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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $104.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $159.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Adorama
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card $399.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $98.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1163.93
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:46 EDT-0400  

 

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Finally time to upgrade my current desktop, I'm giving my old one to my brother so need to replace everything.  I think I have a good feel for it but just wanted an suggestions on what I have picked.

1. Budget/Location 

Budget $1,500ish Midwest USA

2. Aim

General purpose workstation, gaming (1080 for now can't afford new monitors too), possibly some streaming but it wouldn't be the main focus.

Games I play or want to play:

City Skylines (thus the 32 gb of ram lol)

Apex Legends

I'd like to do some VR in the future so not sure if I should make any changes for that (Linus makes me want to try beat saber!)

3. Monitors

I run 2 all the time currently, 3 is a dream but probably not realistic.

4. Peripherals

I have all the peripherals (headset, mouse, speakers, webcam etc.) and an OS license already.

5. Why

Performance increase, current graphics card is out of date, and I can't stream and play without major lag.

 

Any input would be valuable, just want to make sure I am spending the money I have well.

New Part list:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $104.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $159.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Adorama
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card $399.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $98.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1163.93
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:46 EDT-0400  

 

Old part list:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard $189.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $289.99 @ Newegg
Storage ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $149.97 @ Amazon
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB THICC III Ultra Video Card $409.99 @ Amazon
Case NZXT H710i ATX Mid Tower Case $168.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1533.91
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:01 EDT-0400  

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Rocketcandy said:

Finally time to upgrade my current desktop, I'm giving my old one to my brother so need to replace everything.  I think I have a good feel for it but just wanted an suggestions on what I have picked.

1. Budget/Location 

Budget $1,500ish Midwest USA

2. Aim

General purpose workstation, gaming (1080 for now can't afford new monitors too), possibly some streaming but it wouldn't be the main focus.

Games I play or want to play:

City Skylines (thus the 32 gb of ram lol)

Apex Legends

I'd like to do some VR in the future so not sure if I should make any changes for that (Linus makes me want to try beat saber!)

3. Monitors

I run 2 all the time currently, 3 is a dream but probably not realistic.

4. Peripherals

I have all the peripherals (headset, mouse, speakers, webcam etc.) and an OS license already.

5. Why

Performance increase, current graphics card is out of date, and I can't stream and play without major lag.

 

Any input would be valuable, just want to make sure I am spending the money I have well.

My current part list:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard $189.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $289.99 @ Newegg
Storage ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $149.97 @ Amazon
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB THICC III Ultra Video Card $409.99 @ Amazon
Case NZXT H710i ATX Mid Tower Case $168.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1533.91
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:01 EDT-0400  

 

 

 

decent build. that will work just fine

QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

Main PC:

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|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($117.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT H710i ATX Mid Tower Case  ($168.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1271.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:09 EDT-0400

you can use the extra money for a better monitor.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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6 minutes ago, Rocketcandy said:

Finally time to upgrade my current desktop, I'm giving my old one to my brother so need to replace everything.  I think I have a good feel for it but just wanted an suggestions on what I have picked.

1. Budget/Location 

Budget $1,500ish Midwest USA

2. Aim

General purpose workstation, gaming (1080 for now can't afford new monitors too), possibly some streaming but it wouldn't be the main focus.

Games I play or want to play:

City Skylines (thus the 32 gb of ram lol)

Apex Legends

I'd like to do some VR in the future so not sure if I should make any changes for that (Linus makes me want to try beat saber!)

3. Monitors

I run 2 all the time currently, 3 is a dream but probably not realistic.

4. Peripherals

I have all the peripherals (headset, mouse, speakers, webcam etc.) and an OS license already.

5. Why

Performance increase, current graphics card is out of date, and I can't stream and play without major lag.

 

Any input would be valuable, just want to make sure I am spending the money I have well.

My current part list:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard $189.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $289.99 @ Newegg
Storage ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $149.97 @ Amazon
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB THICC III Ultra Video Card $409.99 @ Amazon
Case NZXT H710i ATX Mid Tower Case $168.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1533.91
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:01 EDT-0400  

 

 

 

This is actually a decent build considering that price point.. Also you mentioned you will be outputing 1080p on the two monitors. That will bring the crispiness little bit to the down side as 1080p stretched to 2 displays can reduce the entire resolution displayed. So probably try to buy some decent monitors too. But still this setup is very much gamable.

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $174.99 @ B&H
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $104.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $159.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Adorama
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card $399.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $98.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1173.93
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:08 EDT-0400  

Or if you want to use more of your budget:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $292.14 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $104.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $159.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Adorama
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card $499.99 @ B&H
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $98.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1391.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:11 EDT-0400  

 

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pc specs:
CPU: Intel i7 8700K MOBO: ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming RAM: 16GB (2x8) DDR4 G Skill TridentZ 3000 MHz GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GAMING OC CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv STORAGE: Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB M.2 NVME SSD,
T-Force Delta RGB 250GB SSD, 4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD PSU: 750 Watt EVGA SuperNova G3 MONITER: Dell S2716DGR 1440p 144hz G-Sync, BenQ PD2700U 4K 60hz CPU COOLER: Corsair H115i RGB Platinum OS: Windows 10

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Yeah, your components will work just fine - you picked expensive items though and I'd recommend looking at the builds posted above. You can either save money or get better performance for the same price.

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This is awesome!

So from what I am seeing:

1. Don't worry about the 3600 ram speed, go with 3400 or 3200 and I probably won't notice the difference?

2. NVME just get a cheeper one?

3. Get a smaller powersupply, 750 is overkill.

4. 2070 Super over RX 5700 XT?  Will that help with VR if I end up going that route?

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $292.14 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $104.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $159.99 @ Newegg
Storage ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $149.97 @ Amazon
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB THICC III Ultra Video Card $409.99 @ Amazon
Case NZXT H710i ATX Mid Tower Case $168.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM 600 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $89.90 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1375.97
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:20 EDT-0400  

 

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3 minutes ago, Rocketcandy said:

This is awesome!

So from what I am seeing:

1. Don't worry about the 3600 ram speed, go with 3400 or 3200 and I probably won't notice the difference?

2. NVME just get a cheeper one?

3. Get a smaller powersupply, 750 is overkill.

4. 2070 Super over RX 5700 XT?  Will that help with VR if I end up going that route?

1. The G.Skill kit that most people listed is also 3600MHz/CL16
2. Yeah, you won't notice a difference in gaming. You could even drop down to a Crucial P1 or Silicon Power A80.

3. Yes

4. 2070 Super is about $100 more expensive and marginally better (~10% at best iirc) - it's encoder might be useful for streaming though, if that's something you are interested in.

That case is also pretty expensive and I'd take a look at cheaper options of equal build quality and maybe even better airflow.

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4 minutes ago, ShinRamen said:

1. The G.Skill kit that most people listed is also 3600MHz/CL16
2. Yeah, you won't notice a difference in gaming. You could even drop down to a Crucial P1 or Silicon Power A80.

3. Yes

4. 2070 Super is about $100 more expensive and marginally better (~10% at best iirc) - it's encoder might be useful for streaming though, if that's something you are interested in.

That case is also pretty expensive and I'd take a look at cheaper options of equal build quality and maybe even better airflow.

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Updated parts:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $104.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $159.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Adorama
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card $399.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $98.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1163.93
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-15 11:46 EDT-0400  

 

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