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[Narley_the_Minor]

Budget (including currency): 1500EUR

Country: Slovakia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I am looking for a good al-rounder desktop for games and workstation use. Currently my work include heavy use of MS Office with lots of open browser tabs and I will be working with VR, Unity and UE 4 in the near future. Not as a professional content creator, but as a researcher in using VR at a business level.

Most of my games are poorly optimized and/or CPU depended like Guild Wars 2 and grand strategies like Galactic Civs III, Hearts of Iron IV, Europa Universalis, Stellaris with mods, ARMA III. AAA titles 1 year after release.

Other details: 

Hello! Please bear with me on this, some explanation is needed. This August a gave away my old desktop (i5-6500, GTX 960, 16GB RAM). Back then i used my PC for studying (lots of MS Office and open browser tabs included), work (same as before) and light gaming when I had the time. While it was awesome for studying and work, it somewhat struggled with gaming. But it was good enough to get the job done.

However, I was promoted in my research institute and will work with VR, Unity and UE4 in the near future. While I will get PC for that in my workplace, I would like to do some work at home. I want to get a good PC that would last 3 or 4 years without the necessity of upgrading, that's why I want to use new components. A lot of stuff is unavailable or have ridiculously high prices, so the budget is not accurate at the moment. Anyway, any advice is greatly appreciated.

So far I came up with this:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X     608,90 EUR

MOBO: ASUS TUF Gaming B550-PLUS    131,90EUR

CPU Cooler: NOCTUA NH-D15 SE-AM4    98,90 EUR

GPU: ASUS GeForce TUF RTX 3070 O8G GAMING    Not listed. Can't find relevant price in my country. it should be approx 700 EUR

RAM: HyperX 32GB DDR4 3600MHz CL18 FURY    157,90EUR

SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB for OS    76,90EUR

SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB    129,90EUR

HDD: WD Blue, 4TB   102,90 EUR

PSU: Corsair TX750M High Performance    100,90 EUR

Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Pure Black    61,90 EUR

PC Fan: NOCTUA NF-A14 PWM    20,90EUR

I know, it is more than my bugdet. The prices are placeholders for some cases

(Side note: I don't care for RGB.)

I probably forgot something. I used prices from this eshop and they are known to have crazy prices in some cases. I did not do actual prices right now, for most likely I will build the PC in January or February 2021 when GPU should be more available. Is it realistical to spent 1500EUR for Ryzen 5900x with RTX 3070 PC? I can spend more, lets say up to 2000, if the bang is worth the buck.

I have a 1080p monitor right now, but I want to buy a 1440p in Q1 2021. It is not in the bugdet 9If anyone can recommend a good 1440p monitor, please do).

 

I hope this makes sense. If I forgot to mention something, let me know.

Thanks for all responses.

 

 

 

 

 

[brob]

NH-D15 manufactured from 2019 are AM4 compatible. There is no need to get the SE-AM variant.

 

Consider a better and quieter psu. Corsair RMX or Seasonic Focus GX.

 

Given you aquisition timeframe, don't get too settled on a particular configuration. Intel is expected to release new cpu in Q1. At the very least this will cause pricing realignments.

[Narley_the_Minor]

14 hours ago, brob said:

NH-D15 manufactured from 2019 are AM4 compatible. There is no need to get the SE-AM variant.

 

Consider a better and quieter psu. Corsair RMX or Seasonic Focus GX.

 

Given you aquisition timeframe, don't get too settled on a particular configuration. Intel is expected to release new cpu in Q1. At the very least this will cause pricing realignments.

Thanks, I will change the cooler and look for better PSU. I forgot about the Intel 11th gen, some price drop at least would be nice