Need help with gaming PC build.

[Pally]

Hello everyone, I am new to the community. But been watching all the YouTube funny and crazy creations. I need help to build gaming PC, if possible be able to do some multitasking on it, like have a browser open with few pages while game runs in background. I live 30 minutes from micro center store, they will build it for me, I am not able to do that myself. Which probably will add to the cost of the computer.

I am in USA, budget $2000-2500. I was thinking mid size case, that later will let me to upgrade future components, technology moves with such fast pace, things get out date the moment you get them.  I don't need any rgb or water cooling (I believe that air cooling should be ok, may be I am wrong about that) but that's why I need your advise. I have monitor, keyboard, and mouse that are great for gaming. I was hopping to do that on Black Friday sales that is coming up.

Thank you.

[TheGlenlivet]

PCpartpicker.com is a good place to start.

 

[Meganter]

Hello,

 

So the overkill machine :

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$324.76 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler	$99.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard	$199.00 @ B&H
Memory	OLOy 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$123.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$95.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB AORUS Video Card	$1279.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2313.66
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-07 12:53 EST-0500

 

 

The good stuff :

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$324.76 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$54.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$95.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video Card	$789.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1570.70
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-07 12:55 EST-0500

 

 

And the budget : 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$54.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$95.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Devil Video Card	$439.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1089.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-07 12:56 EST-0500

 

[Pally]

Thank you for responding. I am not sure if I have to buy it from them or I can bring them the components and asking them to build PC for me. 

[Sorenson]

I would go with something like this since you're primary goal is gaming without workstation style work. I know some people are going to say don't go intel because you get almost the same performance with ryzen at a cheaper price. But, micro center sells the 9700k for $300 and it performs better in gaming. If you want to get into video rendering, or something that is heavily multi threaded then I would consider the 3700x or 3900x. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$300.00
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler	$74.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$125.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$67.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$204.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	$719.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1803.82
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-07 13:22 EST-0500

 

[Meganter]

1 hour ago, Sorenson said:

I would go with something like this since you're primary goal is gaming without workstation style work. I know some people are going to say don't go intel because you get almost the same performance with ryzen at a cheaper price. But, micro center sells the 9700k for $300 and it performs better in gaming. If you want to get into video rendering, or something that is heavily multi threaded then I would consider the 3700x or 3900x. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$300.00
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler	$74.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$125.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$67.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$204.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	$719.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1803.82
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-07 13:22 EST-0500

 

Bad motherboard, go for the Aorus Elite.

Overpriced Samsung SSD, you can remove it. Downgrade the 660p for 1Tb.

Not the best GPU at that price the FE is better. Get Aorus, Strix, Trio, AMP or FTW3.

And that G3 is a crappy PSU/fire hazard.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$300.00
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler	$74.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ELITE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$171.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$67.98 @ Amazon
Storage	HP EX920 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$114.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Asus GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video Card	$789.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$94.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1704.82
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-07 14:54 EST-0500

 

[Sorenson]

Just now, Plouffe said:

Bad motherboard, go for the Aorus Elite.

Overpriced Samsung SSD, you can remove it. Downgrade the 660p for 1Tb.

Not the best GPU at that price the FE is better. Get Aorus, Strix, Trio, AMP or FTW3.

And that G3 is a crappy PSU/fire hazard.

I mean I disagree with almost everything you've said.

• Mobo could be better but its fine for the 9700k. 
• Samsung SSD are not "overpriced" they are higher quality, more reliable, and much faster.  
• You don't know OP's storage needs so you can't make a blatant statement like "downgrade the 660p for 1tb"
• The FE card is not better, the gigabyte triple fan is one of the cheapest, quietest, and best performing 2080 supers. 
• And you're right about the G3, I thought I clicked on the G2. He should definitely change that. 

[Pally]

This what i have now, its almost 6 years old. I cant play games like Red dead redemption 2 or couple games online its keep telling me I don't have enough video memory. Its alienware x51 desktop small case.

[Meganter]

7 minutes ago, Sorenson said:

I mean I disagree with almost everything you've said.

• Mobo could be better but its fine for the 9700k. 
• Samsung SSD are not "overpriced" they are higher quality, more reliable, and much faster.  
• You don't know OP's storage needs so you can't make a blatant statement like "downgrade the 660p for 1tb"
• The FE card is not better, the gigabyte triple fan is one of the cheapest, quietest, and best performing 2080 supers. 
• And you're right about the G3, I thought I clicked on the G2. He should definitely change that. 

