Building a New PC, What do you think?

[DenverGamer]

1. Budget & Location

My budget aim is to land around $1500 but there is flexibility there. I am located in Denver, Colorado, USA.

2. Aim

My goal here is two fold. To be able to game with Triple A titles at as high a graphics as possible with at least 60 FPS. I also do some video and audio editing my current laptop lags with both, I hope the new experience can be cleaner/

3. Monitors

Currently I run two 1920 x 1200  monitors at 60 hrz.  I would like to in the future upgrade to an ultra wide at 1440 in the future.

4. Peripherals

I will be sticking with my current peripherals. Also I have Windows. 

5. Why are you upgrading?
I haven't have a gaming PC since 2010. Also my laptop doesn't play games well at all, and they must be set to low graphics.

Here is my list currently: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/kvlfrog/saved/#view=bdkqpg 

I have one major concern which is the motherboard cpu combo. I found it on a bitwit build guide but PC Part Picker says it may need a bios flash. I have no way to do that.

Please let me know your thoughts.

[Daniel Z.]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$298.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard	$109.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Team T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	HP EX950 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$154.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$659.99 @ Newegg
Case	be quiet! Pure Base 500 ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.90 @ B&H
Power Supply	Phanteks AMP 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$105.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1519.83
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1489.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-04 17:20 EDT-0400

 

[Fasauceome]

Some small revisions, you can get a less expensive SSD as well as a motherboard that's guaranteed compatible with third gen Ryzen

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$298.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$99.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$74.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$109.99 @ B&H
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card	$733.98 @ Newegg
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Phanteks AMP 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$105.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1513.91
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1473.91
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-04 17:36 EDT-0400

Edited April 4, 2020 by Fasauceome

[DenverGamer]

12 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$298.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard	$109.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Team T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	HP EX950 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$154.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$659.99 @ Newegg
Case	be quiet! Pure Base 500 ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.90 @ B&H
Power Supply	Phanteks AMP 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$105.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1519.83
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1489.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-04 17:20 EDT-0400

 

Hi Daniel Z, thanks for providing input and a parts list. I have  a question on the RAM you chose it it a slower speed and CAS Latency than G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) which is what I selected. What is the reason you went with it?