Advice on gaming PC build.

[Gazza732]

Ok so I'm planning and building a PC for a friend who will mainly be playing Fortnite. I've been out of the loop for a few years since I made my last PC so want to make sure it will achieve his goals. He wants to play Fortnite on maximum settings and get 150fps+ for his 144hz monitor. However, he may play other games too naturally. 

The build list so far is:

- Intel I7 9700k
- Asus ROG Strix Z390E 
- 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3000
- WD Blue 500GB M.2 SSD
- EVGA GeForce RTX 2060
- and then the cooler, case and PSU. 

Will this be sufficient? Overkill? Not enough?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[berberries]

I feel that the CPU to GPU ratio is slightly imbalanced. If you want to stick to roughly that price range, would suggest you drop the CPU to an i5-9400F and bump the GPU to an RTX 2070 or 2080. You don't really need a 9700k for games, an i5-9400F will be more than enough

[Princess Luna]

Can he wait the 7th of July? You know... new CPU and GPU about to release.

[jerubedo]

I'd step down to the 9600K for a 150 FPS target and put the savings towards a 2070 instead. The 9600K clocked at 5.0GHz will certainly achieve that framerate when paired with a 2070.

[GoldenLag]

wait untill the 7th at this point. no point in investing that ammount of money with Zen 2 on the horizon, new Nvidia products and Navi. 

[Stefan Payne]

1 hour ago, Gazza732 said:

Ok so I'm planning and building a PC for a friend who will mainly be playing Fortnite.

Can you wait ~2 Weeks or so?

Because you can get similar performance for lower cost...

1 hour ago, Gazza732 said:

I've been out of the loop for a few years since I made my last PC so want to make sure it will achieve his goals. He wants to play Fortnite on maximum settings and get 150fps+ for his 144hz monitor. However, he may play other games too naturally. 

I don't think that is necessarily possible as max. Settings are very demanding.

With mid-high settings it shouldn't be a problem with many systems to get that far...

1 hour ago, Gazza732 said:

The build list so far is:

1. - Intel I7 9700k
2. - Asus ROG Strix Z390E 
3. - 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3000
4. - WD Blue 500GB M.2 SSD
5. - EVGA GeForce RTX 2060
6. - and then the cooler, case and PSU. 

Will this be sufficient? Overkill? Not enough?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

1. wait and look at the upcoming Ryzen 3700X or 3800X. That should be similarly priced, also 8 cores but SMT - and also have similar Performance
2. I'm not too big of a fan of ASUS since my X370-F Strix. Granted its an AMD Board but it consumes 15-20W more than for example the Biostar X370GT7 or MSI B450I.
3. That looks good
4. I find S-ATA m.2 Drives kinda pointless. If you want it cheap/SATA get a 2,5" one. If you want m.2 look at NVMe ones. And don't forget the Heatsinking...
5. You might also want to look at the upcoming RX 5700 or the "SUPER"!!!111 Card...
6. Where are you located, what's available??

[Gazza732]

Thanks everyone. I think the general consensu is to change about CPU/GPU and wait for the next gen parts to come out. I'll let him know as he has already said he doesn't mind waiting. Thanks guys.