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First desktop build in 10 years

Norki
By Norki
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Hi everyone,

 

Between university and jobs I have moved from country to country a few times in the last years, and my PC gaming has been limited to laptops for the obvious reasons of portability and convenience.

 

I have now settled in Sweden and the plan is to stay here long-term, so I decided to get a powerful stationary build. Things have changed quite a bit since I built my last PC, so I'm posting here to get advice from the community.

 

  • I have a flexible budget of ~2000€ / 22000 SEK, possibly including a good monitor (I think 24-27 inches would be enough, not sure if I should consider ultra-wide or dual monitor)
  • I want to aim for 1440p at 120+ fps
  • This thing will probably sit on a desk in my living room, so it should look good - no extreme gamer aesthetics but I would consider a glass side panel with optional sober rgb lights
  • Ideally this build will be future proof, I don't expect to be playing everything at Ultra forever but it would be great if I could get good performances at 1440p in 3-5 years.

I think that's all for now. Does it look achievable?

 

Thanks in advance!

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor kr3890.00 @ CDON SE
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard kr2689.00 @ Dustin Home
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory kr949.00 @ CDON SE
Storage Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive kr1359.00 @ Dustin Home
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card kr8999.00 @ Dustin Home
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case kr725.00 @ Dustin Home
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply kr1018.00 @ Dustin Home
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total kr19629.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-19 16:04 CEST+0200  

Left some room for a monitor, if you didn't already have one.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor kr6091.00 @ Dustin Home
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard kr2458.00 @ Dustin Home
Memory G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory kr2549.00 @ Dustin Home
Storage Corsair MP300 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive kr1819.00 @ Dustin Home
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card kr8999.00 @ Dustin Home
Case NZXT H500i ATX Mid Tower Case kr1168.00 @ Dustin Home
Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply kr1199.00 @ CDON SE
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total kr24283.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-19 16:05 CEST+0200  

This is an incredibly high-end build for 24,200 Krona. It's quite great

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

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8 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

 

8 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Platinum 550 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

but y tho

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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Thanks for your input guys, this is my current list:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (kr3889.00 @ Dustin Home) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (kr1549.00 @ CDON SE) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard  (kr2689.00 @ Dustin Home) 
Storage: Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (kr2522.00 @ Dustin Home) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card  (kr8999.00 @ Dustin Home) 
Case: NZXT H510i ATX Mid Tower Case  (kr1368.00 @ Dustin Home) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (kr1199.00 @ CDON SE) 
Custom: HyperX Predator DDR4 RGB 32GB Kit 3200MHz CL16 DIMM XMP RAM Memory/Infrared Sync Technology- Black (HX432C16PB3AK2/32) 
Total: kr22215.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-24 22:36 CEST+0200

 
How does it look? Any red flags? I'm still undecided about the RAM. I'm thinking 2x16GB of fast 3200MHz, but I haven't found one that I really like aesthetically.

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