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MrZoraman
By MrZoraman
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I'm helping my friend pick out some parts for his next build. He is not too interested in computer hardware, he wants something that will work with no fuss. He's stressed to me that his main goal is reliability, since he wants this thing to last a long time without him having to replace parts or anything like that.

 

1. Budget & Location: America. Budget is $1200, but any money left over will go towards a new monitor.

2. Aim: Gaming.

3. Monitors: Currently he has a 1440p 60hz panel. He wants to upgrade to a 1440p 144hz panel in the (maybe not so distant) future though.

4. Peripherals: None needed.

5. Why the upgrade: His current system is quite old. His CPU is an intel 4xxx series processor.

 

I don't see him as the type to do any sort of overclocking. He did mention that wifi would be a "nice to have" but he couldn't think of a reason why he needs it at the moment, so we figure he'll just get a wifi card when that time comes.

 

The part list itself: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YyR227

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($76.59 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card  ($339.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT H500 ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GM 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($76.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1073.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-23 15:17 EST-0500

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Made some changes

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $189.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ B&H
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $76.59 @ Amazon
Storage Crucial MX500 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $107.99 @ Adorama
Video Card Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card $409.99 @ Amazon
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $84.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $73.98 @ Newegg
Wireless Network Adapter Asus PCE-AC55BT B1 PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter $31.31 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1109.83
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1089.83
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-23 15:05 EST-0500  

 

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5 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC88 PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($101.57 @ Walmart) 

Seems really steep for a wifi adapter.

Share any interests with me? Feel free to message me just to chit chat about whatever. 

(Music) Depeche Mode, The Cure, Pink Floyd, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Cocteau Twins, MGMT, Boy Harsher, The Smiths, Drab Majesty, Chelsea Wolfe, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Smashing Pumpkins, Virgin Prunes, Sky Ferreira, London After Midnight, Jonathan Coulton, Alvvays, Clan of Xymox, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Anna Von Hausswolff, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy, She Wants Revenge, The Frozen Autumn, My Bloody Valentine, Type O Negative, The Birthday Party, Leonard Cohen, Switchblade Symphony, Metallica, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Eagles, Elton John, Billy Joel.

(Games) PUBG, Metro Series, Command and Conquer games, Warhammer 40,000 games, Company of Heroes (2), RDR2, CoD4

(Other) Going to the goth club, Firearms, Building PCs (Especially budget PC builds), Playing instruments (Guitar, Piano APP for PC, Otamatone, Trombone) Camping, Board Games

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3 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

Just wanted to make sure that OP was getting a good one that wasn't going to be bottlenecking an internet speed

I think the best next gen wifi 6 (802.11 AX) adapters on the market are less than this? That said, the one you linked may be better since OPs network is presumably AC wifi at best. I'm not an expert though.

https://www.amazon.com/Pce-AX58BT-Next-Gen-Wireless-Adapter-Bluetooth/dp/B07XLP199J

Share any interests with me? Feel free to message me just to chit chat about whatever. 

(Music) Depeche Mode, The Cure, Pink Floyd, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Cocteau Twins, MGMT, Boy Harsher, The Smiths, Drab Majesty, Chelsea Wolfe, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Smashing Pumpkins, Virgin Prunes, Sky Ferreira, London After Midnight, Jonathan Coulton, Alvvays, Clan of Xymox, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Anna Von Hausswolff, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy, She Wants Revenge, The Frozen Autumn, My Bloody Valentine, Type O Negative, The Birthday Party, Leonard Cohen, Switchblade Symphony, Metallica, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Eagles, Elton John, Billy Joel.

(Games) PUBG, Metro Series, Command and Conquer games, Warhammer 40,000 games, Company of Heroes (2), RDR2, CoD4

(Other) Going to the goth club, Firearms, Building PCs (Especially budget PC builds), Playing instruments (Guitar, Piano APP for PC, Otamatone, Trombone) Camping, Board Games

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Thanks for the input! This is the current part list now: 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $189.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ B&H
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $76.59 @ Amazon
Storage Crucial MX500 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $107.99 @ Adorama
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card $339.99 @ Amazon
Case NZXT H500 ATX Mid Tower Case  
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $119.99 @ Best Buy
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $99.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1049.53
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-23 15:33 EST-0500  

 

29 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Made some changes

 

29 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

Here's a list I made for you

 

Thanks for your input! I didn't change the case because my friend picked it out. I will show him the other recommendations though. Do you guys have any comments on why you chose the cases that you did?

Both my friend and I are worried about going with AMD for the graphics card. I have an AMD card at home and the AMD drivers have given me nothing but trouble. Knowing my friend wants this thing to "just work", he's willing to pay the nvidia premium to not have to deal with AMD's shenanigans.

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $189.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ B&H
Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $64.98 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 120 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $103.99 @ Amazon
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card $483.98 @ Newegg
Case Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case $59.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $72.98 @ Newegg
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $99.99 @ B&H
Case Fan ARCTIC P14 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan $6.99 @ Amazon
Case Fan ARCTIC P14 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan $6.99 @ Amazon
Case Fan ARCTIC P14 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan $6.99 @ Amazon
Case Fan ARCTIC P14 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan $6.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1268.85
  Mail-in rebates -$50.00
  Total $1218.85
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-23 15:51 EST-0500  

Spent extra on GPU for 1440p performance, should be good enough for 1440p 60Hz in every game without turning down settings (for now)

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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46 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($111.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Devil Video Card  ($439.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Best Buy) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC88 PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($101.57 @ Walmart) 
Total: $1188.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-23 15:03 EST-0500

 

Here's a list I made for you, Ryzen 5 3600 and a Radeon 5700XT. Will handle 1440p like a charm. I added a WIFI card in there for you too. I took a look at your part list and it looks good but I have one recommendation: don't buy windows 10 from microsoft. Get it from one of those key reseller places, they are far cheaper there. Microsoft is seriously ripping us off for Windows.

It makes no sense to spend that much on a wifi adapter when you could just get a better board instead with onboard wifi.

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56 minutes ago, MrZoraman said:

Thanks for your input! I didn't change the case because my friend picked it out. I will show him the other recommendations though. Do you guys have any comments on why you chose the cases that you did?

Both my friend and I are worried about going with AMD for the graphics card. I have an AMD card at home and the AMD drivers have given me nothing but trouble. Knowing my friend wants this thing to "just work", he's willing to pay the nvidia premium to not have to deal with AMD's shenanigans.

This case has much better airflow, but still looks nice which is why I swapped it out

 

The 5700 XT does absolutely have had some driver issues, so if you'd prefer to avoid that and pay extra for a 2070 Super- that's fair

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I'll recommend something like this instead...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($81.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($483.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1134.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-24 02:19 EST-0500

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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