My Sober Celebration Build (The Grown-up build)

[blspyro]

1. Budget & Location

Overall I am happy with the price. If I can afford to decrease the price for the same or better performance, even better. I am not afraid to buy used, renewed or open box part depending on the part to save money. 

2. Aim

I am a gamer and soon to be youtube and twitch streamer after this is built. The aim of this build really is to celebrate my journey with a great reward once I reach a year of sobriety. Its been a long road, but I've almost done it 344 days as of this posting. I've never really treated myself to a truly amazing build but I am also all about saving money and packing an affordable punch. I also want a ton of or as much RGB I can get for an affordable price.

3. Monitors

I want to use up to possibly 3 monitors but I will probably settle for 1 or two for a while. My monitors are outdated. I am currently using a LG Flattron w2340vg atr 1080p 60hz. I want to come into the present and future and get a nice curved 1440p or 1080p monitor at 144hz or more.

4. Peripherals

I will be using windows 10 and have already bought my keyboard, mouse, headset (although the headset is a corsair rgb void, thats a couple years old and i'd consider buying a new rgb headset) I need to buy a monitor as I am way out of date.

5. Why are you upgrading?

I havn't had a gaming rig in over a year after I moved into los angeles I ran into some trouble and had to sell my PC. I am "upgrading" because I am currently gaming on a dell laptop with 8gb of memory and a 1050 4gb  graphics card.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/B3rK8M

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.79 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) (bought)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card  ($569.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-OMEGA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Best Buy) (bought)
Power Supply: Corsair 860 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply 
Monitor: MSI Optix MPG27CQ 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($419.99 @ B&H) 
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE Wired Gaming Keyboard (bought)
Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse  ($53.99 @ Amazon)  (bought)
Custom: MSI Performance Gaming AMD Ryzen 2ND & 3rd Gen X570 AM4 DDR4 HDMI PCIe 4 M.2 USB 3.1 CFX WiFi 6 On Board Graphics ATX Motherboard (MPG X570 Gaming Pro Carbon WiFi) (256.00 @ Amazon) (secondary option)
Total: $2478.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-08 13:04 EDT-0400

Thank You for your help  

[Adamaka]

GPU??

[paddy-stone]

You've got a motherboard on there twice for starters.

[blspyro]

@paddy-stone I marked it as the secondary option. I may go with it but i don't know if it will be worth it over the other one. I'm basically paying for rgb and a 3rd m2 slot.

@Adamaka MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card

[Adamaka]

Nice one dude!

 

[Jurrunio]

8 minutes ago, blspyro said:

CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 

Overkill, even $40 cooler is plenty for a R5 3600

 

8 minutes ago, blspyro said:

Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.89 @ OutletPC) 

One of the worst performing of X570 boards, good enough for up to a 3700x which is very bad when Asus X570-P can pass stress test with an overclocked 3900x easily. Gigabyte Elite and Asus TUF are better options for maximizing CPU upgrade options

 

19 minutes ago, blspyro said:

Custom: MSI Performance Gaming AMD Ryzen 2ND & 3rd Gen X570 AM4 DDR4 HDMI PCIe 4 M.2 USB 3.1 CFX WiFi 6 On Board Graphics ATX Motherboard (MPG X570 Gaming Pro Carbon WiFi)

Carbon board isn't great either, not sure if it's better than the X570-P but definitely worse than TUF and Elite.

 

19 minutes ago, blspyro said:

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) (bought)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 

Overpriced drives. The 500GB drive cost noticeably more than competing drives like the Adata SX8200 Pro or HP EX920, while the 2TB one cost as much as some PCIe 4.0 drives, namely the Corsair MP600 and Sabrent Rocket 4.0.

 

24 minutes ago, blspyro said:

Power Supply: Corsair 860 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply 

Overkill, could do with a 550w for now and dont see a reason to go past 750w (not even 3950x + 2080ti can go past 650w in stress tests)

[Zando_]

Here we go, around the same price: 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/F3CHx6

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($328.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ULTRA ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($289.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($249.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($249.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video Card  ($584.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($104.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Dell S2719DGF 27.0" 2560x1440 155 Hz Monitor  ($284.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $2473.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-08 14:00 EDT-0400

> better CPU for streaming
> RGB RAM I guess? But more importantly, it's 3600Mhz CL16 (the sweet spot for Zen 2) while keeping your 32GB capacity
> mobo with 3 M.2 slots, letting you run 2 2TB NVMe drives with the same 500GB boot drive for about the same price as the HDD combo you had before. You lose 1TB of space overall, but you're still getting 4.5TB of extremely fast storage
> 2070 Super STRIX because it fits in the budget and the STRIX cards are very nice indeed
> cheaper case while still being quality and also more compact
> great PSU, the RMx series is stellar (I run an RMi, basically the same thing but with full system wattage monitoring)
> Much cheaper monitor. It's TN, but a very good TN panel with a slightly higher refresh rate, also supports FreeSync which works with Nvidia and AMD GPUs. 

If you plan to encode streams on the CPU, I'd keep the 3700X and swap out the 2070 Super for a Gaming X 5700 XT. Good bit cheaper and about the same performance. If you plan to encode on the GPU, the 2000 series RTX cards have amazing NVENC encoders, whereas AMD's cards are terrible at it, so defo stick with Nvidia on that one. 
 

[Guest]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($328.90 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($111.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($0.00) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($249.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card  ($449.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-OMEGA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.98 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor  ($429.00 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $1949.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-08 14:16 EDT-0400

[blspyro]

thanks for the input. I will be looking through everything and making adjustments to it today and I will post an updated partpicker today or tomorrow. I've also decided to go way different on the GPU since nvidia just announced the next series and at most we are 9 months away from another price drop and new series.