Australian PC build

[rasfsfsd]

Looking for a PC that can comfortablely run ark and other high end games within a aud$2000

[NunoLava1998]

Is monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc. included in your budget?

[BelgianNoise]

4 minutes ago, rasfsfsd said:

Looking for a PC that can comfortablely run ark and other high end games within a aud$2000

I suggest trying to put together a list yourself which we can give feedback on.
And also as said above, any peripherals?

[rasfsfsd]

7 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Is monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc. included in your budget?

 

5 minutes ago, BelgianNoise said:

I suggest trying to put together a list yourself which we can give feedback on.
And also as said above, any peripherals?

No they don't need to be included. Alright I believe I have one 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$399.00 @ Mighty Ape
CPU Cooler	NZXT - Kraken X52 Rev 2 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$206.82 @ Amazon Australia
Motherboard	MSI - Z370 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$235.01 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$97.00 @ Skycomp Technology
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Strix Video Card	$440.00 @ Umart
Power Supply	Silverstone - Strider Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$115.00 @ Umart
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1620.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 21:46 AEDT+1100

 

[NunoLava1998]

1 minute ago, rasfsfsd said:

 

No they don't need to be included. Alright I believe I have one 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$399.00 @ Mighty Ape
CPU Cooler	NZXT - Kraken X52 Rev 2 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$206.82 @ Amazon Australia
Motherboard	MSI - Z370 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$235.01 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$97.00 @ Skycomp Technology
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Strix Video Card	$440.00 @ Umart
Power Supply	Silverstone - Strider Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$115.00 @ Umart
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1620.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 21:46 AEDT+1100

 

I'd upgrade the GPU to a 1070 or 1070 Ti and the PSU to a RMx, RMi, EVGA G2 and there's no case. Other than that, it's pretty good

[johnno124]

3 minutes ago, rasfsfsd said:

 

No they don't need to be included. Alright I believe I have one 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$399.00 @ Mighty Ape
CPU Cooler	NZXT - Kraken X52 Rev 2 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$206.82 @ Amazon Australia
Motherboard	MSI - Z370 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$235.01 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$97.00 @ Skycomp Technology
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Strix Video Card	$440.00 @ Umart
Power Supply	Silverstone - Strider Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$115.00 @ Umart
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1620.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 21:46 AEDT+1100

 

I would reccomend upgrading the ram to 16GB. and you could prbs get away with a better GPU as well

 

[Spotty]

5 minutes ago, rasfsfsd said:

No they don't need to be included. Alright I believe I have one 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$399.00 @ Mighty Ape
CPU Cooler	NZXT - Kraken X52 Rev 2 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$206.82 @ Amazon Australia
Motherboard	MSI - Z370 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$235.01 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$97.00 @ Skycomp Technology
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Strix Video Card	$440.00 @ Umart
Power Supply	Silverstone - Strider Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$115.00 @ Umart
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1620.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 21:46 AEDT+1100

I would not recommend spending AUD$200 on a cooler for an 8600k. That money is better spent elsewhere like RAM and GPU.
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$399.00 @ Mighty Ape
CPU Cooler	CRYORIG - H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler	$65.00 @ PCCaseGear
Motherboard	MSI - Z370 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$235.01 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$188.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$118.00 @ Austin Computers
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Video Card	$669.00 @ Umart
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$105.04 @ Amazon Australia
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$138.00 @ Shopping Express
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1996.05
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 21:56 AEDT+1100

 

[TheSLSAMG]

Given the (albeit small but still worth considering) price difference, I'd consider Ryzen. It's a great platform, and if you're cranking settings anyways, you won't experience a real difference in gaming performance outside of stuff like CS:GO that is heavily single-core biased (and at that point, you're talking about the difference between 350FPS and 450FPS.)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($86.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime X470-Pro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($245.99 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($203.67 @ Amazon Australia) 
Storage: Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($45.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($79.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($749.00 @ Umart) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($118.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Total: $1944.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 21:57 AEDT+1100

 

I've added an RTX 2070. It's a controversial choice, so if you can swing a really good used deal on a GTX 1080 or GTX 1080 Ti, that's up to you. You could always go slightly lower and get a GTX 1070 Ti, and it will keep to about 95% of that 2070's performance if you overclock it. Then again, overclocking to achieve a higher end card's performance is a game of leap frog anyways. Otherwise, consider the Vega 64 Strix. $700AUD gets you RTX 2070/GTX 1080 performance without tweaking much at all.

