https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-tech-labs-amd-ryzen-midi-tower-gaming-pc-configurator-fs-1aj-og.html#p=RgO34Z:RgP2wu(RgS2U82Rhe1w),Rhi1w)4Rhj1w)2Rhl1w;8SEH1z?'TBC1WZVTDL1Z*yTDN1Z*UTGN1ZVxTHf1#0/TPF1#z+baGi2W;XbaGG2-z+baGH22.@bidi2$_2bidj2$_!bDTn35uXbGRK3,X;bGSd3,U@bHqg3+/zbHsr3+XWbHss3+Y;

£1305.74

Liquid cooled 8 core Ryzen 2700x. Amd Vega 64 graphics. 16gb 3000mhz ram that can overclock to 3133mhz on that motherboard. 650w power supply.

No os but you can probably move your existing windows 10 license across.

For reference. This is my exact build.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-tech-labs-amd-ryzen-midi-tower-gaming-pc-configurator-fs-1aj-og.html#p=RgO34Z:RgP2wu(RgS2U82Rhe1w),Rhi1w)4Rhj1w)2Rhl1w;8SEH1z?'TBC1WZVTDL1Z*yTDN1Z*UTGN1ZVxTHf1#0/TPF1#z+baGi2W;VbaGG22.-baGH22.@bidi2$_6bidj2$_!bDTn35/WbGRK3,X;bGSd3,U@bHqg3+/UbHsr3+XWbHss3+Y;

...This computer will be primarily for running Vegas 16 and things like Photoshop only.

... My budget is £1500-£2000.

This is the system I just built for <$2000 & it's faster than systems on this forum costing over $3000... It handles multiple streams of 4K video & renders 2X as fast as my older 4.0 ghz Xeon systems. Others may suggest a Threadripper 2950X, etc. which is more upgradeable, but pricier... See my other posts for benchmarks...

• $460 Intel 9900K 8 cores @ 5.0 ghz Newegg (ebay)
• $400 ASUS Z390 WS ($265 Newegg Refurbished available today, 5/18/19)
• $150 Corsair H150i Liquid Cooler
• $150 G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000
• $350 Newegg Refurbished Radeon 64 Liquid Cooled ($350 for NEW Radeon 64 w/fans)
• $190 Intel 2TB M.2 660P (OS on one 500GB partition, render to second 1.5TB partition)
• $100 quality tower Case w/room for 360mm CPU radiator & GPU radiator
• $150 1000W EVGA SuperNOVA PS (NEVER go cheap on a power supply...)
• $    0  (used existing SATA drives in RAID0 until you can add more M.2 drives...)
  
  $1950 USD
  
  My upgrade was actually only $1350 USD because I already had the case, power supply, M.2 drives, etc. & don't mind buying refurbished parts from Newegg because I build a lot of systems...
  
  Tech notes: The Asus Z390 WS is the ONLY Z390 motherboard I recommend because it has a PLX chip that allows you to use ALL of the PCIe slots for video capture cards, M.2 drive PCIe adapters, etc. It also overclocks the 9900K to 5.0 ghz stable & is considered a workstation-class motherboard...
  
  The Intel 2TB 660P M.2 drives are very fast until half-full. I actually have (2) 2TB M.2 drives in RAID0 on the motherboard, (1) 2TB M.2 drive on a PCIe card, and (1) 2TB M.2 drive attached through an adapter to the motherboard's U.2 connector. Then, I have (2) 8TB SATA drives connected to the onboard SATA and (2) internal BR burners, but they are attached to the USB 3.0 through an adapter to save the SATA connectors for hard drives...
  
  Connected to the PCIe slots is an older 12-drive RAID 10 controller card, Blackmagic capture card, 10g network card, Vega 64 GPU, & M.2 card. I've been using this system for paid work for over 1 month with no issues...

I am SO enjoying this thread!

@TheRhino - Oh yes, 1,000 watt PSU.

Intel Z390 vs. AMD X399...
Folks will soon comment how Threadripper is better because of more PCIe 3.0 lanes, future CPU upgradeability, etc... HOWEVER, PCIe 4.0 & 5.0, 7ns CPUs, larger/affordable M.2 drives, etc. are arriving VERY soon... The 9900K is 1 of 3 workstations that I am upgrading over the next 2 years... 8TB of M.2 storage still costs around $1000, so I want it attached to PCIe 4/5, not older 3.0 technology. My 9900K upgrade cost me $1350 to place in an existing case whereas some of the Threadripper folks on this forum spent $3000 - $4000 to get the same render speeds as me... (Most X399 are large, Extended-ATX & will not fit in existing ATX cases...)

 

Thank you guys for taking the time to reply to me.

