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DrewGMR
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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $268.50 @ Vuugo
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MASTERLIQUID ML240L RGB V2 65.59 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $105.75 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $134.50 @ Vuugo
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $114.99
Storage Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $79.95 @ Vuugo
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $69.75 @ Vuugo
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING X Video Card $349.99 @ Staples
Case Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case $84.99 @ Memory Express
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $154.99 @ Amazon Canada
Case Fan Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB Pro 52 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack $99.99 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1463.40
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 10:27 EDT-0400  



Any suggestions, changes, and or ideas are welcome!!! (Parts list is in CAD)

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much better value and gaming performance:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $268.50 @ Vuugo
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler $54.50 @ Vuugo
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $144.75 @ Vuugo
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $72.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $69.75 @ Vuugo
Video Card ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB CHALLENGER D OC Video Card $478.87 @ Amazon Canada
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case $74.98 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $89.50 @ Vuugo
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1333.83
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 10:33 EDT-0400  

 

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You’re spending a good amount on looks/rgb. Thee is nothing wrong with that if you find a lot of value in that, however, you could get a lot more performance for the money if you wanted. 

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26 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

much better value and gaming performance:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $268.50 @ Vuugo
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler $54.50 @ Vuugo
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $144.75 @ Vuugo
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $72.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $69.75 @ Vuugo
Video Card ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB CHALLENGER D OC Video Card $478.87 @ Amazon Canada
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case $74.98 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $89.50 @ Vuugo
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1333.83
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 10:33 EDT-0400  

 

I'd probably go for a bit more PSU wattage or a Tier A PSU on a 5700XT since they're known to have high transients, but other than that I agree with this build.

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Quite a bit more performance (if you manage to get a 3070), still under your budget, all SSD storage, and still good looks: 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler $44.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $89.49 @ Staples
Memory Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $89.99 @ B&H
Storage ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $249.99 @ Adorama
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card $499.00
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case $59.99 @ B&H
Power Supply Enermax Revolution D.F. 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $117.02 @ Amazon
Case Fan Cooler Master MasterFan SF120R 59 CFM 120 mm Fan $17.98 @ Newegg
Case Fan Cooler Master MasterFan SF120R 59 CFM 120 mm Fan $17.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1385.43
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 11:08 EDT-0400  

 

EDIT: Accidentally calculated with USD.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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With the GPU releases from both Nvidia and AMD I suggest to wait at least one more week before coosing a GPU all together. 
I have bought a GTX 1660 in april, and it was good value for money, but I wouldn't buy it anymore under these circumstances.

If you can't wait to assemble, buy you GPU second hand (the 20xx series will spawn very fast on the used market when the 30xx series roll out together with the AMD's) and wait 6 months for stable drivers before you buy your own 30xx or Big Navi.

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47 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

much better value and gaming performance:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $268.50 @ Vuugo
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler $54.50 @ Vuugo
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $144.75 @ Vuugo
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $72.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $69.75 @ Vuugo
Video Card ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB CHALLENGER D OC Video Card $478.87 @ Amazon Canada
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case $74.98 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $89.50 @ Vuugo
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1333.83
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 10:33 EDT-0400  

 

If you get a 800 watt psu and a 3070 its a whole new level of preformence for under or around 1500

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3 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

If you get a 800 watt psu and a 3070 its a whole new level of preformence for under or around 1500

i expect the 3070 will be very difficult to buy, due to low stock. amd's new 6000 series launches today as well, it's worth keeping an eye out.

either way, a 800w psu is overkill. a 550w psu is enough for the 3070, as it only draw 230W.

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2 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

i expect the 3070 will be very difficult to buy, due to low stock. amd's new 6000 series launches today as well, it's worth keeping an eye out.

either way, a 800w psu is overkill. a 550w psu is enough for the 3070, as it only draw 230W.

I mixed up the 3070 with the 3080 for power draw and depending on avalibilty and when OC is planning to buy the 3070 is a great choise and be much better than a 1660ti or a rx 5700.

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12 minutes ago, Tostr4 said:

With the GPU releases from both Nvidia and AMD I suggest to wait at least one more week before coosing a GPU all together. 
I have bought a GTX 1660 in april, and it was good value for money, but I wouldn't buy it anymore under these circumstances.

If you can't wait to assemble, buy you GPU second hand (the 20xx series will spawn very fast on the used market when the 30xx series roll out together with the AMD's) and wait 6 months for stable drivers before you buy your own 30xx or Big Navi.

This is what I'm hearing from a lot of people, I've waited so long already so I guess 1 more week isn't too bad. So far I just have RAM sitting on my desk as my only purchase so far. 

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22 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

Quite a bit more performance (if you manage to get a 3070), still under your budget, all SSD storage, and still good looks: 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler $44.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $89.49 @ Staples
Memory Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $89.99 @ B&H
Storage ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $249.99 @ Adorama
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card $499.00
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case $59.99 @ B&H
Power Supply Enermax Revolution D.F. 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $117.02 @ Amazon
Case Fan Cooler Master MasterFan SF120R 59 CFM 120 mm Fan $17.98 @ Newegg
Case Fan Cooler Master MasterFan SF120R 59 CFM 120 mm Fan $17.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1385.43
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 11:08 EDT-0400  

 

EDIT: Accidentally calculated with USD.


Lol no worries! I should have stipulated that my build is CAD - now edited in main post. 

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