My First pc build, Please help

[Turndown08]

Budget : $2500 - $3000

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Streaming, Warzone, Fortnite, Final Fantasy 14, IRacing, etc.

 

 

This is not set in stone yet. I’ve been trying to cram soooo much information into my head that it’s becoming extremely exhausting. Seeing as this is my first PC build I knew very little about the parts but I’ve been doing a lot of research trying to narrow down what I’m really looking for. This is what I’ve come up with as to what I think I’m looking for and all suggestions will be taking into account. Will everything work together? I’ve tried pcpartsbuilder and Newegg to come up with this parts list but that can only get me so far because at the start of this I wasn’t very savvy with the parts. Please give me some input on what I should maybe change and what I should expect out of this build. You’ll see that I’m really leaning towards waiting 13 days for the Ampere 3080 to be released because from what I could find on it, it will be around $700 and roughly twice as the power of a RTX 2080 ti. I may be wrong or misinformed and if that’s the case please let me know if that’s a good idea or what I should do. You’ll also notice I do not have a power supply selected, that’s another spot I could use some guidance. I’d like to have everything ordered in the next few days except for the GPU of course. Any and all suggestions are very appreciated and I thank you in advance.

 

 

CPU : AMD Ryzen 9 3900x

GPU : Aftermarket RTX 3080 when available

Motherboard : Asus AMD AM4 ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Hero ( Wi-Fi )

Memory : Crucial Ballistix RGB 3600mhz 32GB ( 2 x 16GB )

Storage : ( HDD ) - WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk

( SSD ) - WD Black SN750 NVMe M.2 2280 1 TB

Power Supply : Corsair Rm850x

CPU Cooler : Corsair Hydro Series H100i RGB Platinum SE

Operating System : Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - OEM

CASE : Corsair Carbide SPEC-OMEGA - White/black

Edited September 8, 2020 by Turndown08

[H6NS]

Yesterday I bought the Scythe Ninja 5 CPU cooler. It is truly massive and I was impressed by the cooling performance and easy installation. It is also very quiet. I have the 8086K and on 100% load 4,3 Ghz all cores max temperature was 56 degrees C. 

So maybe you can save some money on that. Noctua is twice as expensive and you can invest the saved money into the PSU for example. 

[Prodigy_Smit]

12 minutes ago, Turndown08 said:

Power Supply : ?????

I would go with the Bequite pure power 11 750w

[coldcoconutoil]

13 minutes ago, Turndown08 said:

CPU : AMD Ryzen 9 3900x

 

GPU : Ampere 3080 when available

Motherboard : Asus AMD AM4 ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Hero ( Wi-Fi )

Memory : Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB ( 2 x 16GB )

Storage : ( HDD ) - WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk

( SSD ) - WD Black SN750 NVMe M.2 2280 1 TB

Power Supply : ?????

CPU Cooler : I’m thinking the Noctua NH-D15

Operating System : Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - OEM

CASE : Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow - Color - White

pretty much a solid build, but some points:

 

1. for the PSU, since you plan on buying the 3080, get a minimum of 750 watts, something like the Corsair RMx 750. you could get a higher wattage if you want.

2. do you need 5TBs of total storage? why not get another 1TB or 2TB SSD?

3. what speed is you RAM clocked at?

[suedseefrucht]

The RTX 3080 needs up to 320 W.
The 3900X needs up to 220 W.
So I think a STRAIGHT POWER 11 650W Gold should be enough.
Of course you can go higher if you want massive upgrades in the future.
 

[Turndown08]

1 hour ago, ColdPressCoconutOil said:

pretty much a solid build, but some points:

 

1. for the PSU, since you plan on buying the 3080, get a minimum of 750 watts, something like the Corsair RMx 750. you could get a higher wattage if you want.

2. do you need 5TBs of total storage? why not get another 1TB or 2TB SSD?

3. what speed is you RAM clocked at?

