BF Tower to replace aging rig

[Aedowen]

Hey guys,

Would love to get everyone's thoughts on this potential BF hunting list for a new Tower. I'm not traditionally an RGB kind of builder but I really liked the looks of the Antec Avenger case. My current machine is from 2012: I7 2600k, Radeon 7990, corsair 850w Plat, 16gb DDR3, couple ssd's. It came to my attention that an RX590 would be the highest upgrade I could do on my aging rig, however even at that, it wouldn't get me an ideal experience with a 2560x1080p 34 wide monitor. Any advice would be much appreciated! The older tower would go to my gf for LoL and maybe Lost Ark if it ever comes out.

 

1500$ Cad before tax is usually what I like to spend, and I could trim some flashy things off here to get there, but was hoping BF might help that out. Thoughts?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$428.75 @ Vuugo
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$234.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$137.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$189.99 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card	Asus Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card	$448.50 @ Vuugo
Case	Antec Dark Avenger DA601 ATX Mid Tower Case	$109.90 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	Corsair HX Platinum 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$174.99 @ Corsair
Case Fan	Antec Prizm 120 ARGB 5+C 45.03 CFM 120 mm Fans	$102.60 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1847.71
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1827.71
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-10 17:27 EDT-0400

 

[Streetguru]

27 minutes ago, Aedowen said:

Hey guys,

Would love to get everyone's thoughts on this potential BF hunting list for a new Tower. I'm not traditionally an RGB kind of builder but I really

Do you already have the ultra wide? because 1440p 100-120hz would be a lot better for a 34" monitor.

Should look for 3200mhz CL14-CL16 or 3600mhz CL16 RAM, CL18 really won't be much faster despite a potential price increase.

Why not a 500GB SSD + 2TB hard drive?

Should really go for anything that isn't a blower cooler
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/tFGnTW/asus-radeon-rx-5700-8-gb-tuf-gaming-x3-oc-video-card-tuf-3-rx5700-o8g-gaming

You really don't need to go above a decent gold rated PSU

 

And there are plenty of cheaper RGB fan options, but do you even really need that many fans? The stock fans seem good enough in that case.
https://www.amazon.ca/EZDIY-FAB-120mm-Cooling-Addressable-Controller/dp/B07GNF4DV6/ref=pd_sbs_147_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07GNF4DV6&pd_rd_r=29a2e6ed-3421-4e36-9bed-863d173519c3&pd_rd_w=09hvU&pd_rd_wg=3yd30&pf_rd_p=0602d3b5-e536-4dc4-9e55-dd650b3d14d4&pf_rd_r=9MRDFYNAN2D4C7CZ0NF5&psc=1&refRID=9MRDFYNAN2D4C7CZ0NF5


Or just get a coolermaster H500

 

[Aedowen]

25 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Do you already have the ultra wide? because 1440p 100-120hz would be a lot better for a 34" monitor.

Should look for 3200mhz CL14-CL16 or 3600mhz CL16 RAM, CL18 really won't be much faster despite a potential price increase.

Why not a 500GB SSD + 2TB hard drive?

Should really go for anything that isn't a blower cooler
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/tFGnTW/asus-radeon-rx-5700-8-gb-tuf-gaming-x3-oc-video-card-tuf-3-rx5700-o8g-gaming

You really don't need to go above a decent gold rated PSU

 

And there are plenty of cheaper RGB fan options, but do you even really need that many fans? The stock fans seem good enough in that case.
https://www.amazon.ca/EZDIY-FAB-120mm-Cooling-Addressable-Controller/dp/B07GNF4DV6/ref=pd_sbs_147_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07GNF4DV6&pd_rd_r=29a2e6ed-3421-4e36-9bed-863d173519c3&pd_rd_w=09hvU&pd_rd_wg=3yd30&pf_rd_p=0602d3b5-e536-4dc4-9e55-dd650b3d14d4&pf_rd_r=9MRDFYNAN2D4C7CZ0NF5&psc=1&refRID=9MRDFYNAN2D4C7CZ0NF5


Or just get a coolermaster H500

 

Hi StreetGuru,

Thanks for the notes. I already have the 1080p ultrawide monitor. It's the LGuc79g-b. I got it for 550 a few months ago and I don't honestly notice pixel density since I came from a 24' Dell 1920x1200 monitor from 2012. I actually love it for how much it cost and am happy with it for LoL.

 

I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to RAM. I'll definitely look into the lower CL latency numbers you've described. Thank you!

 

For the hardrive, I was going to do a 500NVME and another SSD, but I thought for the price I mind aswell put all the dollars in NVME. but I could tack on a mechanical if needed.

 

Nice GPU, updated

 

I do have an older Corsair HXi850 plat in my current tower. Even though its 8 years old I could probably get a cheaper gold psu and switch it out. Plat is kinda overkill in either I guess, could skim some dollars here.

 

And yes, these RGB fans were really just for looks. This is just ideal for fun, but really not needed for this build.

Appreciate it.

B