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144Hz 1080P Gaming PC Build for $1500-$2000 Canadian Pesos

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Hi,

 

I am looking to build a gaming PC. Looking for best buck to performance and don't have much interest in RGB (what ever keeps the cost low)

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $429.00 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $229.50 @ Vuugo
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $128.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $574.50 @ Vuugo
Case Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case $92.27 @ Amazon Canada
Monitor Acer GN246HL 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $296.99 @ PC-Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1761.25
  Mail-in rebates -$10.00
  Total $1751.25
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-23 20:31 EDT-0400  

No idea what to get for power supply 

 

1. Budget & Location

My budget is $2000 CAD for the PC with monitor and peripherals included in the budget. 

Location: Canada

 

2. Aim

This PC is purely for gaming. 

 

List of games I play or plan to play:

1) E-sports titles (league, CSGO, overwatch, Valorant)

2) Cities Skyline

3) Racing/driving games (Forza, euro truck sim, F1)

4) plan to play future triple A titles (med to high settings 1080p) 

 

3. Monitors

I would love to have a 144hz 1080p display monitor but have no idea what is a good monitor vs a bad one. I have tried to look into it (TN vs IPS vs VA) or (LED vs LCD) but it is super confusing to me. Please help me find a budget 144 Hz monitor with low latency and freesync. 

I have never had a high refresh rate monitor or even a good looking display. So I don't personally know if I will notice differences between a good vs great display or low vs high response time. 

4. Peripherals

currently have Logitech G502 SE and am happy with it.

I will be in need of a keyboard. would appreciate any recommendation (best bang for you buck) 

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

My laptop is in its final stages (love it to bits) 

specs: 

I5-3337U

Nvidia GT 740M

14in 60Hz display 

 

I am in a dire need for an upgrade. 

 

Lastly, 

I have gone over PC Partpicker and there is soooo many options that it is more confusing and helpful. I was hoping for a AMD based system. Ryzen 7 3700x or 3800x. Not sure if Ryzen 9 3900x would be better value or if it is overkill. 

As for the GPU, I was thinking of Radeon RX 5700XT. It does not really matter if the GPU is AMD or Nvidia. 

Motherboards are confusing to me, I am not sure what exact features they have and if those features would improve performance. 

 

I realize that this is a long texted post, please bear with me and let me know if more information in required. 

 

thanks, 

Hulkify

 

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Hey,

 

I have the same exact goal with you right now. 1080p, 144hz Gaming. I am putting my planned parts list and why.

 

CPU: FPS Performance on R5 3600 vs. R7 3700X - Seems like the better choice for value with 1080p gaming will be the R5 3600.

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX or ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 - The B450 is advised to be the best board to pair with the R5 3600 for gaming, but X570 is on sale from $249.99 to $149.00 (after $40.00 MIR) and has features some value that the B450 board does not have

Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory - DDR-3600 ram speed looks like the best choice according to this LTT video

 

I cannot give advise on the other parts as of now.

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $429.00 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard ASRock X570 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard $234.99 @ Vuugo
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $104.99 @ Memory Express
Storage Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $169.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $574.50 @ Vuugo
Case Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case $93.54 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $169.99 @ Amazon Canada
Monitor Asus VG248QG 24.0" 1920x1080 165 Hz Monitor $249.99 @ Memory Express
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $2086.99
  Mail-in rebates -$60.00
  Total $2026.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-24 15:32 EDT-0400  

 

Higher refresh rate monitor, and faster ram

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21 hours ago, hulkify said:

Hi,

 

I am looking to build a gaming PC. Looking for best buck to performance and don't have much interest in RGB (what ever keeps the cost low)

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $429.00 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $229.50 @ Vuugo
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $128.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $574.50 @ Vuugo
Case Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case $92.27 @ Amazon Canada
Monitor Acer GN246HL 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $296.99 @ PC-Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1761.25
  Mail-in rebates -$10.00
  Total $1751.25
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-23 20:31 EDT-0400  

No idea what to get for power supply 

 

1. Budget & Location

My budget is $2000 CAD for the PC with monitor and peripherals included in the budget. 

Location: Canada

 

2. Aim

This PC is purely for gaming. 

 

List of games I play or plan to play:

1) E-sports titles (league, CSGO, overwatch, Valorant)

2) Cities Skyline

3) Racing/driving games (Forza, euro truck sim, F1)

4) plan to play future triple A titles (med to high settings 1080p) 

 

3. Monitors

I would love to have a 144hz 1080p display monitor but have no idea what is a good monitor vs a bad one. I have tried to look into it (TN vs IPS vs VA) or (LED vs LCD) but it is super confusing to me. Please help me find a budget 144 Hz monitor with low latency and freesync. 

I have never had a high refresh rate monitor or even a good looking display. So I don't personally know if I will notice differences between a good vs great display or low vs high response time. 

4. Peripherals

currently have Logitech G502 SE and am happy with it.

I will be in need of a keyboard. would appreciate any recommendation (best bang for you buck) 

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

My laptop is in its final stages (love it to bits) 

specs: 

I5-3337U

Nvidia GT 740M

14in 60Hz display 

 

I am in a dire need for an upgrade. 

 

Lastly, 

I have gone over PC Partpicker and there is soooo many options that it is more confusing and helpful. I was hoping for a AMD based system. Ryzen 7 3700x or 3800x. Not sure if Ryzen 9 3900x would be better value or if it is overkill. 

As for the GPU, I was thinking of Radeon RX 5700XT. It does not really matter if the GPU is AMD or Nvidia. 

Motherboards are confusing to me, I am not sure what exact features they have and if those features would improve performance. 

 

I realize that this is a long texted post, please bear with me and let me know if more information in required. 

 

thanks, 

Hulkify

 

Also msi’s x570 boards are horrible

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1 minute ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $429.00 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard ASRock X570 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard $234.99 @ Vuugo
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $104.99 @ Memory Express
Storage Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $169.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $574.50 @ Vuugo
Case Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case $93.54 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $169.99 @ Amazon Canada
Monitor Asus VG248QG 24.0" 1920x1080 165 Hz Monitor $249.99 @ Memory Express
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $2086.99
  Mail-in rebates -$60.00
  Total $2026.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-24 15:32 EDT-0400  

 

Higher refresh rate monitor, and faster ram

And also I added an ssd

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