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Danicos
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His budget is $1000. We live in the USA. He wants to use for gaming, editing, streaming, and recording. My friend already has a TV, mouse, a headset, keyboard. He plans to buy it whenever this pandemic ends or should we buy it now?

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $179.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $149.99 @ B&H
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 CL13 Memory $62.99 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $71.98 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Amazon
Video Card ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT 8 GB Phantom Gaming D OC Video Card $189.99 @ Newegg
Case Phanteks Eclipse P300 ATX Mid Tower Case $162.49 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $74.84 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $937.26
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-16 21:00 EDT-0400  

 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $179.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $139.99 @ Newegg
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $53.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $69.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card $329.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $98.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $69.90 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $997.82
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-16 21:12 EDT-0400  

this looks solid to me. pandemic aint gonna go away any time soon in the us might as well buy it now and enjoy it. the ko ultra has been down to 280 bucks recently and the meshify has been down to 80, sn750 has seen some sales also. if you're not in a rush the 3600 might also drop down to 160 ish. so you can potentially save a few bucks if you wanna order stuff over the next few weeks to see what kinda deals pop up. i watch the reddit sub /r/buildapcsales cause they find the craziest deals lol

 

also you can save a few bucks and get a fractal design focus g and it'd work fine but it looks like shit imo, down to you. any case works here really, not a super high heat output system

 

on the topic of gpus, the ko ultra is probably the best bet here; good streaming support with turing nvenc and i believe its particularly suited to editing workloads due to evga putting in a fancy 2080 die for some reason

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my "oops i bought intel right before zen 3 releases" build

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 (placeholder)

GPU: Gigabyte 980ti Xtreme (also placeholder), deshroud w/ generic 1200rpm 120mm fans x2, stock bios 130% power, no voltage offset: +70 core +400 mem 

Memory: 2x16gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3600C16, 14-15-30-288@1.45v

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S w/ white chromax bling
OS Drive: Samsung PM981 1tb (OEM 970 Evo)

Storage Drive: XPG SX8200 Pro 2tb

Backup Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 4TB

PSU: Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 750W w/ black/white Cablemod extensions
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Dark (to be replaced with a good case shortly)

basically everything was bought used off of reddit or here, only new component was the case. absolutely nutty deals for some of these parts, ill have to tally it all up once it's "done" :D 

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I'd ditch the 250GB/1TB combo and just get a 1TB SSD.

Get a cheaper motherboard.

The case @VeganJoy has selected would be a good choice.

 

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

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CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

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CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

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CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power A60 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair Carbide 175R RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($61.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 11 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.90 @ B&H) 
Total: $961.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-17 02:53 EDT-0400

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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