The Best $2000 High-End Creator PC Build – November 2025
Calling All Serious Content Creators!
If you’re looking to put together the ultimate video editing PC at a mainstream price, this is the guide for you! Rather than try to tweak gaming-focused builds to make them a better match for heavy Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and similar application use, just build one that’s designed for content creation from the start! Sure, you could game on this system, but the components have been chosen specifically to maximize application performance and minimize noise, which is what we think professional video editors will value the most.
This Month’s Build, Featuring AMD and Nvidia!
For November 2025, the High-End Content Creation PC Build features AMD’s high-powered but bargain-priced Ryzen 9 9900X, a 12-core, 24-thread behemoth that offers tremendous content creation chops, plus impressive efficiency. It’s supporting the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 12GB, which provides huge acceleration in apps like Davinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop. It’s also quite efficient, which is great for keeping noise in check, while also allowing for the use of up to 4 monitors.
Backing up the CPU and GPU is 32GB of high-speed DDR5-6000 RAM and a fast 2TB PCIe Gen 5 solid-state drive, which offers extraordinary I/O throughput. We suggest you equip this system with an efficient fully-modular 750W power supply, plus an awesome liquid cooler from ID-Cooling. Finally, you’ll house it in the trend-setting, wood-paneled Lancool 217 from Lian Li, which will look great in any professional studio or work space. This will give you a silent-running, workstation-class system.
Parting Thoughts
If you’re looking to complete your system, you’ll find our recommendations on the perfect peripherals for a content creation PC later on this page. We use Amazon affiliate links for our readers in the US, which will auto-convert for our readers in the UK, Canada, and parts of the EU, with regional substitutions made automatically based on availability. Your use of these links to purchase the products we recommend will help support continued development of this site.
Required Components
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CPU –AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
$370The Guru’s TipAMD has done it again with Zen 5, improving performance in all respects over the previous generation. The 12-core, 24-thread Ryzen 9 9900X is up to 15% faster than its predecessor, while offering even better efficiency.While the 16-core 9950X may be tempting, we'd prefer to save some cash in this build to apply to the GPU - that extra money will get you a huge boost in GPU-accelerated applications.
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Motherboard –ASRock B850 Phantom Gaming Riptide
$210The Guru’s TipThis B850 board from ASRock allows you to tap into the potential of AMD’s cutting-edge AM5 platform at a great price. You get a potent 14+2+1 Phase power solution, a PCIe Gen 5 video card slot, four M.2 slots (one being Gen 5, the others Gen 4), plus built-in WiFi 7.Note that this B850 board's PCIe Gen 5 capability will make the most of the video card and SSD we spec for this build!
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Video Card –PNY GeForce RTX 5070 12GB OC
$550The Guru’s TipThe RTX 5070 offers amazing performance and amazing efficiency, surpassing the 4070 by over 20% at the same launch price. This model’s triple-fan cooler will keep temperatures in check and noise levels down, without going overboard on size.This video card will provide a huge boost in various apps, especially video processing.
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Memory –Patriot 2x16GB Viper DDR5-6000 CL30 EXPO
$185The Guru’s TipTo get the most out of AMD’s latest CPUs, you want fast RAM, and DDR5-6000 is the sweetspot not only in terms of price, but in terms of the capabilities of the AM5 platform. It allows for the optimum settings and highest overall performance. This kit is specially designed for AM5, thanks to the tight 30-40-40-76 EXPO timings.While we've been spec'ing this build with 64GB for a while, with RAM prices the way they are, that's just too extravagant today. 32GB will be plenty, and if you really need it, you can add another 32GB down the road.
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Solid-State Drive –WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe Gen 5
$220The Guru’s TipFor primary storage in a truly elite system, you don’t just want high-end, you want the best on the market, and with the biggest names duking it out for that bragging right, it’s tough to keep up. But there’s no doubt that the SN8100 is at the top, offering performance that maxes out the Gen 5 interface. It belts out a shocking 14,900MB/s in sequential read and 14,000MB/s in sequential write, making it twice as fast as any Gen 4 drive. You’ll truly be on the cutting-edge with 2TB of ultra-extreme storage on board!The speed of this drive will be put to good use in a serious content creation machine. Make sure to install it in the top slot on the motherboard to ensure you are enabling its PCIe Gen 5 speed.
