Planning on building pc after lockdown and price drops

[Tucci149]

Hi all, Im planning to build a pc when lockdown ends and prices go down. I live in New Zealand. I will be using this pc for gaming, work and some video editing.

I plan to game at 1080p 144fps or more and this is what I've come up with so far, please let me know if you think something should be replaced or changed in any way.

 

Dont mind the monitor its just there to represent the motherboard price, I already have a 144hz 1080p monitor

I wont be storing anything else apart from games so Im thinking of cutting back on the storage (let me know)

 

Games Ill be playing: total war warhammer, mount and blade II: bannerlord, valorant possibly, rust and maybe some other FPS games

My budget is $2400NZD   MAX

Prices are in NZD

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$328.99 @ PB Technologies
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$206.70 @ Newegg New Zealand
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$217.35 @ PB Technologies
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.12 @ Aquila Technology
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card	$768.99 @ PB Technologies
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$97.75 @ PB Technologies
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$218.00 @ 1stWave Technologies
Monitor	Samsung C24F390 24.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	$218.00 @ 1stWave Technologies
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2134.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-27 14:20 NZST+1200

 

 

[Slottr]

You can get a lesser power supply, 650w unit would be good. A high tier 550w unit would be fine

[Tucci149]

Thanks for the feedback @Slottr! Although i heard that the recommended W for a RX 5700 XT is 700W?

[Tucci149]

1 minute ago, NZgamer said:

To be honest that build list is looking pretty good, personally I wouldn't change anything

Okay Thanks! Do you think I should cut back on storage?? because I dont think ill be using that much tbh apart from the games.

 

[Fatih19]

9 minutes ago, Tucci149 said:

Okay Thanks! Do you think I should cut back on storage?? because I dont think ill be using that much tbh apart from the games.

 

Depends on your need, really. For sotrage, you can cut back now if you don't feel like you need that much and add one later down the line should you change your mind.

[WickedStarfish]

47 minutes ago, Tucci149 said:

Games Ill be playing: total war warhammer, mount and blade II: bannerlord, valorant possibly, rust and maybe some other FPS games

My budget is $2400NZD   MAX

Prices are in NZD

I would have a look at going even futher with the GPU (i had an original RTX 2070 and was running Mordhau at 80 - 120fps {at max settings} and is the whole reason i went to a 2080 super, not saying that 120fps is a problem, its just you dont know how demanding games will be when the new consoles drop {pc games get better after then because developers can make more demanding games}, so personally i would get the best gpu that you can afford at the time of purchase)

For instance bannerlord 2 (i do have a couple of mods installed but nothing ground breaking, and the game isnt that amazingly optimised)

maxed out graphics settings with a battle size of 701 (max troops per battle) (running from a 4TB HDD)

im getting 90-130fps exploring the map

im getting about 150 - 160 fps, did see a drop into the 130's and a couple of stutters against looters (15 looters and 5 troops)

im getting between 60 and 80 fps against an army, did see a drop to 20 fps when their calvary hit the archers (603 troops in my army and 454 in the opposing army {not a siege}, so it will be the full 701 troops on the field)

in the inventory menu i get about 160fps

have seen sieges sit around the 30fps mark but other times have seen it sitting nicely at 100fps so sieges are a bit more "in the moment" with what they will give you

i am currently running a 9900KF and a 2080 super

 

you could probably cut back on the NVME storage (down to 500gb) and move to a 2tb hdd

[Tucci149]

8 minutes ago, WickedStarfish said:

I would have a look at going even futher with the GPU (i had an original RTX 2070 and was running Mordhau at 80 - 120fps {at max settings} and is the whole reason i went to a 2080 super, not saying that 120fps is a problem, its just you dont know how demanding games will be when the new consoles drop {pc games get better after then because developers can make more demanding games}, so personally i would get the best gpu that you can afford at the time of purchase)

For instance bannerlord 2 (i do have a couple of mods installed but nothing ground breaking, and the game isnt that amazingly optimised)

maxed out graphics settings with a battle size of 701 (max troops per battle) (running from a 4TB HDD)

im getting 90-130fps exploring the map

im getting about 150 - 160 fps, did see a drop into the 130's and a couple of stutters against looters (15 looters and 5 troops)

im getting between 60 and 80 fps against an army, did see a drop to 20 fps when their calvary hit the archers (603 troops in my army and 454 in the opposing army {not a siege}, so it will be the full 701 troops on the field)

in the inventory menu i get about 160fps

have seen sieges sit around the 30fps mark but other times have seen it sitting nicely at 100fps so sieges are a bit more "in the moment" with what they will give you

i am currently running a 9900KF and a 2080 super

 

you could probably cut back on the NVME storage (down to 500gb) and move to a 2tb hdd

Thank you so much! I'll definitely be looking to spend more on the gpu and cut back on the storage

btw was that on your 2070 or your 2080? and what resolution are you playing at?

Thank you again, I really apreciate the feedback

[Tucci149]

6 minutes ago, Fatih19 said:

Depends on your need, really. For sotrage, you can cut back now if you don't feel like you need that much and add one later down the line should you change your mind.

Thank you! Ill make sure to do that and start off with a 500gb ssd, spend that money and some extra on a better gpu and then get more storage if I need any more

 

Thanks!

[WickedStarfish]

1 minute ago, Tucci149 said:

Thank you so much! I'll definitely be looking to spend more on the gpu and cut back on the storage

btw was that on your 2070 or your 2080?

Thank you again, I really apreciate the feedback

Sadly on my 2080 super, my sister uses my 2070 in her pc (mainly for minecraft and vr chat, i know what a waste lol), i also do have a lot of background processes on my computer that chip away at performance (plex server for instance). also running a game at max settings probably isnt the best idea for stability in games. just turning down the rendering scale to 80 made a giant difference back in the day on battlefield 1 (though i was running a 1060 back then). I will be back on later (have to duck out for a hr or two) if you have any other games you would like me to see about (if i have them installed) or have any other questions just ask away

 

[Tucci149]

9 minutes ago, WickedStarfish said:

Sadly on my 2080 super, my sister uses my 2070 in her pc (mainly for minecraft and vr chat, i know what a waste lol), i also do have a lot of background processes on my computer that chip away at performance (plex server for instance). also running a game at max settings probably isnt the best idea for stability in games. just turning down the rendering scale to 80 made a giant difference back in the day on battlefield 1 (though i was running a 1060 back then). I will be back on later (have to duck out for a hr or two) if you have any other games you would like me to see about (if i have them installed) or have any other questions just ask away

 

Okay Thanks! Ill be sure to ask if I need any more help. I bet your sister likes minecraft running at 500fps+ hahah

 

Thanks again

[omkar2571]

thats good decision

[Nena Trinity]

Looks good, tough I may would picked a SATA SSD, hybrid drive for game storage & EVGA/Seasonic PSU how ever you sir or lady have picked good parts!