Ideas on pc build

[lastwhisper]

I'm a high school student and a first time builder, but I do plan to build one in a few months in hope that everything will be back to normal. I have to minimize my risks as I don't want to waste all my money earned from competitions, so I have researched a bit online and will continue to prepare until I finished building it lol.

I have a budget of around 2000 cad or around 1400 USD for Americans out there. and I'm not too worried about the performance as I will be playing more esports games like cs go/league, so I want to focus on how to make the build look nice and unique. Soooo I'm wondering, to all you experienced pc builders out there, are there any suggestions on the colour scheme, specific parts, lighting, designs, etc. (anything will help) I could do?

thanks in advance for everyone who's taking time to answer this.

[AndreiArgeanu]

Well if you really want to focus on aesthetics then RGB is the answer you're looking for. RGB fans, rgb cooler, rgb case, rgb motherboard, rgb gpu etc. You get the point.

Now for the case or other parts you will probably need a colour scheme so is there a specific colour you like, or a colour that you think would fit well in your setup? Also when you're speaking of the build, you mean PC only, excluding monitor, keyboard etc.

 

[boggy77]

usually it's easy to find parts to do either white/black or red/black builds. other colours are rarer and more expensive. if you pick one of these option, we could help with a build.

[AndreiArgeanu]

Here's a list with parts perhaps it will interest you, it's under 1400$ and looks great in my opinion

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sXkFx6

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterAir MA410M 53.38 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($94.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Crucial BX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ 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  ($549.99 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Level 20 MT ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1339.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-06 10:08 EDT-0400

[lastwhisper]

36 minutes ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

Well if you really want to focus on aesthetics then RGB is the answer you're looking for. RGB fans, rgb cooler, rgb case, rgb motherboard, rgb gpu etc. You get the point.

Now for the case or other parts you will probably need a colour scheme so is there a specific colour you like, or a colour that you think would fit well in your setup? Also when you're speaking of the build, you mean PC only, excluding monitor, keyboard etc.

 

Ok thank you, i'm not eally an rgb fan though, i will though consider a black/red as boggy77 mentioned, i feel like it may look nice

[lastwhisper]

30 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

usually it's easy to find parts to do either white/black or red/black builds. other colours are rarer and more expensive. if you pick one of these option, we could help with a build.

That would be cool, could you suggest me a black/red build? thx

[SavageNeo]

29 minutes ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

Here's a list with parts perhaps it will interest you, it's under 1400$ and looks great in my opinion

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sXkFx6

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterAir MA410M 53.38 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($94.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Crucial BX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ 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  ($549.99 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Level 20 MT ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1339.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-06 10:08 EDT-0400

cxm is worse than cx.

crucial p1 m.2ssd is better than that bx500

msi tomahawk max is better than that motherboard

[SavageNeo]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$249.50 @ Vuugo
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$154.99 @ Memory Express
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$135.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$149.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$69.99 @ Memory Express
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING Video Card	$945.50 @ Vuugo
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.50 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$139.50 @ Vuugo
Case Fan	Thermaltake Riing 14 LED Red 51.15 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.99 @ Canada Computers
Case Fan	Thermaltake Riing 14 LED Red 51.15 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1994.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-06 10:42 EDT-0400

no need for other cooler than stock cooler for the r5 3600.

motherboard that supports your ryzen out of the box

16 gigs of red ram 

1tb ssd and 2tb hdd.

rtx 2080 super (one of the cheapest models but still decent)

red/black ps case with 2x more fans to mount on the front.

 

[boggy77]

7 minutes ago, lastwhisper said:

That would be cool, could you suggest me a black/red build? thx

how about this?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$249.50 @ Vuugo
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	$93.90 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$149.50 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$129.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	HP EX950 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$184.63 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card	$699.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$74.50 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$159.50 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1741.51
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-06 10:44 EDT-0400

 

[Belac F]

if you are dong esports gaming, 11 / 10 would recommend a high refresh rate monitor.