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[Colt J. Morgan]

Budget (including currency): $2000 (ish) USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly Gaming, I would like to play Skyrim with very good textures, like from Parallax, and other mods. 

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 grabbed some stuff on PCParts picker, but I'm not expert, so I thought I would ask the community. I don't really need any peripherals, and I can get those myself if I need. Im just looking for a little assistance in making sure everything is compatible and will work well together. 

 

Also, I cannot stand RGB components. RGB on the case or something is kind of nice, but RGB memory, motherboard, SATA cables, etc. is not somthing I'm willing to pay for. If I could ask the fine folks of the LTT forum to look at my list here and let me know if I have made any horrific compatibility mistakes I would appreciate it. Or if you have suggestions for improving, I would welcome that as well. 

 

[wall03]

Can you give us a link to that so we can see it in further detail?

[DailyProcrastinator]

Don't buy now, wait for next gen Nvidia GPU's to launch. Also if all you do is game I would get an i5-10600k or wait for 4th gen Ryzen. 

[Colt J. Morgan]

Maybe... https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ColtJ.Morgan/saved/#view=ysXgt6

 

[Oswin]

have you bought anybof the parts? when are you planning to build this?

 

 

 

also

welcome to the forums

[refinedskillz]

Users above have a point, a lot of new hardware is very soon to come.

[koptr]

What about the Corsair H100i PRO? It's a bit cheaper. Do you have to buy a 50$ wifi-Adapter? I think cheaper ones will so the work too.

[Oswin]

wait let me get this cleared out.

9 minutes ago, Colt J. Morgan said:

I cannot stand RGB components

you mentioned this yet you chose the trident z royal and the z63?

[Colt J. Morgan]

I actually do not know how to make the list public.

 

I am not planning to build for a while, because I cant afford it right now. 

[Oswin]

Just now, Colt J. Morgan said:

I actually do not know how to make the list public.

 

I am not planning to build for a while, because I cant afford it right now. 

remember to quote or mention when you reply.

 

its best to wait for the newer hardware if its not urgent.

[Colt J. Morgan]

I figured out how to make it public. And I don't activley hate RGB, I just think that spending more on RGB components is not worth it, usually. Some stuff is fine. 

[Aereldor]

As someone who has made Skyrim mods and built lots of PCs, $2000 on a gaming PC is overspending. Unless you're really rolling in money, don't do that. 

Something like a 3600 paired with a 5700xt will play most anything, and have plenty of leftover resources for mods, especially at 1080p. If you're going to be primarily running older titles, you can go even cheaper - I have 200+ mods running on Skyrim SE on an i3 4160 and a GTX 960 at a rock solid 1080p 60fps. An i3 9100F and an RX 570 will be just fine.

Even the most powerful current combination - an overclocked 10600k and a 2080 Super (I would not buy a TI, value is shit) doesn't exceed $1500
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair A70 61 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Best Buy) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z490M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($136.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill NT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 CL17 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB Video Card  ($699.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CV 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1440.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-08 16:20 EDT-0400

 

[Colt J. Morgan]

2 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

As someone who has made Skyrim mods and built lots of PCs, $2000 on a gaming PC is overspending. Unless you're really rolling in money, don't do that. 

Something like a 3600 paired with a 5700xt will play most anything, and have plenty of leftover resources for mods, especially at 1080p. If you're going to be primarily running older titles, you can go even cheaper - I have 200+ mods running on Skyrim SE on an i3 4160 and a GTX 960 at a rock solid 1080p 60fps. An i3 9100F and an RX 570 will be just fine.

Even the most powerful current combination - an overclocked 10600k and a 2080 Super (I would not buy a TI, value is shit) doesn't exceed $1500
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair A70 61 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Best Buy) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z490M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($136.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill NT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 CL17 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB Video Card  ($699.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CV 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1440.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-08 16:20 EDT-0400

 

Thanks. I was kind of leaning towards AMD, but I don't really have any reason for that, so that's fine. I may at some point do more than gaming, like video editing for things like YouTube, so I was planning to over do it on the CPU just a bit. I am willing to spend more now, so that I don't have to upgrade as often later. The only games I really play on PC are either older or not very demanding, but I may want to play shooters like the new COD at some point. I currently just use my Xbox. 

[Aereldor]

Just now, Colt J. Morgan said:

Thanks. I was kind of leaning towards AMD, but I don't really have any reason for that, so that's fine. I may at some point do more than gaming, like video editing for things like YouTube, so I was planning to over do it on the CPU just a bit. I am willing to spend more now, so that I don't have to upgrade as often later. The only games I really play on PC are either older or not very demanding, but I may want to play shooters like the new COD at some point. I currently just use my Xbox. 

The 10600k overclocked is on par with a 10900k. It is objectively the fastest gaming chip on the market right now. 

But I'll be straight, if you're at 1080p, a $400 PC isn't much worse than a $1500 one. It'll destroy older titles, and it'll run the new stuff at 1080p 60fps medium-high without a hitch. Ultra settings are stupid anyway, games today are designed with medium in mind. I don't know how much money you have, but if $2000 is a big investment, you could spend a quarter of that and still be happy.

[Colt J. Morgan]

4 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

The 10600k overclocked is on par with a 10900k. It is objectively the fastest gaming chip on the market right now. 

But I'll be straight, if you're at 1080p, a $400 PC isn't much worse than a $1500 one. It'll destroy older titles, and it'll run the new stuff at 1080p 60fps medium-high without a hitch. Ultra settings are stupid anyway, games today are designed with medium in mind. I don't know how much money you have, but if $2000 is a big investment, you could spend a quarter of that and still be happy.

Spending less money is always better, no matter how rich you are. Plus that leaves more money for a nice monitor.