Budget (including currency): No more than $1350 USD (not including peripherals or case fans)
Country: United States
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 75% gaming 25% Schoolwork (college)
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):
I am looking for 1080p possibly 1440p gaming at 144hz with decent fps. I'm trying to figure out which build would be best for my needs, I know that the 3600 is a great bang-for-the-buck CPU all around but is it the best out of the two for gaming? I am not making any changes to the gpu or storage.
Intel Build:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
$198.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler
$38.99 @ Amazon
Thermal Compound
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste
$6.43 @ Amazon
Motherboard
MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
$179.99 @ B&H
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage
Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
$69.99 @ Adorama
Storage
Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
$56.48 @ Newegg
Video Card
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card
$499.99 @ Best Buy
Case
Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case
$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply
Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
$99.99 @ Best Buy
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total
$1320.82
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-28 10:47 EDT-0400
AMD Build:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
$167.00 @ Amazon
Thermal Compound
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste
$6.43 @ Amazon
Motherboard
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard
$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory
$82.99 @ Newegg
Storage
Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
$69.99 @ Adorama
Storage
Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
$56.48 @ Newegg
Video Card
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card
$499.99 @ Best Buy
Case
Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case
$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply
Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
$99.99 @ Best Buy
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total
$1197.84
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-28 10:48 EDT-0400