Top 3 Builds For 1080p 144hz Gaming PC

[Lamaj4Lif3]

Budget (including currency): $800

Country: United States 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: RB6 Seige

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: I only need a good mechanical rgb keyboard at a budget price & need 1080p, 144hz build to play RB6 smoothly 

 

 

[Mateyyy]

So.. what do you need exactly? The tower and a keyboard? And a monitor?

[Oswin]

does the $800 budget also includes the monitor? or is it only for the pc and keyboard?

[Lamaj4Lif3]

@Mateyyy @Oswin sorry just woke up. I am looking into getting a aoc 24g2 for a monitor & have a mouse already. I need a keyboard & a decent build under $800 that can perform well at 144hz. You can exclude the monitor from the build you guys recommend as im pretty sure that's the monitor I want. 

[Mateyyy]

6 minutes ago, Lamaj4Lif3 said:

@Mateyyy @Oswin sorry just woke up. I am looking into getting a aoc 24g2 for a monitor & have a mouse already. I need a keyboard & a decent build under $800 that can perform well at 144hz. You can exclude the monitor from the build you guys recommend as im pretty sure that's the monitor I want. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$179.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$82.99 @ Newegg
Memory	OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$52.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$62.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING Video Card	$239.99 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$62.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	BitFenix Formula Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$69.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$751.84
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-22 08:56 EDT-0400

Not too good when it comes to peripheral recommendations, so I'll leave that one to someone else.

[Lamaj4Lif3]

No problem @Mateyyy.  I'll look in another forum for peripherals. But, this build should play well at 144hz? Are there any upgrade paths that will make a difference? Or would I unnecessary be spending more money for no reason?

[Oswin]

not really under $800 but if you can stretch the budget a little bit then 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$179.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$99.99 @ B&H
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$55.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$62.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB PULSE Video Card	$289.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$62.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$826.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-22 09:03 EDT-0400

or get this board as an alternative

[Avocheeseado]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$179.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$99.99 @ B&H
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$55.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$274.99 @ Newegg
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$805.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-22 09:04 EDT-0400

 

[Mateyyy]

7 minutes ago, Lamaj4Lif3 said:

But, this build should play well at 144hz? Are there any upgrade paths that will make a difference? Or would I unnecessary be spending more money for no reason?

Hardware Unboxed often includes R6S in their benchmarks, and the 1660 Super got over 144FPS at 1080p Ultra settings.

 

You could save some money by going with a 3100 instead of the 3600, but that will impact your performance by quite a significant amount in Siege, again, according to HUB's testing. I'd recommend the 3300X, but that's nowhere to be found unfortunately.

 

If I was to make a change to that list for future upgradability, I'd probably switch the B450M Pro4 for a B550M PRO-VDH which is $110 at the moment, and maybe also toss in a similarly good 550W PSU instead of the 450W Bitfenix Formula, though 450W should be fine even for the 3600 and an upgrade to a higher power GPU.

[Lamaj4Lif3]

@Oswin @Avocheeseado @Mateyyy since I have a little wiggle room would I have better value at the $900-$1000 range ? If so whats a good build in that regard?

[Oswin]

2 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Hardware Unboxed often includes R6S in their benchmarks, and the 1660 Super got over 144FPS at 1080p Ultra settings.

iirc that was the 2060, but the 1660s should have no problem if you lower the settings

[Lamaj4Lif3]

@Mateyyy would the 3600 without the X still be viable? Whats the difference between the 2? I appreciate the info for upgrade path too thanks. 

[Avocheeseado]

4 minutes ago, Lamaj4Lif3 said:

@Oswin @Avocheeseado @Mateyyy since I have a little wiggle room would I have better value at the $900-$1000 range ? If so whats a good build in that regard?

This would be the best for around $1000. Prices are quite high at the moment so this build should usually be around $950. If you are just doing 1080p, this will not be necesarry as this can handle 1440p at over 144fps

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$179.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$99.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$74.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Triple Dissipation Video Card	$379.99 @ Amazon
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$99.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1009.91
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-22 09:12 EDT-0400

 

[Oswin]

2 minutes ago, Lamaj4Lif3 said:

@Mateyyy would the 3600 without the X still be viable? Whats the difference between the 2? I appreciate the info for upgrade path too thanks. 

the 3600x isnt even worth the extra, you are looking at a 2 fps increase at most, just get the 3600 and a decent then enable PBO and you should be solid.

[Mateyyy]

10 minutes ago, Oswin said:

iirc that was the 2060, but the 1660s should have no problem if you lower the settings

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[Oswin]

3 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

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i see, in this video they showed these results

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[Mateyyy]

2 minutes ago, Oswin said:

i see in this video they showed these results

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Hm, maybe they were using Vulkan in the screenshot I sent? Framerates look to be higher across the board, and I've heard that Siege does run a good bit better with Vulkan instead of DX11.

[Oswin]

4 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Hm, maybe they were using Vulkan in the screenshot I sent? Framerates look to be higher across the board, and I've heard that Siege does run a good bit better with Vulkan instead of DX11.

either that or ultra and very high are different quality settings in r6 lol

[Mateyyy]

2 minutes ago, Oswin said:

either that or ultra and very high are different quality settings in r6 lol

Oh wow I'm blind, I actually didn't even realise that one of them was "Very High" and the other was "Ultra", lol

 

Either way, a friend of mine uses a GTX 1070 and plays with a mix of competitive and visually pleasing settings at 1080p (as in, not all low 640x480) and gets over 144FPS constantly. I also managed to get ~120-144FPS at 1080p with an R9 290 in Siege, so I'd say the 1660 Super should do just fine.

[Lamaj4Lif3]

1660 Super it is then @Mateyyy  I will just get 3600 @Oswin thanks for the info. 

[Lamaj4Lif3]

@Mateyyy @Oswin I know that there is the b450 tomahawk max & b550 tomahawk max wpuldny those have more value?

[Oswin]

2 minutes ago, Lamaj4Lif3 said:

@Mateyyy @Oswin I know that there is the b450 tomahawk max & b550 tomahawk max wpuldny those have more value?

what do you mean exactly by more value? the b550 tomahawk isnt really needed if you are not planning to use pcie gen 4, its overkill for a $800 build anyway.

[Lamaj4Lif3]

What are the benefits of pcie gen 4 rather than 3? 

[Oswin]

4 minutes ago, Lamaj4Lif3 said:

What are the benefits of pcie gen 4 rather than 3? 

remember to quote or mention so that we may get notified of your reply.

 

there isnt much benefit really, but if you want a b550 you can look at the pro vdh wifi which is going for $110 right now iirc.

[Lamaj4Lif3]

2 minutes ago, Oswin said:

remember to quote or mention so that we may get notified of your reply.

 

there isnt much benefit really, but if you want a b550 you can look at the pro vdh wifi which is going for $110 right now iirc.

Srry lil new to this. If there's no benefit ill be ok with the b450.