I need help speccing a build for my friend

[Guest]

I'm working on making a computer for my friend who has honestly done way too much for me than I could be thankful for. However, I digress. I need a set of optimized parts in which can get value per dollar. However, I'm not looking for a tight budget; I have some liberty when it comes to price.

 

I mainly want to make a good gaming pc that can play games such as:

-Minecraft (moderate/heavy mods and some shaders)

-Fps games (Apex, etc)

 

I also want these games to be able to play at moderate and maybe high settings at a base of 75fps.

 

I also am looking for a pc that can host servers (mainly minecraft), and can run games while having discord and other applications open

 

For this, I thought that higher speed ram at 16gb with a "tanky" graphics card and 3rd gen ryzen. Check it out:

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/G_Fuel/saved/mNGp8d

 

Any adjustments I need to make? I'm honestly wasn't 100% sure with the graphics card, as I want great power, and my rtx 2080 super is treating me amazingly. I also have a slight bias towards Rog products, although I'm open to objection. I need help soon, as I wanna get these pieces around cyber monday for some possible good deals. Thanks in advance.

[ZeouLs]

1 minute ago, G_Fuel said:

ram at 16gb

I would personally go for 32 Gigs if you want to run a server on the machine while playing on it and doing some other stuff in the background.

[Skipple]

Along with @ZeouLs recommendation...

 

This might be a personal thing.. but I would drop the cooler, and improve to a 3700x. Prism cooler is pretty good 

 

Drop the 970 Evo to a HP EX920. Use that money to bump to a 2TB HDD

[Tamesh16]

Are you sure you need an industrial Noctua Fan ?

also unsure why youre getting a warning for shared bandwidth in pcie and sata 

 

[Taf the Ghost]

32 minutes ago, G_Fuel said:

I'm working on making a computer for my friend who has honestly done way too much for me than I could be thankful for. However, I digress. I need a set of optimized parts in which can get value per dollar. However, I'm not looking for a tight budget; I have some liberty when it comes to price.

 

I mainly want to make a good gaming pc that can play games such as:

-Minecraft (moderate/heavy mods and some shaders)

-Fps games (Apex, etc)

 

I also want these games to be able to play at moderate and maybe high settings at a base of 75fps.

 

I also am looking for a pc that can host servers (mainly minecraft), and can run games while having discord and other applications open

 

For this, I thought that higher speed ram at 16gb with a "tanky" graphics card and 3rd gen ryzen. Check it out:

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/G_Fuel/saved/mNGp8d

 

Any adjustments I need to make? I'm honestly wasn't 100% sure with the graphics card, as I want great power, and my rtx 2080 super is treating me amazingly. I also have a slight bias towards Rog products, although I'm open to objection. I need help soon, as I wanna get these pieces around cyber monday for some possible good deals. Thanks in advance.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler	$59.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ B&H
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$140.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Team MP34 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC WHITE Video Card	$419.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$98.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$99.95 @ Amazon
Monitor	AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$144.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard	Logitech G Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard	$99.99 @ Amazon
Mouse	Logitech G703 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Optical Mouse	$79.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1659.78
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1639.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-20 03:38 EST-0500

You can get Win10 for 10-30USD from legitimate resellers. Keyboard is going to be a personal preference, so might want to hold off on that. Your monitor choice wasn't the right choice for this build. Get him a high refresh, 1080p and call it good. Memory can be dropped to 16Gb if needed, but that's the way to go.

[Guest]

19 hours ago, Taf the Ghost said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler	$59.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ B&H
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$140.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Team MP34 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC WHITE Video Card	$419.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$98.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$99.95 @ Amazon
Monitor	AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$144.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard	Logitech G Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard	$99.99 @ Amazon
Mouse	Logitech G703 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Optical Mouse	$79.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1659.78
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1639.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-20 03:38 EST-0500

You can get Win10 for 10-30USD from legitimate resellers. Keyboard is going to be a personal preference, so might want to hold off on that. Your monitor choice wasn't the right choice for this build. Get him a high refresh, 1080p and call it good. Memory can be dropped to 16Gb if needed, but that's the way to go.

Dude thanks so much for this, you balanced it way better than I did lol.

[Taf the Ghost]

1 hour ago, G_Fuel said:

Dude thanks so much for this, you balanced it way better than I did lol.

Glad to help. It helps when the BuildAPC hivemind settles on a lot of parts. And shoutout the great u/NewMaxx , who's the King of SSD info.