"FPS Per Dollar" Build Advice.

[RobTapps]

First off lets start with a bit of history and context, my last (and first) actual gaming pc was great but I fear I made some poor choices when picking components and it severely impacted my gaming experience. I would like to avoid this mistake again and have a smooth high FPS build for a budget of around $1500 CAD for the tower and a total of $2000 CAD maximum with peripherals. I dont need the latest best 400 core processor or 128gb videocard with 6TB ram... so that being said I am fine with say for example a ryzen 2 over a ryzen 3...

 

I've done a bit of research in to current hardware as i have skipped a few generations and it's like learning everything all over again. Below I will list my previous rig, I would love some feedback on what you may have done differently to help me better understand where I went wrong.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Previous Build (2016):

Mobo: MSI 970 Gaming

CPU: AMD FX8320e 8core 4.2ghz OC

GPU: Gigabyte R390 Windforce OC 8GB 

RAM: 8GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz

PSU: Corsair RM850

SSD: Kingston120gb

Cooler: Corsair H110i

Case: NZXT H440

 

Aprox Total: $1800 CAD (plus minus about $100)

 

 

New Build Plan:

Mobo: Gigabyte x470 Aorus Ultra - $169.99

CPU: Ryzen 7 2700 - $275.90

GPU: MSI Ventus RTX 2070 8GB - $626.44

RAM: Corsair LPX 16gb 3000MHz - $96.93

PSU: Corsair TX850M - $124.99

SSD: Crucial 1TB NVMe - $127.70

Cooler: stock box for now - $fr.ee

Case: Corsair Carbide spec-05 - $59.99

 

Total: $1481.94 CAD

[jerubedo]

I can do you one better:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.82 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$106.98 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$74.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Intel - 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$129.94 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card	$519.99 @ Memory Express
Case	Corsair - SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Canada Computers
Power Supply	Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$79.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1206.70
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$1156.70
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-14 18:04 EDT-0400

 

Now that the 2600 is finally a fair bit cheaper than the 9400F (this is the value chip I used to go with), it's now the better value chip for gaming, and quite frankly, it doesn't perform much different from the 2700x in gaming loads. The 5700 XT will match or beat the 2070 for quite a bit less. This, of course, does leave you with some budget to blow, so if you wanted to do that, you could always grab a 2080 instead, which will still perform better than the 5700 XT (although not by enough of a margin to justify the extra price, but also it does have dedicated Ray Tracing hardware):

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.82 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$106.98 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$74.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Intel - 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$129.94 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card	$859.99 @ Memory Express
Case	Corsair - SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Canada Computers
Power Supply	Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$79.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1546.70
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$1496.70
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-14 18:05 EDT-0400

 

If you're going to go with the second option, it's probably also worth waiting for the 2080 super to release on the 28th.

[Herman Mcpootis]

get something like this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($459.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - P1 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($127.70 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($519.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($83.99 @ Powertop) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1506.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-14 21:56 EDT-0400

if you don't need to use your old rig for anything else you can just get the CPU+motherboard+ram and GPU.

[RobTapps]

Hey thanks for your input guys, the build wont be happening until at least September as Im moving across the country in the next few weeks here so ordering stuff to my current address is a no go. 

 

As for the rx5700 im leaning toward an nvidia card for this build as i was sorely dissapointed with the preformance from my previous Radeon card, it cost 1/3 the price of the system and felt like it super under preformed for that price getting a maximum of like 40 FPS @ 1080p in gta5. The card was also loud as all hell and the fan controller software was garbage (though thats gigabytes fault not the architectures..)

 

While I will need a monitor, a keyboard and mouse can wait in reality as i have some old bog standard ones that could get me by for the time being so i would rather splurge on a better gpu/cpu and hold off on those peripherals 

[RobTapps]

18 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

get something like this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($459.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - P1 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($127.70 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($519.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($83.99 @ Powertop) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1506.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-14 21:56 EDT-0400

if you don't need to use your old rig for anything else you can just get the CPU+motherboard+ram and GPU.

My old pc was sold in late 2017 early 2018