My Build

[kai!]

Budget (including currency): 1100 ish but want to get it down (USD)

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, light video editing, GTA V, PUBG, video recording

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): Want to buy a new 144hz monitor, currently playing on 60hz. I need 2 new keyboards, (one for my brother because he is getting my current build, and one for me because i have small hands and want a skinnier keyboard. Upgrading from( prebuilt so not much detail sorry, i7 6700, 16 GB ram, R9360, idk motherboard)

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$294.14 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$72.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.97 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$58.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB MECH OC Video Card	$359.99 @ Newegg
Case	Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case	$54.43 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$81.87 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1127.36
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1107.36
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-14 02:44 EDT-0400

 

[boggy77]

looks like a good build. the psu is average, but should be fine

that wd blue is not nvme. i recommend getting a nvme drive, it will be 4-5 times faster. you can find a crucial p1 oe p2 or intel 660p for the same price as the wd blue.

[Yebi]

AMD recently announced there won't be any support for future generation CPUs on 400-series chipsets. If you think you might want an upgrade as soon as 2-3 years from now, you might wanna wait for B550 motherboards

[ShinRamen]

I agree with both comments above. Your build looks pretty good. What I would change is the PSU to a Antec Neo Eco Zen and either save $10 by going with 3200MHz/CL16 ram or invest $10 more and get a faster 3600MHz/CL16 kit.

 

If this build has to be cheaper no matter what, the following build is as low as I can get without changing the core components. The Pro-VDH is capable of handling a maxed out 3700X without issues, but you won't be able to throw anything much more powerful in there - the Tomahawk Max holds potential to upgrade up to a 3900X in the future. Both won't support upcoming Ryzen 4000 CPUs, so you'd have to pay even a bit more for an X570 board to have that possibility.
 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
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 DARK Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$62.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$67.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$58.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB MECH OC Video Card	$359.99 @ Newegg
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$49.13 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$70.95 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1064.16
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1044.16
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-14 04:42 EDT-0400