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Budget (including currency): $1200 US Dollars

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Rainbow Six, Cod, League of legends, and other games like that 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Just a college student who wants a 1200 dollar gaming pc to game and do school work. I wanna play at 144 hz. Don’t know where to start so hoping for someone with experience help me build something. 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $172.39 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $64.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $119.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card $499.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $62.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $109.99 @ Corsair
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1200.30
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Is this build have room for upgrades?

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3 minutes ago, Boqor- said:

Is this build have room for upgrades?

Like, yes- but it's a very good system as is.

 

Also, be sure to quote when you respond!

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12 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Like, yes- but it's a very good system as is.

 

Also, be sure to quote when you respond!

Also what’s the difference between the rtx you suggested and the 2070 super twin fan. 

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1 hour ago, Boqor- said:

Also what’s the difference between the rtx you suggested and the 2070 super twin fan. 

Can you be more specific?

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4 hours ago, Boqor- said:

Budget (including currency): $1200 US Dollars

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Rainbow Six, Cod, League of legends, and other games like that 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Just a college student who wants a 1200 dollar gaming pc to game and do school work. I wanna play at 144 hz. Don’t know where to start so hoping for someone with experience help me build something. 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($172.39 @ Newegg)
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 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB MECH OC Video Card  ($359.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar MX330-G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Case Fan: ARCTIC F12 PWM PST - Value Pack 53 CFM 120 mm Fans  ($30.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Redragon COBRA M711 Wired Optical Mouse  ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Monoprice 8323  Headphones  ($16.99 @ Monoprice)
Custom: Sceptre 24" Curved 144Hz Gaming LED Monitor Edge-Less AMD FreeSync DisplayPort HDMI, Metal Black 2019 (C248B-144RN)  ($160.00)
Custom: Pre-Owned 1TB Seagate ST1000DM003 (Purchased)
Total: $1150.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-08 03:09 EDT-0400

 

This is what I came up with when I was planning out my build - the monitor costs $280 right now, but it goes back down to around $160 frequently, I assume it's just covid freakiness messing with the price.

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1 hour ago, 0h7 said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($172.39 @ Newegg)
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 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB MECH OC Video Card  ($359.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar MX330-G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Case Fan: ARCTIC F12 PWM PST - Value Pack 53 CFM 120 mm Fans  ($30.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Redragon COBRA M711 Wired Optical Mouse  ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Monoprice 8323  Headphones  ($16.99 @ Monoprice)
Custom: Sceptre 24" Curved 144Hz Gaming LED Monitor Edge-Less AMD FreeSync DisplayPort HDMI, Metal Black 2019 (C248B-144RN)  ($160.00)
Custom: Pre-Owned 1TB Seagate ST1000DM003 (Purchased)
Total: $1150.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-08 03:09 EDT-0400

 

This is what I came up with when I was planning out my build - the monitor costs $280 right now, but it goes back down to around $160 frequently, I assume it's just covid freakiness messing with the price.

Overpriced ssd.

Bad psu

 

the motherboard is pretty overpriced since you can get asus prime x570 P 40 dolalrs more and it is much better

 

good cpu, gpu, case and fans-

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Main PC:

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|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

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11 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

Overpriced ssd.

Bad psu

 

the motherboard is pretty overpriced since you can get asus prime x570 P 40 dolalrs more and it is much better

 

good cpu, gpu, case and fans-

Yeah the Psu isn't great, but I think it will perform well enough, it's hard to argue with the price all considering.

I couldn't find a more affordable nvme ssd that wasn't dramless - although you could just switch to a normal ssd, but I figured I may as well go with nvme.

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4 hours ago, 0h7 said:

Yeah the Psu isn't great, but I think it will perform well enough, it's hard to argue with the price all considering.

I couldn't find a more affordable nvme ssd that wasn't dramless - although you could just switch to a normal ssd, but I figured I may as well go with nvme.

Buying a cheap power supply is something no one here will skip around with. You either buy a good power supply or don't get one at all

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14 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Buying a cheap power supply is something no one here will skip around with. You either buy a good power supply or don't get one at all

Cheap doesn't necessarily mean bad.

It's from a reputable company and it's reasonably priced for the budget and is bronze rated - obviously a higher rated psu would be better, but I very much doubt that it's a detriment in any way shape of form - the only thing that really bothers me about it is it's non modular form.

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25 minutes ago, 0h7 said:

It's from a reputable company

Dont have be form reputable companies. Soemthing like corsair VS, they are bad,

25 minutes ago, 0h7 said:

it's reasonably priced for the budget and is bronze rated

rating doesnt mean anything it has to be good. (good means many of things, go look our psu tier list, they explain how "good" psu is determined)

26 minutes ago, 0h7 said:

obviously a higher rated psu would be better,

No. be quiet system power 9 (80+ bronze) is much better than Thermaltake toughpower GX1 (80+ gold) for example 

 

27 minutes ago, 0h7 said:

the only thing that really bothers me about it is it's non modular form.

non modular psu's are decent. But if one cable breaks you cant replace it. otherwise thei are the same as fully modular

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Main PC:

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Test Rig.

