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Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $292.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Corsair H100x 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $99.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard ASRock X570M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $177.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $164.99 @ Amazon
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ B&H
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $89.99 @ Newegg
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card $499.99 @ B&H
Case Corsair Crystal 280X RGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case $120.00
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $99.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1655.07
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-16 04:11 EDT-0400  

 

Hey all, am looking at building a new PC to replace my current laptop for my work and for gaming / VR (and potentially streaming).

 

I'm currently a 4th year college student studying computer science and game design, so applications in my typical workflow include:

Unity, Unreal Engine, Visual Studio, Photoshop, Maya, VMWare, and basic office applications

 

I also usually have 2+ browsers w/ multiple tabs open at any given point, along with the typical background stuff (spotify, discord, steam)

 

Games I want to play (or am currently playing*) include:

Monster Hunter World*, Death Stranding, Borderlands 3, Valorant, BeatSaber VR, SuperHot VR, Half-life Alyx, Minecraft* (and hosting servers for friends)

 

My current laptop specs are:

i7-6700HQ, GTX960M, 32GB 2400Mhz RAM, 256GB Primary SSD, 1 Tb 5400 RPM secondary

 

For monitors, i currently have my laptop hooked up to 2 displays, 1 1080p primary and a 720p secondary. If I can find one in stock, I'd like to get a Asus VG27AQ, but am currently open to options, but also not super pressed to upgrade.

Keyboard: Anne Pro 2

Mouse: Cheap $15 Etekcity Scroll T-142 mouse (might upgrade)

 

In terms of the build, I thought might be better for my work flow with building applications/games, and i definitely need the 32 GB of ram as my laptop struggled with only 16. The big ssd and harddrive are creature comforts so projects can load just a tad faster.

 

I'm also not very experienced with VR and am not sure what VR headset to get.

 

My budget for everything (including a VR rig) is 2000-2500, recommendations and feedback appreciated :D

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Motherboard beefed up due to recommendations, powersupply beefed down due to recommendations, don't see the point in 7200 rpm for such a massive price hike at 4TB, so i'll pass
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All the components are really good, I would change the psu and the Motherboard though.

For the motherboard I would get an X570, as for the psu a Corsair RM650x is pretty good

Main PC [The Rig of Theseus]:

CPU: i5-8600K @ 5.0 GHz | GPU: GTX 1660 | RAM: 16 GB DDR4 3000 MHz | Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic | PSU: Corsair RM 650i | SSD: Corsair MP510 480 GB |  HDD: 2x 6 TB WD Red| Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro | OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

 

Secondary PC [Why did I bother]:

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G | GPU: Vega 3 iGPU | RAM: 8 GB DDR4 3000 MHz | Case: Corsair 88R | PSU: Corsair VS 650 | SSD: WD Green M.2 SATA 120 GB | Motherboard: MSI A320M-A PRO MAX | OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

 

Server [Solution in search of a problem]:

Model: HP DL360e Gen8 | CPU: 1x Xeon E5-2430L v1 | RAM: 12 GB DDR3 1066 MHz | SSD: Kingston A400 120 GB | OS: VMware ESXi 7

 

Server 2 electric boogaloo [A waste of electricity]:

Model: intel NUC NUC5CPYH | CPU: Celeron N3050 | RAM: 2GB DDR3L 1600 MHz | SSD: Kingston UV400 120 GB | OS: Debian Bullseye

 

Laptop:

Model: ThinkBook 14 Gen 2 AMD | CPU: Ryzen 7 4700U | RAM: 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz | OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

Photography:

 

Cameras:

Full Frame digital: Sony α7

APS-C digital: Sony α100

Medium Format Film: Kodak Junior SIX-20

35mm Film:

 

Lenses:

Sony SAL-1870 18-70mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 

Sony SAL-75300 75-300mm ƒ/4.5-5.6

Meike MK-50mm ƒ/1.7

 

PSA: No, I didn't waste all that money on computers, (except the main one) my server cost $40, the intel NUC was my old PC (although then it had 8GB of ram, I gave the bigger stick of ram to a person who really needed it), my laptop is used and the second PC is really cheap.

I like tinkering with computers and have a personal hatred towards phones and everything they represent (I daily drive an iPhone 7, or a 6, depends on which one works that day)

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i would also suggest changing the 850w psu getting a corsair or evga 650 is more than enough, and changing  the motherboard would be a good choice like the msi b450m mortar max or if u wanna get bit fancy get an asus b450 or x570.otherwise its a good build for this budget.

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42 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Drop the pointless water cooler and get a good power supply. Corsair RMx 550W for example

Not sure what air cooler would suffice given the tiny chassis. Do you have any recommendations? I was looking at the Noctua NH-L9i but idk if it'd be enough for the processor. Am trying to stick to a somewhat clean black aesthetic

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22 minutes ago, ShivB said:

Not sure what air cooler would suffice given the tiny chassis. Do you have any recommendations? I was looking at the Noctua NH-L9i but idk if it'd be enough for the processor. Am trying to stick to a somewhat clean black aesthetic

It will be - the 3700X runs perfectly fine on the stock Prism cooler with little noise and heat. The L9i is more than good enough

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made some adjustments

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $292.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler be quiet! Dark Rock TF 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler $80.98 @ Amazon
Motherboard ASRock X570M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $177.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $164.99 @ Amazon
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ B&H
Storage Toshiba X300 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $111.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card $499.99 @ B&H
Case Corsair Crystal 280X RGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case $120.00
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 $1647.97
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-16 05:08 EDT-0400  

 

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