#pc needed for intensive music production / gaming

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lofty tiger
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hey guys, hope you're all well and a happy christmas eve! so im based in the uk and have been having some problems with my current setup recently (which is a laptop), and so wish to upgrade for the first ever time to using a desktop pc.

i will be mainly using it for a mixture of playing games, including recent more graphics intensive ones that i sadly cannot run with my current laptop anymore (silent hill 2, dead space, alan wake 2, etc), and music production (so using lots of plugins, sample libraries, etc).

i was looking at the pcspecialist website and found what looks like a particularly good deal (https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers-for-next-day-delivery/1803/) and am ready to pull the trigger but wanted to ask a couple questions first.

im aware that the rtx 5000 series gpus are supposed to come out next year - is it better to wait for those to be available in prebuilts, or is it better to pull the trigger now seeing as this build seems to be especially good value for money? and on a related note - i really want to get something that will last as long as possible and so am happy to spend this amount of cash as long as it'll last for a while. do u guys think these specs would last me for a number of years? sorry for the long post but thanks in advance for any help!

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torn drift
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the PC is fairly solid, I am not a fan of Intel, for reasons you probably know with their recent track record, and by all means will be good for general gaming and decent for productivity

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as for wiating for the 50 series, honestly it'll be a while before the cards become affordable, recent leaks and such have pegged the 5080 to cost around 1500GBP, so more or less that entire PC alone

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as for how long the PC will last, that will depend on you really, it's not got much of an upgrade path CPU wise, the only step up is a 14900 inferno CPU, after that, it's a whole new PC you're looking at

lofty tiger
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yess i have heard about the recent problems they've been having unfortunately - hopefully that's not something that will affect me, but it's good to hear that overall it'll be good for everything i plan on using it for.

fair point with the 50 series, ty for your input on that - i've also been asking a few friends what they think and they all said something similar. with prices being set to increase i guess it just makes more sense to get something now that's more affordable and readily available.

good to know that information about the cpu not having much of an upgrade path - can you see this particular cpu being a bottleneck at some point in the forseeable future?

torn drift
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bottleneck is such an ugly word, but for the forseeable future, I don't see it becoming a hinderance per se

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the BIOS will have a version with the fix intel claims is working, and should it pop it's clogs anyway, the warranty will ahve you covered

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I am not a fan of the cooler for that CPU, flat out I'm not convinced the FF150 will be able to keep up with the CPU, but you can upgrade later down the line if you feel you need to

lofty tiger
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okay thanks, that's some good info to know! yeah you're right that if there does turn out to be an issue (fingers crossed not!) that at least the good thing is warranty will cover that.

and with regards to the cooler hopefully it'll be okay, but yeah if that does turn out to be the case at least as you say i can upgrade later. might end up pulling the trigger later today, thanks again for the help and advice tho!

torn drift
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if you had the extra money, I'd be more inclined to recommend this PC instead, storage space is a little underwhelming, but thats an easy upgrade, it's got a beefier cooler, better motherboard, and cooler CPU

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it's also not likely to get the same intel self factory reset issue

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it being AMD upgrade options are great, AM4 stayed for damn near 10 years with updates, AM5 is likely to last about as long too

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this PC would be a great alternative too, 12 cores, again AM5, good storage and decent cooling, I also love the case personally

lofty tiger
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nice thanks im having a look at these options! with regards to the first one sorry i probably sound a bit silly haha but im not a fan of the case so would probably dismiss it for that reason - but the second one you posted, i agree it looks pretty nice! im a sucker for black / wood aesthetics lol. do you think the fact it has a regular 4070 instead of the super would make much difference or nah?

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im still really tempted to go for the first one i posted admittedly heh but as you say maybe im worried about the cooling system - probably a dumb question but what exactly are the consequences of that, just overheating - slower running games etc?

torn drift
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depends on the resolution and games you plan on playing, at 1440 ultra it's about 10fps less on the 4070 vanilla

torn drift
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its more for the music production I'm concerned about because AFAIK thats a CPU heavy task

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there is also a downside with gaming on intel right now, pretty much all Unreal Engine 5 based games have some serious issues with intel, a solution is to disable the hyperthreading in the BIOS, but that cripples the productivity performance

lofty tiger
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as you say music production is more cpu intensive so that’s definitely something i want to keep in mind

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you probably don’t know this as i suppose you’re not official support but do you know if warranty would cover overheating problems? nw if not!

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i do plan on playing a mixture of 1080p and 1440p myself

torn drift
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I'm not official support, however PCS do test their PCs before sending them out to the wild, and the cooler is generally enough, but they can't factor in how warm you like your office, and if you like being in an oven, it will make overheating an issue

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however if the CPU does cook itself and it's not your fault, warranty will cover, if it is your fault, you'll be told to kick rocks very politely

lofty tiger
lofty tiger
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but again thanks for all the advice!

torn drift
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the real concern is that even if the cooler is enough for the CPU flat out, the fans will defo be screaming, making it harder to hear, which you kinda need to be able to do

lofty tiger