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I'm in the process of buying parts I need to get my new PC up and running (as I find them in stock). I'm going with a 5600x and likely a 3060ti or 3070, still haven't quite decided on that yet.
I'm curious as to what people's opinions are on getting a pretty good b550 board (MSI Tomahawk) vs a slightly lower end x570 such as the ASUS TUF gaming series?
I'll have the one NVME storage drive for OS and a few frequently played/long load time games. But I'm not sure, besides the multiple gen4 pcie lanes for storage, what the main benefits to going with x570 is. Ideally I'd just buy the x570 Tomahawk but it's not in stock for MSRP that I can find anywhere. -
Still really bad at appraising used parts. I'm looking at buying a decent gaming pc for my kiddo. I found this on marketplace and was curious what you think it may be worth.
CPU: Intel Core i5-9400F 6-Core 2.9 GHz
Cooler: DEEPCOOL GAMMAX GTE V2
Motherboard: ASRock B365 Phantom Gaming 4
RAM: Team T-FORCE Vulcan Z 3200MHz 3200 MHz (max speed) 16GB (2 X 8 GB)
Video Card: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 Ti OC 6G
PSU: EVGA 500W BR Bronze
Storage: Intel 665p (1.0 TB)
Wifi: MSI AX905C WIFI
He didn't list the case but it looks to be an NZXT 510.
Budget (including currency):
Country:
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):
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4 minutes ago, jaslion said:
No need for a 3700x so you can get a 3600 and invest the money into a better gpu or something else. The supernova ga is alright but may wanna swap it out for something else.
3700x is cheaper than 3600 atm.
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1 minute ago, jaslion said:
Yeah you wouldn't want that in your system
What about:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Best Buy)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($58.83 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($50.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($304.84 @ Office Depot)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.18 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($96.26 @ Newegg)
Total: $960.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-27 14:26 EST-0500 -
1 minute ago, jaslion said:
Oh ok nah skip. Probably one of the dirtcheap gold ones then that aren't good
https://www.newegg.com/thermaltake-toughpower-gx2-gold-ps-tpd-0600nnfagu-2-600w/p/N82E16817153415?Item=N82E16817153415&Tpk=17-153-415
That's the link they sent me. -
Just now, jaslion said:
The ryzen 3600 prebuilt is not too bad. Just unkown board and psu. The i5 one has a case that will lead to bad airflow so basically skip that
They use thermaltake PSUs I emailed the manufacturer and they claim to only use TT
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Trying to help my sister get her a gaming pc for games like ARK, Overwatch, Minecraft and a few others. She's budgeted $1200 US for the PC and peripherals.
I've been trying to put together a build for around $950US to leave room for a monitor, keyboard, mouse and headset. I came up with this below:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Best Buy)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($58.83 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($50.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($304.84 @ Office Depot)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.18 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($96.26 @ Newegg)
Total: $960.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-27 14:26 EST-0500
But I see newegg has some killer deals on pre builts as well.
https://www.newegg.com/abs-computer-technologies-ala220/p/N82E16883102991https://www.newegg.com/abs-computer-technologies-ali416/p/N82E16883102994?Item=N82E16883102994
Budget (including currency): 1200 US
Country: USA
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: ARK, Overwatch, Minecraft, photoshop
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Need Monitor, keyboard, mouse and Headset.
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8 minutes ago, jsugarman2005 said:
Yes, from what I see, a 2060 is basically a 1660 ti/super + ray tracing cores. But the 2060 can't really run RTX well enough for it to be of any value. But still a $950 custom build is as good as a $1200 pre built.
Did you see that 950$ pre built? It seems quite the value
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53 minutes ago, jsugarman2005 said:
$1200 USD is more than enough to get a custom PC.
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I just took a look at the pre-built systems that you put there and you can definitely fit in as RTX 2060 or even a 2060 super.
That's true, but $1200 with all peripherals makes the budget on the pc around $950US. Your build looks good, but a 2060 should be quite a bit better than a 1660 super, right?
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My sister finally got enough money to buy her system. I've looked at building one and I can't seem to get anything in budget that's a decent pc or in stock. So I started looking for pre built systems.
She's going to be using it for some gaming (ARK, Overwatch, and a few other games) as well as some photo editing. She'd budgeted $1200 US with a little wiggle room for the PC and all peripherals (Monitor, Keyboard, mouse and a headset).
I've found what seem to be 2 decent options on newegg, main difference being the CPU. The question I have is which of these would you buy, or would I still be better off going for a parts list, even with limited stock available everywhere?
https://www.newegg.com/abs-computer-technologies-ali416/p/N82E16883102994?Item=N82E16883102994https://www.newegg.com/abs-computer-technologies-ala220/p/N82E16883102991
if I got one of those 2 would it be worth getting a 1440 monitor or should I just stick with high refresh 1080p?
