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So I'm trying to upgrade my current machine. I know some things about putting a PC together but I'm not an expert and I was wondering if others could offer some insight/suggestions based on my pc part picker list. 

 

I'm trying to stay in the $700 - $900 range. But I have some wiggle room there. 

 

I do a little of everything on my pc, streaming, programming, gaming, running virtual machines, etc. So I'm wanting to future proof a little.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor $338.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $129.99 @ Amazon
Memory OLOy 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $137.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $115.63 @ Walmart
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB G1 Gaming Video Card $0.00
Power Supply Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $0.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $722.60
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-16 13:52 EDT-0400  

 

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8 minutes ago, ziberteck said:

So I'm trying to upgrade my current machine. I know some things about putting a PC together but I'm not an expert and I was wondering if others could offer some insight/suggestions based on my pc part picker list. 

 

I'm trying to stay in the $700 - $900 range. But I have some wiggle room there. 

 

I do a little of everything on my pc, streaming, programming, gaming, running virtual machines, etc. So I'm wanting to future proof a little.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor $338.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $129.99 @ Amazon
Memory OLOy 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $137.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $115.63 @ Walmart
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB G1 Gaming Video Card $0.00
Power Supply Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $0.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $722.60
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-16 13:52 EDT-0400  

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $292.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterAir MA410M 53.38 CFM CPU Cooler $64.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $189.99 @ Amazon
Storage ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $149.97 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $812.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-16 14:06 EDT-0400  

no need for 3800x it has pretty muc hthe same performance as 3700x.

stock cooler is well decent ish, but that cooler will be better choice.

better m.2ssd

 

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12 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $292.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterAir MA410M 53.38 CFM CPU Cooler $64.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $189.99 @ Amazon
Storage ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $149.97 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $812.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-16 14:06 EDT-0400  

no need for 3800x it has pretty muc hthe same performance as 3700x.

stock cooler is well decent ish, but that cooler will be better choice.

better m.2ssd

 

Out of curiosity, what makes the ADATA SSD better than the Western Digital one?

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31 minutes ago, ziberteck said:

So I'm trying to upgrade my current machine. I know some things about putting a PC together but I'm not an expert and I was wondering if others could offer some insight/suggestions based on my pc part picker list. 

 

I'm trying to stay in the $700 - $900 range. But I have some wiggle room there. 

 

I do a little of everything on my pc, streaming, programming, gaming, running virtual machines, etc. So I'm wanting to future proof a little.

What you've picked is good but there are a few things that I would change.

 

There's only marginal performance difference between the 3700X and 3800X and I don't see the extra 50$ worth it at all, if you change it to a 3700X and change the motherboard to an X570-P because the B450-F Motherboard frankly sucks, you'd go down to 692$, and you could go even lower to 645$ if you go with an 'MSI B450-A PRO MAX' which is a great motherboard for the price.

 

Other route I could see is if you go with a 3900X and an 'MSI B450-A PRO MAX' and it would bring your total to 787$ but you'd gain 4 cores and 8 threads because it's a 12 Core CPU, it's up to you what you consider worthwhile, you could also go with the 'Tomahawk MAX' as your motherboard but it would bring your total to 800$

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42 minutes ago, ziberteck said:

Out of curiosity, what makes the ADATA SSD better than the Western Digital one?

the speed

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Okay, so after considering the recommendations so far. This is my updated list. 
I see that the B450-F has pretty good reviews. Is there any specific reason why it's bad?

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.14 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $129.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $189.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ B&H
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB G1 Gaming Video Card $0.00
Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case Purchased For $0.00
Power Supply Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $0.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $724.11
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-16 20:43 EDT-0400  

 

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