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Budget (including currency): $1200 CAD

Country: CANADA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Call of Duty, Sports Titles, Light editing (Adobe Suite), potentially some streaming down the road

Other details No parts yet, would love to have this baby silent as possible, no real plans for resolutions/refresh rate. 
 

Well, its finally happened; After years of shotty frame rates and lack-lustre performance on top titles, I'm finally ready to graduate from console gaming to a PC.
 

I've always been interested in building, but now that I've been really looking into it, I've found that it's so much more complicated than I had anticipated; which is awesome, but also a bit overwhelming. I feel like its almost sacrilegious to join a forum and be like, "Hey, help me build this thing!" (sorry in advance) - but likewise, I know that there are much brighter people on here who are way better versed in PC builds than me. 


Any suggestions on where to start? Parts lists that you've see that looked good? Good deals? AMD over Intel? Build tips? Things to avoid? 

 

 

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9 minutes ago, DrewGMR said:

Budget (including currency): $1200 CAD

Country: CANADA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Call of Duty, Sports Titles, Light editing (Adobe Suite), potentially some streaming down the road

Other details No parts yet, would love to have this baby silent as possible, no real plans for resolutions/refresh rate. 
 

Well, its finally happened; After years of shotty frame rates and lack-lustre performance on top titles, I'm finally ready to graduate from console gaming to a PC.
 

I've always been interested in building, but now that I've been really looking into it, I've found that it's so much more complicated than I had anticipated; which is awesome, but also a bit overwhelming. I feel like its almost sacrilegious to join a forum and be like, "Hey, help me build this thing!" (sorry in advance) - but likewise, I know that there are much brighter people on here who are way better versed in PC builds than me. 


Any suggestions on where to start? Parts lists that you've see that looked good? Good deals? AMD over Intel? Build tips? Things to avoid? 

 

 

can you wait for zen 3? in about a month

if it was useful give it a like :) btw if your into linux pay a visit here

 

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1 minute ago, mahyar said:

can you wait for zen 3? in about a month

It would be tough, but I think I could do it - just looking at Zen 3 now!

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1 minute ago, DrewGMR said:

It would be tough, but I think I could do it - just looking at Zen 3 now!

well if you want i will make you a list

if it was useful give it a like :) btw if your into linux pay a visit here

 

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4 minutes ago, mahyar said:

well if you want i will make you a list

with current components

if it was useful give it a like :) btw if your into linux pay a visit here

 

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You'd probably have to get a used GPU to get a properly rounded system if you're waiting for Zen3. Spending a third of your budget on the CPU isn't going to leave much for the rest of the system.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: EVGA RTX 3070 Ti PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

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CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

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CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

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CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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1 hour ago, mahyar said:

with current components

That'd be amazing! Yeah looking at Zen 3, thats probably a 2nd or 3rd build for me 😅

 

Thoughts on RAM w RGB? 

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Just now, DrewGMR said:

Thoughts on RAM w RGB? 

sorry but i hate it

if it was useful give it a like :) btw if your into linux pay a visit here

 

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Just now, mahyar said:

sorry but i hate it

Lol no worries, I've noticed quite a divide in that particular area of discussion on RAM. 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $264.50 @ shopRBC
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $99.50 @ Vuugo
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $79.98 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card $389.00 @ Canada Computers
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $134.18 @ Vuugo
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $154.99 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1287.14
  Mail-in rebates -$55.00
  Total $1232.14
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-11 14:53 EDT-0400  

just a quick build

if it was useful give it a like :) btw if your into linux pay a visit here

 

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16 minutes ago, mahyar said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $264.50 @ shopRBC
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $99.50 @ Vuugo
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $79.98 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card $389.00 @ Canada Computers
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $134.18 @ Vuugo
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $154.99 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1287.14
  Mail-in rebates -$55.00
  Total $1232.14
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-11 14:53 EDT-0400  

just a quick build

That's huge, I really appreciate it 👍 I'll spend the next little bit looking into all of those parts.  

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On 10/11/2020 at 2:53 PM, mahyar said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $264.50 @ shopRBC
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $99.50 @ Vuugo
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $79.98 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card $389.00 @ Canada Computers
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $134.18 @ Vuugo
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $154.99 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1287.14
  Mail-in rebates -$55.00
  Total $1232.14
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-11 14:53 EDT-0400  

just a quick build


Do you think this could handle a game like Warzone 1080 @ 100+fps? If not, would it be worth upgrading from a GTX 1660 to a GTX 2060? 

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2 hours ago, DrewGMR said:


Do you think this could handle a game like Warzone 1080 @ 144fps? If not, would it be worth upgrading from a GTX 1660 to a GTX 2060? 

well i dont play warzone but if you want go for a 2060

if it was useful give it a like :) btw if your into linux pay a visit here

 

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