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11 hours ago, Dizz_Man said:

For the MoBo, pretty much like you said, it's a good board, I want it to last a long time

 

M.2 SSD just for the ease of less cable management but I'll have a look into the exact one you recommended.

(There is also no HDD because I have my own 3TB one) 

 

I've changed the 8gb kit to a 16 one. I'm making sure to use 3000MHz because Ryzen likes dem Hertz

 

The PSU is kind of a future proof thing. I don't want to cheap out on a PSU and the wattage is just for the fact of not worrying about what I can or can't put inside it and overclock headroom on GPU's or if I feel confident enough to OC the CPU

there also is a m.2 version of the mx500, but then you should also look into the p1

 

most b450 boards are good, this one is good, but not anything special

 

pure power 11 would be good enough too, but there's nothing wrong to go with a straight power

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First thing's first. I live in Australia so all pricing is in AUD

This build will be mostly for GAMING, more specifically 144Hz, though there might be some video editing and photoshop on the side. But very rarely. I will probably watch YouTube whilst playing games if that accounts for anything like RAM or CPU. I would prefer to buy everything from PCCG (PC Case Gear, Australia) So put in perspective both CPU and RAM is expensive. i7 8700 $529 and an 8gb kit of hyperX Fury 2666MHz is $109.

 

I recently just upgraded our GPU to an Asus Strix GTX 1080 for $500, second hand from a friend (I previously had a 1060 6GB that cost me $450 new during the end of the great 2018 cryptocurrency boom). The price of that card is included in the build so I have $1000 left to spend.

 

I am currently running with 2 monitors one at 144hz the other at 60hz both are 1080p. 2 monitors is enough for me.

 

I am most confused about what CPU to buy. AMD or Intel. If Intel is recommended I have absolutely no idea on what motherboard to get. I WILL NOT BE OVERCLOCKING THE CPU!

The preference here is an mATX motherboard with 4 RAM slots, I want to start with one 8GB kit and then upgrade later once I've gained enough money back.

 

Our current build is from 2012. i7 3700, 8GB corsair vengeance 1333MHz DDR3, (The just bought GTX 1080), 128Gb SSD and 3 HDD.

The SSD is almost full.

I am upgrading from the dated hardware bottlenecking newer and newer GPU's. For example, running BF1 at high preset at 1080p with the GTX 1080 only yields about 75fps if that sometimes...

 

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Since you already have a 1080, everything else is easy and in your budget.  A i7 8700k and 16gb of ram would be fine and should be in your budget.

Try using the PSU Tier List! 

How to reset the bios/clear the cmos

 

My current rig:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x

Ram: 1x16gb DDR4, 2x8gb DDR4

Storage: 1tb nvme ssd

GPU: gtx 3080

Monitor: 23.8" Dell S2417DG 144hz g-sync 1440p + 27" Acer S271HL 60 Hz 1080p

Keyboard: ducky one I | I SF

Mouse: gpro wireless | glorious model o2 wireless

Sound : beyerdynamic 1990 pro | Monoprice liquid spark (amp) + topping d10 (dac)

 

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4 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

Since you already have a 1080, everything else is easy and in your budget.  A i7 8700k and 16gb of ram would be fine and should be in your budget.

I have mocked up a wishlist on PCCG, It reaches $50 over $1000 and only has an i5 8500 and 8gb of 2666MHz RAM. Keep in mind I need a PSU, Case, SSD, Motherboard.

An 8700K on its own is $615.

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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 $231.20 @ Amazon Australia
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $184.00 @ Shopping Express
Memory Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $161.05 @ Amazon Australia
Storage Kingston - A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $89.00 @ Umart
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $78.00 @ Austin Computers
Case Cooler Master - MasterBox Pro 5 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $115.75 @ Amazon Australia
Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $139.00 @ Austin Computers
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $998.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-25 23:47 AEDT+1100  

 how about this? 

 

I love getting within like 5 dollars of budget... im good at it LOL

 

Rig 1: i7-9700k OC'd to 5.0ghz all core | EVGA XC RTX 2080Ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | ASUS PRIME Z370-P | Asetek 550LC 120mm | ADATA 480GB SSD & Toshiba P300 3TB | Cooler Master Masterbox MB500 | Win 10 Home | Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, G502 Proteus Spectrum, G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow Wireless Limited Edition, Corsair MM300 Mouse Pad | 2 MSI Optix Curved 27" FHD Monitors 

 

(before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.)

 

Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors 

 

Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors 

 

Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home 

 

RIP 

 

Rig 5 (dead and dismantled and sold) : i7-7820X OC'd to 4.8ghz all core | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | Gigabyte X299 UD4 PRO | Asetek 240mm AIO | WD Green 240gb SSD | Other various components that I can't remember

 

Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember 

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6 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:
 

 how about this? 

 

Is it cheaper to go ATX?.

