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[Weather_Report]

Hi, I need some help coming up with a build. 

Budget (including currency): $1400

Country: United States 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Up and coming games. Cyberpunk, Cold war, etc 

Other details: I would like this build to be able to connect via Wi-Fi. The only peripheral I need is a monitor preferably one with built in speakers. I might add another another one in the future. I'm also not a fan of RBG but I can live with it.

 

Thanks in advance

[TheBahrbarian]

Just a quick suggestion, don't bother with getting a monitor with built in speakers. They almost universally suck. I bought my first monitor with them so I wouldn't need new headphones or speakers, and when I tell you they sounded like a pair of earbuds taped to the back of the monitor, that is not an exaggeration. My second monitor I bought (a $300 1440p monitor) also happened to have them. They were literally just as bad, completely useless IMO. 

 

As far as wifi is concerned, I think the easiest solution is just to buy a motherboard with that built in. You can filter for that when shopping on Newegg and PCPartPicker. 

 

Unfortunately, for CPU and GPU, your best option would be to get the latest gen hardware. But in case you didn't know, they are in short supply (to say the least). If you're in no rush to get this built I would suggest waiting and getting a Ryzen 5600x + Radeon 6800xt (or an RTX 3080). And if you wanna spend less on the GPU I would drop down to the Radeon 6800.

[GoodEnough]

Just now, TheBahrbarian said:

Ryzen 5600x + Radeon 6800xt (or an RTX 3080). And if you wanna spend less on the GPU I would drop down to the Radeon 6800.

at this point i narrowed down the rx 6800 xt and the rtx 3080 into two little categories.

the 6800 xt has absolutely amazing overclocking potential

the 3080 as of right now is going to always run better at 1800p, 2160p etc. because of dlss 2.0

but because of the overclocking you can do on the 6800 xt, thats the one that i would rather get.

[Mateyyy]

If you're fine with 1080p:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$279.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	$49.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO AC ATX AM4 Motherboard	$169.00 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$74.95 @ Newegg
Storage	Team MP34 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$106.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card	$399.99 @ Newegg
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$64.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply	Corsair CXF 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$64.99 @ Newegg
Monitor	Asus TUF GAMING VG249Q 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$169.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1420.88
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1380.88
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-23 16:38 EST-0500

I'd swap out the 3700X for a 5600X, if you can get your hands on one. Also the monitor does have built-in speakers (though, as mentioned above, don't expect to get anything over the lower-end of mediocre in terms of quality out of them).

 

If you'd like to go to 1440p:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	$244.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$111.98 @ Newegg
Memory	OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$53.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$99.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card	$399.99 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$45.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXF 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$64.99 @ Newegg
Monitor	LG 27GL83A-B 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor	$379.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1441.90
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1401.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-23 16:37 EST-0500

This monitor does not have built-in speakers. If they're really a necessity, I'd look at an ASUS VG27AQ instead.

[TheBahrbarian]

3 minutes ago, GoodEnough said:

at this point i narrowed down the rx 6800 xt and the rtx 3080 into two little categories.

the 6800 xt has absolutely amazing overclocking potential

the 3080 as of right now is going to always run better at 1800p, 2160p etc. because of dlss 2.0

but because of the overclocking you can do on the 6800 xt, thats the one that i would rather get.

Yeah I agree with your opinion on the 6800xt. Generally, except for 4k, it has better rasterized performance than the 3080 (for $50 less as well). At 1440p and 1080p it trades blows with average framerates, but its 1% and 0.1% lows (much more important than average IMO) are way better. And, if you get a 5600x you can take advantage of the SAM feature on radeon GPUs.

 

I still find DLSS and Ray Tracing to be a bit of a gimmick. They're supported on literally on a few dozen games, at most. If you stream a lot and the NVENC encoding is important than I can see going for Nvidia here. But overall it seems like the 6800xt is the better value. And with the insane overclocking headroom that's been rumored, the AIB cards will likely have much more noticeable improvements in their boost clocks.

[GoodEnough]

Just now, TheBahrbarian said:

And with the insane overclocking headroom

take a look at this https://www.3dmark.com/hall-of-fame-2/fire+strike+3dmark+score+performance+preset/version+1.1/1+gpu

although im sure some are a little extreme i think 2500mhz shouldnt be too hard on stability.

[Weather_Report]

I didn't know that built in speakers were usually low quality so I'll avoid those and I'm not in a hurry to build this PC I'll just be patient and wait for the latest hardware to become available. Thank you all for you input.

[Legendary Queen]

I can plus one on the speakers being bad, I have cheapo headphones and if i just keep them at my desk and at fully max volume they sound better then the inbuilt speakers in my cheapo screen

[Downkey]

Bit late but here's my list. Has a 5600X and a RTX 3070. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$300.00
Motherboard	MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$112.98 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$74.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$50.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card	Asus GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB STRIX GAMING Video Card	$500.00
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	$94.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$89.99 @ Newegg
Monitor	Asus TUF Gaming VG24VQ 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$149.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1458.40
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1428.40
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-25 09:39 EST-0500