It can't OC an i5 so i7, unless it's a 9700 non k, there is no point in using it.

Overpriced when most brand have a 5 years warranty too for a margin gain of write/read speed.

If OP needs more storage there are a lot of HDD for storage (4TB 7200RPM for 100$).

At that price point the FE is better (700$ vs 720$) since they equal each other.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Plouffe said:

It can't OC an i5 so i7, unless it's a 9700 non k, there is no point in using it.

^^^ IDK much on this specific mobo, but I do know Gigabyte boards are much better on Z390 though, and at every price point up to $500 or so they consistently offer the best VRMs. 

2 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

Overpriced when most brand have a 5 years warranty too for a margin gain of write/read speed.

Samsung SSDs are a bit overpriced, but a Sabrent Rocket or SX8200 Pro would be a vastly better choice than the 660p, IIRC at around 60% capacity it starts getting reeeeeeeeeally slow. 

3 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

If OP needs more storage there are a lot of HDD for storage (4TB 7200RPM for 100$).

If you can afford to got all SSD, dewit. If not, HDDs are still damn good options for mass storage, and way cheaper per GB. 

3 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

At that price point the FE is better (700$ vs 720$) since they equal each other.

Also, don't the Turing FE models have better binned chips? IIRC Nvidia kept the best bins for their FE cards. 

[Meganter]

6 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

^^^ IDK much on this specific mobo, but I do know Gigabyte boards are much better on Z390 though, and at every price point up to $500 or so they consistently offer the best VRMs. 

Samsung SSDs are a bit overpriced, but a Sabrent Rocket or SX8200 Pro would be a vastly better choice than the 660p, IIRC at around 60% capacity it starts getting reeeeeeeeeally slow. 

If you can afford to got all SSD, dewit. If not, HDDs are still damn good options for mass storage, and way cheaper per GB. 

Also, don't the Turing FE models have better binned chips? IIRC Nvidia kept the best bins for their FE cards. 

Oh I didn't see the SX8200 and for the Sabrent there are rumors of specs change atm so I'm trying to avoid it. I have one and it works as intended though. Also I used an HP EX920 instead because I see it recommended quite often.

True about going full SSD if you can.

I think they do indeed!

 

[Sorenson]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

^^^ IDK much on this specific mobo, but I do know Gigabyte boards are much better on Z390 though, and at every price point up to $500 or so they consistently offer the best VRMs. 

 

Its like a fine motherboard, its not the best if you want to really push the chip. A lot of people recommend like $300 motherboards that are meant for extreme over clockers when most people don't enable overclocking or just enable all core sync. 

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Samsung SSDs are a bit overpriced, but a Sabrent Rocket or SX8200 Pro would be a vastly better choice than the 660p, IIRC at around 60% capacity it starts getting reeeeeeeeeally slow. 

If you can afford to got all SSD, dewit. If not, HDDs are still damn good options for mass storage, and way cheaper per GB. 

 

I havne't experienced the 60% slow down with my 660p. I've used about 70% of it and my games still load fast. Samsung SSDs are more expensive because they don't use flash storage that is as cheap as the competition, spend more on the memory controller, and implement things like heat spreaders to keep the drive running fast under load. My 960 has been running strong for around 3 years now, I have no complaints. 

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Also, don't the Turing FE models have better binned chips? IIRC Nvidia kept the best bins for their FE cards. 

Thats always been the rumor, but no one has ever proved it. A dual slot cooler with only two fans isn't really enough to cool the 2080 class card quietly. My 2070 super (same GPU core as the 2080) gets loud under heavy load even after undervaluing and repasting. 20$ for a card that runs at a higher clock speed and quieter is personally a no brainer. 

[Pally]

Thank you everyone for giving me an idea where to start.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($324.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC LIQUID FREEZER II 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($75.73 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($102.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Inland Premium 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB VENTUS OC Video Card  ($1059.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-DELTA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper M 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1993.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-07 20:39 EST-0500

[trevb0t]

Do you need a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers/headset included?

 

What games do you want to play?

 

Why do you say you cant build yourself? I am not exaggerating when I say it's like legos with screws. All you need is a Phillip's screwdriver. 

[Pally]

I have monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers/headset. The new game like red dead redemption 2 just came out, my PC cant handle it.

I am very bad with building that kind stuff and don't want to screw up that amount of money.

Also if anything goes wrong I can bring to the store and its on them to fix it.

My current PC Its alienware x51 desktop small case.