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[Ruehs]

Edit:  Just so people realize why I went with the ROG line-up.  I'm also looking for a show piece as well.

 

First post here.  Building a new PC for gaming and game development.  First I'll list my current PC specs then I'll post my planned upgrades.  I know for the most part I am not going to have the best video card, but I guess it is due to my fanboy'ism.  So here it goes.

 

Current PC:

Motherboard: Unsure

Processor: AMD FX - 8350 Eight Core @ 4.0Ghz, Corsair 120MM AIO cooling.

Ram: 24 GB

Video Card: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB

Storage: 1TB and 300GB SATA Hard Disks

Power: BFG 800W

Monitor: 1 Acer and 1 HP, both 1080p

Case: Some cheap case

 

Planned PC:

Motherboard: Asus AMD AM4 ROG Strix x570-F

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core @ 3.9Ghz(4.5Ghz boosted), Asus ROG Ryujin 360mm AIO cooling

Ram: 32 GB(2x16GB) G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4 3200

Video Card: Asus ROG STRIX AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Overclocked 8G GDDR6

Storage: 2TB (2x1TB) Sabrent NVMe 4.0 PCIe M.2 SSD

Power: Asus ROG Thor 850 80+ Platinum 850W Fully Modular RGB

Monitor: Asus ROG Strix 35" 3440x1440 100Hz XG35VQ

Case: Asus ROG Strix Helios GX601 RGB Mid-Tower

 

I haven't built a brand new PC for quite some time and looking for this to last for a while.  I know I could go with a Ryzen 9, but I am trying to keep this under $3,500.  Also, as you guys can see, I am working on the ROG uniformity.  Thoughts?Suggestions?

 

[Statik]

EDIT: I’m blind

[Ruehs]

I posted I would be using this for Gaming and Game Development.

[Statik]

I’m not well versed in game development. But I think you should be fine with just 16GB Ram. As well get 3600 speed. It’s the sweet spot for Ryzen.

 

also get a 3700x instead of a 3800x.

 

i know you’re trying to keep ROG, but I would recommend the AW3418DW over your monitor at that price point.

 

[Statik]

5 minutes ago, Ruehs said:

I posted I would be using this for Gaming and Game Development.

My bad, I edited that post and put my suggestions below. 
 

as well I forgot to include at its price point PCIe 4.0 nvme won’t net you much difference in games, etc. I don’t know how well they relate to game development either. You could get 2 ADATA XPG SX8200 Pros for much cheaper and still be lightening fast

[Ruehs]

Why the 3700X over the 3800X?  Going with 32GB because game development software is quite memory intensive.

[Statik]

1 minute ago, Ruehs said:

Why the 3700X over the 3800X?  Going with 32GB because game development software is quite memory intensive.

Ok take back everything I said about RAM except for the 3600 part.

 

and the 3800x is extremely overpriced for what it is. It’s just a higher factory clocked 3700x. Any 3700x can achieve what a 3800x can do for free.

 

the only reason I purchased a 3800x was on Black Friday it was cheaper than any 3700x

[Ruehs]

Right now it's only a $50 difference in the two processors as well.  I still have a bit of time before I order the parts as well.  This was going to be a baseline unless some things changed right before ordering.  Thank you for your input!

[Mateyyy]

I think you could do much better with that money by not going with all those ROG parts (both cost wise and performance/quality wise), but whatever.

The 3800X would only be worth it if you can find it if it is very close in pricing with the 3700X, as it's basically that same CPU but with higher out of the box clocks and possibly better binning, regarding what @Statik said.

Also, why don't you go for a single 2TB NVMe, instead of two 1TB ones? It should be less expensive I would imagine and you would also keep one of the M.2 slots free, in case you decide to purchase another drive later on.

 

[mariushm]

For a computer aimed for "gaming" and "development" you're really pushing RGB madness and shoving money where it's not needed.

Here's something more dark/gray with minimal rgb, considering the case would be transparent so maybe you don't want rainbows of colors puke in your face while you're watching a movie, or you're focusing on writing code.

You have a 1 TB pci-e 4.0 ssd for the OS and some heavy IO stuff, and a 2 TB pci-e 3.0 ssd for regular games. 

You don't need 850w, a 650w psu is plenty but I configured with a 750w psu... a single video card consumes 250-300w ... a 3900x consumes up to 200w when overclocked and abused in benchmarks.

