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I would greatly appreciate any feed back on the rig, compatability, functionality, or any response at all, I'm pretty happy with the components but I'd be open to any advice. I'd also like to buy it all on Amazon if i could within reason.

 

Price Point - around 1500 USD:

PCPartPicker shows this build to be around $1500 after mail in rebate and I'm really not wanting to go any higher if I'm honest.

 

Intended Purpose - Gaming mostly I dont need the most top of the line just something decent enough for the price that looks good

 

Reason - I'm ready to move away from console gaming and get the experience that I've gotten a taste of on my friends's gaming rigs and I think this rig will look great

 

Monitor - For now I'm going to use my 4k UHD TV but later on I'm thinking that I might upgrade to a dual monitor 1080 or 1440

 

Extras - I'm planning to use the CORSAIR Dark Core - RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse, and a Corsair K63 wireless mechanical keyboard with a lapboard to game from my couch.

 

I'm really preferable to the case and motherboard I've picked unless there is going to be some huge problem, it seems to me that for gaming and basic functionality my processor will be one of the best for the buck, I picked his cpu cooler for it's good reviews and decent seeming price but I was hesitant to use watercooling for fear of maintenance difficulty or problems or anything, I like the ram both for the looks and the decent price, and the SSD seems good, but I wasn't sure on the power supply.. I wanted to get something safe and well rated that's not real expensive. I'm not looking for bleeding edge performance but mostly for a good price per performance build that looks good sitting on my entertainment center. Any help would be appreciated.

Parts list - 

Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit

EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Corsair - SPEC-OMEGA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case

Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB ROG STRIX Video Card

Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory

Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Corsair - H100i 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor

 

Link to build on PC Part Picker - 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Lukestory/saved/GdzLJx

Thanks for any and all feeback!!!
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $164.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/White) CPU Cooler $32.12 @ Newegg
Motherboard ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard $141.88 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $104.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial - MX500 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $134.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Black Video Card $698.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case Fractal Design - Focus G (White) ATX Mid Tower Case $63.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply BitFenix - Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1451.73
  Mail-in rebates -$50.00
  Total $1401.73
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 16:30 EST-0500  

well...

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Luke's suggested build is top notch.

Main system: Ryzen 7 7800X3D / Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus / G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO 32GB 6000Mhz / Zotac RTX 5090 SOLID OC/ x2 WD_BLACK NS770 2TBs/ Corsair HX1000i/ NZXT H5 Flow

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Faster Memory, that's probably overkill for the MB.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $249.99 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler Scythe - Mugen 5 Rev. B 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler $52.39 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard MSI - MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $152.82 @ B&H
Memory Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $139.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $77.89 @ OutletPC
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Black Video Card $309.99 @ Newegg Business
Case Corsair - SPEC-OMEGA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $149.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ B&H
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $98.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1381.83
  Mail-in rebates -$30.00
  Total $1351.83
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 16:35 EST-0500  

There's been good discounts on PCIe drives. Granted, pretty much any of the M.2 NVMe drives are solid, as long as they are x4.

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1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Faster Memory, that's probably overkill for the MB.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $249.99 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler Scythe - Mugen 5 Rev. B 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler $52.39 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard MSI - MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $152.82 @ B&H
Memory Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $139.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $77.89 @ OutletPC
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Black Video Card $309.99 @ Newegg Business
Case Corsair - SPEC-OMEGA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $149.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ B&H
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $98.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1381.83
  Mail-in rebates -$30.00
  Total $1351.83
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 16:35 EST-0500  

There's been good discounts on PCIe drives. Granted, pretty much any of the M.2 NVMe drives are solid, as long as they are x4.

tomahawk? why not aorus?

and a 1070 ti might be better value...

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because the I5-9600K is 13444 Speed while the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700 is 15897 Speed and much cheaper ***Yes i said 2200G, i meant the PRO 2700 .-.***

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2 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2k3H99/asus-prime-z390-a-atx-lga1151-motherboard-prime-z390-a

 

Newer version of the same motherboard is cheaper and better.

Okay so it's the same motherboard?? That confused me when I was looking for parts on Amazon

 

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2 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2k3H99/asus-prime-z390-a-atx-lga1151-motherboard-prime-z390-a

 

Newer version of the same motherboard is cheaper and better.

and has vrm problems... which makes it a effective 4 phase... don't go asus on z390 would be my recommendation

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Just now, LukeSavenije said:

tomahawk? why not aorus?

and a 1070 ti might be better value...

