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[SarmadMakhdoom]

Hey guys

 

I'm planning to build a custom PC for my daily needs. I'm a programmer by profession and don't play games so often. Here is my part list, can you check and let me know if I am missing something or improve upon something before I make any purchase. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$499.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler	Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$139.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus PRIME X570-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$237.78 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$84.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$84.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB GAMING X Video Card	$379.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$104.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1622.71
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-20 23:15 EST-0500

Thanks

[Flying Sausages]

GTX 1060 @ $380

[Firewrath9]

If you don't play games, why not a laptop? 

A nice 15 inch laptop with a 4k screen would do great

[Bombastinator]

Programming.  The people I know that do that actually like beagle bones. Sort of the diametric opposite of that rig.  3900x has a lot of threads for compiles though which is tempting.  
 

the liquid cooler is totally unnecessary imho.  Ryzen2 barely over locks at all, and overclocking won’t buy you much.  Compiles like lots of threads, but clocks aren’t that important.  Stock cooler imho. Savings: $130

 

x570 mobos have on motherboard fans.  The pcie4.0 buys you nothing.  B450 tomahawk MAX. Savings: $100

NVME: you need that kind of speed?

 

GPU: I got nothing here.  If it’s just for gaming there are better choices.  Might not be for your situation though.

 

PSU.  Waaaay more power than you need.  500-600w range still more than you can use.  Savings (?)

 

thats $230 for more toys at same budget.  
 

Some raid1 slow storage? A NAS? Programs are a lot of work to make.  Won’t need much, they’re not large, but backups are nice.

 

more GPU?  I don’t know what your needs are.

 

a case? Yes you can screw everything to a piece of plywood but you get dust bunnies

[Skipple]

Go 2 x 16. If you want 32GB right now there are chances you may want 64GB by the time you are done with this AM4 chipset. Same price. 

 

Also, easier to run at rated speeds. 

 

Absolutely no reason to go 4x8

[SarmadMakhdoom]

25 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Programming.  The people I know that do that actually like beagle bones. Sort of the diametric opposite of that rig.  3900x has a lot of threads for compiles though which is tempting.  
 

the liquid cooler is totally unnecessary imho.  Ryzen2 barely over locks at all, and overclocking won’t buy you much.  Compiles like lots of threads, but clocks aren’t that important.  Stock cooler imho. Savings: $130

 

x570 mobos have on motherboard fans.  The pcie4.0 buys you nothing.  B450 tomahawk MAX. Savings: $100

NVME: you need that kind of speed?

 

GPU: I got nothing here.  If it’s just for gaming there are better choices.  Might not be for your situation though.

 

PSU.  Waaaay more power than you need.  500-600w range still more than you can use.  Savings (?)

 

thats $230 for more toys at same budget.  
 

Some raid1 slow storage? A NAS? Programs are a lot of work to make.  Won’t need much, they’re not large, but backups are nice.

 

more GPU?  I don’t know what your needs are.

 

a case? Yes you can screw everything to a piece of plywood but you get dust bunnies

Thank you so much for the suggestions.

 

I already have iMac 2015 27" which I am using. It was just like watching all those fancy videos and RGB systems and the stuff, wants me to make one. Otherwise I am struggling with this same questions from last 10 days that what I would do with such a system and thinking about ways to make use of it (still struggling with this thought). Because I have left Windows OS from last decade and mobile and web development is my 90% work being handled fine on my iMac. I hardly play games (shortage of time, may be sometimes on weekends) but I though it is nice to have a GPU if I ever needed. :P

 

About the suggestions, I agree I don't need 1000W power supply but using X570 on pcpartpicker always complain to choose a PSU that has extra 4-pin ATX power to support the MB. I can use 550W for that and pick some other MB but I found out that in order to use 3rd generation Ryzen you need to update BIOS on models like B450s. I don't have extra processor for that. I can skip the Liquid Cooler. By the way what GPU you suggest for casual gaming once in a while?

[SarmadMakhdoom]

31 minutes ago, Skipple said:

Go 2 x 16. If you want 32GB right now there are chances you may want 64GB by the time you are done with this AM4 chipset. Same price. 

 

Also, easier to run at rated speeds. 

 

Absolutely no reason to go 4x8

Yes you are right, I will change that to 2x16 instead of 4x8. Nice point though. Thanks

[SarmadMakhdoom]

May be I can wait to get Mac Pro but I always complain about Apple pricing. They suck at that. Must powerful computer can be built with half the price they asked for their hardware. Their selling point is their OS and I am not big fan of Hackontosh or VMs

[Skipple]

5 minutes ago, SarmadMakhdoom said:

3rd generation Ryzen you need to update BIOS on models like B450s

It stupid easy. It's just a file on a flash drive you stick in the motherboard and click "update" in the BIOS. That SHOULD NOT be your reason to go x570. That's just silly. 

