Hello everyone,
I plan on building a new PC this Christmas season to take advantages of sales and celebrate my college graduation. Following will be my current build, followed by my planned build.
I have a buyer lined up to purchase my current pc for $600 going towards the new build.
Current followed by new
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor
$220.98 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
$24.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard
MSI Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory
G.Skill Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
$26.99 @ Newegg
Storage
Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
$66.89 @ Amazon
Video Card
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Windforce OC Video Card
$599.98 @ Amazon
Case
Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case
$59.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply
Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
$64.98 @ Amazon
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
$99.95 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates)
$1184.75
Mail-in rebates
-$20.00
Total
$1164.75
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-26 13:37 EST-0500
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
$326.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard
Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard
$149.99 @ Newegg
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory
$60.99 @ Newegg
Storage
Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
$179.99 @ Best Buy
Video Card
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card
$499.99 @ Newegg
Case
Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case
$89.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply
Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
$34.99 @ Newegg
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates)
$1382.93
Mail-in rebates
-$40.00
Total
$1342.93
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-26 13:37 EST-0500
Explanations and concerns
I play 1440p games like overwatch, COD on a 144hz monitor with friends. I have 3 monitors and usually have discord video up with one of them, and if not a twitch stream. I have been having issues keeping what I would deem acceptable frames in game while doing these other activities so I would like to do the fun thing (not the "right thing" or most cost effective) and build a new pc. I have read into the Gen4 M.2 and I'm really excited about that, but with its heat spreader I am concerned it may be in the way of the cpu cooler or the gpu. After digging around it seems it should be fine, but if anyone has experience with this please let me know. I know the Ryzen 5 3600 is almost identical in game performance, but with these added activities I think the 7 is worth the extra coin. I also plan on getting into video recording or streaming in my downtime.
Questions, comments, concerns? Let me know! Just curious about everyone's thoughts.
Thanks,
Logan