My first PC Build HELP!

[AllitsGlory]

Budget (including currency): $1200 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: AutoCAD, Solid Works, Cura, Inventor (many different 3D modeling software). Games include Far Cry 3, Star Craft 2 (other RTS games interest me), Baldur's Gate 3 (when it's released), Minecraft, League of Legends, Jedi Fallen Order, Final Fantasy XV... (I would like this PC to be able to continue to run newer games for a few years before upgrading if possible)

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): Upgrading from a Legion Y520 I5 7300, no SSD. I would like to be able to use 2 monitors, I already have one (Dell probably around 7 years old, uses HDMI, gets the job done for now) and am only concerned with buying one new monitor to start. Was hoping for decent refresh rates and frame rate 60+ and 1440P, not concerned about 4k right now. Will need to purchase a Windows OS key. I don't require a mouse or keyboard.

Why are you upgrading?

I am building my very first PC within the next month or so and am very excited about it. I started trying to learn about this giant new world of PCs but there is so much knowledge that I cant possibly pick from the enormous amounts of parts. Any builds you guys can come up with would be greatly appreciated!

 

Here is a build I came up with on my own as well. Any thoughts?

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/AllitsGlory/saved/9R2LP6

 

PS I do enjoy RGB

[Guest]

Go for an AMD system, getting a 3600 with a b450 will be a lot cheaper than intel. And since you're doing productivity work you might want a 3700X for 8 cores if it can fit in your budget. 

Here's a 3600 based system

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vKzkPn

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  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP EX900 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($41.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.48 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card  ($309.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Monitor: MSI Optix G241 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($189.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1115.79
 

This would be with a 3700X

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rgvbf9

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.14 @ Amazon) 
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  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP EX900 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($41.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.48 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card  ($309.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA B5 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($86.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1179.53

 

PS. You can add RGB after for cheaper, rather than getting it on your components

[LIGISTX]

22 minutes ago, AllitsGlory said:

Budget (including currency): $1200 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: AutoCAD, Solid Works, Cura, Inventor (many different 3D modeling software). Games include Far Cry 3, Star Craft 2 (other RTS games interest me), Baldur's Gate 3 (when it's released), Minecraft, League of Legends, Jedi Fallen Order, Final Fantasy XV... (I would like this PC to be able to continue to run newer games for a few years before upgrading if possible)

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): Upgrading from a Legion Y520 I5 7300, no SSD. I would like to be able to use 2 monitors, I already have one (Dell probably around 7 years old, uses HDMI, gets the job done for now) and am only concerned with buying one new monitor to start. Was hoping for decent refresh rates and frame rate 60+ and 1440P, not concerned about 4k right now. Will need to purchase a Windows OS key. I don't require a mouse or keyboard.

Why are you upgrading?

I am building my very first PC within the next month or so and am very excited about it. I started trying to learn about this giant new world of PCs but there is so much knowledge that I cant possibly pick from the enormous amounts of parts. Any builds you guys can come up with would be greatly appreciated!

 

Here is a build I came up with on my own as well. Any thoughts?

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/AllitsGlory/saved/9R2LP6

 

PS I do enjoy RGB

Thats a good build, but any specific reason why 9700? Unless your trying to push high FPS (which your not with that GPU), Ryzen usually makes a little more sense. A Ryzen 3700 would likely do you better as you will get more threads for things like 3D modeling and such.

 

The build you have is totally fine, and I still run Intel for gaming alone, but realistically for your workload I would think Ryzen would be slightly better bang for buck. That said, if we are all honest with ourselves, unless your doing serious modeling which I doubt you are, you would never tell much different AMD to Intel...