planning new rig, thoughts on my list?

[jassik]

Pcpartpicker link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sLzPsk

along with the parts mentioned above, i have a custom water loop planned that will be going through my processor and graphics card(damn EK is expensive...but its gonna be worth it)

1. Budget & Location

   My spending goal is to keep it under $2,000 USD, not including my plans for a water-cooled system. I plan on ordering everything late November to hopefully catch some black Friday weekend sales, but i dont mind going over budget as i can always wait on some parts *cough cough liquid cooling loop

2. Aim

   while the main goal of the rig will be gaming(counter-strike,total war) i do make music as a hobby and I stream to my friends regularly.

3. Monitors
   I currently own a cheap 1080p 60hz Acer monitor that I'd like to relegate to becoming my second monitor. besides those two stats i dont know anything else when it comes to monitors so help picking up a screen that will look nice whenever i need good refresh rate for gaming or something that will make my shows look good :)

4. Peripherals

   no new keyboards and mice for now. hopefully my current windows key keeps working 

5. Why are you upgrading?

   while most of my current hardware is definitely up-gradable, now is the perfect time to introduce my very young brothers into PC gaming(i'm giving them my current rig for christmas).

[Meganter]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$327.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock X570 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard	$295.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$174.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	Purchased For $75.00
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB Video Card	$699.99 @ Best Buy
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Luxe 2 ATX Full Tower Case	$196.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	Purchased For $105.00
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1975.44
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-16 09:13 EDT-0400

 

Hello,

 

You could go for 3600mhz ram and an Asus TUF or Aorus elite/pro x570 (lower price than the Taichi). Also the Fractal Design Meshify S2 or Lian Li PC-O11 Air would allow great airflow and good watercooling support (both at ~150$).

[jassik]

4 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

Hello,

 

You could go for 3600mhz ram and an Asus TUF or Aorus elite/pro x570 (lower price than the Taichi). Also the Fractal Design Meshify S2 or Lian Li PC-O11 Air would allow great airflow and good watercooling support (both at ~150$).

thanks for the tips! I'll definitely look into the RAM. as for the motherboard I was looking at the Aorus X570 pro but there were quite a few reviews that dissuaded me. do you have experience with the Aorus series motherboards?

[Meganter]

1 minute ago, jassik said:

thanks for the tips! I'll definitely look into the RAM. as for the motherboard I was looking at the Aorus X570 pro but there were quite a few reviews that dissuaded me. do you have experience with the Aorus series motherboards?

 

I used to have a z68x-ud3h-b3 with my 2500k and it's still working for a friend after 7 years at 4GHz OC.

 

My wife has a z370 aorus ultra gaming and it works fine with a 8600k light overclock at 4.2GHz.

 

I use a z390 ultra that overclock my 8700k at 5GHz without issue (though I use it a 4.7GHz now).

 

Also X570 and Z390 from Aorus are really good and usually have good reviews.