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[scarflicter]

Budget (including currency): $1200

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Overwatch, Valorant, Computer programming, general work/multitasking, esports at 1080p or higher for now but possible future AAA games as well

Other details 

Want to have PC last for 4-5 years before upgrading.

 

PC partpicker list: 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$279.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 35.14 CFM CPU Cooler	$35.29 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$57.49 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card	$333.98 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$94.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1196.71
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-02 21:34 EDT-0400

 

Questions:

1/ Ryzen 7 3700X or will Ryzen 5 3600 / Ryzen 5 3600x be enough?

2/ What CPU cooler is best for this build - can I use a slim cooler (case fits a bigger cooler but if I can reduce noise that would be cool)?

3/ Also, should I go with 3600Mhz RAM?

4/ Is the SSD good?

5/ Is a WIFI 6 board necessary? Can I get away with a WIFI 5 board for a while/replace the wifi chip later on?

 

Thanks in advance for any responses.

 

 

[TheBean]

1. 3600x is something you should ignore if you are willing to overclock the 3600 (because thats basically all it is). 3700x is pretty good but buy the cpu used. It makes no difference weather the cpu is new or used. they will perform identically and you will save money.
2. bigger coolers are usually quieter because they make it easier to cool (so fan speed can be reduced)
3. 3200mhz is plenty fast and won't make much difference (expect 3-7% increase by going with 3600mhz)
4. ssd is good
5. wifi 6 is useless if the router does not also support it. both parts need to support wifi6 for it to work.

Note: buy as many parts used if doing so does not result in loss in performance. so, buy the CPU, RAM, motherboard, and the case as used. you could save $50-ish by going used. 

[ProBottler]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL17 Memory  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Team L5 LITE 3D 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.19 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($112.94 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1220.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-03 02:01 EDT-0400
My take

[Oswin]

4 hours ago, scarflicter said:

Want to have PC last for 4-5 years before upgrading

if this is one of your concerns, waiting for the newer hardware is probably your best choice

[Haro]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$159.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$149.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$76.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$119.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Devil Video Card	$439.99 @ Amazon
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case	$79.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$114.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1196.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-03 02:57 EDT-0400

3600 is more than enough for any games today as they don't scale up to 8 cores. 

The GPU is better. Unless you need nvec a 5700xt will generally be better.  

Changed the drive, the p1 is decent but it's qlc. The a2000 should be better. 

As for the case. You chose a great case lol. 

But you could go with either one really. 

[scarflicter]

11 hours ago, Oswin said:

if this is one of your concerns, waiting for the newer hardware is probably your best choice

Thanks for the suggestion... Are you talking about GPUs?  Considering the coronavirus situation, wouldn't there be delays too?

[Oswin]

1 minute ago, scarflicter said:

Thanks for the suggestion... Are you talking about GPUs?  Considering the coronavirus situation, wouldn't there be delays too?

not only GPUs, but Zen 3 (ryzen 4000 series) as well

 

haven't heard about any delays yet, but they are rumored to be released near the end of this year.

[scarflicter]

11 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$159.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$149.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$76.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$119.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Devil Video Card	$439.99 @ Amazon
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case	$79.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$114.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1196.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-03 02:57 EDT-0400

3600 is more than enough for any games today as they don't scale up to 8 cores. 

The GPU is better. Unless you need nvec a 5700xt will generally be better.  

Changed the drive, the p1 is decent but it's qlc. The a2000 should be better. 

As for the case. You chose a great case lol. 

But you could go with either one really. 

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

Couple of questions:

What type of games and programs will scale up to 8 cores?
I was thinking about Ray tracing in terms of the GPU.

What is "qlc"?

Lol, you seem to be a big fan of the case haha.

 

[Haro]

10 minutes ago, scarflicter said:

What type of games

Games currently non really. 

 

10 minutes ago, scarflicter said:

programs will scale up to 8 cores?

Large editing projects for example. 

 

10 minutes ago, scarflicter said:

What is "qlc"?

4 layer nandflash. Not good for a consumer user essentially.