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nick212
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Hello, 

Budget: $700-$900 
Location: United States 
Use: Light Gaming, Workstation, Light Development in Unity & Unreal, Streaming from PS4/Xbox with capture card  
Peripherals Required: No (Will look at any recommendations in $100-$200 range) 
Operating System: Windows 10

I have never built a PC before, but with Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up i would like to get some deals.

I have researched AMD vs. Intel builds, and included what I came up with below:

 

Intel Build 

Intel i5 6 Core 9400F (CPU)

MSI Geforce 1660S OC GTX(GPU)

ASRock MicroATX B450M Pro4 (Motherboard)

Corsair 16 GB DDR4 3200 Mhz (RAM)

Samsung 970 EVO 500GB 3500 Mb/s (SSD)

Evga 500 W (PSU)

DeepCool Gammax 120 mm (Cooling)

Cooler Master Q500L (Case)

TOTAL: $764.42

AFTER TAX: $814.59

 

 

AMD Build AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6 Core 12 Threads (CPU)

MSI Geforce 1660S OC GTX(GPU)

ASRock MicroATX B450M Pro4 (Motherboard)

Corsair 16 GB DDR4 3200 Mhz (RAM)

Samsung 970 EVO 500GB 3500 Mb/s (SSD)

Evga 500 W (PSU)

DeepCool Gammax 120 mm (Cooling)

Cooler Master Q500L (Case)

TOTAL: $737.11

AFTER TAX: $785.49

 

 

Looking for feedback on my parts, where i can improve, and what CPU would be better for my use of this system.

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1. 120mm AIO is a no go

2. i think you can step up to a 3600 and a 5700 at that price on the AMD

3. 9400F is poop

 

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.00 @ Amazon) better than either CPU you picked.
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($84.95 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team MP34 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($58.99 @ Amazon) not much worse for less.
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Walmart) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card  ($303.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Metallic Gear Neo Silent ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) much better than the W1, if that's what you picked.
Total: $831.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-21 20:05 EST-0500

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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15 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.00 @ Amazon) better than either CPU you picked.
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($84.95 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team MP34 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($58.99 @ Amazon) not much worse for less.
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Walmart) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card  ($303.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Metallic Gear Neo Silent ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) much better than the W1, if that's what you picked.
Total: $831.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-21 20:05 EST-0500

wait wait . home come 2060 is at that price point already? did something happen or is the price really at that point?

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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7 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.00 @ Amazon) better than either CPU you picked.
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($84.95 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team MP34 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($58.99 @ Amazon) not much worse for less.
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Walmart) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card  ($303.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Metallic Gear Neo Silent ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) much better than the W1, if that's what you picked.
Total: $831.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-21 20:05 EST-0500

I actually like this a lot, and yes i did go with the W1 originally. 

 

I will probably go with a 512 Gb SSD. 

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2 minutes ago, nick212 said:

I actually like this a lot, and yes i did go with the W1 originally. 

the W1 is a pretty crappy unit, it's only really okay for an office rig and even then i'd be skeptical about it working well.

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I will probably go with a 512 Gb SSD. 

512GB might be a bit tight so i left the 2TB HDD in.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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4 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

the W1 is a pretty crappy unit, it's only really okay for an office rig and even then i'd be skeptical about it working well.

512GB might be a bit tight so i left the 2TB HDD in.

Appreciate your insight. 

I'll be sure to keep that in consideration.

 

I may just pick up a 1 TB HDD to backup and store files. 

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On 11/21/2019 at 7:31 PM, nick212 said:

Appreciate your insight. 

I'll be sure to keep that in consideration.

 

I may just pick up a 1 TB HDD to backup and store files. 

That or get a cheaper HDD, the Constellation ES was is an enterprise level drive, not as good looking like newer options because it was merely focused to performance but more reliable: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-7200RPM-Cache-6-0Gb-Heavy-Duty/dp/B01K5XU966

 

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