Building a PC (Suggestions)

[SmartenUp]

Budget (including currency): 700-900 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming at 1080p (CoD, Dark Souls 3).

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): 

 

Building a PC for a buddy with some parts I have laying around. I have been out of the new PC building game for a year now so open to AMD suggestions as well. (My last build was 3 8700k gaming pc's).

 

PC Parts I own and WILL use in the build to cut down costs:

GPU - GTX 1660 Super

PSU - 850 Watt Gold+

SSD - 1TB Samsung evo 850

HDD - Slapping in a WD 4tb drive

Throwing in the mouse + keyboard + 1080p 27inch screen I have laying around.

 

Looking for: Mobo + CPU + (Cooler?) + Ram + Case suggestions

 

This is a gift and I would like to stay at 700$ CAD but can go as high as 900$ since I can collect some extra scratch from his other friends to help contribute to the build.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

[boggy77]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$264.50 @ shopRBC
CPU Cooler	Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 Blue 74.34 CFM CPU Cooler	$28.99 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$144.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$73.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case	Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$65.26 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$577.73
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-13 08:54 EDT-0400

 

[Hairless Monkey]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$426.19 @ Vuugo
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler	$54.50 @ Vuugo
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard	$201.99 @ PC-Canada
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$109.90 @ Memory Express
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case	$104.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$897.57
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-13 09:07 EDT-0400

 

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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	Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard	$201.99 @ PC-Canada
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$109.90 @ Memory Express
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case	$104.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$681.38
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-13 09:14 EDT-0400

 

[suedseefrucht]

45 minutes ago, SmartenUp said:

Budget (including currency): 700-900 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming at 1080p (CoD, Dark Souls 3).

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): 

 

Building a PC for a buddy with some parts I have laying around. I have been out of the new PC building game for a year now so open to AMD suggestions as well. (My last build was 3 8700k gaming pc's).

 

PC Parts I own and WILL use in the build to cut down costs:

GPU - GTX 1660 Super

PSU - 850 Watt Gold+

SSD - 1TB Samsung evo 850

HDD - Slapping in a WD 4tb drive

Throwing in the mouse + keyboard + 1080p 27inch screen I have laying around.

 

Looking for: Mobo + CPU + (Cooler?) + Ram + Case suggestions

 

This is a gift and I would like to stay at 700$ CAD but can go as high as 900$ since I can collect some extra scratch from his other friends to help contribute to the build.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

 

You will have to decide about the size...
If your friend only needs one graphics card, you could go with ITX and a small case (also depending on the size of your PSU)

µATX is usually the cheapest form factor because it is sold the most.

 

The case is a lot of personal taste. Personally I like the design of the Phanteks Evolv Series and I use a fractal design define R6 myself. Both good quality cases. The R6 is pretty subtile and really flexible for different builds. The Evolv has a more impressive design. Also a big 200 mm front fan for silent airflow.

You might want a case with USB C, since it is a fast way to transfer data to and from modern devices.

 

CPU cooler is the old fight air cooling vs watercooling. Personally I go for air cooling because in a lot of reviews air cooling is really silent and still good cooling and all you have to do for maintenance is blowing out the dust.

For air cooling the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 is a popular cooler. It works for both, Intel and AMD.

 

About RAM: For an office PC 8 GB would be enough and since you are going for some gaming, 16 GB should be enough for most games. If you go for Intel you will need a Z mainboard to be able to overclock your RAM.

 

MOBO and CPU: Make sure it supports USB-C if you want it for your case. Overclocking, or not? Intel or AMD?