Thanks for the link mintyslippers, i have heard of overclockers website before and was thinking about using them but wouldn't no where to start, it's all so overwhelming for me as i'm really not good on the tech side from computers and parts, I just know how to use them lol.

Thanks TheRhino for your detailed comments. Could i order all of the parts you mentioned from newegg? I have never ordered from there before and I see that the items will be shipped from United States.

I would like the new computer sorted in the next 2 weeks ideally so just want to get the parts ordered and your workstation D build seems like a great choice but I cannot find some of the exact parts you listed (Also not sure which websites to order from here in the United Kingdom). Is there some where I can order all of the exact parts you listed here in the United Kingdom?

Also i was thinking 64GB ram if possible

Again i really appreciate the replies :)

@gregory:

Is there some where I can order all of the exact parts you listed here in the United Kingdom?

Not sure about “all of the exact parts” but I use SCAN UK. https://www.scan.co.uk/ They've been keen on price, speedy on despatch and they dealt with a return very quickly.

My workstation PC also came from Scan. They have a Video Workstation self build configuration page. https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/custom/hd-4k-video-editing-pcs-laptops/form-factors#anc They actually take your configuration, build and test the PC for you so that you get a guaranteed working system.

Overclockers you just take the base build and change as needed. The links I used you can tweak the config to your needs. Add drives, remove them. Or you can take on of their pre-configured systems and often they give you a little room for changing parts.

For ram you in no way need 64. Ive got 32gb and even with half a dozern vegas projects open and more i still dont go over 16GB. More ram doesnt mean more speed.

You can use one of Overclockers THreadripper builds as a start https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-tech-labs-amd-threadripper-workstation-pc-configurator-fs-01q-tl.html

Although dont go with the Quadro card. They dont play nice with Vegas.

Thanks TheRhino for your detailed comments. Could i order all of the parts you mentioned from newegg? I have never ordered from there before and I see that the items will be shipped from United States.

I would like the new computer sorted in the next 2 weeks ideally so just want to get the parts ordered and your workstation D build seems like a great choice but I cannot find some of the exact parts you listed (Also not sure which websites to order from here in the United Kingdom). Is there some where I can order all of the exact parts you listed here in the United Kingdom?

Also i was thinking 64GB ram if possible

If money is tight, I recommend getting (2) 16gb DDR4 3000 sticks for now and spend your money on the stuff that cannot be easily upgraded... You can always easily add 2 more sticks yourself...

The Vega 64 Liquid Cooled will be the hardest to find. A month before I had time to build I setup a search on Slickdeals.net & it popped-up on my email one day for $350.

I ordered all of the parts for this build from either Newegg or Amazon which I expect ship to the UK. Returns are FREE in the USA, but check to see their UK return policies. Since you are new to building PCs and/or are having someone else build it, I recommend NOT getting any refurbished parts. I have had good luck, but I have been building my own PCs for 30 years & know how to quickly identify when a part is bad vs. me just installing it wrong... A quality 1000W power supply is a MUST. It will actually run cooler & prevent issues that are hard to troubleshoot...

The Asus Z390 WS is a tricky motherboard to setup the way I did, so if you are paying someone else to build it, they may complain/charge you more because of the extra labor involved... Enabling the (2) onboard M.2 automatically disables 4 of 6 SATA connectors and 1 of 2 U.2 connectors, so I can only connect (2) SATA devices and (1) U.2 device. The manual is labeled wrong... The top (2) SATA connectors are the ones to use. To save those for SATA hard drives, I connected my (2) internal BR burners to USB 3.0 via adapters & cables. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WQJ851O Also, I connected a 3rd M.2 drive to the U.2 port via an adapter & cable which lets it run at full-speed over U.2 which is the same speed as a PCIe 4X slot... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J2T33Z3/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JH92TD9

Over the weekend I changed a couple things... I am now running my OS from an older 500gb SSD drive connected to a SATA port. The (2) motherboard M.2 drives are in RAID0 and the M.2 connected to the U.2 and a M.2 connected to a PCIe card are also in RAID0. Both show-up as 4GB drives in windows that give read/write speeds of 3000 Mb/s. The 2TB Intel 660p M.2 drives are <$200 USD each, so I get 4TB @ 3000 Mb/s for <$400. In comparison a single 2TB Samsung 970 that runs at that speed costs $600...

Remember the Intel 660p M.2 stick writes will start to slow-down once they are past half-full... Mine rarely get to that point because once I finish a project I clear it for the next project with backups still handy on a RAID10 SATA and offsite NAS... Read speeds typically remain fast, so they are always a great 4K video SOURCE even if you choose a different option for your TARGET drive. If I get a REALLY large project, I will use both M.2 RAID0 as SOURCE drives & my 4x8TB RAID10 as my TARGET drive...