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Hey guys, just looking for any tips on making this better performance for the money, but generally pretty set on most of the parts.

Any ideas?

 

Budget (including currency): 1200-1400 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games

Other details: Will be for 1080p75hz gaming (already have the monitor), looking for good value while getting 80fps~ on high settings. For someone coming from a PS4, here's the part list 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $259.75 @ Vuugo
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $9.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $147.78 @ Amazon Canada
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $119.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Western Digital Blue 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $154.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card $319.99 @ Newegg Canada
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $144.99 @ Amazon Canada
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $148.75 @ Vuugo
Keyboard EagleTec KG011 Wired Gaming Keyboard $67.98 @ Amazon Canada
Mouse Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse $61.98 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1436.19
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-23 15:33 EDT-0400  

 

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Replace the graphics card with a different brand, the ventus cards have a bad heat sink design and tend to run fairly hot.

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1 minute ago, Applefreak said:

Replace the graphics card with a different brand, the ventus cards have a bad heat sink design and tend to run fairly hot.

Would it be a problem if it wasn't overclocked? Any other 1660 seems to be like $100 more than this one.

 

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4 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

Replace the graphics card with a different brand, the ventus cards have a bad heat sink design and tend to run fairly hot.

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/DJCD4D/evga-geforce-gtx-1660-6-gb-sc-ultra-gaming-video-card-06g-p4-1067-kr

 

How's this guy? I have this version of the 1070 and it's been great for me.

 

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1 minute ago, _DeXTeR_ said:

I would change PSU with this https://www.newegg.com/seasonic-focus-plus-650-gold-ssr-650fx-650w/p/N82E16817151186

CPU Would go for R5 3600X https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-3600x/p/N82E16819113568

GPU https://www.newegg.com/zotac-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-zt-t16610f-10l/p/N82E16814500462?&quicklink=true

or add another 35$ for 1070 https://www.newegg.com/pny-geforce-gtx-1070-rgmx1070n3h8gs-ktn/p/N82E16814133701?Description=gtx 1070&cm_re=gtx_1070-_-14-133-701-_-Product

maybe this one is not the best but later you can aftermark cooler

You pick solid Mother Board

I would go for this keyboard https://www.newegg.com/steelseries-apex-3-rgb-gaming-keyboard-10-zone-rgb-illumination-ip32-water-resistant-premium-m/p/N82E16823239056

Mouse, hmm once I sad my self newer again Logitech I would recomend this one maybe you can try it https://www.newegg.com/sharkoon-000skdmb-drakonia-usb-2-0-wired/p/0TP-0058-00001

For Storage you can go with better 250GB SSD and secondary 500gb or 1tb some cheaper as drive D

But thats my suggestion.

I see you posted the USA website, where prices are significantly lower, did you factor in the conversion?

 

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Why does it seem like the CPU is crazy high priced ? 

I bought my ryzen 5 3600 at Micro center (usa) for $150

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1 minute ago, djd3 said:

Why does it seem like the CPU is crazy high priced ? 

I bought my ryzen 5 3600 at Micro center (usa) for $150

Canadian prices are absurd, you need to add like 35-50% to the price, plus my 15% sales tax as well. It's honestly horrible lmao.

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4 minutes ago, Gurrut said:

I see you posted the USA website, where prices are significantly lower, did you factor in the conversion?

 

It's fine, those recommendations make you lose money/quality anyways

 

Get an mATX board, and drop the thermal paste-you dont need it. That will save you a few bucks.

 

Here's something you can consider:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $259.75 @ Vuugo
Motherboard ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $98.05 @ Vuugo
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $119.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Western Digital Blue 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $154.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING X Video Card $379.99 @ Newegg Canada
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $144.99 @ Amazon Canada
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $148.75 @ Vuugo
Keyboard EagleTec KG011 Wired Gaming Keyboard $67.98 @ Amazon Canada
Mouse Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse $61.98 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1456.47
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1436.47
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-23 16:02 EDT-0400  

 

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2 minutes ago, Slottr said:

It's fine, those recommendations make you lose money/quality anyways

 

Get an mATX board, and drop the thermal paste-you dont need it. That will save you a few bucks.

 

Here's something you can consider:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $259.75 @ Vuugo
Motherboard ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $98.05 @ Vuugo
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $119.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Western Digital Blue 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $154.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING X Video Card $379.99 @ Newegg Canada
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $144.99 @ Amazon Canada
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $148.75 @ Vuugo
Keyboard EagleTec KG011 Wired Gaming Keyboard $67.98 @ Amazon Canada
Mouse Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse $61.98 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1456.47
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1436.47
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-23 16:02 EDT-0400  

 

Solid idea on the mATX, thanks bro

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