Noob building a gaming PC! Help appreciated

[noobiepcpicker123]

Budget (including currency): ~ $2000 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming. Most intense game played is probably Call of Duty.

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): 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pjWRPn

So I made this list with the help of a few friends, I want to see if there are any suggestions/changes you would make. I don't really care about the looks of the PC. I would like to play COD with at least 144fps optimally. The biggest thing I am also wondering is what to do for the power supply. The power supplies my friends and I have looked at are sold out so if you guys have recommendations for that I would appreciate it, I don't really wanna overpay 2-3x the normal price off Amazon but I will if that's the best option. 

 

idk if this is relevant or matters but I want to try to buy the parts in the next 2-3 weeks if possible.

 

Thanks!

[Avocheeseado]

The new nvidia and amd gpus are coming out in the next 2-6 months and so are the new ryzen chips. I will make a pcpartpicker list for you if that is too long to wait.

[noobiepcpicker123]

Just now, Avocheeseado said:

The new nvidia and amd gpus are coming out in the next 2-6 months and so are the new ryzen chips. I will make a pcpartpicker list for you if that is too long to wait.

Yeah, I'd prefer not waiting that long. The list would be highly appreciated, Thanks!

[Oswin]

any spesific reason you are opting for intel??

[eeeee1]

looks like a good build. if you want to do anything else, go AMD.

[Mateyyy]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor	$299.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$179.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$92.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Asus GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video Card	$784.99 @ Best Buy
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$109.90 @ B&H
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1802.62
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1792.62
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-27 14:44 EDT-0400

The 500GB SN750 should be for the OS, and the 1TB P1 for games.

If you can't wait until the D15 gets restocked, there's also the Dark Rock Pro 4, or you could go for a single tower heatsink, like an NH-U12S chromax.black or a Dark Rock 4.

I'd mount those two extra fans in the front as intakes, and the fans that come included in the case as exhausts in the rear and top.

[marmour]

11 minutes ago, noobiepcpicker123 said:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.89 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	$35.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$192.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$81.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Black Video Card	$1199.99 @ Walmart
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	$94.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$125.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2011.82
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-27 14:44 EDT-0400

When your spending $2000 on a gaming rig, I feel you gotta go 2080ti. Would highly recommend waiting for the new launches in a couple of months though. If you want to do any multicore workloads get a 3700x and a 2080S

[Oswin]

4 minutes ago, marmour said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.89 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	$35.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$192.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$81.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Black Video Card	$1199.99 @ Walmart
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	$94.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$125.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2011.82
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-27 14:44 EDT-0400

When your spending $2000 on a gaming rig, I feel you gotta go 2080ti. Would highly recommend waiting for the new launches in a couple of months though. If you want to do any multicore workloads get a 3700x and a 2080S

the 2080Ti is way too overpriced, the super does basically the same thing for almost half the price

[Avocheeseado]

Here is my suggestion. The 2080 ti is not much better than the 2080 super for a massive amount more.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.89 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	$35.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$81.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$119.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$669.99 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$125.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1573.80
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1553.80
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-27 14:50 EDT-0400

[marmour]

5 minutes ago, Oswin said:

the 2080Ti is way too overpriced, the super does basically the same thing for almost half the price

Sure, the 2080Ti is crazy expensive and I wouldn't generally recommend buying it, however performance is definitely better...about 16%

If you have $2000 for a gaming rig and you want to spend all $2000 of them, I see no reason not to get the Ti (except for the new cards coming soon)

 

Edit: 16% at 4K 12% at 1440p

[Oswin]

Just now, marmour said:

Sure, the 2080Ti is crazy expensive and I wouldn't generally recommend buying it, however performance is definitely better...about 16%

If you have $2000 for a gaming rig and you want to spend all $2000 of them, I see no reason not to get the Ti (except for the new cards coming soon)

fair enough, but spending 1.2k on a single GPU just doesnt makes sense imo, you can get another rig for the price!

[noobiepcpicker123]

15 minutes ago, Oswin said:

any spesific reason you are opting for intel??

Nope, just more familiar with intel than others.

[marmour]

1 minute ago, Oswin said:

fair enough, but spending 1.2k on a single GPU just doesnt makes sense imo, you can get another rig for the price!

I know. Personally seems like madness to me with my used rx580

[Oswin]

Just now, marmour said:

I know. Personally seems madness to me with my used rx580

well i have a 1050 on a laptop, would get another laptop with that money  

[marmour]

2 minutes ago, noobiepcpicker123 said:

Nope, just more familiar with intel than others.

Do you know what resolution you would like to target? 1440p would probably be the sweet spot at this price point. 

If you don't want to play eSports titles at low settings at 200+fps, intel isn't really worth it for the $100 extra you'll pay. Have a look at the some of the AMD options instead above. If you do want to go intel though, matteyyy's list is a solid choice

[INurHome]

26 minutes ago, noobiepcpicker123 said:

Budget (including currency): ~ $2000 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming. Most intense game played is probably Call of Duty.