[SarmadMakhdoom]

1 minute ago, Skipple said:

It stupid easy. It's just a file on a flash drive you stick in the motherboard and click "update" in the BIOS. That SHOULD NOT be your reason to go x570. That's just silly. 

How would you get the display if you have only one processor on hand that is not supported without BIOS update?

[Skipple]

Just now, SarmadMakhdoom said:

How would you get the display if you have only one processor on hand that is not supported without BIOS update?

I see what the issue is. 

 

Take it to a local PC shop. They should do it for you for free - $20.

[Bombastinator]

17 minutes ago, SarmadMakhdoom said:

Thank you so much for the suggestions.

 

I already have iMac 2015 27" which I am using. It was just like watching all those fancy videos and RGB systems and the stuff, wants me to make one. Otherwise I am struggling with this same questions from last 10 days that what I would do with such a system and thinking about ways to make use of it (still struggling with this thought). Because I have left Windows OS from last decade and mobile and web development is my 90% work being handled fine on my iMac. I hardly play games (shortage of time, may be sometimes on weekends) but I though it is nice to have a GPU if I ever needed.

 

About the suggestions, I agree I don't need 1000W power supply but using X570 on pcpartpicker always complain to choose a PSU that has extra 4-pin ATX power to support the MB. I can use 550W for that and pick some other MB but I found out that in order to use 3rd generation Ryzen you need to update BIOS on models like B450s. I don't have extra processor for that. I can skip the Liquid Cooler. By the way what GPU you suggest for casual gaming once in a while?

Re: tomahawk MAX 

The Max doesn’t, and it will take memory up to 4xxxghz.  Also it’s got the VRM for a 39xx.  No OC space to speak of but OC would be pointless.  It’s part of the reason I picked it.

 

re: pcpartpicker 4 pin.  Ignore it.

 

re: GPU.  You do any math?  GPUs can do interesting things with stuff other than video.  Like AI, machine learning, and grinding hard math problems. Need the right card for the right app though.  I got no data.  As a straight gaming gpu there are much better options.  Cheaper AND better at the same time.

 

also a whole beagle bone is like $25.  No extra zeros.

[SarmadMakhdoom]

2 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Re: tomahawk MAX 

The Max doesn’t, and it will take memory up to 4xxxghz.  Also it’s got the VRM for a 39xx.  No OC space to speak of but OC would be pointless.  It’s part of the reason I picked it.

 

re: pcpartpicker 4 pin.  Ignore it.

 

re: GPU.  You do any math?  GPUs can do interesting things with stuff other than video.  Like AI, machine learning, and grinding hard math problems. Need the right card for the right app though.  I got no data.  As a straight gaming gpu there are much better options.  Cheaper AND better at the same time.

I don't do any math. Maximum I could use some Photoshop for app graphics editing. Not much. And use video editing like once in three months to just convert some videos even not fancy at all. I know GPU is not my top priority, suggest me any decent one to handle day to day business with that.

[SarmadMakhdoom]

I changed some of the stuff in the list. (* I picked those parts that are available in my area). Thoughts?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$499.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$102.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$119.99 @ Amazon
Storage	ADATA XPG GAMMIX S5 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$144.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair VS 550 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$30.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$993.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$35.00
	Total	$958.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-21 00:36 EST-0500

 

[Bombastinator]

13 minutes ago, SarmadMakhdoom said:

I don't do any math. Maximum I could use some Photoshop for app graphics editing. Not much. And use video editing like once in three months to just convert some videos even not fancy at all. I know GPU is not my top priority, suggest me any decent one to handle day to day business with that.

So just to make a monitor work?  Cheapest thing you can possibly find used.  Something PCIE 2.0 with enough memory to drive your monitor.  Maybe $10.  I’m guessing.

 

If you want it to game that’s a totally different thing.  I’m thinking a vega64. Not because of gaming but because of the other stuff.  Vega64 was built to do things like AI and machine learning.  It games pretty good though with that HBM memory.  Not the best $solution for gaming but it’s got mad flexibility for anything else.

[SarmadMakhdoom]

9 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

So just to make a monitor work?  Cheapest thing you can possibly find used.  Something PCIE 2.0 with enough memory to drive your monitor.  Maybe $10.  I’m guessing.

lol, yes you are right. I will reconsider the GPU then.

[Bombastinator]

5 minutes ago, SarmadMakhdoom said:

lol, yes you are right. I will reconsider the GPU then.

You got multiple slots on that mobo.  A cheapass lowball video card can always be replaced.  You may find you want a different GPU later.  GPUs are also FPUs.  For $10 it’s disposable though.

 

the excuse card would be the Vega64 “ didn’t buy it for gaming I bought it for AI!  All this borderlands is just coincidental “