect; probably a 5950X would do so as well (unless you have big PCIe requirements). I have to say I can't even work out which configurator you've used, so I can't even estimate your budget (perhaps you made this configuration a little while ago?), but I'm certain you'll be able to do much better than this.

As well as @AgentCooper's questions, could you let us know what your budget might be?

 

[dbwcreates]

Thank you both for taking the time to review this.

I attempted to use the sites builder a while back to create a desktop that can handle 4k footage plus vfx from after effects. Options seemed limited at the time, not sure if that was pandemic related.

Looking to future proof to a degree in that the vfx will no doubt become more intensive as time goes on and eventually include animation too.

Currently only using for music videos & docs but budgets are increasing and current setup is becoming too much of a bottleneck for time. Budget wise, £3500-4500 for the right machine.

Thanks again

 

[Martinr36]

Ok this should do you nicely

Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 500D SE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WIFI (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB 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)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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 10/11 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 Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Christmas Delivery No Longer Guaranteed - Assembly From 29/12/2021
Price: £3,691.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/37RyxYjj5x/

 

[dbwcreates]

Awesome! Thanks so much.

I'm using adobe software for the most part. Does the Intel/Nvidia combo have as much of a performance boost over AMD as the marketing would like to make out?

 

[sck451]

Ok this should do you nicely

Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 500D SE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WIFI (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB 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)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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 10/11 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 Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Christmas Delivery No Longer Guaranteed - Assembly From 29/12/2021
Price: £3,691.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/37RyxYjj5x/

I'd probably go for 2x16GB RAM to allow for an upgrade, but otherwise, agree in every detail.

 

[Bigfoot]

Awesome! Thanks so much.

I'm using adobe software for the most part. Does the Intel/Nvidia combo have as much of a performance boost over AMD as the marketing would like to make out?

10th and 11th generation Intel CPUs are way behind AMD. 12th generation are currently slightly ahead, but are power hungry and there have been some issues with Windows bugs. AMD are due to release refreshed CPUs early 2022. There were some early reports of 12th generation Intel bashing AMD in W11, but his was due to a Windows bug that has since been fixed.