Completely New Programming & Gaming Build [~1750$]

[mingaflo]

Hi everyone!

I need some help creating my first build. I have read and watched a lot of videos on PC building lately and I understand a lot more about it.

But ultimately I don't feel qualified to create a build on my own.

This is more like a "Please recommend build for me"- post. I hope this is fine. I would really appreciate your help and opinions!

 

Budget (including currency): 1.750$  (= 1500€)

Country: Germany

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

• Programming in PyCharm (Python) and other IDEs.
• Training Neural Networks and running big coding projects in general. 
• Singleplayer games like Witcher 3 or strategy games from the Total war series. MMORPGs like Guildwars 2. Minecraft. But no COD or CS.

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'm planning on creating a dual boot system (Windows 10 for games and Linux Pop OS for Programming). So probably one big SSD for this and a HDD for additional storage.
• 1080p and 60FPS in most "resource-heavy" triple-A games would be perfect. It would be nice if the PC could run that for the next 3-5 years on good settings. I am not looking for ray tracing, RGB lighting or anything that fancy ;)
• I haven't gotten into overclocking yet but I don't think I will need it.
• The buget should include: 2 monitors (~300€ / ~350$) and the tower.
• the case can be really simple but with a few USB ports in the front and an AUX-Mic-Port.
• I will buy as soon as possible, so in the next 1-2 weeks.
• Important: I need to limit myself to Nvidia/GeForce GPUs because pytorch (a python neural network library) is only compatible with CUDA and doesn't support AMDs OpenCL.

I really appreciate your help! <3

[UpTheDons]

PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/XkKTXv

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€267.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€152.63 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (€60.79 @ Computeruniverse) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (€110.79 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  (€388.80 @ Computeruniverse) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€81.16 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (€73.19 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Monitor: AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  (€180.61 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Monitor: AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  (€180.61 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1496.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-08 20:22 CEST+0200

 

So not really that familiar with Coding and related projects but i guess this would be the kinda build you would be looking at for all round good experience in games and multi-threaded tasks. The new rtx gpus are out of this price range (a 3070 would probably take you to 50-100 over your budget. Could be worth waiting for a 3060 but that could be a while away (especially considering your not just gaming) I have heard really good things about the monitor i put in and if your looking for 1080p at 60 fps this build should be perfect.

(im not sure weather 32gb of ram would help with heavy coding workloads but as i said im not that familiar with it- it could be added in the another 60 which you could cut by going down to a R5 3600 or a 2060)

[mingaflo]

2 hours ago, Ed-petit said:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/XkKTXv

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€267.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€152.63 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (€60.79 @ Computeruniverse) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (€110.79 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  (€388.80 @ Computeruniverse) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€81.16 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (€73.19 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Monitor: AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  (€180.61 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Monitor: AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  (€180.61 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1496.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-08 20:22 CEST+0200

 

So not really that familiar with Coding and related projects but i guess this would be the kinda build you would be looking at for all round good experience in games and multi-threaded tasks. The new rtx gpus are out of this price range (a 3070 would probably take you to 50-100 over your budget. Could be worth waiting for a 3060 but that could be a while away (especially considering your not just gaming) I have heard really good things about the monitor i put in and if your looking for 1080p at 60 fps this build should be perfect.

(im not sure weather 32gb of ram would help with heavy coding workloads but as i said im not that familiar with it- it could be added in the another 60 which you could cut by going down to a R5 3600 or a 2060)

Thanks for the reommendation! Helped me a lot to orient myself!

I'll stay with the 16 GB of RAM and the Ryzen 7 3700X! If I need 32 RAM, I can still upgrade it later on.

What do you think will be the first thing that I will need to upgrade in couple of years? Or what should/can I upgrade at a later stage?

Also, can I add a HDD to this? Which one would you recommend?

 

I'm not to sure about the monitors, probably because I never had a curved screen before. I will go check them out at a local shop.