An Opinion on a Build.

[Sodisna]

Budget (including currency): $1500 USD  ±200

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games, production (3D modeling, (light) rendering, etc)

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):  Planning to buy over a period of time. I'll be constructing my own case, I have monitor and OS. I plan to part of and possibly sell my old hardware.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.65 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($131.77 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung 860 QVO 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.29 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ Monoprice) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB Video Card  ($399.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($147.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1616.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-16 06:40 EDT-0400

 

Current Build

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CPU: Ryzen 2600
GPU: GTX 1070
Motherboard: B450 Tomahwak
RAM: 16GB
PSU: EVGA 550 G3
Monitor#1: Samsung Space Monitor
Monitor#2: Acer Gaming Monitor 23.6” Curved ED242QR

[ki8aras]

the rest of the build is fine but please do yourself and everyone else a favor and ditch that 5400rpm hard drive

[ki8aras]

Just now, ki8aras said:

the rest of the build is fine but please do yourself and everyone else a favor and ditch that 5400rpm hard drive

also you could reuse your old ram and buy some extra to save some money if youre into that

[Hold-Ma-Beer]

@Sodisna I'll recommend you to go air cooling. Well, unless you prefer aesthetics more than performance!

[gloop]

You could re-use the Tomahawk if you don’t plan on upgrading to 4th gen Ryzen. 
 

it I was buying, I’d wait until later this year for 4th gen ryzen and the ampere nVidia GPUs 

[Guest]

Is your current pc holding you back ? I don't think your new proposed build is good value. You are spending a lot on the cooler, the board is expensive considering you already own a decent B450 one. Also Samsung SSD's are not the best when it comes to value for money. No need to replace the EVGA G3 if you already have it.

 

Also buying parts over time is a bad idea. You should wait until you have the money to buy the full setup. Not a great time to be buying anyway as we are inbetween new hardware.

[Sodisna]

I'm not that concerned about getting the newest hardware as I'm 99.9% sure will priced over the MSRP. But my current board should support the 3700X?

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Sodisna said:

I'm not that concerned about getting the newest hardware as I'm 99.9% sure will priced over the MSRP. But my current board should support the 3700X?

Is it the B450 Tomahawk or B450 Tomahawk MAX ? Either way it will support the 3700X, but you might need to update the bios if you have the non MAX version.

[Sodisna]

I just have the regular. Honestly though, I'd like to have board with built in WiFi.

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, Sodisna said:

I just have the regular. Honestly though, I'd like to have board with built in WiFi.

You could always buy a cheap wifi adapter for the short term ? The B550 boards are due on the 16th June.