High end Gaming/Workstation PC

[Dbrine757]

Hello everyone,

I just graduated from high school a few months ago which has allowed me loads of more time to focus on working while I prepare for college, after a lot of thought and planning I have decided I am going to be attending online school purely for convenience location and pricing.

 

Since I have been working so much I finally am in a position where I feel I can start planning a build for myself without cutting any corners and sacrificing performance due to a budget. My overall goal for this PC is something I can make no graphical sacrifices on playing at 1440p minimum 60 FPS. As well as a PC that could support really CPU intensive programs running while still being able to have something such as Google Chrome running well. I am going to be using this PC throughout college and I need it to be able to be do anything I throw at it gaming/work wise.

 

If the PC is able to meet my goals then budget isn't something I will worry about, but I do not want to spend extra exceeding those goals.

 

Thank you for reading this all, I haven't ever really been active on a forum before so I tried to make the post easy on the eyes, if you comment any suggestions for parts on a PC build if you can please throw in some suggestions on how to format posts on most forums as I get a lot of stuff for that which is a big reason I tend to avoid them. 

[Mr.Humble]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12A 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler	$99.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$195.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$79.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Corsair MP510 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$129.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card	$419.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Define C ATX Mid Tower Case	$85.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.89 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1470.73
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-20 01:59 EDT-0400

 

 

[LienusLateTips]

Country?

 

Need monitor/keyboard/mouse?

 

 

[Dbrine757]

@Mr.Humble

 

I have a few questions, I am just now starting to actually learn about PC's and not just using them and I want to make sure I make the best decision with my money

 

1. Are parts from certain companies like CPUs and GPUs (AMD and Intel) going to perform objectively better due to more updates in the programs catered towards those companies hardware?

 

2. I forgot to mention but I already have a 6 TB WD Black HDD that my dad gave me and a 1 TB SSD from Samsung, if I were saving money in those places would there be a potential upgrade I could make on any part to assure I meet my goals in the future?

[Dbrine757]

@LienusLateTips

 

I do have monitors and all of the peripherals but I am looking into an upgrade them as I am currently using budget friendly stuff and I want to go all out on this whole setup.

 

EDIT: I am in the US

[Mr.Humble]

1 minute ago, Dbrine757 said:

@Mr.Humble

 

I have a few questions, I am just now starting to actually learn about PC's and not just using them and I want to make sure I make the best decision with my money

 

1. Are parts from certain companies like CPUs and GPUs (AMD and Intel) going to perform objectively better due to more updates in the programs catered towards those companies hardware?

 

2. I forgot to mention but I already have a 6 TB WD Black HDD that my dad gave me and a 1 TB SSD from Samsung, if I were saving money in those places would there be a potential upgrade I could make on any part to assure I meet my goals in the future?

1. not that I know. it's more about the speed of the processor - Adobe Premiere will be better on Intel because those chips have higher frequency, pretty much everything else in rendering, compiling, and gaming will be same or better on Ryzen right now. 

 

2. it's typically better to buy the best you can at the time and upgrade over time - for example you can get a faster gpu in 2 years etc.

 

The only thing that would be worth changing is getting 32GB of RAM, but only if your workload is RAM intensive. 

[Dbrine757]

Just now, Mr.Humble said:

The only thing that would be worth changing is getting 32GB of RAM, but only if your workload is RAM intensive. 

What would you consider some common things that are RAM intensive?

[Mr.Humble]

8 minutes ago, Dbrine757 said:

What would you consider some common things that are RAM intensive?

For example video editing and working with large databases - you'll probably find out in time that you need more Ram, but then you can get additional identical kit and put it into the remaining 2 slots on the motherboard. 

 

Here's the build including new peripherals:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12A 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler	$99.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$195.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$79.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card	$419.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Define C ATX Mid Tower Case	$85.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.89 @ Amazon
Monitor	Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor	$379.99 @ Newegg
Keyboard	Corsair K68 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard	$79.99 @ Amazon
Mouse	Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse	$53.98 @ Amazon
Headphones	Corsair VOID PRO RGB (Black) 7.1 Channel Headset	$69.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1924.69
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-20 02:22 EDT-0400

 

[Dbrine757]

@Mr.Humble

 

When it comes to higher refresh rates, is there any way you are able to benefit from them when not reaching the FPS to match it on certain titles, is this something that FreeSync and G-Sync makes possible?

[Mr.Humble]

4 hours ago, Dbrine757 said:

@Mr.Humble

 

When it comes to higher refresh rates, is there any way you are able to benefit from them when not reaching the FPS to match it on certain titles, is this something that FreeSync and G-Sync makes possible?

Yes Freesync in that monitor will sync up FPS and refresh rate between 48-144Hz, and that RX5700XT should be more than enough for smooth 1440p 60FPS. So in the future you can buy a faster new card and the monitor will still be good

[m777y]

5 hours ago, Dbrine757 said:

Hello everyone,

I just graduated from high school a few months ago which has allowed me loads of more time to focus on working while I prepare for college, after a lot of thought and planning I have decided I am going to be attending online school purely for convenience location and pricing.

 

Since I have been working so much I finally am in a position where I feel I can start planning a build for myself without cutting any corners and sacrificing performance due to a budget. My overall goal for this PC is something I can make no graphical sacrifices on playing at 1440p minimum 60 FPS. As well as a PC that could support really CPU intensive programs running while still being able to have something such as Google Chrome running well. I am going to be using this PC throughout college and I need it to be able to be do anything I throw at it gaming/work wise.

 

If the PC is able to meet my goals then budget isn't something I will worry about, but I do not want to spend extra exceeding those goals.

 

Thank you for reading this all, I haven't ever really been active on a forum before so I tried to make the post easy on the eyes, if you comment any suggestions for parts on a PC build if you can please throw in some suggestions on how to format posts on most forums as I get a lot of stuff for that which is a big reason I tend to avoid them. 

for workstation, don't use amd gpu. poor support at most software.