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New Office PC Build - advice appreciated

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GavinWalker

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Hi. Thinking of building a pc (first time) as fed up with bought ones not being upgradable easily and dying quickly. It's for home office use, some video editing (of church services), some heavy applications, used 6-7 hours daily, so important (but not gaming). Trying to do it on a budget and this was the build suggested (I'm in the UK if that makes any difference): I would probably upgrade the SSD to 512GB or even 1TB, and possibly upgrade RAM to 16GB improve speed. Hoping that if I build this I can replace parts as time goes on and they die rather than replace the whole thing.
As I'm a novice, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

CGDirector.com Parts List: https://www.cgdirector.com/pc-builder/?=6NpXb

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($157.99)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim ($27.79)
Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX ATX AM4 ($109.00)
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB XFX RS XXX ($159.99)
Memory: 8GB (2 x 4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 C16 ($47.99)
Storage SSD: ADATA SU635 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($27.99)
Power Supply: EVGA 650 B5, 80 Plus Bronze 650W Power Supply ($69.99)
Case: Fractal Design Focus G Mid Tower Case ($69.99)
Total: $670.73
 
Alex Glawion

Alex Glawion

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The build you listed should be able to run light workloads, some minor video editing etc. without any problems. I'd consider a slightly faster GPU, though and the 16GB RAM you mention. A GTX 1660 Super for example would make a good replacement for the RX570 in the current build list.
 
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