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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Budget (including currency): 1200-1400 US Dollars

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Rainbow Six Siege, COD, League of legends. And far cry

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I’m trying I build my first pc and here is what I got so far. I plan on purchasing this within the next 2 weeks. Need someone to review it and tell me anything different. I only know a little bit so I need good suggestions. Thanks. 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.14 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI X570-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $164.99 @ B&H
Memory ADATA XPG GAMMIX D30 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  
Storage Team GX2 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $54.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $56.48 @ Newegg
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Video Card $499.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $62.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $94.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1228.56
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some changes:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.14 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team MP34 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.48 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB MINI Video Card  ($499.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($85.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1358.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-09 22:29 EDT-0400

you'll need to wait a bit for stock on the motherboard and PSU.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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4 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

some changes:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.14 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team MP34 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.48 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB MINI Video Card  ($499.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($85.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1358.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-09 22:29 EDT-0400

you'll need to wait a bit for stock on the motherboard and PSU.

This is great ^^

 

It's down to preference but you might want to go with a newer/more modern case with RGB/tempered glass/no 5.25in optical drive bays (I like the Phanteks P400A) and such, but if you don't care about looks the Focus G is fine. Newer cases will also tend to have more nice features like cable straps and such.

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some changes:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.14 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team MP34 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.48 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB MINI Video Card  ($499.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($85.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1358.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-09 22:29 EDT-0400

you'll need to wait a bit for stock on the motherboard and PSU.

Why change the motherboard? Any reason? I don’t need WiFi and it’s a lot more expensive. Any other motherboards you recommend? Or you choose that one for a reason? Also is that one of the better power supply’s I can get? I don’t wanna cheap on a power supply for obvious reasons. 

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9 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

This is great ^^

 

It's down to preference but you might want to go with a newer/more modern case with RGB/tempered glass/no 5.25in optical drive bays (I like the Phanteks P400A) and such, but if you don't care about looks the Focus G is fine. Newer cases will also tend to have more nice features like cable straps and such.

Also thinking about switching the motherboard to a 

MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard

is that a good idea or no? What about the motherboard he recommended. I don’t need WiFi. 

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28 minutes ago, Boqor- said:

Why change the motherboard? Any reason? I don’t need WiFi and it’s a lot more expensive. Any other motherboards you recommend? Or you choose that one for a reason? Also is that one of the better power supply’s I can get? I don’t wanna cheap on a power supply for obvious reasons. 

the X570-A Pro has crap VRMs, the aorus elite is much better in that regard. it's the only one that isn't sold out or overpriced that is decent. 

the PSU is better than the CX650M.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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5 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

the X570-A Pro has crap VRMs, the aorus elite is much better in that regard. it's the only one that isn't sold out or overpriced that is decent. 

the PSU is better than the CX650M.

What about the 

MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard

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1 minute ago, Boqor- said:

What about the 

MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard

???

it's fine if you can find it in stock, but compatibility with zen 3 CPUs might be an issue.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

it's fine if you can find it in stock, but compatibility with zen 3 CPUs might be an issue.

Is the Ryzen 7 3700x a zen 3? Also what kind of issues?

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4 minutes ago, Boqor- said:

Is the Ryzen 7 3700x a zen 3? Also what kind of issues?

as in ryzen 4000. AMD is claiming they won't be providing any support for it on B450 boards.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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Budget (including currency): 1200-1400 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: rainbow six siege, COD, FarCry

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): here is a list of what I have rn for the pc if someone can look over it and change whatever I need or give suggestions for different things to add or take away it’s greatly appreciated. I also need a really good power supply. Don’t wanna cheap out on it for obvious reasons. Also need a good looking case but I don’t wanna spend more then like 70 or 80 dollars on it. Thanks for looking it over. Also I wanna build this in the next couple of weeks 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.14 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard $209.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $83.99 @ Newegg
Storage Team MP34 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $69.98 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $56.48 @ Newegg
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Video Card $499.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1214.57
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-10 01:21 EDT-0400  

 

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This might stir up a hornets' nest, but I generally prefer Intel over AMD, I find AMD components (CPUs/GPUs) generate much more heat. If you're willing to spend a little more maybe switch to an Intel MB/CPU bundle.

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8 minutes ago, KaineT said:

This might stir up a hornets' nest, but I generally prefer Intel over AMD, I find AMD components (CPUs/GPUs) generate much more heat. If you're willing to spend a little more maybe switch to an Intel MB/CPU bundle.

were you comparing a r9 3950x to a core i3 dual core because otherwise i'd like to see how you came to this conclusion.

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AMD blackout rig

 

cpu: ryzen 5 3600 @4.4ghz @1.35v

gpu: rx5700xt 2200mhz

ram: vengeance lpx c15 3200mhz

mobo: gigabyte b550 pro 

psu: cooler master mwe 650w

case: masterbox mbx520

fans:Noctua industrial 3000rpm x6

 

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