Hey there all, I'm in the US, and I've been puttering along with a budget machine that I built nearly 5 years ago now. I have started to miss out on newer Battlefield titles and other AAAs that have come out, but that hasn't really been a big deal to me, so I've blown off getting a new system, and have only tangentially paid attention to PC builds through LTT and other YT channels. However. I've been waiting on Cyberpunk for a damned long time. I figured I would wait on building until that game was actually on the verge of coming out, and I recently did start building machines for friends again, so I've knocked some of the rust off in cable management and piecing things together. However, those were more budget systems, built according to build guides from LTT, Bitwit, etc.
The goal: 1080p 144hz gaming for CS:GO, Siege, while being able to push higher frame rates on current AAA titles and specifically Cyberpunk. The recommendations don't look completely terribly scary considering my budget, but that's why I'm checking.
The budget: $1000 for the machine, $250 for the panel? The monitor is probably where I am most confused. I, admittedly, have been in 60hz my entire life. I've seen 1080p 144hz and know that it makes a difference to me and that's cool! I just don't really know if this build will be able to push 1440p 144hz and I don't know if I should care.
The questions:
Monitor - Is 1440p worth it? I just don't know if I'm stuck between 1080p and 1440p and if I should 'push' the budget a bit in terms of build and monitor to be at 1440p, or what I should get. General recommendations would seem to suggest the Asus VG248QE for 24" or the Asus VG278Q for 27" at 1080p, but I think 1440p may be a little out of reach considering the additional cost of the monitor?
Cooling? I know from research that the answer is probably just going to be "slap a 212 EVO on it and call it a day", but, still wanted to ask the question.
Mobo? Is there any advantage to pushing to X370/570 for the future? Everything I've seen says that the R5 3600 is the 'i5-8400' of it's day in terms of being a mid-range budget beater, so everything seems to suggest that the B450 won't be any problem? That probably also ages me a bit from the time I last seriously looked at builds.
Any reason to wait? Black November is here. I would assume that this is probably the best time to pick up a machine anyways.
Here's the list. The power supply has been kindly donated, and the 860 Evo is what I'll poach from my old machine and likely try to transfer my OS over to with Samsung Assistant to the 970. (Also, tell me if that's a terrible idea.)
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($194.00 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ B&H) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($74.98 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($0.00) Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card ($345.98 @ Amazon) Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Walmart) Power Supply: Corsair CXM 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($0.00) Total: $909.93 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-17 11:40 EST-0500
Thanks for any assistance.