At the moment, at least on PCPartpicker, the next closest 1070 Ti is 440USD. For the prices from the page, that isn't worth it when you can save the money either for an upgrade in 2 years or put it somewhere else.

 

Z390 boards aren't my forte, but the price was nice on the Tomahawk.

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Just now, Taf the Ghost said:

At the moment, at least on PCPartpicker, the next closest 1070 Ti is 440USD. For the prices from the page, that isn't worth it when you can save the money either for an upgrade in 2 years or put it somewhere else.

 

Z390 boards aren't my forte, but the price was nice on the Tomahawk.

you should look into aorus, those have 12 phase. they are kind of the king of z390

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21 minutes ago, flimflimings said:

Intended Purpose - Gaming mostly I dont need the most top of the line just something decent enough for the price that looks good

Check out this build: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $249.99 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/White) CPU Cooler $32.12 @ Newegg
Motherboard ASRock - Z390 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $172.98 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory $114.99 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $82.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Black Video Card $698.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $57.66 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1544.60
  Mail-in rebates -$30.00
  Total $1514.60
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 16:43 EST-0500  

If possible, wait another few months until AMD Zen 2 CPUs reach the market, and build a Zen 2 based system. Otherwise, go with my build.

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

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I'm honestly really digging the Corsair Spec Omega case and I'm kinda partial to Intel but I was kind of hoping to get this sooner rather than later and I know it's kinda like a pc building rule not to worry to much on the aesthetics but I'm not sure if I can let it go lol, is there any hope for me with this build, possibly with minor changes??? Thanks for all your feedback

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18 minutes ago, flimflimings said:

I'm honestly really digging the Corsair Spec Omega case and I'm kinda partial to Intel but I was kind of hoping to get this sooner rather than later and I know it's kinda like a pc building rule not to worry to much on the aesthetics but I'm not sure if I can let it go lol, is there any hope for me with this build, possibly with minor changes??? Thanks for all your feedback

Nothing wrong with buying aspects with aesthetic qualities you like. It's a nice case and you're not really going up much in price. The question is always: What do you Play? What Resolution & Frame Rate? Everything after that is really about finding edges for better performance. The last 10% normally doubles the cost of components. That's why sub-forums like this exist.

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22 minutes ago, flimflimings said:

I'm honestly really digging the Corsair Spec Omega case and I'm kinda partial to Intel but I was kind of hoping to get this sooner rather than later and I know it's kinda like a pc building rule not to worry to much on the aesthetics but I'm not sure if I can let it go lol, is there any hope for me with this build, possibly with minor changes??? Thanks for all your feedback

Other detail is that Asus boards in this generation are considered weak on the high-end boards. They look nice, but there is a lot better quality this generation.

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3 hours ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Nothing wrong with buying aspects with aesthetic qualities you like. It's a nice case and you're not really going up much in price. The question is always: What do you Play? What Resolution & Frame Rate? Everything after that is really about finding edges for better performance. The last 10% normally doubles the cost of components. That's why sub-forums like this exist.

Well thanks man, I appreciate that, but honestly I play stuff like miecraft, or borderlands 2, fallout 3 and 4 astroneer, slime rancher, stuff like that, and honestly I've never been one to notice huge differences between graphics, but I guess honestly I'd probably like to be able to do mid-high settings in those titles with a good fps, does that help???

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3 hours ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Other detail is that Asus boards in this generation are considered weak on the high-end boards. They look nice, but there is a lot better quality this generation.

Really? Wow.. I honestly didn't even know, but yeah the board does look really nice so I guess thats why I gravitated more towards it, is there maybe a better board that would be compatible with the rig that you would suggest or a certain brand or feature I should look for??

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $249.99 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler Thermalright - Macho Direct 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler $39.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte - Z390 GAMING X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $139.99 @ Amazon
Memory Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory $114.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $67.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Amazon
Video Card EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Black Video Card $699.99 @ Newegg
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $67.03 @ Amazon
Power Supply BitFenix - Whisper M 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1504.95
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 21:36 EST-0500  

 

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