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I'm planning on upgrading my PC from this 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-3570K 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor $229.99
CPU Cooler Corsair - H100 92 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $99.99
Motherboard Gigabyte - GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard $169.98
Memory Corsair - Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $44.99
Memory Corsair - Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $44.99
Storage Samsung - 840 Series 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $99.79
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $79.98
Video Card Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card  
Case Fractal Design - Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $118.99
Power Supply OCZ - ZT 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $94.38
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM 64-bit $90.55
Software Microsoft - Office Home and Student 2013 Software Purchased For $0.00
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter $37.24
Case Fan Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120 mm Fan $20.25
Case Fan Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120 mm Fan $20.25
Case Fan Noctua - NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120 mm Fan $18.02
Fan Controller NZXT - Sentry 2 Fan Controller $27.06
Monitor Acer - G276HLDbd 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor $199.99
Monitor Asus - VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $150.00
Keyboard Razer - Blackwidow Ultimate 2014 Wired Gaming Keyboard $137.99
Mouse Razer - DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse $57.99
Headphones Razer - Tiamat 7.1 7.1 Channel Headset $171.63
External Storage Western Digital - My Passport 2 TB External Hard Drive $129.00
External Storage Western Digital - 1 TB External Hard Drive $59.00
Custom Altec Lansing VS4621 Octane 7, 2.1 $69.99
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $2172.04
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-16 15:35 EDT-0400  

 

 

 

 

To my new build with Ryzen 3000 coming out

I will be reusing some parts like my GPU and some other storage devices I have but for the most part it is all new hardware.

 

I wasn't sure about the motherboard since x570 is kinda overkill for what I do and how much it costs and no plans on going to PCI 4.0 soon. The motherboard and RAM and the real questions I have up in the air right now.

I do video rendering and a decent amount of gaming at 144+ FPS

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $329.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler Corsair - H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Purchased For $111.27
Motherboard Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard $189.89 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $102.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $109.89 @ OutletPC
Storage Intel - 545s 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Purchased For $0.00
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $79.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card Purchased For $0.00
Case Fractal Design - Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Purchased For $0.00
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $96.96 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1059.89
  Mail-in rebates -$40.00
  Total $1019.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-16 15:35 EDT-0400  

 

CPU: Intel i5 3570k 4.2GHz with Corsair H100 RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4) SSD: Samsung 840 120GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB GPU: Strix GTX 1080 

PSU: OCZ 650W CASE: Fractal Define R5

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/MelchiorVester/saved/#view=RKNXsY

 

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20 hours ago, melchiorvester said:

To my new build with Ryzen 3000 coming out

I will be reusing some parts like my GPU and some other storage devices I have but for the most part it is all new hardware.

 

I wasn't sure about the motherboard since x570 is kinda overkill for what I do and how much it costs and no plans on going to PCI 4.0 soon. The motherboard and RAM and the real questions I have up in the air right now.

I do video rendering and a decent amount of gaming at 144+ FPS

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $329.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler Corsair - H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Purchased For $111.27
Motherboard Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard $189.89 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $102.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $109.89 @ OutletPC
Storage Intel - 545s 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Purchased For $0.00
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $79.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card Purchased For $0.00
Case Fractal Design - Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Purchased For $0.00
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $96.96 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1059.89
  Mail-in rebates -$40.00
  Total $1019.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-16 15:35 EDT-0400  

 

I would get either a B450 or X570 motherboard.  I wouldnt waste money on an X470 at this point. If you are spending that much, better get X570 and get the latest tech and compatibility out of the box without BIOS update.

 

I'd get the Corsair MP510 over the Samsung 970 Evo. Just as fast, for WAY less money. You can basically double the capacity for almost the same price. Will be good if you deal with big files / need fast storage.

 

You could get some cheaper RAM too, but 3600Mhz is a good choice for your usage case.

 

Other than that, looks good to me:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $111.27)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($94.99 @ Corsair)
Storage: Intel - 545s 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Corsair - MP510 960 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($124.40 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($97.06 @ Amazon)
Total: $911.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-17 11:51 EDT-0400

 

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22 hours ago, melchiorvester said:

I'm planning on upgrading my PC...

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

Your build looks good. I assume that you don't care about Intel Quick Sync.

The Strix F Gaming will probably be fine. Buildzoid likes the MSI Pro Carbon and Tomahawk in both the X470 and B450, so consider those too. for X570 boards around $200 look at the Asus Tuf Plus, Gigabyte Elite, and Gigabyte Aorus Pro.

