$1200 PC Build

[BadAtLiquidCooling]

I'm gonna build a new pc later this year and I have a budget of $1200. I'm gonna use this PC for Productivity/Gaming.

[realsmooth59]

Do you care if its an Nvidia or AMD GPU?

[BadAtLiquidCooling]

I'd prefer the RTX 2070 because Nvidia is discontinuing it and it's going down in price.

[Herman Mcpootis]

which country?

[BadAtLiquidCooling]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

which country?

USA

[Sorenson]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	$33.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill Sniper X 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$139.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card	$399.99 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$79.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1177.64
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1147.64
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-31 23:24 EDT-0400

This is what I would do. If you wanted to swap in the 2070 it would be about $20-40 more

[realsmooth59]

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

RAM: 32 GB GSkill DDR4 3200 Mhz 

MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE B450 Aorus Pro

GPU: MSI Geforce RTX 2070 Armor 8GB

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition

Storage: WD Black SN750 NVME 500GB SSD

Power Supply: Seasonic S12II 620 Bronze

Case: Corsair Carbide Series SPEC 0-6 RGB Black.

 

Total (without rebates): $1155.07

 

 

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Somekid5 said:

Power Supply: Seasonic S12II 620 Bronze

For this price point a PSU that's not super crappy would be nice, like a Corsair TXM instead

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($132.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Mushkin Enhanced Helix-L 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($98.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($389.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1180.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-01 00:01 EDT-0400

[NickPickerWI]

25 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

For this price point a PSU that's not super crappy would be nice, like a Corsair TXM instead

Or just a better SeaSonic. The budget allows for one of their Focus Plus Gold PSU's.

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, NickPickerWI said:

Or just a better SeaSonic. The budget allows for one of their Focus Plus Gold PSU's.

When it comes to Seasonic, a lot is preferable until you get to the Prime series, due to bad transient response on basically all units

[realsmooth59]

On 7/31/2019 at 10:36 PM, fasauceome said:

For this price point a PSU that's not super crappy would be nice, like a Corsair TXM instead

or you can switch it out for a Seasonic FOCUS series SSR-650FM 650W 80 + Gold Power Supply.

[Fasauceome]

9 minutes ago, Somekid5 said:

or you can switch it out for a Seasonic FOCUS series SSR-650FM 650W 80 + Gold Power Supply.

I tend not to recommend focus, their OCP problems still make me not trust the units since we don't know what to expect of future AMD releases. Once they make a new iteration I'll see if it's worth recommending.

[realsmooth59]

5 hours ago, fasauceome said:

I tend not to recommend focus, their OCP problems still make me not trust the units since we don't know what to expect of future AMD releases. Once they make a new iteration I'll see if it's worth recommending.

Or just get a reliable power supply