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[zzSheep]

What's up. Building a new computer and was wondering if I could make any needed revisions, but still keep the power of the build. I built this computer with games like Total War and Space Engineer in mind so I wanted this build to be somewhat beefy because I know Total War is pain to get looking good. Appreciate anyone who responds and makes changes, they all help!

[DailyProcrastinator]

Solid parts but kind of a motherboard overspend for the processor, you could go a B450 / R7 3700x as an alternative, and get an NVME drive for the price of the Samsung 860. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$289.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard	$149.97 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$64.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB MECH OC Video Card	$369.99 @ B&H
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$114.86 @ Amazon
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$109.99 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1314.75
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1284.75
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-17 23:56 EDT-0400

Also don't buy a windows license for $110, you can get them cheap and just create your own USB Windows 10 media. I stuck with a Wi-Fi motherboard, do you need that? 

[Streetguru]

15 minutes ago, zzSheep said:

 

You can install windows 10 for free without a key, or just get $5 keys on ebay that work fine

Maybe get an NR400 for airflow

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/D2HRsY/cooler-master-masterbox-nr400-wodd-microatx-mid-tower-case-mcb-nr400-kg5n-s00

The 3600 has the same performance as the X, and you can just buy an $80-90 B450 MSI MAX or Gaming Pro motherboard instead for only the 6 core.

PSU is overkill a TXM or...TMX unit would be fine

I'd get an M.2 SSD just for ease of installation and being able to use it as a flash drive in the future.

 

and the MSI Evoke 5700 is really cheap right now and should be fixed, or be able to get fixed with new thermal pads, it's not too far behind the XT.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pk6qqs/msi-radeon-rx-5700-8-gb-evoke-oc-video-card-radeon-rx-5700-evoke-oc


Do you only have a 1080p 60hz monitor?

[CopiWasTaken]

20 minutes ago, zzSheep said:

What's up. Building a new computer and was wondering if I could make any needed revisions, but still keep the power of the build. I built this computer with games like Total War and Space Engineer in mind so I wanted this build to be somewhat beefy because I know Total War is pain to get looking good. Appreciate anyone who responds and makes changes, they all help!

I would reccomend NOT buying a windows license, and you should also get an m.2 nvme ssd, they are a lot faster.

[Fraya]

first of all, can you provide all the basic (standard info) like location, budget, preference of manufacture, uses for the computer, do you need monitor, keyboard, mouse etc? 

form factor size, all the basic stuff we need to evaluate this, i can see you can make some changes yes.  M.2 nvme drive for sure for windows / C drive, and if you want a 2TB Seagate 3.5" drive go for the hybrid version (slightly faster) SSHD

for windows, yes i can see your point, i also like to have a proper hard disc copy, but do you have a CD / DVD reader / player?  you might be better with a version on USB stick. or download a legal copy. 

 

last of all, Noctua coolers, very good used them for years and never a problem. 

 

[seagate_surfer]

It is better that you download a new and fresh copy of Windows 10 directly from your site and do not activate it. Then use it like that for a while and you will notice that there really are no differences or limitations in its functionality like in previous versions, apart from removing the watermark there really isn't much between an activated copy and one that doesn't: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/

 

I also think you are spending a little more money on the motherboard and CPUX, the above recommendations are pretty good.