Moving from Apple

[Don Nantwich]

So, I currently have an exclusively Apple setup but want to move to a PC base as I'm looking to do some gaming, mainly Flight simulator and X-Plane with some Battelfied V / CS Go, the daytime use is development so it's code editors and spotify.

 

I already have a keyboard and mouse I'm happy with and want to love to a single widescreen monitor.

 

I've looked around and put together the following parts list but would appreciate any thoughts / tweaks / replacements y'all can suggest.

 

My Max budget is £2500 UK, this list comes in £150 under budget so there is some wriggle room.

 

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX2070 Windforce 2 X2 Rev 3

 

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X

 

Mobo: Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master

 

Ram: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro Black 2X8 3600mhz

 

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB

 

Cooler: Corsair Hydro H100i  Platinum

 

Case: Corsair iCue 220t

 

PSU: Kolink Enclave 600W

 

Display: MSI Optix Mag341CQ

[Sauron]

5 minutes ago, Don Nantwich said:

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X

Are you sure you need this? You could go for a 3700x and a better graphics card... unless your programs take a long time to compile or are particularly CPU intensive you probably have no use for the extra cores.

[Don Nantwich]

Thanks for the reply, moving to the 3700x gives me about £770 for GPU, any recommendations?

[5x5]

Just now, Don Nantwich said:

Thanks for the reply, moving to the 3700x gives me about £770 for GPU, any recommendations?

You don't need to downgrade. Just get rid of the unneeded stuff like the AIO

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£419.97 @ Box Limited)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler  (£59.58 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£189.99 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  (£178.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£129.99 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Palit GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Dual Video Card  (£1007.34 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (£82.98 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£94.99 @ AWD-IT)
Monitor: MSI OPTIX MAG271CQR 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  (£344.00 @ Box Limited)
Total: £2507.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-07 11:50 BST+0100

[Don Nantwich]

Superb, thanks buddy, much appreciated

[Sauron]

3 minutes ago, Don Nantwich said:

Thanks for the reply, moving to the 3700x gives me about £770 for GPU, any recommendations?

You can get a 2080 super for that. You can fit a 2080ti in your budget with the adjustments @5x5 suggested but I still question if the 3900x is worth it for you - you can just save the money.

 

Also please quote people or we won't get a notification.

[Mamonos]

The one from 5x5 is a great config, I would also try to get a 2080Ti for that budget and for flight sim.

 

Not sure for Battlefield and the upcoming Flight Simulator but for CSGO and X-Plane you would probably get slightly better performance with an Intel chip since they rely more on single thread performance.

 

However I also think Ryzen is overall a better choice, your system will be more flexible for other uses.

[5x5]

2 minutes ago, Mamonos said:

The one from 5x5 is a great config, I would also try to get a 2080Ti for that budget and for flight sim.

 

Not sure for Battlefield and the upcoming Flight Simulator but for CSGO and X-Plane you would probably get slightly better performance with an Intel chip since they rely more on single thread performance.

 

However I also think Ryzen is overall a better choice, your system will be more flexible for other uses.

Funnily enough CS:GO performs better on Ryzen - Source REALLY prefers IPC it seems.

[5x5]

[Don Nantwich]

8 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

You don't need to downgrade. Just get rid of the unneeded stuff like the AIO

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£419.97 @ Box Limited)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler  (£59.58 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£189.99 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  (£178.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£129.99 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Palit GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Dual Video Card  (£1007.34 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (£82.98 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£94.99 @ AWD-IT)
Monitor: MSI OPTIX MAG271CQR 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  (£344.00 @ Box Limited)
Total: £2507.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-07 11:50 BST+0100

Superb, thanks buddy

[Don Nantwich]

6 minutes ago, Sauron said:

You can get a 2080 super for that. You can fit a 2080ti in your budget with the adjustments @5x5 suggested but I still question if the 3900x is worth it for you - you can just save the money.

 

Also please quote people or we won't get a notification.

Ah, I see, thanks for the tip