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notSquirt
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Budget (including currency): 900 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, Trackmania, Minecraft(Shaders), Game Developing.

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): He only needs a monitor apart from the PC, he was upgrading from an old AMD Athlon Laptop. I already designed a parts list, but he was skeptical. Here's the list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YHYXy4

 

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You can get a much cheaper CPU, better for gaming since it's 3rd gen ryzen, faster ram (important for Ryzen), and a much better graphics card

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $118.99 @ B&H
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $97.78 @ Amazon
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Amazon
Storage Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $55.99 @ Amazon
Video Card ASRock Radeon RX 570 4 GB Phantom Gaming D Video Card $149.99 @ Newegg
Case Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $54.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $79.90 @ B&H
Monitor AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $179.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $792.62
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-09 09:47 EST-0500  

the case and PSU are good choices. Though, the 600 watt rating is a bit overkill and you could absolutely get away with a 500 watt and still have lots of room to upgrade

 

 

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

You can get a much cheaper CPU, better for gaming since it's 3rd gen ryzen, faster ram (important for Ryzen), and a much better graphics card

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $118.99 @ B&H
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $97.78 @ Amazon
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Amazon
Storage Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $55.99 @ Amazon
Video Card ASRock Radeon RX 570 4 GB Phantom Gaming D Video Card $149.99 @ Newegg
Case Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $54.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $79.90 @ B&H
Monitor AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $179.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $792.62
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-09 09:47 EST-0500  

the case and PSU are good choices. Though, the 600 watt rating is a bit overkill and you could absolutely get away with a 500 watt and still have lots of room to upgrade

 

 

I would go with the 8gb variant or upgrade to an RX580. Shaders in minecraft are very GPU VRAM intensive so the 4gb would be a very hard limitation. 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $118.99 @ B&H
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $82.99 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $78.98 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $53.99 @ Amazon
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card $219.99 @ B&H
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $46.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply SeaSonic S12III 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $49.99 @ Newegg
Monitor Asus TUF Gaming VG24VQ 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $164.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $861.89
  Mail-in rebates -$45.00
  Total $816.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-09 09:53 EST-0500  


List I made. PSU is overkill but it's on sale so why not?

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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5 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

I would go with the 8gb variant or upgrade to an RX580. Shaders in minecraft are very GPU VRAM intensive so the 4gb would be a very hard limitation. 

Alternatively, a used GTX 980 ti to get that nice 6GB or even a used 1070 to get 8GB since there's a little room left in the budget.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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