Best Game Dev and Gaming PC for $1100

[Anoraked]

Hi LTT community!

 

I'm building a PC for Christmas and am a bit stuck on where to start.

This PC will be used for 70% game dev and 30% gaming (Minecraft, some cinematic games at 4K 30fps).

Looks don't matter to me, it will probably be under a desk. I would like good airflow, not it being quiet.

32gb of RAM is needed because I will have YT/Netflix/Spotify and up to 30 tabs in chrome open at once.

No OS/peripherals needed.

 

Thanks,

Anoraked

[Jurrunio]

Start when you're a few days before purchase, the market changes over time so info now will get outdated even before Black Friday let alone Christmas.

[Anoraked]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

Start when you're a few days before purchase, the market changes over time so info now will get outdated even before Black Friday let alone Christmas.

I have to order about 2 months before Christmas as Amazon shipping prices are really high, and it's cheaper to order from a local shop.

[Streetguru]

15 minutes ago, Anoraked said:

Hi LTT community!

And how tight is that budget?

You can go down to an R7 2700/X + X470 $100-120 MSI motherboard

The blower cooler can be improved with some thermal paste and a washer, after market cards are like $360
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fqvm8M

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($327.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($189.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card  ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.97 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1112.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-16 16:28 EDT-0400

[Jurrunio]

32 minutes ago, Anoraked said:

I have to order about 2 months before Christmas as Amazon shipping prices are really high, and it's cheaper to order from a local shop.

then is USD even your native currency?

[Anoraked]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

then is USD even your native currency?

I'm from Ireland, but PCPP has zero stores listed on there.

[Anoraked]

Just now, Anoraked said:

I'm from Ireland, but PCPP has zero stores listed on there.

It's the only way I can get a rough idea of what it will cost.

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, Anoraked said:

I'm from Ireland, but PCPP has zero stores listed on there.

not even the Ireland version?

https://ie.pcpartpicker.com/

[Anoraked]

25 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

And how tight is that budget?

You can go down to an R7 2700/X + X470 $100-120 MSI motherboard

The blower cooler can be improved with some thermal paste and a washer, after market cards are like $360
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fqvm8M

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($327.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($189.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card  ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.97 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1112.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-16 16:28 EDT-0400

Should the stock cooler run well with an overclock?

[Anoraked]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

not even the Ireland version?

https://ie.pcpartpicker.com/

If you try and make a build, it gets about 2 parts that have prices.

[Anoraked]

29 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

And how tight is that budget?

You can go down to an R7 2700/X + X470 $100-120 MSI motherboard

The blower cooler can be improved with some thermal paste and a washer, after market cards are like $360
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fqvm8M

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($327.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($189.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card  ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.97 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1112.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-16 16:28 EDT-0400

Changed it around a bit, thoughts on this?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/486m8M 

[Streetguru]

11 minutes ago, Anoraked said:

Changed it around a bit, thoughts on this?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/486m8M 

What happend to $1000 lol

 

the 660p is the SSD to buy right now, it has a pretty big cache

You don't really need the extra fans

4K is nice, but I'd recommend at least a 32" 4k display IPS preferred natraully, or find a used one for really cheap ~$200

You can get mechanical keyboards at half that price

Mouse is entirely up to you, a 12 button mouse might be useful if you want to set up macros on it, they're like $30-40 at most

May want a bluetooth controller of some kind for any console games. The SF30 pro from 8bitdo is nice, but had an odd form factor

The stock cooler is not going to be able to handle any real OC

 

buy a Neptwin or Scythe Fuma 2 120mm dual tower cooler at a later date.

[Jurrunio]

11 minutes ago, Anoraked said:

If you try and make a build, it gets about 2 parts that have prices.

That's because the list you looked at were made at a different region. The pricing seems to be horrible in Ireland tho, even compared to the UK. Looks like 3700X + MSI B450 ATX board + 2x16GB DDR4 3000MHz+ + GTX 1660 + 450w PSU (tier B or higher) + 1TB SSD/500GB SSD + 2TB HDD is your best bet.

 

 

[Anoraked]

10 hours ago, Streetguru said:

What happend to $1000 lol

 

the 660p is the SSD to buy right now, it has a pretty big cache

You don't really need the extra fans

4K is nice, but I'd recommend at least a 32" 4k display IPS preferred natraully, or find a used one for really cheap ~$200

You can get mechanical keyboards at half that price

Mouse is entirely up to you, a 12 button mouse might be useful if you want to set up macros on it, they're like $30-40 at most

May want a bluetooth controller of some kind for any console games. The SF30 pro from 8bitdo is nice, but had an odd form factor

The stock cooler is not going to be able to handle any real OC

 

buy a Neptwin or Scythe Fuma 2 120mm dual tower cooler at a later date.

@streetguru The budget was for the PC only, excluding peripherals. I’ll look into 32” monitors, not much of a tech market where I live so I’ll probably have to buy it new. What does the ‘cache’ mean when talking about SSDs? I’ve heard people say that it is pretty big on the 660p, but have no idea of what they’re talking about. I already have a PS4 PRO so no controller needed for me. I’ll find a better keyboard, I’ll keep the mouse as I have used it and really like it.

[Streetguru]

23 minutes ago, Anoraked said:

@streetguru The budget was for the PC only, excluding peripherals. I’ll look into 32” monitors, not much of a tech market where I live so I’ll

It just makes it faster before the SSD reaches full capacity.