Would appreciate any thoughts on a Video Post-Production & Gaming PC I've put together

[thatsomeguy]

Hi all. It's my first time putting together a tower PC (always used workstation laptops) so wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything and that I was picking sensible parts. Some notes on how I intend to use the computer:

• Video Editing (working with raw and 4K footage frequently, Adobe Premiere)
• Motion Graphics (Adobe After Effects, nothing too crazy, mostly 2D)
• Colour Grading (Davinci Resolve, not my main focus)
• Gaming (all sorts of games, new and old, using a 3440x1440 monitor as my main, and occasionally a 4K TV)
• Networking-wise, I have a WiFi 6 router with a 2.5GbE port (will mostly be using WiFi) and 500mb Full Fibre so want to be able to take full advantage of these. I also have a NAS I use for synced backups of my working drives.
• I'll be using Thunderbolt 4 peripherals (dock, drives, etc.)
• I'd like for the computer to be as quiet as possible when under sustained loads, but understand the limits of this
• Not interested in using any RGB lighting and not interested in aesthetics as I won't see the computer where I intend to place it.

Below is the build I've put together on PCS:

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 XL BLACK QUIET TOWER CASE - Window
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 16-Core Processor i9-12900K (3.2GHz) 30MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO WIFI (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 PORT (1 x TYPE A, 1 x TYPE C) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Professional

Some additional questions I had:

• Is adding a graphics card support bracket worth doing?
• On the PCS build page, there is an "Extra Case Fans" section. Are these just fans I can buy to swap out or would these be added to the system on top of the fans that are already there? The options go up to 5 extra case fans. If these are additional fans, should I consider adding any?

Thanks in advance for any advice, I really appreciate it. I'll aim to respond to any comments ASAP.

 

[MrWilson]

My honest advice would be to wait. The new AMD CPUs go on pre order in a week, which will offer greater performance than what’s currently available. For example, in presentations the 7600X is shown to match or beat the 12900K in gaming, and while those results should be taken with a pinch of salt, it’s evident that the £300 7600X is in the ballpark of the £600 12900k, which hopefully exemplifies the performance and value increase in this new generation.
That would be the minimum I would wait, and given that you’re looking for professional use I can understand needing to get it relatively soon, but if you can hold off we are getting new GPUs and SSDs released this year as well which will come with a big performance boost too.

 

[thatsomeguy]

My honest advice would be to wait. The new AMD CPUs go on pre order in a week, which will offer greater performance than what’s currently available. For example, in presentations the 7600X is shown to match or beat the 12900K in gaming, and while those results should be taken with a pinch of salt, it’s evident that the £300 7600X is in the ballpark of the £600 12900k, which hopefully exemplifies the performance and value increase in this new generation.
That would be the minimum I would wait, and given that you’re looking for professional use I can understand needing to get it relatively soon, but if you can hold off we are getting new GPUs and SSDs released this year as well which will come with a big performance boost too.

Thanks for the advice.

My reason for going Intel has been for a few editing-specific features, like Quicksync and TB4 support (for dock/drives). At least from looking through the PCS site, I've only found a few options that allow for both AMD and thunderbolt support (although I may have missed something). Also from looking at Pudget Systems' benchmarks for the Adobe suite, Intel seems to come out on top.

In terms of urgency, my current setup does work well enough, so waiting is doable. I have seen it suggested though that buying a new system (specifically NVIDIA GPUs) right now might be a good shout (before the 4000 series NVIDIA GPUs are revealed) to take advantage of the current GPU price drop and availability.

 

[SpyderTracks]

My reason for going Intel has been for a few editing-specific features, like Quicksync and TB4 support (for dock/drives

Quick sync is a GPU feature, not related to CPUs.

Also USB 4 incorporates thunderbolt, but current gen AMD boards have support for thunderbolt 4 cards as well. But all upcoming B650 and X670 Boards have USB 4 (and hence thunderbolt support of any gen), and most existing x570 and B550 boards have thunderbolt add on cards.

People often get confused but it's not like the old days, one x86 processor is very much the same as the next in it's compatibility.

The upcoming ryzens are set to beat intel in single core performance by a significant margin, reviews will go live around next week so we'll knowore for sure, but from leaks, intel will be behind by quite a significant margin.

 

[thatsomeguy]

Quick sync is a GPU feature, not related to CPUs.

Also USB 4 incorporates thunderbolt, but current gen AMD boards have support for thunderbolt 4 cards as well. But all upcoming B650 and X670 Boards have USB 4 (and hence thunderbolt support of any gen), and most existing x570 and B550 boards have thunderbolt add on cards.

People often get confused but it's not like the old days, one x86 processor is very much the same as the next in it's compatibility.

The upcoming ryzens are set to beat intel in single core performance by a significant margin, reviews will go live around next week so we'll knowore for sure, but from leaks, intel will be behind by quite a significant margin.

Thanks for the info. I clearly need to brush up on my feature knowledge.

I'll hold out for the new Ryzen reviews and then reassess plans based on how things look.