Mid Range Gaming PC

[Holyest96]

The goal is to be able to play games/edit videos in 1080p, maybe 1440p if i buy a new monitor,  and be somewhat futureproof with a budget of 850$ (950€ part prices in Greece). I need suggestions on swaping case/psu/ram/gpu for the same price or lower and have the same or better performace.

 

The list:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$172.76 @ Walmart
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$83.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING Video Card	$239.99 @ Newegg
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 70 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$701.72
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-28 05:49 EDT-0400

 

[boggy77]

you can get a 1tb sata ssd or a 500gb nvme drive for the price of that samsung drive. otherwise, looks good. look whether you can find a msi b450m mortar max. it's as good as the tomahawk, but usually cheaper and it comes with 2 m.2 slots.

[Holyest96]

1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

you can get a 1tb sata ssd or a 500gb nvme drive for the price of that samsung drive. otherwise, looks good. look whether you can find a msi b450m mortar max. it's as good as the tomahawk, but usually cheaper and it comes with 2 m.2 slots.

Thanks for the reply! Isn't Mortar Smaller than Max? Im worried about the airflow that's all. But the price is better for sure. 

[boggy77]

1 minute ago, Holyest96 said:

Thanks for the reply! Isn't Mortar Smaller than Max? Im worried about the airflow that's all. But the price is better for sure. 

it's smaller yes, but what matters for airflow is the case, not the motherboard. the distance between the cpu and gpu is the same on atx and matx

[Shreyasb]

If U can spend little more u can get Amd rx5600 xt and CPU cooler  Others parts are nice 

Edited April 28, 2020 by Shreyasb
By mistake

[Mateyyy]

1 minute ago, Shreyasb said:

If U can spend little more u can get Amd rx5500 xt and CPU cooler  Others parts are nice 

Did you mean 5600XT? The 5500XT is significantly slower than the 1660S.

[Shreyasb]

1 minute ago, Mateyyy said:

Did you mean 5600XT? The 5500XT is significantly slower than the 1660S.

Ya sorry my bad and also I found this amazing deal for a nice PSU 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fndxFT/antec-high-current-gamer-gold-650w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-hcg650-gold hope it helps

[Holyest96]

2 minutes ago, Shreyasb said:

If U can spend little more u can get Amd rx5500 xt and CPU cooler  Others parts are nice 

The same gigabyte super gaming version of rx5500 xt has exactly the same price as 1660. Any significal difference between them? 

[boggy77]

Just now, Holyest96 said:

The same gigabyte super gaming version of rx5500 xt has exactly the same price as 1660. Any significal difference between them? 

1660 is better than 5500. 1660 super is even better. so don't bother with 5500

[Shreyasb]

2 minutes ago, Holyest96 said:

The same gigabyte super gaming version of rx5500 xt has exactly the same price as 1660. Any significal difference between them? 

1660s is way better but less powerful to 5600xt has mentioned that you want it be played at 1440p  RX 5500xt is slower

[Holyest96]

3 minutes ago, Shreyasb said:

1660s is way better but less powerful to 5600xt has mentioned that you want it be played at 1440p  RX 5500xt is slower

Hmm i see.. Hope i save money for a 144hz 1440p monitor in the future.it would be a great upgrade from 1080P LED i currently own.