Old school gamer geek needs help.

[Pcdad]

So I'm planning my first build in over a decade. I started having kids and diapers outranked gaming. As the kids (11 year old triplets) got older I transitioned to consoles to play side by side. As the kids are active in school and doing more of their own thing I'd like to make a new machine. But I'm feeling kinda noobish...or re-noobish, when it comes to where the tech is at now. I have been researching and learning but am kinda overwhelmed.  In the process of my research I came across LTT you tube and thought this community could help me.

 

In the past i had always used Newegg.com so I made a wishlist with what I believe could b a solid system. I plan to use this almost exclusively for gaming. This is purely a rough draft so if I missed the mark on anything u won't hurt my feelings. Here's what I have so far.

 

Intel i7 9700k

   -ryzen 7 3700x

Gigabyte z390 auros pro

   -asus rog x570f

G.skills trident 32 gb ddr4 3200 

Nvidia geforce rtx 2060

Darkflash dt240 CPU liquid cooling

Wd blue 1tb hd

Corsair rm850w ps

Darkflash phantom tower

 

I had always used AMD previously but that was to b cost effective. I do prefer Nvidia over Radeon but. Well share ur wisdom ppl. Let me know what u think. Please and thank you.

 

Edited December 7, 2019 by Pcdad

[Crunken]

Welcome to the forum!

The parts are pretty good, but if you're gonna only game on it i recommend Ryzen over intel, it has better performance for the price (Ryzen 5 3600 maybe?)
Before we can recommend you parts though, what games do you plan to play? targeted fps? what resolution is your monitor and most importantly, what is your budget?
 

[Juular]

That's quite weird parts list. What's your total budget and do you need a display in there or you have smth that you want to keep ?

[Pcdad]

Monitor will b my next purchase. As in the one I have is old and good enough to test with but out dated and not gamer rdy. So beat resolution Incan get most fps I can get.  Mostly fpshooters. Overwatch, bf5, bl3, Etc.

[Pcdad]

16 minutes ago, Crunken said:

Welcome to the forum!

The parts are pretty good, but if you're gonna only game on it i recommend Ryzen over intel, it has better performance for the price (Ryzen 5 3600 maybe?)
Before we can recommend you parts though, what games do you plan to play? targeted fps? what resolution is your monitor and most importantly, what is your budget?

First person shooters mostly, no monitor, well not one for gaming. Budget. I'd like total build to b around the 1500-1600....ish. which is where I'm at with these components. I'll look at ryzen chip an mb and adjust accordingly. Ty.

[Juular]

- AMD platform, way better value and upgrade potential

- 1440p display recommendation and a GPU to go along with it

- SSD instead of HDD

- A good amount of RGB but you can swap all this for just black parts and save around 60$

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($479.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: LG 27GL83A-B 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($379.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1589.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-07 13:43 EST-0500

[Pcdad]

1 hour ago, Juular said:

- AMD platform, way better value and upgrade potential

- 1440p display recommendation and a GPU to go along with it

- SSD instead of HDD

- A good amount of RGB but you can swap all this for just black parts and save around 60$

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($479.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: LG 27GL83A-B 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($379.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1589.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-07 13:43 EST-0500

Wow thanks a ton sir. That should run everything game wise for a while? 

[Juular]

13 minutes ago, Pcdad said:

Wow thanks a ton sir. That should run everything game wise for a while? 

It might need lowering some settings for some games but it's 100-120 FPS on average.

The reason i didn't go for RX5700 XT which has better value are it's problems with drivers that weren't completely fixed still half a year after release.

 

[Pcdad]

No worries thanks a lot for your help.