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): 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pjWRPn

So I made this list with the help of a few friends, I want to see if there are any suggestions/changes you would make. I don't really care about the looks of the PC. I would like to play COD with at least 144fps optimally. The biggest thing I am also wondering is what to do for the power supply. The power supplies my friends and I have looked at are sold out so if you guys have recommendations for that I would appreciate it, I don't really wanna overpay 2-3x the normal price off Amazon but I will if that's the best option. 

 

idk if this is relevant or matters but I want to try to buy the parts in the next 2-3 weeks if possible.

 

Thanks!

Hey man, super excited for you. That's a nice chunk of $ to be working with.

Good build too, they really are your friends!

 

Questions:

What resolution to you plan on getting 144fps @? Do you already have a monitor? Which one?

Do you know/want to overclock your rig or would you like more of a turn key experience?

 

IMO stuff:

Intel platform make sense for your use case. In reference to my question above, the 106000010600K is a fun/great chip to overclock with. The 3600 is a more of a set  it and forget it type.

Get the Super. The Ti is...an historical piece

I dislike the timings of your RAM selection. Put an extra $40-50 bucks in to get some true CL16s, none of this 16-19 shit. Remember to check your motherboards QVL list.

 

GL.

Chris

[Oswin]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$273.47 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$89.90 @ B&H
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$199.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$81.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Asus GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video Card	$784.99 @ Best Buy
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$109.90 @ B&H
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	$24.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1865.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-27 15:05 EDT-0400

here is a build if you would like to consider a ryzen alternative, if you would like to stick to intel @Mateyyy is real solid. 

[noobiepcpicker123]

7 minutes ago, marmour said:

Do you know what resolution you would like to target? 1440p would probably be the sweet spot at this price point. 

If you don't want to play eSports titles at low settings at 200+fps, intel isn't really worth it for the $100 extra you'll pay. Have a look at the some of the AMD options instead above. If you do want to go intel though, matteyyy's list is a solid choice

I would like the play esports titles 200+fps because eventually I think i will be upgrading my monitors as well, so in that case you would recommend intel?

[noobiepcpicker123]

4 minutes ago, INurHome said:

Hey man, super excited for you. That's a nice chunk of $ to be working with.

Good build too, they really are your friends!

 

Questions:

What resolution to you plan on getting 144fps @? Do you already have a monitor? Which one?

Do you know/want to overclock your rig or would you like more of a turn key experience?

 

IMO stuff:

Intel platform make sense for your use case. In reference to my question above, the 106000010600K is a fun/great chip to overclock with. The 3600 is a more of a set  it and forget it type.

Get the Super. The Ti is...an historical piece

I dislike the timings of your RAM selection. Put an extra $40-50 bucks in to get some true CL16s, none of this 16-19 shit. Remember to check your motherboards QVL list.

 

GL.

Chris

Hey thanks for the reply. I don't want to overclock my rig and the monitors I have are Acer XFA240 which are 1920x1080 

[marmour]

4 minutes ago, noobiepcpicker123 said:

I would like the play esports titles 200+fps because eventually I think i will be upgrading my monitors as well, so in that case you would recommend intel?

If that's the case, and you won't ever be doing multicore workloads like video editing, intel may be the best option.

[noobiepcpicker123]

I appreciate all the replies everybody. I'm gonna keep looking and doing research to see what my best options are. Thanks a lot. Also I see most of your guys' locations aren't from America but if you guys have any recommendations of where to purchase some of these parts besides just online, I would also appreciate that. 

[INurHome]

Just now, noobiepcpicker123 said:

I appreciate all the replies everybody. I'm gonna keep looking and doing research to see what my best options are. Thanks a lot. Also I see most of your guys' locations aren't from America but if you guys have any recommendations of where to purchase some of these parts besides just online, I would also appreciate that. 

iirc BestBuy used to do a price match +10% on competitor pricing, but I'm not from America

Cheers

 

[INurHome]

1 hour ago, noobiepcpicker123 said:

Budget (including currency): ~ $2000 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming. Most intense game played is probably Call of Duty.

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): 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pjWRPn

So I made this list with the help of a few friends, I want to see if there are any suggestions/changes you would make. I don't really care about the looks of the PC. I would like to play COD with at least 144fps optimally. The biggest thing I am also wondering is what to do for the power supply. The power supplies my friends and I have looked at are sold out so if you guys have recommendations for that I would appreciate it, I don't really wanna overpay 2-3x the normal price off Amazon but I will if that's the best option. 

 

idk if this is relevant or matters but I want to try to buy the parts in the next 2-3 weeks if possible.

 

Thanks!

There is nothing objectively wrong with your list, and if you had gone ahead and bought it, you would be very happy, no doubt.

I think it is a good idea that you are going to revisit your list, IMO, your motherboard/RAM selections were not on point.

 

Everything else is great.

My suggestion:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor	$299.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler	$69.98 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 VISION G ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$199.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$92.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$99.99 @ Amazon
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$149.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	Asus GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video Card	$784.99 @ Best Buy
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$104.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$149.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1952.80
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-27 16:07 EDT-0400

Relax, it's not life and death.

C

 

Well...it is video game life and death isn't it. lol