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Case –Lian Li LanCool 217
$120The Guru’s TipJust when it seemed Lian Li couldn’t possibly design a better case, they go and do it again. The 217 is simply incredible – it looks great, it’s priced right, and it performs like nothing else out there. The combination of two giant 170mmx30mm fans in front, two 120mm reversed-blade fans on the PSU shroud to blow air up at the GPU, and a 140mm fan at the rear for exhaust means this case is an absolute wind tunnel of air for your components. And yes, that’s real walnut wood trim on the front to set this classy chassis apart from all the RGB and glass options out there!This stylish case is the perfect chassis for a high-end creator build!
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Power Supply –SilverStone DA750R Gold
$139The Guru’s TipA power supply is about so much more than just a wattage rating, and with the DA750R, you get a modern platform to last you many builds. Of course it has an impressive 750W of capacity, but it also offers Gold efficiency certification, a fully-modular design, and an ultra-silent 120mm FDB fan. But perhaps most important, and what really sets this unit apart, is the Gen5 12V2x6 PCIe connector, meeting the Intel ATX 3.0 specification standard. It means no adapters are required when paired with the latest power-hungry GPUs from Nvidia!This PSU will provide plenty of power for this system, which under full CPU/GPU rendering load will draw under 400W.
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CPU Cooler –ID-Cooling FX360 Pro
$65The Guru’s TipTo run a high-powered CPU, you need extreme cooling, and we suggest you go straight for this awesome 360mm liquid cooler, which offers great performance at a simply incredible price, resetting expectations for the cooling you can achieve at its pricepoint!With the price of liquid coolers coming down so quickly, there's no reason not to upgrade to one for this build. Luckily, the case we recommend can easily accommodate this cooler in the roof of the chassis.
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Operating System –Windows 11 Home (USB) @Newegg
$137The Guru’s TipWindows 11 built on everything people loved about Windows 10, and then took it to 11! It adds significant under-the-hood changes to make it faster and more secure, and of course, the interface is sleek too! Note that we’re linking to Newegg, because Amazon long ago stopped selling this physical USB version of Windows, which is the most convenient one to use.Win11 is definitely what you want on a new PC!
Optional Products
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Sound Card –Creative Sound Blaster AE-7
$192 The Guru’s TipStepping up to a dedicated sound card is a good choice if you do a lot of audio work.
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The 32-inch Professional 4K Monitor –ASUS ProArt PA329CV
$599 The Guru’s TipAny content creator will want a big 4K monitor to work with, and this one is that and a whole lot more!
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The Ultimate Business Keyboard –Logitech MX Keys S Wireless Illuminated Keyboard
$130 The Guru’s TipLogitech really leapfrogged the competition when it released this keyboard, and no one is close to catching up!
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The Deluxe Wireless Mouse –Logitech MX Master 4
$120 The Guru’s TipPerhaps the coolest feature of this mouse from a content creator's perspective is the Flow cross-computer control, which allows you to work seamlessly on three computers without the need for a KVM switch.
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The Deluxe PC Headset –SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless
$200 The Guru’s TipWhile designed first for gaming, this headset is of such a quality that any content creator can be proud to use it!
Total Cost: $1996
Required Components
- CPU – AMD Ryzen 9 9900X ($370)
- Motherboard – ASRock B850 Phantom Gaming Riptide ($210)
- Video Card – PNY GeForce RTX 5070 12GB OC ($550)
- Memory – Patriot 2x16GB Viper DDR5-6000 CL30 EXPO ($185)
- Solid-State Drive – WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe Gen 5 ($220)
- Case – Lian Li LanCool 217 ($120)
- Power Supply – SilverStone DA750R Gold ($139)
- CPU Cooler – ID-Cooling FX360 Pro ($65)
- Operating System – Windows 11 Home (USB) @Newegg ($137)
Optional Products
- Sound Card – Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 ($192)
- The 32-inch Professional 4K Monitor – ASUS ProArt PA329CV ($599)
- The Ultimate Business Keyboard – Logitech MX Keys S Wireless Illuminated Keyboard ($130)
- The Deluxe Wireless Mouse – Logitech MX Master 4 ($120)
- The Deluxe PC Headset – SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless ($200)
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