PC build for friend

[Lord Mirdalan]

Helping a friend spec a rig for his friend. How does this look? Budget was $1000, but he wanted full-loop custom water cooling, so the roof was lifted a bit.

 

What do you guys think? (Pcpartpicker doesn't show the liquid cooling kit A240R - https://www.newegg.com/p/37B-000B-001T8)

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.15 @ Walmart
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 UD ATX AM4 Motherboard	$144.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$84.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial P2 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$54.99 @ B&H
Video Card	ASRock Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB Phantom Gaming X Video Card	$259.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair VS 550 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$64.93 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$784.04
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-22 17:35 EDT-0400

 

[Dedayog]

7 minutes ago, Lord Mirdalan said:

Helping a friend spec a rig for his friend. How does this look? Budget was $1000, but he wanted full-loop custom water cooling, so the roof was lifted a bit.

 

What do you guys think? (Pcpartpicker doesn't show the liquid cooling kit A240R - https://www.newegg.com/p/37B-000B-001T8)

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.15 @ Walmart
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 UD ATX AM4 Motherboard	$144.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$84.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial P2 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$54.99 @ B&H
Video Card	ASRock Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB Phantom Gaming X Video Card	$259.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair VS 550 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$64.93 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$784.04
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-22 17:35 EDT-0400

 

Full loop water cooling on that?  Dump the cooling and use it all to get a decent rig.  A VEGA 56 is a horrible purchase.

 

RAM should be 3600MHz.  250GB SSD is all?  

 

Have a long talk with your friend.

[Lord Mirdalan]

3 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

I'd suggest getting a decent B450 board instead of an X570 board and putting that extra money towards a better GPU

Good point with the X570 board - any recommendations?

[Lord Mirdalan]

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll update the PCPartPicker and repost it with a few changes.

[Lord Mirdalan]

All right, updated build:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.15 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$89.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard	$159.00 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$148.86 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$119.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card	$424.00 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$114.99 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$106.99 @ Other World Computing
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1352.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$1337.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-23 14:38 EDT-0400

Any other changes you'd suggest?

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Lord Mirdalan said:

All right, updated build:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.15 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$89.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard	$159.00 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$148.86 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$119.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card	$424.00 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$114.99 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$106.99 @ Other World Computing
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1352.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$1337.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-23 14:38 EDT-0400

Any other changes you'd suggest?

Quite a bit of money wasted in that spec.

 

You could get a 3700X, 32GB Ram and a bigger SSD. 

 

A bit more than your list, but the Corsair Ram in your spec has no price listed.

 

You can still drop back down to 16GB on the Ram if you want.

 

Is this going to be a gaming pc ?

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.14 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler  ($47.22 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($50.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  ($409.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($106.99 @ Other World Computing) 
Total: $1374.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-23 14:50 EDT-0400

[Dedayog]

You don't HAVE to spend all the money.  Forcing a 3700X? Why?  How did a $1000 budget get up to $1400 already?

 

Seriously, a 3600 + 5700XT balanced build (without a stupid aftermaket cooler) will be awesome.  

 

 

The Windows for $106.99 really gets me, WTACTUALF?

 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, jstudrawa said:

You don't HAVE to spend all the money.  Forcing a 3700X? Why?  How did a $1000 budget get up to $1400 already?

 

Seriously, a 3600 + 5700XT balanced build (without a stupid aftermaket cooler) will be awesome.  

 

 

The Windows for $106.99 really gets me, WTACTUALF?

 

Why not a 3700X ? It's not like the build I posted costs any more than what the op posted.

 

Only other option for windows is to buy a cheap key. A bit of a grey area, so up to the op on that.

 

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

Why not a 3700X ? It's not like the build I posted costs any more than what the op posted.

 

Only other option for windows is to buy a cheap key. A bit of a grey area, so up to the op on that.

 

Because the 3700X doesn't game better than the 3600.  But you're right, I was speaking to the OP about the pricing.  I can't fault you for following his lead.  For your build I'd lose Windows and put that toward a 2070 Super or more SSD love is all.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, jstudrawa said:

Because the 3700X doesn't game better than the 3600.  But you're right, I was speaking to the OP about the pricing.  I can't fault you for following his lead.  For your build I'd lose Windows and put that toward a 2070 Super or more SSD love is all.

I agree that the 3600 is better value if just gaming. If he doesn't want the hassle of upgrading the cpu anytime soon then a 3700X should still fit into a $1000 budget with a bit of tweaking.

 

I would say that the 5700XT is better from a price/performance point of view. It might be a bit slower than the 2070S but it saves around $100. I already put a bigger SSD in the spec above anyway 

 

I would buy a cheap key if it was me, but not everyone feels happy doing that. 

[Lord Mirdalan]

On 4/23/2020 at 11:52 AM, lee32uk said:

Quite a bit of money wasted in that spec.

 

You could get a 3700X, 32GB Ram and a bigger SSD. 

 

A bit more than your list, but the Corsair Ram in your spec has no price listed.

 

You can still drop back down to 16GB on the Ram if you want.

 

Is this going to be a gaming pc ?

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.14 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler  ($47.22 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($50.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  ($409.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($106.99 @ Other World Computing) 
Total: $1374.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-23 14:50 EDT-0400

This looks great, thanks!