upgrading from $650 pc

[hahadead7777]

There's only really 2 things I'd appreciate is 1 my water cooling. I'm not sure if that's just a separate cooler for just 1 component or if it's a full system like I want to do. 2 is that I'd like to make sure my build looks solid. I feel I did a little better making this one than my last build

 

To start off my budget is $2k US and I only consider this budget to be the case and everything inside of it. I am willing to go a couple hundred over but not much more as I'm not gonna get a proper use out of a more expensive PC I think. The reason I'm upgrading is because my games are visually poor usually, GPU gets loud and in rare cases I drop FPS, recording higher quality than 30fps can sometimes cause visual and audio glitches, and when I render 3d models my CPU within seconds hits boiling when by itself.

For reference this is my original PC that I'm upgrading from 
This originally was about $626 according to my post when I built it

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PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$119.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$78.98 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$26.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Team L5 LITE 3D 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 580 8 GB Video Card	$179.99 @ Amazon
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$40.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$53.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$560.90
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$550.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-28 20:49 EST-0500

 

Build plan

1:Budget- $2k US but I can give a couple hundred leeway

2:Aim- Gaming, streaming, and 3d rendering. My original intentions was to game and 3d render and my current can only really game.
2.1: Games- My usual games tend to be around minecraft, Civilization, fallout, and Elderscrolls but that is starting to increase

3:Monitors- Currently I have 1 but I do plan on doing 2 monitors at some point but are not included in this budget

4:Peripherals- I do have my own keyboard/mouse with intentions to upgrade but not included in this budget

5:Reason to upgrade- I want a better gaming experience, can barely render a 3d model, and the computer itself is visually bland

 

This is my current intended build with currently 2 things I'm not certain on. 1 the case I wanted is out of stock and not available in the US so I picked a similar one and my water cooling. I selected one that I'm alright with but I don't think this list allows a proper water cooling selection.

CPU- looks a bit better than mine and I feel will perform a bit better

GPU- idk about this one but I think it's a decent upgrade

Motherboard- After compatibility warnings I decided to upgrade to a motherboard that supports duel GPU incase I decide to use 2
Storage- Once you go SSD you never go back. Also I build up storage quite quick when recording 1080p gameplay

RAM- I figured 16GB would be safe but not overkill as the motherboard supports up to 128GB

Power Supply- I keep hearing it's always safer to get more than you need so instead of a 450w bronze like my last I went a little better

Case- I really do like the case. If I need to find a similar in a different size then I shall
Cooling- I want to do water cooling.I selected what appears to be a small but hoping larger system but if I can't find a proper thing from the part picker I'll just head to micro center and follow a few guides on installation. 

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https://pcpartpicker.com/user/hahadead7777/saved/#view=7gC27P

for those who are curious idk if my port or GPU is messed up. Something snapped and ever since then I've had to keep the GPU tied in position (recently realized there's a screw slot to hold up) for it to work so idk if I will or can re-use it

 

Thank you for reading this and I appreciate any/all opinions on this build

[Jumballi]

upgrade ram to 4/2x 8/16gb at 3000+ mhz.

 

I'd recommend just putting all the budget after in the gpu. then get the best ryzen processor your remaining budget allows.

[hahadead7777]

1 minute ago, Jumballi said:

upgrade ram to 4/2x 8/16gb at 3000+ mhz.

 

 

I'm not sure I follow that. Wouldn't that be 8GB in 4 sticks to utilize the core/thread thing I'm starting to hear about? Where you put them in certain slots to get more power from the CPU

[Jumballi]

Just now, hahadead7777 said:

I'm not sure I follow that. Wouldn't that be 8GB in 4 sticks to utilize the core/thread thing I'm starting to hear about? Where you put them in certain slots to get more power from the CPU

you would be getting 4 sticks of 8gb for a total of 32gb. 3d rendering can use a lot of ram, and ryzen loves fast ram, much faster than the one you currently have.
so your motherboard has 4 ram slots, you take your old ram and trashrecycle it, then put the new sticks of ram into the system.
 

[hahadead7777]

1 minute ago, Jumballi said:

you would be getting 4 sticks of 8gb for a total of 32gb. 3d rendering can use a lot of ram, and ryzen loves fast ram
 

Ah ok thanks. tbh I forgot to mention but I'm debating on handing this down to a younger sibling so they have something better than an old chromebook atm. Will update the RAM

[Jumballi]

1 minute ago, hahadead7777 said:

Ah ok thanks. tbh I forgot to mention but I'm debating on handing this down to a younger sibling so they have something better than an old chromebook atm. Will update the RAM

I mean if you play your cards right, you could leave $2-300 over to use the remaining parts to make a low end pc for your sibling. or ask your parents and sibling to chip in a bit.

in the list above, once you remove the cpu and gpu, the 2 of the 3 parts I told you to replace, you're left with $200 of components you need to rebuy for little sibling, some of them you could go cheaper.

[hahadead7777]

A little over budget now but now I just gotta figure out water cooling

[Jumballi]

4 minutes ago, hahadead7777 said:

A little over budget now but now I just gotta figure out water cooling

you can update the bios on your motherboard so that it supports the new cpu, and luckily you have a 2600 that'll let you do that right away.
also dual gpu is dead, so good choice on the 2080 ti

[Jumballi]

also don't run those ssd in raid, it usually causes more problems than solving them.

[hahadead7777]

10 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

also don't run those ssd in raid, it usually causes more problems than solving them.

No idea what raid is. I was just gonna run them once they are formated like I did with both of mine in my current build

[Jumballi]

35 minutes ago, hahadead7777 said:

No idea what raid is. I was just gonna run them once they are formated like I did with both of mine in my current build

raid is where you run multiple drives as one, for added performance/security. works great with hard drvies, but ssds not so much

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($314.99 @ Walmart) performs better than the 2700x.
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($160.88 @ Amazon) 
Memory: OLOy 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($95.99 @ Newegg) saves slots for later.
Storage: Pioneer 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($113.99 @ Amazon) much faster than the 860 evo.
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Dual OC Video Card  ($1099.99 @ Walmart) 
Case: Antec NX600 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($80.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($73.98 @ Newegg) 750w is overkill.
Total: $1990.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-29 00:02 EST-0500