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Looking to build gaming and photography pc for under $2750 CAD

NiagaraJay
By NiagaraJay
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Budget & Location

$2750 All In.  Located in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada

Intended Use

Looking to build a gaming rig and also edit photos and 4k video

Case

Looking for a mid size to large case.  Something that has glass panels on both sides and good cable management.  Also something that supports RGB

Motherboard and CPU

A great motherboard and CPU for editing.  Would preferably like to go with a AMD chipset and ASUS motherboard.

Cooling

Defiantly water-cooled 

PSU

A PSU large enough to support both the motherboard and CPU and also the graphics card that you would suggest

RAM

As much RGB ram that can be worked into my budget.  Water-cooled

Graphics Card

Something that would be god for both gaming and editing.  Water-cooled 

Monitor

Need something new as i am currently an iMac user.  A monitor that is excellent for photography and video editing as well as gaming.

Peripherals

Do not require any as I already have an excellent gaming keyboard and mouse as well as graphics tablet

 

I think I covered all the bases.  I would appreciate any advice from you guys and gals that you could give me

 

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14 minutes ago, NiagaraJay said:

Budget & Location

You don't really need to spend that much, could just get a 3900X I suppose if you really want 12 cores.

 

I assume you're doing a custom water cooling loop then? As that's what this case is made for basically.
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Bxmcb8

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($429.50 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 UD ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Canada Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Patriot Scorch 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($85.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Seagate IronWolf NAS 4 TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card  ($424.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $1650.43

 

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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So gaming and photograph and CAD? Or just gaming and photography?

 

CAD can get weird.  What particular software you use for CAD can get really important if you’re doing it.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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29 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

So gaming and photograph and CAD? Or just gaming and photography?

 

CAD can get weird.  What particular software you use for CAD can get really important if you’re doing it.

CAD was just the currency not what the build is used for

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Thank you for the help guys. Went with a Mid Atx case from Cooler Master. I am not to happy with it as there is not enough room in the top of the case to mount a rad and fans. The ram is in the way. Now looking for a 4U rack case to rack mount it in my studio. 

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