just need to run this by some people see if anything is wrong or could be improved

[rice guru]

as the title says. I'm not the most experienced builder but have built a good amount of systems. this is the highest budget Ii have worked with so far. he has a buydget or 3500 CAD but want to eep it at around 3000 cause taxes suck 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/xxdalionxx/saved/Yyh8Mp

 

Update: PSU and cooler have been swapped

update: got rid of ssd as we will be reusing his old one

[PopsicleHustler]

Get Gigabyte Aorus board. They're much better for overclocking.

Stay away from EVGA G3 PSUs, get G2 instead.

I would go with air cooler rather than AiO, but that's my preference.

 

Other than that its good.

[Constantin]

You can start by thinking Intel???

[rice guru]

1 minute ago, PopsicleHustler said:

Get Gigabyte Aorus board. They're much better for overclocking.

Stay away from EVGA G3 PSUs, get G2 instead.

I would go with air cooler rather than AiO, but that's my preference.

 

Other than that its good.

thanks will do with the psu. keeping the board he wont OC. Asus is just a little better RMA wise her ein my area.  I also prefer AIr and wanter to get him a dark rock but he will be moving this pc pretty often so an AIO would suit him better

 

[rice guru]

2 minutes ago, Constantin said:

You can start by thinking Intel???

no value isn't as good

[Herman Mcpootis]

You can get a faster nvme ssd for less than the 860 evo. Pick up a 550-650w RMx instead of the G3.

[PopsicleHustler]

Just now, rice guru said:

thanks will do with the psu. keeping the board he wont OC. Asus is just a little better RMA wise her ein my area.  I also prefer AIr and wanter to get him a dark rock but he will be moving this pc pretty often so an AIO would suit him better

 

If he is not overclocking, then why bother getting an AiO in the first place?

[rice guru]

2 minutes ago, Constantin said:

You can start by thinking Intel???

I would go intel if price to performance is better but sadly they are not priced competitively currently 

 

[rice guru]

2 minutes ago, PopsicleHustler said:

If he is not overclocking, then why bother getting an AiO in the first place?

like I said miving the PC a lot and is what he wants. can't convince him otherwise

 

[rice guru]

2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

You can get a faster nvme ssd for less than the 860 evo. Pick up a 550-650w RMx instead of the G3.

prefer EVGA have had great service from them and   have never had  a PSU fail from them . and had corsair psu fail. 

[PopsicleHustler]

Just now, rice guru said:

like I said miving the PC a lot and is what he wants. can't convince him otherwise

 

In that case I would get a smaller one. 360mm is just pointless.

[brob]

5 minutes ago, PopsicleHustler said:

If he is not overclocking, then why bother getting an AiO in the first place?

 

Even then a good air tower will provide excellent cooling except for the most demanding oc.

 

3 minutes ago, rice guru said:

like I said miving the PC a lot and is what he wants. can't convince him otherwise

 

 

Always frustrating when that happens. When someone is set on a particular part there is little point in trying to convince them otherwise. If you do get them to change anything that goes "wrong" or isn't as expected is going to be your fault.

[rice guru]

3 minutes ago, brob said:

 

Even then a good air tower will provide excellent cooling except for the most demanding oc.

 

 

Always frustrating when that happens. When someone is set on a particular part there is little point in trying to convince them otherwise. If you do get them to change anything that goes "wrong" is going to be your fault.

basically so might as well get them the best one I can find

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, rice guru said:

prefer EVGA have had great service from them and   have never had  a PSU fail from them . and had corsair psu fail. 

Neither company actually makes power supplies, they get OEMs to build it for them. Plus you're comparing a sample size of a few dead units compared to millions of perfectly working ones, it's nowhere near a fair comparison.

[rice guru]

Just now, Herman Mcpootis said:

Neither company actually makes power supplies, they get OEMs to build it for them. Plus you're comparing a sample size of a few dead units compared to millions of perfectly working ones, it's nowhere near a fair comparison.

true and I agree with that

the RMX units seem to be good value though so will definitely consider it

 

[rice guru]

3 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

Neither company actually makes power supplies, they get OEMs to build it for them. Plus you're comparing a sample size of a few dead units compared to millions of perfectly working ones, it's nowhere near a fair comparison.

but might be running with a seasonic focus gold instead. They seem to be more reliable than either of the other 2 

 

[NunoLava1998]

If you want it to be portable, I'd recommend going for the Silverstone Sugo SG13.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$439.50 @ Vuugo
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler	$49.95 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$289.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$204.00 @ Amazon Canada
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$289.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$288.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Video Card	PNY GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Blower Video Card	$1551.99 @ PC-Canada
Case	Silverstone SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case	$100.14 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply	SeaSonic PRIME Ultra Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$179.99 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$3394.54
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-31 13:07 EDT-0400

 

[rice guru]

1 minute ago, NunoLava1998 said:

If you want it to be portable, I'd recommend going for the Silverstone Sugo SG13.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$439.50 @ Vuugo
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler	$49.95 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$289.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$204.00 @ Amazon Canada
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$289.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$288.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Video Card	PNY GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Blower Video Card	$1551.99 @ PC-Canada
Case	Silverstone SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case	$100.14 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply	SeaSonic PRIME Ultra Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$179.99 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$3394.54
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-31 13:07 EDT-0400

 

it's not meant to be super portable. this will be a second pc for college  completely forgot this point so I will try to convince him to go air. too. 

[rice guru]

10 minutes ago, PopsicleHustler said:

In that case I would get a smaller one. 360mm is just pointless.

nvm forgot he had a second pc  this is meant to be his dorm room pc. I was under the impression he was moving this one from home to college back and forth but realized hea doesn't need to so will definitely try to get him to run air. but hes pretty set on water

 

[rice guru]

4 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

If you want it to be portable, I'd recommend going for the Silverstone Sugo SG13.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$439.50 @ Vuugo
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler	$49.95 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$289.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$204.00 @ Amazon Canada
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$289.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$288.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Video Card	PNY GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Blower Video Card	$1551.99 @ PC-Canada
Case	Silverstone SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case	$100.14 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply	SeaSonic PRIME Ultra Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$179.99 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$3394.54
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-31 13:07 EDT-0400

 

opinions on the seasonic focus gold?

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 minutes ago, rice guru said:

but might be running with a seasonic focus gold instead. They seem to be more reliable than either of the other 2 

 

 

[rice guru]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

 

thanks

will do more research

 

[rice guru]

@Herman Mcpootis yeah you convinced me with the RMX

 

[rice guru]

21 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

You can get a faster nvme ssd for less than the 860 evo. Pick up a 550-650w RMx instead of the G3.

what NVME drive would you reccomend?

 

[hello_there_123]

6 minutes ago, rice guru said:

what NVME drive would you reccomend?

 

Not Herman Mcpootis but I would not recommend an nvme ssd given the prices in Canada. Get either the 480gb or 1TB Team L5 Lite 3D.