 

 

[TheSLSAMG]

11 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

I'd upgrade the GPU to a 1070 or 1070 Ti and the PSU to a RMx, RMi, EVGA G2 and there's no case. Other than that, it's pretty good

I'd say the jump in PSU probably isn't necessary unless there's an awkward ~$30 or so that can't improve anything else. There's nothing egregiously wrong with units like the Focus Gold and Strider Gold, at least not in a way that would really hurt the system.

[BelgianNoise]

are we even listening to the guy, in his build he included an AIO. Why are we recommending him an air coller now?

 

And idd 16GB ram is almsot a must these days.

another PSU wouldnt be bad, dont have experience with silverstone.

 

I can recommend that Z370 tomahawk board since im using it myself.

And i dont know about exchange rates but 600$ for a 1070 TI ????

[BelgianNoise]

2 minutes ago, BelgianNoise said:

And i dont know about exchange rates but 600$ for a 1070 TI ????

My bad, its only 375€.

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, BelgianNoise said:

are we even listening to the guy, in his build he included an AIO. Why are we recommending him an air coller now?

Because the 8600k doesn't need an AIO when a good quality air cooler can cool it adequately and save them over $100?

 

2 minutes ago, BelgianNoise said:

And i dont know about exchange rates but 600$ for a 1070 TI ????

Aus prices include tax (10%).
AUD $1 = USD $0.70.
So a AUD $660 card with tax included is about USD $420 without tax.

[LukeSavenije]

mind paying a bit more?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$255.20 @ Newegg Australia
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.14 CFM CPU Cooler	$39.00 @ PCCaseGear
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$129.00 @ Scorptec
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$188.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$45.00 @ Umart
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$1199.00 @ Umart
Case	Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case	$55.00 @ Mwave Australia
Power Supply	be quiet! - Pure Power 11 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$99.00 @ PCCaseGear
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2088.20
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 22:28 AEDT+1100

 

[paddy-stone]

I just expanded on the list @Spotty did, changed the CPU/mobo and SSD to AMD Ryzen AM4 platform and 970 evo respectively.... that's for if I absoloutley needed one right away and couldn't wait the few months possibly for the Ryzen 2 (3rd gen) CPUs and mobos to come out. Also if you CAN wait, see what AMD Navi brings to the table, same time frame I think, so couple of months or more. If rumours are even close to true, it'll be a kick -arse year for AMD, literally kick intels arse

 

Also changed the cooler back to an AIO... I heard good things about the fractal celcius ones, and IIRC it can be adapted at a later day into a custom loop if you wished, though TBH it might work out easier just to start over if that was the case. I like it because it has user replaceable parts for some things that could be problematic... and I like the included PWM hub for the fans on the rad, keeps cables a bit tidier.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$255.20 @ Newegg Australia
CPU Cooler	Fractal Design - Celsius S24 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$159.00 @ Mwave Australia
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$139.00 @ Scorptec
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$188.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$139.00 @ BudgetPC
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Video Card	$669.00 @ Umart
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$105.04 @ Amazon Australia
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$138.00 @ Shopping Express
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1871.24
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 22:31 AEDT+1100

 

[BelgianNoise]

4 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

mind paying a bit more?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$255.20 @ Newegg Australia
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.14 CFM CPU Cooler	$39.00 @ PCCaseGear
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$129.00 @ Scorptec
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$188.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$45.00 @ Umart
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$1199.00 @ Umart
Case	Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case	$55.00 @ Mwave Australia
Power Supply	be quiet! - Pure Power 11 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$99.00 @ PCCaseGear
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2088.20
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 22:28 AEDT+1100

 

do you recommand the RTX 2080 at that pricepoint?

[Spotty]

4 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

mind paying a bit more?

But why? Why drop the CPU and other things down and go over budget just to fit a $1200 GPU in to the part list when we don't know what resolution they're playing at? Going to be completely wasted if they're intending to play at 1080p.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, BelgianNoise said:

do you recommand the RTX 2080 at that pricepoint?

not entirely. I just wanted to show what's possible in the pricepoint, the 1070 ti would be a really nice card already

[rasfsfsd]

On 1/6/2019 at 6:00 PM, TheSLSAMG said:

Given the (albeit small but still worth considering) price difference, I'd consider Ryzen. It's a great platform, and if you're cranking settings anyways, you won't experience a real difference in gaming performance outside of stuff like CS:GO that is heavily single-core biased (and at that point, you're talking about the difference between 350FPS and 450FPS.)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($86.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime X470-Pro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($245.99 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($203.67 @ Amazon Australia) 
Storage: Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($45.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($79.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($749.00 @ Umart) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($118.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Total: $1944.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 21:57 AEDT+1100

 

I've added an RTX 2070. It's a controversial choice, so if you can swing a really good used deal on a GTX 1080 or GTX 1080 Ti, that's up to you. You could always go slightly lower and get a GTX 1070 Ti, and it will keep to about 95% of that 2070's performance if you overclock it. Then again, overclocking to achieve a higher end card's performance is a game of leap frog anyways. Otherwise, consider the Vega 64 Strix. $700AUD gets you RTX 2070/GTX 1080 performance without tweaking much at all.