Monitor is a bit more expensive and slightly curved, but you get 120Hz and IPS panel with very good reviews

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$492.89 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Corsair H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$174.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$209.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$149.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$179.98 @ Amazon
Storage	HP EX950 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$242.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Devil Video Card	$439.99 @ Amazon
Case	Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case	$128.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$119.88 @ Amazon
Monitor	Dell AW3418DW 34.1" 3440x1440 120 Hz Monitor	$745.00 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2884.69
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-23 15:11 EST-0500

 

7 minutes ago, Ruehs said:

 

Planned PC:

Motherboard: Asus AMD AM4 ROG Strix x570-F

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core @ 3.9Ghz(4.5Ghz boosted), Asus ROG Ryujin 360mm AIO cooling

Ram: 32 GB(2x16GB) G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4 3200

Video Card: Asus ROG STRIX AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Overclocked 8G GDDR6

Storage: 2TB (2x1TB) Sabrent NVMe 4.0 PCIe M.2 SSD

Power: Asus ROG Thor 850 80+ Platinum 850W Fully Modular RGB

Monitor: Asus ROG Strix 35" 3440x1440 100Hz XG35VQ

Case: Asus ROG Strix Helios GX601 RGB Mid-Tower

 

I haven't built a brand new PC for quite some time and looking for this to last for a while.  I know I could go with a Ryzen 9, but I am trying to keep this under $3,500.  Also, as you guys can see, I am working on the ROG uniformity.  Thoughts?Suggestions?

 

 

[Statik]

6 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

I think you could do much better with that money by not going with all those ROG parts (both cost wise and performance/quality wise), but whatever.

The 3800X would only be worth it if you can find it if it is very close in pricing with the 3700X, as it's basically that same CPU but with higher out of the box clocks and possibly better binning, regarding what @Statik said.

Also, why don't you go for a single 2TB NVMe, instead of two 1TB ones? It should be less expensive I would imagine and you would also keep one of the M.2 slots free, in case you decide to purchase another drive later on.

 

This post has my support

[Statik]

1 minute ago, mariushm said:

For a computer aimed for "gaming" and "development" you're really pushing RGB madness and shoving money where it's not needed.

Here's something more dark/gray with minimal rgb, considering the case would be transparent so maybe you don't want rainbows of colors puke in your face while you're watching a movie, or you're focusing on writing code.

You have a 1 TB pci-e 4.0 ssd for the OS and some heavy IO stuff, and a 2 TB pci-e 3.0 ssd for regular games. 

You don't need 850w, a 650w psu is plenty but I configured with a 750w psu... a single video card consumes 250-300w ... a 3900x consumes up to 200w when overclocked and abused in benchmarks.

Monitor is a bit more expensive and slightly curved, but you get 120Hz and IPS panel with very good reviews

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$492.89 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Corsair H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$174.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$209.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$149.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$179.98 @ Amazon
Storage	HP EX950 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$242.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Devil Video Card	$439.99 @ Amazon
Case	Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case	$128.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$119.88 @ Amazon
Monitor	Dell AW3418DW 34.1" 3440x1440 120 Hz Monitor	$745.00 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2884.69
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-23 15:11 EST-0500

 

 

That thing is infinitely better

[Ruehs]

Thank you all for your responses.  As far as doing better with forgoing on the ROG, I totally agree, I could.  The main reason I went that way was because I wanted a show piece as well.  I didn't say that so I apologize for that.  I went with 2 different NVMe because I don't like having working files on the same drive as my OS.  With that said I wanted to have enough space on the OS drive for certain applications as well.  Only reason I went with the x570-F was I wasn't planning on using the wifi, didn't consider the better vrm.

[Statik]

13 minutes ago, Ruehs said:

Thank you all for your responses.  As far as doing better with forgoing on the ROG, I totally agree, I could.  The main reason I went that way was because I wanted a show piece as well.  I didn't say that so I apologize for that.  I went with 2 different NVMe because I don't like having working files on the same drive as my OS.  With that said I wanted to have enough space on the OS drive for certain applications as well.  Only reason I went with the x570-F was I wasn't planning on using the wifi, didn't consider the better vrm.

IMHO as far as a showpiece goes, I think you’ll get much more credit carefully selecting quality components, and making sure you have clean lighting, cable management, and a simple theme/colour scheme. Versus pumping a tacky case full of RGB, crazy lines and angles, and a “ROG” brand name, and calling that a show piece.