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My daughter (8) wants to get into some light PC gaming. I’m not wanting to spend a fortune on a system just in case she doesn’t stick with it. So I’ve been browsing Facebook Marketplace for a used system.
She’s mainly playing Minecraft, ROBLOX and a game called Star Stable for now, but may expand in the future to other light titles.
I found what seems like a decent deal today, I’m curious to see if I’m correct about it being an okay entry level machine. It’s listed for $350 US.
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31 minutes ago, TheGoatGuy said:
You can try to reach out to the company and see if they list an actual PSU manufacturer, you also could swap it out with a different one when you buy it if needed.
Would something like this be a better deal?
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($58.83 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($47.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO GAMING Video Card ($362.94 @ Office Depot)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.18 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12III 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.18 @ Newegg)
Total: $892.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-06 13:55 EST-0500 -
1 hour ago, TheGoatGuy said:
You may want to toss a HDD in there since it’s only 512 GB. It also leaves a good amount of money for a nice monitor since it comes with a mouse and keyboard. You may not even need to spend $1200 which leaves some left over for future upgrades.
That was my exact thought process. I worry about the PSU in that build, but otherwise it looks pretty decent. I've not done any research on the 10 series Intel cpus so I'm not familiar with this one, but I did look at a couple of youtube videos and it says they're pretty decent for the price.
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15 minutes ago, Downkey said:
Unless your willing to over budget, If your sister can't get a 30 series card. Is that okay?
I'm pretty much set on her not getting one. For her needs a 20 series should be fine I'd guess.
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I've always been a build it yourself guy. My sister wants a new gaming PC and will need the works: PC, Monitor, Mouse/Keyboard and Headset. She mainly plays Ark, Minecraft, Overwatch and a few other games as well as quite a bit of photo editing. She has a budget of $1200 for the entire package.I've tried putting a few together for that price and am having issues. I stumbled across this pre built (I know...) that seems like a decent deal from Newegg.Any thoughts on it or any advice on building one for that budget?
Budget (including currency): $1200 US
Country: United States
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Ark, Minecraft, Overwatch and others as well as Photoshop type applications.
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): She will need the full build, PC, mouse/keyboard, monitor and Headset.
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1 hour ago, zeusthemoose said:
In that case, it might be worth it to buy b550. I didn’t think the supply shortage was that bad. Would another $50 for other upgrades do much for you?
Looks like by chance I was able to order the 450 from Best Buy. We'll see if it actually exists or not.
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1 minute ago, dizmo said:
That's an odd way to put it. Both because I doubt the tax would be $20, and you'd have to pay tax on both...
What I was referring to was that the price listed in that pcpartpicker link included tax.
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4 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:
As far as I know, b550 is no more future proof then b450. Both will be supported by ryzen 4000 but after that, I think they are moving to am5 socket. As for pcie 4.0, you won’t notice any difference in real world use with it.
Crap! I've been waiting for almost a month for ANY motherboards to be in stock basically
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5 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:
I would wait til the b450 tomahawk max is in stock then. It’s worth it to save $70 that can be used for the gpu or other upgrade.
Reality it's $50 as I have to pay tax for whatever I buy. And I wonder if a bit of "future proofing" is worth the $50 as well as 4.0.
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5 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:
Good parts list. Any reason for b550 over the b450 version?
It's in stock?
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I'm upgrading my PC and would like to grab the motherboard, CPU and RAM asap. Now that motherboards are starting to come back in stock it looks like now's the time to pull the trigger.
I know that RAM speed is very important to Ryzen. Is 3200 fast enough or should I go higher?
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($171.99 @ Walmart)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($192.58 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($67.39 @ Newegg)
Total: $431.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-10 11:52 EDT-0400
Budget (including currency): $450 USCountry: USA
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: World of Warcraft, Path of Exile, Battlefront 2, COD, etc...
Other details: I'll be using all my old parts for now except the motherboard, CPU and RAM
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1 minute ago, Tan3l6 said:
It's the theoretical maximum speeds. In reality difference is not even detectable by human senses.
the b550 tomahawk is in stock for $179 US and the b450 is in stock (different retailer) for $125
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Just now, TofuHaroto said:
The link between everything essentially.
It's basically the same as pcie 4.0
I was under the impression that 4.0 wasn't needed for gpus but could make a BIG difference in storage speeds?
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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:
(Even tho dmi 4 is useless ) the tomahawk is the better deal out of all of these.
DMI 4?
B550 or X570.
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Gaming, and maybe some streaming if I ever bring myself around to doing that lol.