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuyuS04lD4o&t=313s

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1 hour ago, Bearmann said:

Your build looks good. I assume that you don't care about Intel Quick Sync.

The Strix F Gaming will probably be fine. Buildzoid likes the MSI Pro Carbon and Tomahawk in both the X470 and B450, so consider those too. for X570 boards around $200 look at the Asus Tuf Plus, Gigabyte Elite, and Gigabyte Aorus Pro.

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuyuS04lD4o&t=313s

Yeah the MSI Pro Carbon in both X470 and B450 were on my list of potential boards, I just wasn't sure how well overclocking would be on those with a 3700x

 

How about the MSI X470 Gaming Plus or X470 Gaming Pro?

CPU: Intel i5 3570k 4.2GHz with Corsair H100 RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4) SSD: Samsung 840 120GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB GPU: Strix GTX 1080 

PSU: OCZ 650W CASE: Fractal Define R5

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/MelchiorVester/saved/#view=RKNXsY

 

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19 hours ago, melchiorvester said:

Yeah the MSI Pro Carbon in both X470 and B450 were on my list of potential boards, I just wasn't sure how well overclocking would be on those with a 3700x

 

How about the MSI X470 Gaming Plus or X470 Gaming Pro?

For overclocking, I would guess that the X470 Pro Carbon is the best, but I don't know any more than what's in that video.

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1 minute ago, melchiorvester said:

Yeah the MSI Pro Carbon in both X470 and B450 were on my list of potential boards, I just wasn't sure how well overclocking would be on those with a 3700x

 

How about the MSI X470 Gaming Plus or X470 Gaming Pro?

The B450 Tomahawk or B450 Gaming Pro Carbon are good options. Both have bios flashback.

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8 hours ago, lee32uk said:

The B450 Tomahawk or B450 Gaming Pro Carbon are good options. Both have bios flashback.

After looking at more info about both of those boards, those are two really solid boards for what I am looking for and they are pretty cheap. I don't see much reason anymore to do x470 unless its like under $140

CPU: Intel i5 3570k 4.2GHz with Corsair H100 RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4) SSD: Samsung 840 120GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB GPU: Strix GTX 1080 

PSU: OCZ 650W CASE: Fractal Define R5

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/MelchiorVester/saved/#view=RKNXsY

 

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2 hours ago, melchiorvester said:

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I'll recommend the following changes to your current build...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: Gigabyte - X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper X 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($76.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP - EX920 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $406.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-18 02:43 EDT-0400

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CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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Change the PSU to something like a MWE Gold or Corsair RMx.

14 minutes ago, VEXICUS said:

I'll recommend the following changes to your current build...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: Gigabyte - X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper X 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($76.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP - EX920 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $406.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-18 02:43 EDT-0400

 

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Helios EVO (Main Desktop) Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W

 

Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

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Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

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1 hour ago, VEXICUS said:

Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 

Replace this with RMX or MWE

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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6 hours ago, LienusLateTips said:

Change the PSU to something like a MWE Gold or Corsair RMx.

 

Oh wow thats actually pretty surprising but that is really good to know. I have heard things about some Corsair PSU just dying as well randomly

CPU: Intel i5 3570k 4.2GHz with Corsair H100 RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4) SSD: Samsung 840 120GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB GPU: Strix GTX 1080 

PSU: OCZ 650W CASE: Fractal Define R5

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/MelchiorVester/saved/#view=RKNXsY

 

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This is my current updated list, still looking for a good 650W or so watt PSU though

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $329.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler Corsair - H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Purchased For $111.27
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.19
Memory Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $94.99 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $109.89 @ OutletPC
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $79.99
Video Card Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card Purchased For $0.00
Case Fractal Design - Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Purchased For $0.00
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $96.96 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $956.29
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $936.29
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-18 14:23 EDT-0400  

 

CPU: Intel i5 3570k 4.2GHz with Corsair H100 RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4) SSD: Samsung 840 120GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB GPU: Strix GTX 1080 

PSU: OCZ 650W CASE: Fractal Define R5

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/MelchiorVester/saved/#view=RKNXsY

 

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On 7/18/2019 at 6:31 AM, melchiorvester said:

Oh wow thats actually pretty surprising but that is really good to know. I have heard things about some Corsair PSU just dying as well randomly

Everyone has issues. There's stories of literally every brand of PSU exploding online, if you search enough.

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Helios EVO (Main Desktop) Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W

 

Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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