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Hey guys,

 

I'm looking to build a new PC. The one I currently have is around 6/7 years old and I wanted an upgrade for moving to Uni. I do a good bit of gaming, streaming and rendering and cant figure out what parts to get to give me the best performance in a wide variety of things. I play a lot of Arma 3, GTA, Rainbow Six and a few others that id like to be able to play in high/very high settings. This isn't something i can do with my current PC maxing around 42 fps and random frame drops in arma 3 on medium settings. I was wondering if anyone knew any good builds within the €800-€1200 ($900 - €1400) price range and a little flexible with it. Hoping to have a slightly smaller tower as i will have to transport it to college. Below is my current build. Any advice on parts and sites to get them would be greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers guys.

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Please describe the specs so we can give recommendation.

Ryzen 5700g @ 4.4ghz all cores | Asrock B550M Steel Legend | 3060 | 2x 16gb Micron E 2666 @ 4200mhz cl16 | 500gb WD SN750 | 12 TB HDD | Deepcool Gammax 400 w/ 2 delta 4000rpm push pull | Antec Neo Eco Zen 500w

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Do you plan on building the whole new PC from scratch? because you could likely reuse quite a few pieces from your current build (storage, PSU, cooler maybe).

 

Also what resolution do you play at? 

Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen R7 3700X @4.4Ghz, GPU: Gigabyte RX 5700 XT, RAM: 32 GB (2x 8GB Trident Z Royal + 2x 8GB TForce Vulkan Z) @3000Mhz, Motherboard: ASRock B550m Steel Legend, Storage: 1x WD Black 1Tb NVMe (boot) + 1x Samsung 860 QVO 1Tb SSD (storage), Case: Thermaltake Core V21, Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor $292.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $152.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.89 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $74.99 @ Newegg
Storage Corsair - MP300 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $44.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Zotac - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Video Card $348.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $69.17 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $57.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1191.79
  Mail-in rebates -$40.00
  Total $1151.79
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-02 14:15 EDT-0400  

How’s this? 

I got a ps5 and a pc pretty ballin

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CPU: R5 9600X || GPU: RX 9070 XT|| Memory: 32GB || Cooler: Peerless Assassin || PSU: RM850e|| Case: Lian Li A3

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5 minutes ago, Lemur44 said:

Thank you @star_pilot475 I'll check it out and see how it is. Do you know how this would hold up to gaming and streaming simultaneously?

It would hold up well. The only issue with that build is that it only has a 240gb ssd. That isn't anywhere near enough for you, you need at minimum 500gb, preferably 1tb. This is what I'd do:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor $219.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.89 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $74.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial - MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $129.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card $299.99 @ Amazon
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $69.17 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $57.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1021.80
  Mail-in rebates -$60.00
  Total $961.80
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-02 14:30 EDT-0400  

 

 

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3 minutes ago, MeatFeastMan said:

It would hold up well. The only issue with that build is that it only has a 240gb ssd. That isn't anywhere near enough for you, you need at minimum 500gb, preferably 1tb. This is what I'd do:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor $219.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.89 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $74.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial - MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $129.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card $299.99 @ Amazon
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $69.17 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $57.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1021.80
  Mail-in rebates -$60.00
  Total $961.80
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-02 14:30 EDT-0400  

 

 

For the CPU cooler what would you recommend. Also what would be the main difference in the two different video cards.

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Just now, Lemur44 said:

For the CPU cooler what would you recommend. Also what would be the main difference in the two different video cards.

The 2700 comes with a stock cooler so you wouldn't need a seperate cooler. The stock cooler is decent too. If you wanted higher speeds though then you'd go back to the 2700x that the first build mentioned had.

 

The vega 56 card is cheaper, it's slightly less performance than the 2060 (10% at most usually) BUT...you gain 2gb more vram and a feature known as HBCC. That means you'll have a longer lasting card for gaming, because as time goes on, vram requirements go up. I'd say in 2 years, the 2060's 6gb may start to struggle whereas the vega 56 has 8gb and HBCC, meaning it'll easily have enough for the next 5 or so years. You're paying 50 less for 10% less performance, but 2gb extra vram. It's worth doing that at least in my eyes anyways.

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2 minutes ago, MeatFeastMan said:

The vega 56 card is cheaper, it's slightly less performance than the 2060 (10% at most usually) BUT...you gain 2gb more vram and a feature known as HBCC. That means you'll have a longer lasting card for gaming, because as time goes on, vram requirements go up. I'd say in 2 years, the 2060's 6gb may start to struggle whereas the vega 56 has 8gb and HBCC, meaning it'll easily have enough for the next 5 or so years. You're paying 50 less for 10% less performance, but 2gb extra vram.

Is there anything that gives both as I dont want this giving out in two years but id also like the best performance possible

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I'm assuming since you say "Uni," This is in pounds?

I just posted these elsewhere, but they apply!

I'll leave the post intact, but if you plan gaming only go Intel. If you plan to use heavy productivity, the AMD build may be for you (though a 2700 or 2700X may be a better choice if that's the case.)

 

Here is a perfectly worthy 1080p (Ultra) build:

Here is an Intel build as well (mostly the same.) It's a bit more costly, since I wouldn't personally buy a locked CPU. The 9400f would provide a savings, but at the cost of overclockability and base clock speed. So a less future worthy chip.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor £235.98 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler £35.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard Gigabyte - Z390 UD ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £104.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £75.99 @ Aria PC
Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £49.98 @ Amazon UK
Video Card MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card £259.97 @ Box Limited
Case KOLINK - OBSERVATORY RGB ATX Mid Tower Case £58.65 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £74.99 @ AWD-IT
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £896.54
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-02 19:35 BST+0100  

The Intel PC will pull better framerates, but both builds will play 1080p Ultra settings without issue (AC Odyssey and the new Metro game may be tough, since they are beating a ton of GPUs asses.) The AMD will be favored by most productivity software, although some do still favor Intel.

 

For upgrades, you could certainly slap a Vega 64, RTX 2070 etc in there instead of the 1660Ti.

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1 minute ago, Lemur44 said:

Is there anything that gives both as I dont want this giving out in two years but id also like the best performance possible

Do you mean a gpu that has the same performance as the 2060 but keeps the 8gb vram? If so, vega 56 is pretty much it. It's very close to the 2060, nothing to worry about. If you wanted to stay with 8gb but wanted more performance, then there's vega 64 you could buy (In the US only the rubbish gigabyte model is at a decent price but in Europe and UK there's some amazing deals on the Nitro+ Sapphire model right now so look out for those).

 

 

 

 

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9 minutes ago, MeatFeastMan said:

Do you mean a gpu that has the same performance as the 2060 but keeps the 8gb vram? If so, vega 56 is pretty much it. It's very close to the 2060, nothing to worry about. If you wanted to stay with 8gb but wanted more performance, then there's vega 64 you could buy (In the US only the rubbish gigabyte model is at a decent price but in Europe and UK there's some amazing deals on the Nitro+ Sapphire model right now so look out for those).

 

 

 

 

You could do that or any of the other builds mentioned or if you really want future proofing I’d wait for Zen 2 and Navi

I got a ps5 and a pc pretty ballin

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