First Gaming PC Build

[Buckdavis]

Budget (including currency): $1200-1800 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly gaming (Rocket league and WoW), Ableton, and I would like the capability to do video editing/rendering.

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'll need Windows 10, 1 or 2 monitors and a keyboard as well, preferably mechanical. I am not picky about the case as long as it looks clean. Clear or closed front and side panels are fine.

As this is my first PC build, I don't know much about buying these items. Do the necessary cords come with the parts (besides power cord, ethernet, USB I probably don't have any of the right wires)?

As to as why I fell I should upgrade; I've been using a 2012 Macbook Pro for the last 7 years and it is becoming almost unusable. 

Thanks in advance for any and all help!

 

[Fasauceome]

9 minutes ago, Buckdavis said:

As this is my first PC build, I don't know much about buying these items. Do the necessary cords come with the parts (besides power cord, ethernet, USB I probably don't have any of the right wires)?

yes, the power supply will have all the power cables, the motherboard will have SATA cables for the hard drives and SSDs, the case will come with the screws to mount everything, and if you get an RGB cooler, the RGB cables will come with it.

 

AMD just announced the RX 6000 series cards and they would fit nicely into your budget. I recommend waiting a month if you can and asking again in the future for a parts list when the new products are available.

 

If you must build now, here is a parts list

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$112.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$61.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Team MS30 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$80.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Challenger Pro OC Video Card	$383.98 @ Newegg
Case	Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case	$39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$79.98 @ Amazon
Monitor	VIOTEK GFV24C 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$149.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	Gigabyte G27QC 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor	$299.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1484.88
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1464.88
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 15:51 EDT-0400

 

[Buckdavis]

6 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

yes, the power supply will have all the power cables, the motherboard will have SATA cables for the hard drives and SSDs, the case will come with the screws to mount everything, and if you get an RGB cooler, the RGB cables will come with it.

 

AMD just announced the RX 6000 series cards and they would fit nicely into your budget. I recommend waiting a month if you can and asking again in the future for a parts list when the new products are available.

 

If you must build now, here is a parts list

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$112.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$61.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Team MS30 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$80.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Challenger Pro OC Video Card	$383.98 @ Newegg
Case	Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case	$39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$79.98 @ Amazon
Monitor	VIOTEK GFV24C 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$149.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	Gigabyte G27QC 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor	$299.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1484.88
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1464.88
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 15:51 EDT-0400

 

Awesome, thanks for the info!

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Buckdavis said:

Awesome, thanks for the info! I'll just delete this post and do it again when they release.

don't worry about deleting anything, admins are the only ones who can delete posts anyway. you can just make a new one with the same format in the future.

[kucharczykt]

28 minutes ago, Buckdavis said:

Budget (including currency): $1200-1800 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly gaming (Rocket league and WoW), Ableton, and I would like the capability to do video editing/rendering.

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'll need Windows 10, 1 or 2 monitors and a keyboard as well, preferably mechanical. I am not picky about the case as long as it looks clean. Clear or closed front and side panels are fine.

As this is my first PC build, I don't know much about buying these items. Do the necessary cords come with the parts (besides power cord, ethernet, USB I probably don't have any of the right wires)?

As to as why I fell I should upgrade; I've been using a 2012 Macbook Pro for the last 7 years and it is becoming almost unusable. 

Thanks in advance for any and all help!

 

Fasauceome reccomend a great built but if you can wait for the rx6800 I highly reccomend it as it will give you much better preformence than the 5700xt while still staying under budget