$1000 computer

[dangitcarl]

Budget (including currency): 1000 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly gaming (AAA modern titles along with older games such as Minecraft, Rocket League, etc) along with music production, video editing, and web browsing on the side

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): 

The parts I have selected so far are:

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X ($300)

MSI B450 Tomahawk ($120)

Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB - 3600 ($100)

Seagate Barracuda  2TB HDD ($50)

WD Blue  SN550 500GB SSD ($70)

Geforce GTX 1660 Super 6GB ($230)

NZXT H500 - ($75)

Corsair  CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Semi-modular ($95)

 

Are there any parts I should switch out, replace, etc? Obviously prices are up right now and a lot of things are out of stock, but are there any parts I could maybe cut down on to save some money. RGB is important to me, but if there is a non-RGB counterpart that is significantly cheaper, I'd be willing to save some money for now since I don't have a job and I just want a really good computer that I can have for a while. Thanks!

[Guest]

If you want a better gaming experience at the expense of the productivity stuff you're doing, you can swap the Ryzen 7 3700X for a 3600, and use that extra money to get a RTX 2060 or RX 5700.

[You_found_dom]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$294.14 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$108.98 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$189.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$54.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	PNY GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB Video Card	$224.99 @ Walmart
Case	Corsair SPEC-DELTA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	$79.99 @ Best Buy
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	$1048.07
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-11 20:22 EDT-0400

You need at least 32gb of ram to comfortably video edit

 

[Bombastinator]

One caveat:

There is a recently released thing that says b450 will NOT support ryzen3 so that may or may not matter for you. B450 is EOL.  If you want to upgrade your cpu you will be buying a new motherboard to go along with the new chip. it will run the 3700x you chose though.

 

as to RGB there is almost always a better cheaper thing without rgb on it.  Rgb is always more expensive.

[F.E.A.R.]

A lot of things are out of a stock now on pc part picker. However a lot of things you have selected thus far are good. Here's some parts that I added to your build. Also if I were you, I'd wait for most parts to be back in stock, try no to rush anything when building a PC. 

 

CPU: Ryzen 3700X

Mobo: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8 3200MHz CL16

GPU: RX 5600 XT Sapphire Pulse

SSD: WD SATA blue 500GB

HDD: 2TB Barracuda

Case: Fractal Design Focus G or Cougar MX-330G Air

PSU: EVGA/Seasonic/Corsair/Thermaltake 650 80+ Bronze

 

 

 

[ShinRamen]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$294.14 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$108.98 @ Newegg
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$62.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$64.99 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.99 @ Other World Computing
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB MECH OC Video Card	$303.98 @ Newegg
Case	Cougar MX330-G ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$74.39 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1039.45
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1019.45
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-11 20:49 EDT-0400

You could go with 3600MHz/CL16 ram for $20 extra.

[You_found_dom]

33 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

One caveat:

There is a recently released thing that says b450 will NOT support ryzen3 so that may or may not matter for you. B450 is EOL.  If you want to upgrade your cpu you will be buying a new motherboard to go along with the new chip. it will run the 3700x you chose though.

 

as to RGB there is almost always a better cheaper thing without rgb on it.  Rgb is always more expensive.

No. The b450 series can support those chips. Every single “msi max” series board supports it

[You_found_dom]

34 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

One caveat:

There is a recently released thing that says b450 will NOT support ryzen3 so that may or may not matter for you. B450 is EOL.  If you want to upgrade your cpu you will be buying a new motherboard to go along with the new chip. it will run the 3700x you chose though.

 

as to RGB there is almost always a better cheaper thing without rgb on it.  Rgb is always more expensive.

Use quotes

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

No. The b450 series can support those chips. Every single “msi max” series board supports it

They announced that they won't. It's impossible for MSI to support all AM4 chips since AMD won't release the code for b450 boards bios to support 4th gen.

Here's a chart of motherboard support.

[Bombastinator]

22 minutes ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

No. The b450 series can support those chips. Every single “msi max” series board supports it

Nope.  That’s what WAS being said indirectly.  It apparently is officially not true now as of a couple days ago.   According to latest statements, The only board currently out that will support 4xxx chips is x570.  There’s a whole thread and a bunch of YouTube videos on the subject.  It’s new info.

 

 

Edited May 12, 2020 by Bombastinator
Link added

[Bombastinator]

9 minutes ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

Use quotes

Meh.  

[Bombastinator]

10 minutes ago, Darpyface said:

They announced that they won't. It's impossible for MSI to support all AM4 chips since AMD won't release the code for b450 boards bios to support 4th gen.

Here's a chart of motherboard support.

To be fair it might not be possible to support 4xxx chips on 400 series boards for other reasons as well.  Time will tell.  It’s early on this one yet.  4xxx chips aren’t out yet for one thing.

[You_found_dom]

On 5/11/2020 at 9:10 PM, Bombastinator said:

Nope.  That’s what WAS being said indirectly.  It apparently is officially not true now as of a couple days ago.   According to latest statements, The only board currently out that will support 4xxx chips is x570.  There’s a whole thread and a bunch of YouTube videos on the subject.  It’s new info.

 

 

I thought we were talking 3rd gen, anyway, it’s not dead it still supports and sends you a chip to update the bios and you send it back

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.14 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Pioneer 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($50.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($85.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1005.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-13 21:49 EDT-0400

[Bombastinator]

43 minutes ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

I thought we were talking 3rd gen, anyway, it’s not dead it still supports and sends you a chip to update the bios and you send it back

Um.... that is totally different information that appears to be generally available.  If you have details on this a couple hundred thousand people really want to know about it.

 

As for 3rd gen vs zen3 etc.. the naming schemes are confusing. 

[Guest]

13 hours ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

I thought we were talking 3rd gen, anyway, it’s not dead it still supports and sends you a chip to update the bios and you send it back

That isn't the same thing. You are referring to B450 or X470 boards that don't have an up to date bios for Ryzen 3000 cpu's. The B450/X470 boards won't support Ryzen 4000 unless AMD decide to backtrack on their word. The 'MAX' boards could support it, but it isn't up to MSI.