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So, final final list looks like this. I like it! PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $299.99 @ Walmart CPU Cooler Scythe Mugen 5 Rev. B 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler $48.99 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard $199.99 @ Best Buy Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg Storage Patriot Scorch 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $57.99 @ Newegg Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $98.98 @ Newegg Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $114.99 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $890.92 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-05 11:18 EST-0500

Looks like that's what the benchmarks point to. Honestly, the extra $100 to beastmode past any issues with streaming once I become super famous and make millions off streaming 3rd tier digital card games, is probably worth it.

Would there be a dramatic performance loss if something like the 3600 or 3600x were used for gaming + streaming?

Oh man! Two of my favorite things! Better and cheaper! Thank you! ?

I guess it's worth noting I stream, though I don't stream anything super intense. Mainly digital card games and the occasional MMO. Is the number of cores/threads the primary difference between the two chips?

Is it worth down-gen'ing to R5? Future-proofing is a side goal as well. Don't want to be caught needing the same overhaul in 1-2 years.

I didn't see a 3600 from the Ryzen 7 line, but I might not have looked hard enough.

I have some tiny plans to slot a second M.2 or NVME, so X570 is what I needed. Any recommendations with that in mind? Currently using a Gigabyte GTX 1080 8GB card. It's the only "new" part in my build.

I'm looking to do an overhaul of my rig and through research and careful picking came up with this: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $299.99 @ Walmart CPU Cooler Noctua NH-L9i 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler $39.95 @ Amazon Motherboard MSI X570-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $172.50 @ Amazon Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $74.99 @ Newegg Storage Patriot Scorch 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $57.99 @ Newegg Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $98.98 @ Newegg Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $114.99 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $859.39 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-05 10:21 EST-0500 It's about as high of a budget I'm capable of spending, though up to $1000 is bearable if it's a significant enough bump in performance. I'm looking for feedback and suggestions of how I can tweak and adjust things to make things that much smoother. Also a question, the compatibility notes mention some things: Note: The MSI X570-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard has an additional 4-pin ATX power connector but the Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply does not. This connector is used to supply additional 12V current to the motherboard. While the system will likely still run without it, higher current demands such as extreme overclocking or large video card current draws may require it. Note: The Noctua NH-L9i 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler may require a separately available mounting adapter to fit the MSI X570-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard. Note: Some physical dimension restrictions cannot (yet) be automatically checked, such as cpu cooler / RAM clearance with modules using tall heat spreaders. I'm not 100% sure if they're things I should focus on and was hoping someone could fill me in. Thanks!

It's Holiday Bonus Season and I've got the itch to get my system up to date with current tech. I've been doing research, especially into the recent boom in AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen and how well received they seem to be. However I ran into a problem... First, here's a brief rundown of where I find myself currently. I'm a US-based, standard desk job employee/card game hobbyist/hope-to-get-into-game-design-ist and haven't really put a ton of effort into keeping my PC updated. Back when I was working at an antivirus company, I had pieced together and built my current machine to handle games like League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, and a spattering of digital card games. That was roughly 8 years ago. Around this time last year, I started upgrading, but the only thing I could feasibly upgrade with the age of my hardware, was my graphics card. I upgraded to a GTX 1080 from a GTX 860, which I had bought a month or two after release. To further complicate things, my current build uses an i7 3770, 3rd Generation "Ivy Bridge" and 16GB of DDR2 RAM. Like I said, it's been... a while. I've also recently been noticing fans spinning up louder than usual and CPU temps reaching higher than normal temps. A mixture of dusty fans, poor circulation, and bad cable management is a huge part of all of the issues, but it's something tha has been considered in the process of planning this build. (Especially now that I know how to properly cable manage a computer thanks to handy videos produced by certain YouTubers.) Enter the last couple days. I've been digging and doing research on parts, watching reviews and looking through builds to see what options I have available to me. The benefit of going "all-in" is that I can build from the ground up and really make my machine my own. I've come to the following conclusions: 3rd Gen Ryzen CPU DDR4, 3600+ Speeds Available Slots to Upgrade in the Future M.2 SSD Storage The current internal debate I'm having is choosing between the dozen or so options while staying within sane levels of reason. I use my desktop primarily for gaming and a limited amount of streaming, but I don't play or stream many of the intense games that usually require workhorses. Despite it's programming, I don't think Magic: the Gathering Arena and Hearthstone Battlegrounds warrant a $2000 computer to run them. However, I do enjoy raiding with quality settings in Final Fantasy XIV, World of Warcraft, and even jumping into the occasional up-scaled visual experience like Civilization VI or the upcoming Cyberpunk title. I want to make sure that my build can sustain those, while also keep it future ready for a few years to prevent another sudden rework like this one. To summarize the aim of this build: Streaming Majority Low-intensity Gaming Occasional High-intensity Gaming Mid-distance Future Proofing The Budget for this is moderate, especially since I don't think a Graphics Card is needed. By keeping the 1080, I can put in another $500 - $600 USD in bulking up the rest of the build. I'm definitely OK with putting in some more if it means drastic improvements in performance or further future proofing, but the absolute upper limit of my spending is $1000 USD. I am, after all, a measly desk employee at a state college. I currently run two 1080p, 60hz monitors through HDMI, but definitely plan on moving to a central 144hz monitor in the near future as a "main" using both 1080p monitors as accompaniment. Here are a couple general Part Picker builds I put together with some ideas, though I'll be the first to admit my knowledge of compatibility doesn't go much further than a couple google searches: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7VsmDx https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kFZBjp These are rough drafts of builds I'd like to shoot toward, but suggestions are definitely welcome. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk and I hope I didn't break a dozen forum rules with my formatting.