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Budget (including currency): $1200 (Including monitor and peripherals)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CS: GO, Fortnite, Minecraft, and streaming

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 do like aesthetic... but I don't know how that will play into my budget.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X4FsQq

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($167.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken M22 Liquid CPU Cooler  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: Team T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($64.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card  ($243.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link ARCHER T2U PLUS USB 2.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($16.98 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: MSI Optix G24C4 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($179.99 @ Best Buy) 
Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($49.88 @ Walmart) 
Mouse: Corsair HARPOON RGB PRO Wired Optical Mouse  ($28.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1233.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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If you could make it cheaper that would be great... but if not that is fine just keep it around $1200

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Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM 400 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply

 

make this two changes, otherwise looks good.

ah, forgot. don't get that aio, 120mm aios don't make sense, it won't be better than your stock cooler.

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4 minutes ago, Purple_Llama5 said:

Budget (including currency): $1200 (Including monitor and peripherals)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CS: GO, Fortnite, Minecraft, and streaming

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 do like aesthetic... but I don't know how that will play into my budget.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X4FsQq

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($167.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken M22 Liquid CPU Cooler  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: Team T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($64.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card  ($243.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link ARCHER T2U PLUS USB 2.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($16.98 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: MSI Optix G24C4 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($179.99 @ Best Buy) 
Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($49.88 @ Walmart) 
Mouse: Corsair HARPOON RGB PRO Wired Optical Mouse  ($28.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1233.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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If you could make it cheaper that would be great... but if not that is fine just keep it around $1200

Perhaps you can remove the AIO and upgrade to a 5600XT instead ? 

Please quote or tag me @Void Master,so i can see your reply.

 

Everyone was a noob at the beginning, don't be discouraged by toxic trolls even if u lose 15 times in a row. Keep training and pushing yourself further and further, so u can show those sorry lots how it's done !

Be a supportive player, and make sure to reflect a good image of the game community you are a part of. 

Don't kick a player unless they willingly want to ruin your experience.

We are the gamer community, we should take care of each other !

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@Purple_Llama5 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/b28Qsk

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($167.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  ($38.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.95 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card  ($289.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Best Buy) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link ARCHER T2U PLUS USB 2.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($16.98 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: MSI Optix G24C4 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($179.99 @ Best Buy) 
Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($49.88 @ Walmart) 
Mouse: Corsair HARPOON RGB PRO Wired Optical Mouse  ($28.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1274.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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A bit over budget...

But much better in some aspects.

Please quote or tag me @Void Master,so i can see your reply.

 

Everyone was a noob at the beginning, don't be discouraged by toxic trolls even if u lose 15 times in a row. Keep training and pushing yourself further and further, so u can show those sorry lots how it's done !

Be a supportive player, and make sure to reflect a good image of the game community you are a part of. 

Don't kick a player unless they willingly want to ruin your experience.

We are the gamer community, we should take care of each other !

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Your build looks decent, but:

  • I'd swap out the AIO for an air cooler. At that price, you can get a killer air cooler, but the 140mm AIO doesn't perform that well.
  • I'd swap the storage out for a single 1TB SSD; if you need more space later, a 1TB HDD is super easy to add.
  • Get a better WiFi adapter; Gigabyte makes a PCIe one with built in BT for not much more.
  • For an extra $10 you can get the G.Skill KM780R keyboard which is miles above the Corsair one you have listed.
35 minutes ago, Not Wills said:

You can also get a pci-e wifi card that is cheaper and faster, I would recommend a more colour accurate monitor if you need it.

Uh, no, no you can't. The one you linked isn't even wireless AC, it caps out at wireless N.

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Here's my recommendation.

Not the best build out there, because of bad pricing of products due to ongoing crisis. Need to work with what's available.

 

TUF Gaming Build

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($167.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) Not the best b450 board out there. There r much better boards in this price range, but all of them are out of stock. b450 tomahawk max, a pro max, gaming plus max, mortar max will be my first recommendations. Currently tomahawk max is available for $115 and it's not worth that much. I would recommend u to wait for a while and get b550 board instead.
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB MECH OC Video Card  ($304.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L TUF Gaming Edition MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($49.96 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link ARCHER T2U PLUS USB 2.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($16.98 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: VIOTEK GN27D 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($269.99 @ Best Buy) 
Keyboard: Redragon K552-R KUMARA Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($38.99 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Corsair HARPOON RGB PRO Wired Optical Mouse  ($28.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1221.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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11 hours ago, VEXICUS said:

Here's my recommendation.

Not the best build out there, because of bad pricing of products due to ongoing crisis. Need to work with what's available.

 

TUF Gaming Build

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($167.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) Not the best b450 board out there. There r much better boards in this price range, but all of them are out of stock. b450 tomahawk max, a pro max, gaming plus max, mortar max will be my first recommendations. Currently tomahawk max is available for $115 and it's not worth that much. I would recommend u to wait for a while and get b550 board instead.
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB MECH OC Video Card  ($304.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L TUF Gaming Edition MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($49.96 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link ARCHER T2U PLUS USB 2.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($16.98 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: VIOTEK GN27D 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($269.99 @ Best Buy) 
Keyboard: Redragon K552-R KUMARA Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($38.99 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Corsair HARPOON RGB PRO Wired Optical Mouse  ($28.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1221.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Thank you so much! When are the B550 boards coming out?

Good job for using Night Theme

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