For your first point, I will look into that ASAP. For your second point, no I probably don’t need 5TB of total storage but on the other hand with how big games are becoming I’d rather not run out. Just thinking about the future so hopefully I won’t have to upgrade it for quite some time if at all. And for your last point, I don’t understand what you mean by that. 

[Turndown08]

2 hours ago, H6NS said:

Yesterday I bought the Scythe Ninja 5 CPU cooler. It is truly massive and I was impressed by the cooling performance and easy installation. It is also very quiet. I have the 8086K and on 100% load 4,3 Ghz all cores max temperature was 56 degrees C. 

So maybe you can save some money on that. Noctua is twice as expensive and you can invest the saved money into the PSU for example. 

I’ll look into it ASAP. I also was looking into the Corsair Hydro series H100i RGB Platinum SE and to be honest that’s probably what I might go with. Kind of want the Corsair aesthetics with the white and RGB, the other case I am looking into would match up perfectly. It’s the Corsair Carbide SPEC-OMEGA in white/black.

[coldcoconutoil]

6 hours ago, Turndown08 said:

 And for your last point, I don’t understand what you mean by that. 

alongside the capacity specification of your RAM, there will be a spec called your RAM speed. for ddr4 RAM, it usually ranges from 2000-4000 MHz, but for a ryzen 3900x, id suggest you get a minmum of 3200MHz RAM, thoguh 3600MHz would be advisable

[Turndown08]

10 hours ago, ColdPressCoconutOil said:

alongside the capacity specification of your RAM, there will be a spec called your RAM speed. for ddr4 RAM, it usually ranges from 2000-4000 MHz, but for a ryzen 3900x, id suggest you get a minmum of 3200MHz RAM, thoguh 3600MHz would be advisable

3200

[Turndown08]

On 9/3/2020 at 11:10 AM, ColdPressCoconutOil said:

alongside the capacity specification of your RAM, there will be a spec called your RAM speed. for ddr4 RAM, it usually ranges from 2000-4000 MHz, but for a ryzen 3900x, id suggest you get a minmum of 3200MHz RAM, thoguh 3600MHz would be advisable

I actually went with crucial ballistix 3600mhz (2x16) for now, also I was looking at the qvl for the motherboard and I found the Corsair rm650x on the list but will a rm850x still work? I ordered the 850 but it’s on back order so I can still change it if I need to.

[coldcoconutoil]

4 hours ago, Turndown08 said:

I actually went with crucial ballistix 3600mhz (2x16) for now, also I was looking at the qvl for the motherboard and I found the Corsair rm650x on the list but will a rm850x still work? I ordered the 850 but it’s on back order so I can still change it if I need to.

yeah, of course it will run. in fact itll run much more quieter than it would on a 650, since the wattage is higher

 

3200 is good and 3600 is better. you can get either.

[Turndown08]

On 9/6/2020 at 6:49 AM, ColdPressCoconutOil said:

yeah, of course it will run. in fact itll run much more quieter than it would on a 650, since the wattage is higher

 

3200 is good and 3600 is better. you can get either.

Ok cool, yeah I went with those crucial ballistix and the psu is on back order but that fine since I’m waiting for a aftermarket 30 series to drop. Until then I continue to play my PS4 and One X. I went ahead and update my list above and it’s all been ordered except for the gpu, soo excited and can’t wait.

[coldcoconutoil]

1 hour ago, Turndown08 said:

Ok cool, yeah I went with those crucial ballistix and the psu is on back order but that fine since I’m waiting for a aftermarket 30 series to drop. Until then I continue to play my PS4 and One X. I went ahead and update my list above and it’s all been ordered except for the gpu, soo excited and can’t wait.

ah yes, thats amazing! enjoy your pc when it arrives!

[Turndown08]

On 9/8/2020 at 1:32 AM, ColdPressCoconutOil said:

ah yes, thats amazing! enjoy your pc when it arrives!

I’ve got everything except for the GPU and psu, psu is on back order at the moment which isn’t a problem since I’ve got to wait for my GPU anyhow.