PC for Game/Film music production and light gaming

SilverMayo

Hi,

I'm a game composer who is planning to build a PC mainly for works.

I value Stability+longevity and verified compatibility the most.
I do like high-performance products. But I never want to spend extra money on aesthetics.
Also if there're lightings, I need a function to turn them off.

I've planned it for the spec I want and got advices from friends and experts,
But I want to see if there're more ideal parts for me. Especially cooler, power, case.
Also kinda scared I messed up compatibility after changing few parts from recommendations.

Any opinions on each parts are welcomed.

These, I know specs I need and kinda know which ones I want

1. CPU: Ryzen 9 7900
   1. Considering 7900X or 9900?
2. Motherboard: B650 MAG Tomahawk Wifi
   1. I'll use 2 monitors, want latest spec for internal/external connections. Tomahawk vs Asus TUF vs Strix(B650)?
3. RAM: 32GB x 2 DDR5 6000 CL30
   1. I got recommended Essencore 32 x 2, couldn't find it. Trustworthy one with same spec will be fine.
4. SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe
   1. SK p41 or this one?

These, I have no idea

1. GPU: RTX 4060
   1. I run builds and play monster hunter but I'm used to playing on lowest settings.
2. Cooler: 3fan liquid
   1. Way to many brands and products to choose from... I want best compatibility for my CPU and durability.
3. Power: 850w(enough? too much?) ATX3.0 Full modular
   1. Same thing with the cooler. But I'm willing to spend more on power.
4. Case: If I want anything from my case those will be…
   1. Nice cooling
   2. Less noise
   3. No lights and colors needed.

I've never been to Micro Center before. Can I casually talk to someone about these in their build section?

You don't need to read all those. But if you did, Thank you.

m0sh

I would take 7700 or 7700x over 7900.

Arctic Liquid III 360mm AIO is the best. Microcenter carries them I think otherwise Arctic sells them through Amazon. If you're getting non-X CPU, then it is overkill. The included cooler with the CPU will work.

No, p41. It has a bug that reduces write speed over time.

GPU 4060 is the lowest end. I think 4070 Ti super is good compared to how bad rest of the lineup is. But, cost is probably 2 times or more. Some of the founder's edition refurbished of previous generation is pretty nice, esp 3080Ti FE.

SilverMayo

@m0sh
Thank you

I'm kinda curious why tho.
I'm not disagreeing with you but being a noob in PC building, I genuinely couldn't estimate the reason.

I like that Arctic one. But I saw some reports say few stocks have high frequency noise issue... would you choose arctic over corsair iCUE 150i?
I might go Noctua air cooling if those are absolute overkill.

I was even considering 7950X3D from yesterday...
Why not more cores and threads for music? Why would you choose Ryzen 7s over 9s?

Is samsung one the one with the bug? So I should go for p41?

Thank you again for your advices.

m0sh

Corsair AIO design is ancient. Just a jumble of wires for their fans. Noctua is air cooling and not AIO. So, different considerations.

7950(x) or 7700(x) for productivity desktop use. 7800x3d for gaming use. 7950x3d has to be software managed to get best performance in games etc.

No, samsung is not the one with the bug. SKHynix can has an unfixable bug that degrades write speed over time.

m0sh

Just to clarify for Corsair, they have the ancient clip design for AMD which doesn't work as well. If you want the newer design with screws, you have to buy it separately. They also have no offset cooling that Arctic offers.

Arctic II has a choice between offset or regular cooling for AMD and Arctic III has offset cooling for AMD for cooling AMD chips better.

Corsair has so many H150i models though. Maybe they fixed some of that in the newer ones.

SilverMayo

@m0sh
Thank you sooo much
My build took a few step forward