 

 

I have heard good things about Ryzen.  I did look into as I was interested in getting into editing such as photo and videos. Would this build be able to properly run games like pubg, arma 3, dayz and rainbow six siege at 144hz at 1080p

[rasfsfsd]

On 1/6/2019 at 5:49 PM, NunoLava1998 said:

I'd upgrade the GPU to a 1070 or 1070 Ti and the PSU to a RMx, RMi, EVGA G2 and there's no case. Other than that, it's pretty good

Alright I will look it over when I have bigger screen to look at so it's easier. But it looks good so far

[rasfsfsd]

On 1/6/2019 at 5:57 PM, Spotty said:

I would not recommend spending AUD$200 on a cooler for an 8600k. That money is better spent elsewhere like RAM and GPU.
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$399.00 @ Mighty Ape
CPU Cooler	CRYORIG - H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler	$65.00 @ PCCaseGear
Motherboard	MSI - Z370 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$235.01 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$188.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$118.00 @ Austin Computers
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Video Card	$669.00 @ Umart
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$105.04 @ Amazon Australia
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$138.00 @ Shopping Express
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1996.05
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 21:56 AEDT+1100

 

Alright I will have a look. Thank you for the help

[rasfsfsd]

On 1/6/2019 at 6:34 PM, Spotty said:

But why? Why drop the CPU and other things down and go over budget just to fit a $1200 GPU in to the part list when we don't know what resolution they're playing at? Going to be completely wasted if they're intending to play at 1080p.

I plan on using it at 144hz at 1080p. The games I would be playing include pubg, amra 3, dayz and rainbow six siege

[NunoLava1998]

Also, @rasfsfsd I'd highly recommend getting a Meshify C Dark TG. It looks fantastic and it's not too expensive.

[TheSLSAMG]

7 hours ago, rasfsfsd said:

I have heard good things about Ryzen.  I did look into as I was interested in getting into editing such as photo and videos. Would this build be able to properly run games like pubg, arma 3, dayz and rainbow six siege at 144hz at 1080p

It should definitely be able to run Siege at 1080p144Hz, as I'm doing that with a 7700K and 1080. PUBG won't run at ultra 1080p/144Hz, but may be able to run closer to 144Hz at lower settings. ARMA should be okay so long as you remember to set the launch parameters to use all cores and threads, and DayZ is just kind of a mess of a game (I've been playing since 2014) but it should run at 1080p144Hz.

 

NVIDIA announced that starting January 15th, all 10 and 20 series cards will support ASync (also known as FreeSync), so if your display supports it, you will at least have a smoother experience than if it didn't.

[rasfsfsd]

14 hours ago, TheSLSAMG said:

It should definitely be able to run Siege at 1080p144Hz, as I'm doing that with a 7700K and 1080. PUBG won't run at ultra 1080p/144Hz, but may be able to run closer to 144Hz at lower settings. ARMA should be okay so long as you remember to set the launch parameters to use all cores and threads, and DayZ is just kind of a mess of a game (I've been playing since 2014) but it should run at 1080p144Hz.

 

NVIDIA announced that starting January 15th, all 10 and 20 series cards will support ASync (also known as FreeSync), so if your display supports it, you will at least have a smoother experience than if it didn't.

That sounds good I have never like the ide of spending so much on a monitor just to get g-sync. Well I might look into that. The only problem is I have also heard that intel is the better cpu for gaming

[TheSLSAMG]

17 minutes ago, rasfsfsd said:

That sounds good I have never like the ide of spending so much on a monitor just to get g-sync. Well I might look into that. The only problem is I have also heard that intel is the better cpu for gaming

Intel is usually better for gaming, however that's largely limited to 1080p 144Hz because the lower resolution puts more focus on CPU and some games are still heavily dependent on single-thread performance. If you decide on going 1440p for example, you will not see any real difference in performance.