New PC after 9 years

[yohanio]

Last time a bought a PC was around 9 years ago. I want to build a new one, and since it's black friday soon, I thought now would be the best time.

 

My budget is around 2000-2200$. I live in Canada.

 

I pretty much use my PC for gaming. I play pretty much any game so I would like a good PC so I can max everything. WoW, FF14, Division 2, and any new releases.

 

No peripherals and no OS needed.

 

This is what I came up with.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$681.25 @ shopRBC
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$199.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$156.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$172.95 @ Vuugo
Video Card	Asus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB STRIX Gaming OC Video Card	$599.99 @ Amazon Canada
Case	Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Canada Computers
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$79.00 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1960.16
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1950.16
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-25 15:47 EST-0500

 

I don't really know anything about motherboards/power supply/case/memory (pretty much everything I guess) so I just put those as placeholder.

 

Thanks.

 

[Streetguru]

14 minutes ago, yohanio said:

 

What's your monitor's resolution/refresh rate?

[yohanio]

1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz but I'll probably buy a better monitor eventually.

[dizmo]

CPU isn't really necessary, a Ryzen 5 3600 will perform just as well if you're going to upgrade to 1440p. You don't even really gain that much at 1080p.

If you're strictly gaming, you don't need to spend that much on a CPU.

I'd use the money saved to buy a 2TB SSD (some should go on sale for Black Friday) and a better case.

[Streetguru]

11 minutes ago, yohanio said:

1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz but I'll probably buy a better monitor eventually.

Well you only need an R5 3600 for pure gaming

 

don't need 32GBs of RAM for gaming, also harder to run it at higher speeds.

Just grab a 1TB NVME drive if you want an SSD

Pulse will be just fine, go for the Sapphire Nitro if you want a top end RX 5700 XT
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/WGLwrH/sapphire-radeon-rx-5700-xt-8-gb-nitro-video-card-11293-03-40g

Get a case that actually has airflow for proper cooling

 

might as well get a decent gold rated unit over a bronze unit.

 

If you play mostly fps and esports games get a 240hz display, otherwise go for a 1440p 144hz display.

 

For some reason the neptwin white is really cheap
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/bykcb8

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($249.75 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool NEPTWIN WHITE 74.34 CFM CPU Cooler  ($43.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card  ($529.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.60 @ Amazon Canada)
Monitor: Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($399.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Monitor: Acer XF250Q Cbmiiprx 24.5" 1920x1080 240 Hz Monitor  ($378.61 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2226.89
 

 

[yohanio]

I'd like to future proof my rig as well. Would a Ryzen 9 really not be necessary 5 years down the line?

 

Also, for the SSD, can I have more than one of the NVME?

[SupaKomputa]

9 minutes ago, yohanio said:

I'd like to future proof my rig as well. Would a Ryzen 9 really not be necessary 5 years down the line?

 

Also, for the SSD, can I have more than one of the NVME?

Current games max out at 6 cores, in 5 years it could touch more cores. Seeing you upgraded a pc once a decade, i think this is a good for you. But i'm pretty sure current games won't use more than 6 cores. Don't be surprise if half of your cores will be idle.

 

Yeah you can have more than 1 NVME, if the motherboard have the slots.

[Streetguru]

16 minutes ago, yohanio said:

I'd like to future proof my rig as well. Would a Ryzen 9 really not be necessary 5 years down the line?

 

Also, for the SSD, can I have more than one of the NVME?

Unless you start doing streaming or something the 6 core is plenty, there's going to be a Ryzen 6000 that's 10-20% faster by that time in the future anyways.

 

At most get a 3700X

 

Can use as many NVME drives as there are M.2 slots on a board, though if some go through the chipset hitting all of them at 100% load isn't going to do well for performance, not that it matters for gaming.

 

Can also just use SSD caching for a 4TB hard drive or something, like StoreMI.