Upgrading from bizarre 2010 Mac Pro w/ Quadro

[muindor]

I'm finally upgrading my gaming rig from my bizarre gaming rig of a 2010 Mac Pro w/ Quadro 5000 Bootcamped (I got it for free haha).

 

I've done a lot of research and come up with the below build.

 

I'd love overall feedback, but I have a few main questions.

1. 2060 Super or 5700 XT? I've read conflicting reports all over the place. I'm leaning towards the 2060 Super but don't really need RTX, so not sure.

2. Are the two included case fans enough, or should I spring for a few more?

3. Is the stock cooler enough, or is it worth going aftermarket air cooler?

4. The PSU seemed like a good deal for an 80+ Gold, but would love other recommendations if it is not great.

 

1. Budget & Location

1000$US

2. Aim

Casual gaming (WoW, RDR2, Sims, City Skylines, Planet Coaster)

3. Monitors

2 at 1080p. One for YouTube, one for game. Would love to upgrade one monitor to 1440p or 4K in the future (but I know thats a stretch on this budget). 

4. Peripherals

No need for peripherals or Windows.

I have a spare 3TB HDD & 128GB SSD that I'm going to use for storage, so I just opted for a small boot M.2 boot drive.

5. Why are you upgrading?

Constantly having so many issues. Not only is my GPU from 2011, but it lacks any gaming support. Such awful CPUs for gaming also.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  ($36.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($72.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($39.97 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC WHITE Video Card  ($419.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1023.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-08 02:23 EST-0500

 

Thank you very very much for the help!

[SupaKomputa]

If you're not doing overclocking, that heatsink is not required.

5700xt is better than 2060 super.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

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: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($72.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($66.95 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($369.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Total: $958.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-08 02:48 EST-0500

[Vishera]

This one is better:

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	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Kingston A2000 230 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$39.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital WD SE 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$64.14 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$403.98 @ Newegg
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$104.79 @ Walmart
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1061.86
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-08 02:49 EST-0500

 

The case you chose will suffocate your PC,not enough air-flow there.

[muindor]

16 hours ago, SupaKomputa said:

5700xt is better than 2060 super.

Thanks!! I love the look of the White 2060 Super, but seeing as that is a stupid reason to buy a component, I should probably find a 5700XT hahaha!

 

For my mobo, now I'm thinking of spending a tiny bit more and going with the Asus PRIME X470-PRO. It has a few small features I'd like. Any advice if that would be better or worse than the Tomahawk?

[Xiee]

27 minutes ago, muindor said:

For my mobo, now I'm thinking of spending a tiny bit more and going with the Asus PRIME X470-PRO. It has a few small features I'd like. Any advice if that would be better or worse than the Tomahawk?

The Tomahawk B450 has better features imho. It will work with Ryzen 3rd gen out of the box whereas you might need to bios flash the Asus Prime X470 since its an older board. 

 

Then again, Asus has been good to me. I'm currently rocking an older Asus Prime B350 board and it hasn't let me down so far. 

[SupaKomputa]

5 hours ago, Xiee said:

The Tomahawk B450 has better features imho. It will work with Ryzen 3rd gen out of the box whereas you might need to bios flash the Asus Prime X470 since its an older board. 

 

Then again, Asus has been good to me. I'm currently rocking an older Asus Prime B350 board and it hasn't let me down so far. 

NO B450 / X470 that work out of the box with 3rd, you can't say that. It depends if the board are factory updated or not.

[Xiee]

12 hours ago, SupaKomputa said:

NO B450 / X470 that work out of the box with 3rd, you can't say that. It depends if the board are factory updated or not.

I said "might". Some manufacturers will upgrade them out of the box. The MAX series of B450 motherboards from MSI do this and from what I've heard the Asrock B450 Steel Legend (the newer ones that came out) support Ryzen 3rd gen as well.

Let me rephrase that the Tomahawk B450 MAX supports Ryzen third gen out of the box. Some X470s will but others won't unless the more recent ones that came out after 3rd gen was announced were updated as well.