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Budget is $1000 USD. (i know its over budget) I plan to use it for heavy gaming, light workloads and maybe medium to heavy photoshop. I already have peripherals, but I would like a recommendation for a good 1440p monitor and speakers. I *might* already have a case, cooler power supply, and graphics card. I would also like to know about upgrade paths, and I have seen similar builds for less, so I would like to know how to bring costs down. (the graphics, storage, mobo, and cooler can be changed, although I like Nvidia and the cooler has to be under 47mm)

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yZzwMZ

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($238.90 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($151.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: Corsair SF 600 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Corsair) 
Case: Dr Zaber Sentry 2 ($260.00)
Total: $1525.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-18 12:53 EDT-0400

System

  • CPU
    Intel i5-3470 / Core 2 Quad Q6600
  • Motherboard
    some piece of trash / other piece of garbage
  • RAM
    8 gigs of Ripjaws X DDR3-2666 / 7 GB of DDR2 stuff
  • GPU
    none. / XFX R9-280X
  • Case
    some Dell thing / another HP case
  • Storage
    500 gig Seagate Barracuda, 250 gig Kingston SSD / 120 gig PNY SSD, 1TB WD Blue, 1TB Samsung HDD (not plugged in)
  • PSU
    some chinese dumpster fire / 500W Silverstone
  • Cooling
    intelstock heatsink / Coolermaster thing thats worse than intelstock
  • Keyboard
    Asus Cerberus
  • Mouse
    Logitech G300s
  • Sound
    Creative Inspire T6300 5.1 Surround Speakers, Turtle Beach Earforce X12
  • Operating System
    Windows 10, wInDOwS 10
  • Laptop
    Surface Pro the Fourth
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I'll recommend something like this instead...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.75 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.20 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card  ($419.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($60.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: BitFenix Formula Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($75.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1044.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-18 13:24 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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2 hours ago, VEXICUS said:

I'll recommend something like this instead...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.75 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.20 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card  ($419.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($60.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: BitFenix Formula Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($75.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1044.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-18 13:24 EDT-0400

I would have recommended something similar.

 

Perhaps a cheaper PSU, 650 Watt is overkill for this system, even 550 Watt would be more than enough. With the money you save on the PSU you could get some nice 3600Mhz CL 17 ram:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.20 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($96.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card  ($419.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($60.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Walmart)
Total: $1054.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-18 16:18 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($159.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Team T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($699.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1511.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-18 18:11 EDT-0400

 

Monitor: Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($379.99 @ Newegg) 

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5 hours ago, maartendc said:

I would have recommended something similar.

 

Perhaps a cheaper PSU, 650 Watt is overkill for this system, even 550 Watt would be more than enough. With the money you save on the PSU you could get some nice 3600Mhz CL 17 ram:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.20 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($96.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card  ($419.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($60.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Walmart)
Total: $1054.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I wouldn't spend extra $30 for a 3600mhz cl17 kit. 3200mhz cl16 will do just fine.

Also, formula gold is comparitively a way better PSU. The 650w model was cheaper. So went with that one.

 

Also, Load regulation is very loose on bq models, ripple suppression on the minor rails is mediocre, and the 3.3V rail's transient response is weak. To make matters worse, the efficiency levels are quite low, the inrush current under both voltage inputs (115V and 230V) is high, and the cooling fan is loud, even though it uses a reliable bearing. In order to keep the Teapo SC capacitors on the secondary side cool (along with the SBRs responsible for rectifying the +12V rail), HEC went with an aggressive fan profile that sets the minimum rotational speed at 1120 RPM! So, if you hate noisy PSUs, stay away from this one. Source : Tomshardware

 

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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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1 hour ago, maartendc said:

I would.

Because the price increase doesn't justify the extra performance gained. Also, 3200mhz ram can be OC anyways.

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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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1 hour ago, VEXICUS said:

Because the price increase doesn't justify the extra performance gained. Also, 3200mhz ram can be OC anyways. 

On a $1050 computer, $30 is 2.8 percent. Yet you could have up to 5% performance increase over 3200Mhz in some applications and games. So it is money well spent.

 

You can OC 3200 Mhz CL16 ram probably tighten the timings a bit, but not to 3600 Mhz CL 17 speeds. Just not going to happen. That is why they charge more for the faster RAM, they are just better chips.

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22 minutes ago, maartendc said:

On a $1050 computer, $30 is 2.8 percent. Yet you could have up to 5% performance increase over 3200Mhz in some applications and games. So it is money well spent.

 

You can OC 3200 Mhz CL16 ram probably tighten the timings a bit, but not to 3600 Mhz CL 17 speeds. Just not going to happen. That is why they charge more for the faster RAM, they are just better chips.

Frequency of the infinity fabric can be tweaked to outperform your so called "3600mhz cl17" memory.

 

They did it with a 2133mhz kit.

 

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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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Using a different case and power supply, and downgrading the ram to 3200 (oc?) Would this be a good mini itx build? 

System

  • CPU
    Intel i5-3470 / Core 2 Quad Q6600
  • Motherboard
    some piece of trash / other piece of garbage
  • RAM
    8 gigs of Ripjaws X DDR3-2666 / 7 GB of DDR2 stuff
  • GPU
    none. / XFX R9-280X
  • Case
    some Dell thing / another HP case
  • Storage
    500 gig Seagate Barracuda, 250 gig Kingston SSD / 120 gig PNY SSD, 1TB WD Blue, 1TB Samsung HDD (not plugged in)
  • PSU
    some chinese dumpster fire / 500W Silverstone
  • Cooling
    intelstock heatsink / Coolermaster thing thats worse than intelstock
  • Keyboard
    Asus Cerberus
  • Mouse
    Logitech G300s
  • Sound
    Creative Inspire T6300 5.1 Surround Speakers, Turtle Beach Earforce X12
  • Operating System
    Windows 10, wInDOwS 10
  • Laptop
    Surface Pro the Fourth
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2 hours ago, VestiaryFlea867 said:

Using a different case and power supply, and downgrading the ram to 3200 (oc?) Would this be a good mini itx build? 

Yes

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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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