Potato Upgrade

[kewtz]

Budget (including currency): $1400 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 
pop_os, win10 dual boot.

For daily things: discord (and its resource hogging video chat), telegram, spotify, and so many firefox instances/tabs, microsoft teams and lots of twitch streaming.
Generally I have 2 workspaces up, one with personal stuff and one with work stuff.

For gaming things: dota2, cs:go, WoW, Half-Life stuff, Borderlands series, MW2 COD and related "squad" type games
 

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 have all peripherals, all set there. Other considerations:
1. I have 2 Dell u2412m monitors, one is setup portrait, other is landscape at 1920x1200. At some point I'd like to upgrade to an ultrawide setup but I'm not sure what specs I'm expecting.

2. I currently have a Fractal r4 case, I'll reuse that.

3. I have 2 SSDs and 1 HDD which I will reuse.

4. RGB isn't necessary. I'm for performance over aesthetic.

 

[SavageNeo]

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$294.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	$54.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$153.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING Video Card	$699.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$75.50 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1393.60
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-08 08:51 EDT-0400

32gig os ram is overkill for gaming but since you work with your pc (assuming you edit/render things) 32gigs is a good choice.

 

[kewtz]

No edit/rendering.

I professionally create and respond to emails. My job can be done 100% via a web browser and powerpoint.

When I use firefox though, it's "heavy" I would say, 3-4 instances open and a dozen tabs on each instance.

My current PC struggles when I am cranking.

[jaslion]

10 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$294.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	$54.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$153.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING Video Card	$699.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$75.50 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1393.60
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-08 08:51 EDT-0400

32gig os ram is overkill for gaming but since you work with your pc (assuming you edit/render things) 32gigs is a good choice.

 

I'd change the cooler to like a scythe ninja 5. Same price. Whisper quiet. Much bigger tho.

[kewtz]

30 minutes ago, jaslion said:

I'd change the cooler to like a scythe ninja 5. Same price. Whisper quiet. Much bigger tho.

I'm not terribly concerned about noise - since the foils have more surface area I would assume lower temps?

[jaslion]

8 hours ago, kewtz said:

I'm not terribly concerned about noise - since the foils have more surface area I would assume lower temps?

Oh yeah it's pretty much a slightly worse noctua nh-d15 so a lot better than the freezer.