Holiday PC Build

[Sgt Sauris]

I intend to build a new gaming PC over the holiday season. My ideal budget is around $1,000 USD (I can go a little higher if need be). My aim is to have a PC that has great upgrade potential so I can easily swap things out down the line. The current games I mainly play are Rainbow Six Siege, Besiege, Arma 3, World of Warships, and Assassins Creed Odyssey. I also intend on getting COD: Modern Warfare, Cyberpunk, and Ghost Recon Breakpoint upon their respective releases. I have one Dell monitor at 2560x1440 that runs at 144hz with G-Sync (My primary), and two secondary ultrawide LG Monitors that run at 2560x1080 at 60hz. I would ideally like to be able to play the previously mentioned games, and the new ones that are coming out at native resolution at 144hz on my primary monitor at around medium-high settings or better. With this in mind, how is this build?

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$483.99 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$34.38 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Asus Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$161.08 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$76.95 @ Adorama
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$269.99 @ Amazon
Case	Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case	$55.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$135.88 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1258.26
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1218.26
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-30 12:31 EDT-0400

This will be my first time building a PC, so I am not super experienced. And whatever parts I end up finally picking I also intend to do some deal hunting on to try and lower the price. The only thing I really have my heart set on is the Z370 Chipset (although it does not have to be that specific motherboard), and ideally an i9 gen processor. The reason being so that I can potentially get some optane in the future. Storage is not a problem, as I intend to take the drives out of my current PC and swap them over. Thanks in advance!

[Herman Mcpootis]

You're better off getting a ryzen 3600 and using the money on a 5700XT, and the 1151 socket likely isn't gonna be getting any more of an upgrade path with intel's usual 2 gens per socket.

[Sgt Sauris]

The only time I ever went AMD on something was when I got a graphics card, I think it was a Radeon r9 380 or something. It was quite a while back. My experience was not completely bad, but I did not really like the software all that much and did have quite a few problems at the time. I am sure it has changed now, but I am not 100% sure on going full AMD primarily because of my lack of experience with them. I may reconsider though. Either way, I will definitely keep what you said in mind. As it does sound like a pretty good solution. Thank you for the reply!

 

Edit: Also, my monitor does not have freesync, it only has G-Sync. So I would ideally like to stay with Nvidia for that reason as well.

[TheBean]

9900k has no upgrade potential. go ryzen. (its also cheaper by a lot)

get ryzen 3700, x470 board, 3200 ram, 2060 super, etc. 

 

with your suggested build, you are wasting the 9900k as you will be severely bottlenecked by the 1660ti.

edit: hold up.... you wanted a hyper 212 with 9900k? not gonna work well buddy.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Constellation CS ISE 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($394.89 @ B&H) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H26 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1196.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-30 12:56 EDT-0400

If you want to keep it at $1k, you can get a ryzen 3600 and B450-A Pro instead.

[VEXICUS]

I'll recommend something like this instead...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($66.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Mushkin Enhanced Helix-L 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($399.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($83.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: BitFenix Formula Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($75.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1018.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-30 13:02 EDT-0400

[Tundral]

17 minutes ago, Sgt Sauris said:

Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor

 

18 minutes ago, Sgt Sauris said:

$483.99 @ SuperBiiz

 

19 minutes ago, Sgt Sauris said:

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card

Unless you'll be using your CPU for productivity applications that heavily prefer Intel CPUs there shouldn't be any reason to go for above combination since as said above your GPU will be a considerable bottleneck in the system with a 9900K, in addition to the fact that there's no upgrade path from the 9900K!

[SpookyCitrus]

@Sgt Sauris There are a few problems with your build list, Z370 will work but only with a bios update for 9th gen CPUs and you want to go for the 9900k, a Z390 would be much better not only is it the best for the 9900k and will still work with intel optane, but it's newer and has better VRMs for the power requirements of the 9900k. You have no storage listed, a 4x4gb ram kit especially at 2400mhz for about what a 2x8GB 3000mhz kit is priced at isn't to great, and a 1000W power supply is complete overkill even with plans for future upgradesa 650W is more than fine even for future upgrades. I would as others have suggested go for a Ryzen  3700x build personally, you would have a better budget for your GPU and other components as the CPU is quite a bit less but the 3700x still performs comparably with the 9900k, and could build a better system for your budget. But, if you really want to go intel here is a revamp of your list for a little bit more but improved upon. I have also added a Ryzen 3700x with a 2070 Super build list which I would recommend over the intel build.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$484.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler	$74.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$189.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$79.89 @ Amazon
Storage	HP EX920 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$269.99 @ Amazon
Case	Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$69.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1309.73
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1289.73
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-30 13:27 EDT-0400

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.00 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$159.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$81.99 @ Amazon
Storage	HP EX920 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB VENTUS OC Video Card	$509.99 @ B&H
Case	Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$69.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1300.94
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1270.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-30 13:27 EDT-0400

 

[Sgt Sauris]

@SpookyCitrus I did not include storage since I plan on taking my drives out of my current PC and moving them over. I do like your proposed build that you recommended though. I think I may go with that. Thank you everyone for your input by the way!