partslist Any Suggestions?

[baconbreathmints]

Budget: $1,200

Country: United States of America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Digital art and slightly above casual gaming.

Other details: I am upgrading from a family iMac we bought years ago. The peripherals I need are a keyboard and a monitor, nothing else. I am pretty new to this and don't know much about specs and how to measure them because I have nothing to base them off of. I would love it if you guys could fill me in on how well this PC will perform and if there are better parts for the price and job. Thank you guys a lot.

 

Below is my current list of parts I currently have planned out.

 

 

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor

 

    MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard

 

    G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory

 

    Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

 

    PNY CS900 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

 

    Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card

 

    Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case

 

    EVGA BR 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

    AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor

 

    Razer BlackWidow Elite RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard

 

 

At this moment, the price of these parts add up to $1,192.37 including tax.

(BTW colour scheme is black/purple if that matters at all)

 

[nathanyule]

Looks like a solid build. Maybe wait for Zen 3 to come out and opt for a higher wattage PSU to future proof (maybe 650 watts) so you don't have to upgrade your PSU in a while. 

[Avocheeseado]

I would recommend upgrading the power supply to a cooler master mwe gold or corsair txm 650w power supply. 450 is a bit low and the evga br isnt great. You may want a bigger ssd. Also, maybe go for a cheaper case and squeeze in a rx 5600xt or rtx 2060

[marmour]

37 minutes ago, baconbreathmints said:

   MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard

Unless you can get this for significantly less (sub $100), I would look for a B550 board like the MSI B550 Pro VDH wifi, or the MSI B550 Bazooka. Check out this video for some recommendations 

I would also get a better PSU, like a corsair TXM or Coolermaster MWE Gold. Have a look at the PSU tier list in the subforum and pick something from the B tier or up.

 

Hope this helps

[VeganJoy]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$99.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$84.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$229.99 @ B&H
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$59.34 @ Walmart
Monitor	Acer VG240Y Pbiip 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$199.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard	Redragon K582 SURARA RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard	$46.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1086.26
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-29 16:29 EDT-0400

these are some changes id make, if you prefer the meshify's looks its fine but the p300a is just as good for cheaper. the k582 is a great kb for the price and a proper ips monitor is much nicer for visuals and color accuracy in your art. there are cheaper monitors than the vg240y but theyre always out of stock, usually around 160-180 bucks if you can snag em. if you can spare a bit for a nicer psu it would be nice for future builds, the affordable bequiet that we usually recommend appears to be OOS as well.