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My buddy built a gaming rig.. and its. Decent. I'll list the specs and the total cost, and let you guys see where he went wrong.

 

Intel i7 6700k at 3.6Ghz

Arctic Freezer Air Cooler in the white color

Asrock H270 Pro4

16gbs of G.Skill Trident Z Neo at 3600Mhz

Rtx 2060 Super Founders Edition

Samsung 860 Evo 500gb

Seagate Barracuda 2tb 7200rpm

NZXT H510 

EVGA SuperNOVA GA 550W 80+ Gold 

Corsair k68(I think) 

Razer deathadder elite

Corsair void pro usb 

Acer 27.0" 144 refresh, 1ms, TN panel.

 

Overall he spent about $1900.

Any suggestions on what he could've done better for the same price?

 

P.S. That motherboard cant overclock his i7, and it only supports memory up to 2400Mhz.. Plus, is 3600Mhz really that important for an intel based build..? 

 

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rx 5700 is better than the rtx 2060 super.

psu could be better like "corsair txm 550w or rm 550w"

there are cheaper ssd's

ram speed doesnt matter that much in intel build. that is wasted money there.

bad motherboard

 

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The i7-6700 is the problem. He should have went with a R7-3700X. That would had gotten him better performance + support for ryzen 4th gen. 

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why would he build a pc with 6700k when ryzen 5 3600 is much better 

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Other than that MB i'd say he did alright. He could've gotten a Z370 board for the same price if not less and would've been able to OC. I don't think any of the other items he could've gotten cheaper equivalents but for a little bit more could have gotten better spec'd parts.

CPU: Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: ASUS ROG RYUO III 360 ARGB White Edition All-in-one AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING ATX LGA1200 Motherboard 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory Boosted to 4400MHz

Storage: 6 various HDDs and SSDs
Video Card: ASUS ROG Strix 3090
Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL 
Power Supply: Asus ROG Thor 1000w
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G9 OLED 49"
Keyboard: Logitech G915 
Mouse: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED
Headphones: Sennheiser RS 175

Mic: Blue Yeti

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with that price he could have gotten much and much better pc in every part

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $159.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3733 Memory $260.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ B&H
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $50.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card $719.99 @ B&H
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $53.98 @ Walmart
Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $114.99 @ Newegg
Case Fan Cooler Master MF120R ARGB 3in1 59 CFM 120 mm Fans $54.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1935.04
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-23 03:42 EDT-0400  

 

 

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1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:
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I think he added in all the peripherals with his cost. Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, etc.

CPU: Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: ASUS ROG RYUO III 360 ARGB White Edition All-in-one AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING ATX LGA1200 Motherboard 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory Boosted to 4400MHz

Storage: 6 various HDDs and SSDs
Video Card: ASUS ROG Strix 3090
Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL 
Power Supply: Asus ROG Thor 1000w
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G9 OLED 49"
Keyboard: Logitech G915 
Mouse: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED
Headphones: Sennheiser RS 175

Mic: Blue Yeti

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Just now, MrSimplicity said:

I think he added in all the peripherals with his cost. Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, etc.

true, but he still could have gotten much better pc. why would somebody buy i7 6700k and motherboard that cannot oc? without oc i7 6700k is mediocre at the best. this is pretty dump in my opinion, he should have made some research before buying these parts. he wasted so much money on this build.

I Use my knowledge as business owner and self taught technician aswell as an AI to help people. AI might be controversial but it actually works pretty well 90% of the time.

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I hope this is not in US prices, that's at the very least $200-300 too much for what he's got.

 

16 minutes ago, TwiceBaked said:

Plus, is 3600Mhz really that important for an intel based build..? 

Depends on price, It's like $70 to $80 in the US to go from 3000MHz 2x8GB to 3600MHz 2x8GB

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 hour ago, SavageNeo said:

rx 5700 is better than the rtx 2060 super.

psu could be better like "corsair txm 550w or rm 550w"

there are cheaper ssd's

ram speed doesnt matter that much in intel build. that is wasted money there.

bad motherboard

 

Yeah. I agree. He went to a friend of ours that bought his pc built from someone who doesnt know much.. and of course this friend is an intel fanboy 😑 I could've built him a pc for 300 to 400 less that can outperform his.. but oh well I guess. 

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1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

I hope this is not in US prices, that's at the very least $200-300 too much for what he's got.

 

Depends on price, It's like $70 to $80 in the US to go from 3000MHz 2x8GB to 3600MHz 2x8GB

It's in US prices. Yup.

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I actually helped my brother put together a build for about 1100 total.. and besides the GPU, it out performs this intel build. I'm still shocked that intels $300 cpu only has 4 cores.. 

 

These are my brother's specs.

 

Ryzen 7 3700x

AMD Wraith Prism (should be fine for now) (keeps my 2700x cool, about 65c, and that draws quite a bit more than the 3700x)

Gigabyte b450 Pro Wifi (did some research to make sure it was 3000 series compatible) hes not planning on oc'ing past the xmp so this board will be fine

16gbs G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3600Mhz cl18

EVGA 2060 KO ultra gaming 

Crucial mx500 250gb ssd (256mb cache)

Seagate Barracuda 2tb 7200rpm

Fractal design focus g in black

EVGA superNOVA GA 550w 80+ gold

Logitech g910 Orion spark (he liked the look of it, has Romer g tactile switches, not too bad)

Logitech g502 HERO

Asus vg248qg 165Hz, 1ms, 24" (got this on sale for 200 new, not the the original 380)

Also threw in a Deepcool 3in1 rf120 fan pack. Fairly quiet with pretty good rgb for only $35.

 

Overall it's about $1440 (the irony)

It's just over $1100 with just the pc parts. 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, MrSimplicity said:

Other than that MB i'd say he did alright. He could've gotten a Z370 board for the same price if not less and would've been able to OC. I don't think any of the other items he could've gotten cheaper equivalents but for a little bit more could have gotten better spec'd parts.

I actually put together a comparison parts list for the same price... https://pcpartpicker.com/user/POLRShadow/saved/mdRRTW

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