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Build for friend. Wanted to see if anyone had suggestions

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($322.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($66.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card  ($489.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 11 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.90 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: VIOTEK GN34CW 34.0" 3440x1440 100 Hz Monitor  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1580.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-10 01:57 EST-0500

For the most part what bothers me is that X570 boards are so expensive. He's not interested in any fancy features such as overclocking performance but according to pcpartpicker all the cheaper chipsets aren't compatible without having to mess with updating the bios

 

Thanks in advance

i7-4790k | MSI Z97 GAMING-5 | Corsair Vengeance 16 GB | Samsung EVO-850 250GB SSD & WD blue 1 TB HDD | EVGA 1070 SC | Red NZXT H440 | Cooler Master G650W

 

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It's 2020 stop using mechanical drives, next-gen games will almost certainly be unplayable from mechanical drives.

Also think that monitor is more than what that graphics card can deal with, unless you're just playing CS:GO or something.

 

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the B450 MAX boards don't need a bios update to support the zen 2 CPUs, plus the X570-A Pro is really shitty. 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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11 minutes ago, Chen G said:

It's 2020 stop using mechanical drives, next-gen games will almost certainly be unplayable from mechanical drives.

Also think that monitor is more than what that graphics card can deal with, unless you're just playing CS:GO or something.

 

I'd recommend getting a 1/2TB Hard Drive. Certain games do not need SSD speeds. Also, you don't wanna waste SSD space on pictures, videos, word docs etc. Rn I have 1.5TB SSD space and 2TB HDD space and it's great, I sometimes record gameplay if something funny is happening and I do it in 4K 60, so I need the 2TB storage. OP may not do so but 2TB of HDD space is always nice because it allows for flexibility while not being expensive

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($322.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($66.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card  ($489.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 11 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.90 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: VIOTEK GN34CW 34.0" 3440x1440 100 Hz Monitor  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1580.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-10 01:57 EST-0500

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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8 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

the B450 MAX boards don't need a bios update to support the zen 2 CPUs, plus the X570-A Pro is really shitty. 

I see. In that case, would this be a good alternative?

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jcYQzy

 

EDIT: nvm I saw the post you made literally seconds before I posted this reply lol. Thanks for the advice!

i7-4790k | MSI Z97 GAMING-5 | Corsair Vengeance 16 GB | Samsung EVO-850 250GB SSD & WD blue 1 TB HDD | EVGA 1070 SC | Red NZXT H440 | Cooler Master G650W

 

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7 minutes ago, Railgun said:

I see. In that case, would this be a good alternative?

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jcYQzy

 

EDIT: nvm I saw the post you made literally seconds before I posted this reply lol. Thanks for the advice!

Honestly, if you don't need PCIe 4.0(most people don't), a MSI B450 Tomahawk is sufficient, unless you're going for Ryzen 9. 

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2 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

Honestly, if you don't need PCIe 4.0(most people don't), a MSI B450 Tomahawk is sufficient, unless you're going for Ryzen 9. 

yeah I just went with the one Herman suggested

i7-4790k | MSI Z97 GAMING-5 | Corsair Vengeance 16 GB | Samsung EVO-850 250GB SSD & WD blue 1 TB HDD | EVGA 1070 SC | Red NZXT H440 | Cooler Master G650W

 

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