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[TexasHays]

Budget (including currency): $1500-2000 (Not including the GPU and already owned parts mentioned below. I plan on ordering the 3080 once it releases and have budgeted that item separately.)

 

Country: USA

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (Ultrawide monitor mentioned below), I'm an amateur photographer so a decent amount of photo editing RAW files - Lightroom/Photoshop, some basic 4K video editing, and I would like to try streaming as well so I want to make sure this is a great all-around PC.

 

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 already own a mouse and keyboard, so those are unneeded.  I also own an "Alienware 1900R 34.1", Curved Gaming Monitor LED-Lit, WQHD 3440 x 1440p Resolution, 4ms 120Hz Overclocked Refresh Rate, NVIDIA G-Sync, 21:9 Aspect Ratio." So I will be gaming at 3440x1440 resolution. And eventually I will want to add VR as well.

 

Also, I have already purchased the listed case along with several Noctua NF-S12B case fans.

 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($429.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($154.94 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PRO CARBON WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($259.98 @ Walmart) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-4000 CL18 Memory  ($279.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($359.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case  ($139.99 @ Adorama) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($144.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1769.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-02 11:35 EDT-0400

 

[nathanyule]

Imo, wait for the Ryzen 4000 CPUs to come out. Also, 4000mhz Ram is unnecessary, opt for a 3600 mhz kit, it is the sweet spot for Zen 2. Other than that, I think you're good.

 

Just wait for the pros to come in and verify. 

[TexasHays]

Just now, nathanyule said:

Imo, wait for the Ryzen 4000 CPUs to come out. Also, 4000mhz Ram is unnecessary, opt for a 3600 mhz kit, it is the sweet spot for Zen 2. Other than that, I think you're good.

 

Just wait for the pros to come in and verify. 

Thanks about the ram! I thought that might be the case, especially in light of the large price jump after 3600, but wanted to be on the safe side.

 

I also considered waiting but there's no real certainty when they're expected at this point and I've already delayed about 3-4 months for the 3000 series NVIDIA gpus. And I'm assuming, perhaps wrongly, the performance jump on the cpus won't be as drastic as it was on the GPU side this generation.

[cm992]

Looks great to me. You could wait for Ryzen 4000, it should be out within the next 3 months, but if you need/want the system now just get a Ryzen 3000 since it has PCIe 4 and there is the option to swap it out for a Ryzen 4000 later on if you really need to.

[cm992]

5 minutes ago, nathanyule said:

Imo, wait for the Ryzen 4000 CPUs to come out. Also, 4000mhz Ram is unnecessary, opt for a 3600 mhz kit, it is the sweet spot for Zen 2. Other than that, I think you're good.

 

Just wait for the pros to come in and verify. 

Good point about the ram. 3200 or 3600 is all you need until DDR5 changes things up in 2021/2022

[VeganJoy]

11 minutes ago, TexasHays said:

Budget (including currency): $1500-2000 (Not including the GPU and already owned parts mentioned below. I plan on ordering the 3080 once it releases and have budgeted that item separately.)

 

Country: USA

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (Ultrawide monitor mentioned below), I'm an amateur photographer so a decent amount of photo editing RAW files - Lightroom/Photoshop, some basic 4K video editing, and I would like to try streaming as well so I want to make sure this is a great all-around PC.

 

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 already own a mouse and keyboard, so those are unneeded.  I also own an "Alienware 1900R 34.1", Curved Gaming Monitor LED-Lit, WQHD 3440 x 1440p Resolution, 4ms 120Hz Overclocked Refresh Rate, NVIDIA G-Sync, 21:9 Aspect Ratio." So I will be gaming at 3440x1440 resolution. And eventually I will want to add VR as well.

 

Also, I have already purchased the listed case along with several Noctua NF-S12B case fans.

 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($429.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($154.94 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PRO CARBON WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($259.98 @ Walmart) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-4000 CL18 Memory  ($279.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($359.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case  ($139.99 @ Adorama) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($144.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1769.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-02 11:35 EDT-0400

 

so if youre only gonna use one m.2 i would get a b550 aorus master, its got insane vrms and very good memory overclocking for the same price point. if you use any more than 1 m.2 it loses x16 4.0 on the gpu but 2tb is a lot. the vrms are the same as the 700 dollar x570 xtreme iirc, and yet it was on sale for 250 a day or two ago...

 

for memory a 3200c14 or 3600c16 b die kit would be better for zen 2 as the overall latency is lower and theyll probably overclock better. if i were buying two 2x8gb kits i would get two of these if i wanted to go full crazy https://pcpartpicker.com/product/YYdrxr/gskill-trident-z-neo-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3800-memory-f4-3800c14d-16gtzn

 

to save a few bucks you could overclock two sets of these https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vVVD4D/patriot-viper-steel-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-4400-memory-pvs416g440c9k for close results. better bin than the corsairs, though the tridents i linked are the best bin you can buy for a relatively reasonable cost. though if you want 16gb dimms i would just get the cheapest b die 32gb kit and go for 3600-3800c14 depending on the fclk you can get.

 

otherwise seems like a solid list!

[Helpful Tech Witch]

5 minutes ago, cpm9 said:

Good point about the ram. 3200 or 3600 is all you need until DDR5 changes things up in 2021/2022

DDR5 with r5000 in 2021. AM5 socket. Everything changes next year.

[TexasHays]

Bumping this in light of new AMD cpus being announced next month. I can't wait for the announcement, especially since there might be a further delay between announcement and the actual launch. But, instead I was thinking of getting a mid-range current CPU (probably the 3600) and then upgrading to the equivalent of the 3900X after it launches. (I'll be placing the order for all the other parts once I successfully order a RTX 3080 on "hopefully" launch day next week.)

 

As far as I know, B570 boards are fine with next-gen Ryzen but curious to know if anyone has any thoughts or if there are any concerns I'm not thinking of.

 

Thanks!