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7 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $231.20 @ Amazon Australia
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $184.00 @ Shopping Express
Memory Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $161.05 @ Amazon Australia
Storage Kingston - A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $89.00 @ Umart
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $78.00 @ Austin Computers
Case Cooler Master - MasterBox Pro 5 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $115.75 @ Amazon Australia
Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $139.00 @ Austin Computers
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $998.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-25 23:47 AEDT+1100  

 how about this? 

 

I love getting within like 5 dollars of budget... im good at it LOL

 

my turn

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $231.20 @ Amazon Australia
Motherboard ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $135.50 @ Centre Com
Memory Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $161.05 @ Amazon Australia
Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $89.00 @ Umart
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $78.00 @ Austin Computers
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 $848.75
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-25 23:55 AEDT+1100  

 

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1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

my turn

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $231.20 @ Amazon Australia
Motherboard ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $135.50 @ Centre Com
Memory Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $161.05 @ Amazon Australia
Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $89.00 @ Umart
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $78.00 @ Austin Computers
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 $848.75
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-25 23:55 AEDT+1100  

 

one ups me again... ass :P 

Rig 1: i7-9700k OC'd to 5.0ghz all core | EVGA XC RTX 2080Ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | ASUS PRIME Z370-P | Asetek 550LC 120mm | ADATA 480GB SSD & Toshiba P300 3TB | Cooler Master Masterbox MB500 | Win 10 Home | Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, G502 Proteus Spectrum, G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow Wireless Limited Edition, Corsair MM300 Mouse Pad | 2 MSI Optix Curved 27" FHD Monitors 

 

(before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.)

 

Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors 

 

Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors 

 

Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home 

 

RIP 

 

Rig 5 (dead and dismantled and sold) : i7-7820X OC'd to 4.8ghz all core | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | Gigabyte X299 UD4 PRO | Asetek 240mm AIO | WD Green 240gb SSD | Other various components that I can't remember

 

Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember 

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40 minutes ago, Dizz_Man said:

would prefer to buy everything from PCCG (PC Case Gear, Australia)

is there a reason for this? from my experience umart tends to have better deals/cheaper prices/better shipping even

 

the lists the others provided may go over budget if you went purely pccasegear, however if you went with multiple different retailers then youre paying shipping costs out your A$$

 

Ryzen 5/7 will be MUCH cheaper and comes with its own cooling solution, and since ryzen 3rd gen is around the corner you can upgrade to that without needing to buy a new mobo, just needs a bios update

 

40 minutes ago, Dizz_Man said:

mATX motherboard

why? 

40 minutes ago, Dizz_Man said:

. I WILL NOT BE OVERCLOCKING THE CPU!

why? if you go amd there is definitely no reason not to

40 minutes ago, Dizz_Man said:

(The just bought GTX 1080), 128Gb SSD and 3 HDD.

does this mean you wont need to buy any storage?

if so then you can go with this and still be well in budget

https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/eGc

 

 

CPU: i5-4690k @ 4.4 GHz | RAM: 12GB DDR3 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 580 4GB 

 

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@LukeSavenije @TH3R34P3R Right, You guys know your stuff. how would this be? 

https://www.pccasegear.com/wish_lists/849025

not bad... i just have a couple questions

 

any reason for that mortar? it's a good board tho

 

why a sata m.2 ssd?

 

why only 8 gigs?

 

and why that high of a psu?

 

i won't touch the meshify, it's a good case

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11 hours ago, LukeSavenije said:

not bad... i just have a couple questions

 

any reason for that mortar? it's a good board tho

 

why a sata m.2 ssd?

 

why only 8 gigs?

 

and why that high of a psu?

 

i won't touch the meshify, it's a good case

For the MoBo, pretty much like you said, it's a good board, I want it to last a long time

 

M.2 SSD just for the ease of less cable management but I'll have a look into the exact one you recommended.

(There is also no HDD because I have my own 3TB one) 

 

I've changed the 8gb kit to a 16 one. I'm making sure to use 3000MHz because Ryzen likes dem Hertz

 

The PSU is kind of a future proof thing. I don't want to cheap out on a PSU and the wattage is just for the fact of not worrying about what I can or can't put inside it and overclock headroom on GPU's or if I feel confident enough to OC the CPU

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11 hours ago, Dizz_Man said:

For the MoBo, pretty much like you said, it's a good board, I want it to last a long time

 

M.2 SSD just for the ease of less cable management but I'll have a look into the exact one you recommended.

(There is also no HDD because I have my own 3TB one) 

 

I've changed the 8gb kit to a 16 one. I'm making sure to use 3000MHz because Ryzen likes dem Hertz

 

The PSU is kind of a future proof thing. I don't want to cheap out on a PSU and the wattage is just for the fact of not worrying about what I can or can't put inside it and overclock headroom on GPU's or if I feel confident enough to OC the CPU

there also is a m.2 version of the mx500, but then you should also look into the p1

 

most b450 boards are good, this one is good, but not anything special

 

pure power 11 would be good enough too, but there's nothing wrong to go with a straight power

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