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This PC will be used mostly for gaming and work. Certainly not a PC expert, so I'd appreciate any feedback you guys leave.

 

Thanks.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor $119.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard ASRock B365 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $94.99 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $98.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $119.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $524.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fan Corsair ML120 PRO RGB (3 pack w/Lighting Node PRO) 47.3 CFM 120 mm Fans $99.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1338.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-28 13:24 EDT-0400  
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6 minutes ago, n0klu said:

This PC will be used mostly for gaming and work. Certainly not a PC expert, so I'd appreciate any feedback you guys leave.

 

Thanks.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor $119.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard ASRock B365 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $94.99 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $98.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $119.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $524.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fan Corsair ML120 PRO RGB (3 pack w/Lighting Node PRO) 47.3 CFM 120 mm Fans $99.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1338.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-28 13:24 EDT-0400  

Looks pretty good, although you don't need a 750w power supply, just get the 650w. I would alos reccomend getting a 1tb crucial p1 for the same price, the only difference is performance but that is up to you. Get the AMD Ryzen 5 3600, as it will perform much better, and for the motherboard the B450 MSI Tomahawk Max.

Laptop: HP Spectre x360 13t, i7 8565u with 16 gigs, 512 gig  nvme ssd, UHD 620 4k

Other laptop: Acer Chromebook cb3 431 with 4 gigs, celeron n3060 with hd 400 and 16 gigs eMMC soon to be a minecraft server?

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8 minutes ago, n0klu said:

This PC will be used mostly for gaming and work. Certainly not a PC expert, so I'd appreciate any feedback you guys leave.

 

Thanks.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor $119.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard ASRock B365 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $94.99 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $98.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $119.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $524.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fan Corsair ML120 PRO RGB (3 pack w/Lighting Node PRO) 47.3 CFM 120 mm Fans $99.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1338.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-28 13:24 EDT-0400  

Assuming you are in the US and need no monitor/peripherals I'd go:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $174.99 @ B&H
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $98.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ B&H
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $524.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $114.87 @ Newegg
Case Fan ARCTIC ACFAN00119A 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan $12.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1306.76
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-28 13:36 EDT-0400  

 RGB adds a good bit on to the cost for no real extra performance. I left the RGB ram in there but I'd personally go for a 16GB 3600MHz CL16 kit. Samsung SSDs are overpriced but a P1 is a solid pick.

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Just now, ItzCopiouz said:

Looks pretty good, although you don't need a 750w power supply, just get the 650w. I would alos reccomend getting a 1tb crucial p1 for the same price, the only difference is performance but that is up to you. Get the AMD Ryzen 5 3600, as it will perform much better, and for the motherboard the B450 MSI Tomahawk Max.

Alright thanks man!

 

Does the Ryzen 5 3600 have a significant advantage over the 9400f?

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15 minutes ago, n0klu said:

This PC will be used mostly for gaming and work. Certainly not a PC expert, so I'd appreciate any feedback you guys leave.

 

Thanks.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor $119.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard ASRock B365 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $94.99 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $98.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $119.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $524.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fan Corsair ML120 PRO RGB (3 pack w/Lighting Node PRO) 47.3 CFM 120 mm Fans $99.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1338.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-28 13:24 EDT-0400  

In terms of RGB do you want to use corsair icue or Asus aura sync, as the G.Skill memory is really good but isn't icue compatible, whereas corsair's RGB Vengeance PRO is compatible with both. The fans are also icue only, if you want to do aura sync I would reccomend the cooler master masterfans for rgb if that is what you want.(I love RGB lol)

Laptop: HP Spectre x360 13t, i7 8565u with 16 gigs, 512 gig  nvme ssd, UHD 620 4k

Other laptop: Acer Chromebook cb3 431 with 4 gigs, celeron n3060 with hd 400 and 16 gigs eMMC soon to be a minecraft server?

Remeber to tag people or else they wont see your post.

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Just now, n0klu said:

Alright thanks man!

 

Does the Ryzen 5 3600 have a significant advantage over the 9400f?

It does, and it also comes with a solid stock cooler. The 3600 also has hyperthreading which allows for more tasks to be done at one time.

Laptop: HP Spectre x360 13t, i7 8565u with 16 gigs, 512 gig  nvme ssd, UHD 620 4k

Other laptop: Acer Chromebook cb3 431 with 4 gigs, celeron n3060 with hd 400 and 16 gigs eMMC soon to be a minecraft server?

Remeber to tag people or else they wont see your post.

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8 minutes ago, gloop said:

Assuming you are in the US and need no monitor/peripherals I'd go:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $174.99 @ B&H
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $98.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ B&H
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $524.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $114.87 @ Newegg
Case Fan ARCTIC ACFAN00119A 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan $12.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1306.76
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-28 13:36 EDT-0400  

 RGB adds a good bit on to the cost for no real extra performance. I left the RGB ram in there but I'd personally go for a 16GB 3600MHz CL16 kit. Samsung SSDs are overpriced but a P1 is a solid pick.

When I checked that list on pcpartpicker, it said that the motherboard requires a BIOS update? How would I update it?

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With that budget you can get a Ryzen 3600 system with hyperthreading, faster ram, 1TB NVMe SSD and even a 2080 Super. 

What kind of 'gaming' and 'work' are you doing? This could mean some occasional minesweeper and 8K videoediting or competitive CS:GO and some office word. What monitor are you using?
 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $174.99 @ B&H
Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $99.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $76.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ B&H
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card $673.98 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $60.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Phanteks AMP 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $95.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1377.88
  Mail-in rebates -$30.00
  Total $1347.88
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-28 13:51 EDT-0400  



Edit: No need to worry about updating your BIOS. The MSI Max boards were released after 3rd gen Ryzen and are all compatible out of the box.

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