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1stMidnight
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Budget (including currency): 1600-1800usd (Lower is the best)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Bitcoin Mining, I'm aware this is overkill, but i'm looking for something future proof, as i'm getting in to basic photo/video editing and music production

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): 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor $330.00
CPU Cooler Enermax Liqmax III 360 ARGB 72.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $69.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $149.99 @ Best Buy
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-2933 CL16 Memory $165.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $104.99 @ Lenovo
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB FTW3 GAMING iCX3 Video Card $449.49
Case Phanteks Evolv X ATX Mid Tower Case $183.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA B5 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $99.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan Corsair ML140 97 CFM 140 mm Fans 2-Pack $39.99 @ Newegg
Case Fan Corsair ML140 97 CFM 140 mm Fans 2-Pack $39.99 @ Newegg
Custom Sleeved Cable PSU Extension Cable Kit with 24-PIN 8-PIN 6-PIN 4+4-PIN Sleeved Cables for ATX Power Supply $24.99 @ Amazon
Custom Tiergrade Superspeed 7 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.0 Expasion Card with 15-Pin SATA Power Connector - PCI Express(PCIe) Expansion Card USB Card for Desktop PC Support Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP $26.49 @ Amazon
Custom MSI GAMING GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 DirectX 12 VR Ready (GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G OC) Purchased
Custom m.2 M Key to A+E Key adapter $9.99
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1715.84
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1695.84
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-22 09:53 EST-0500  

I have a wifi card for 2230 NVME, as well as a GTX 1070 that I can take from my current pc. I'm using the 1070 for bitcoin mining. I'm also changing the PSU in this list to a 1000w.

 

Anyone have any advice to get cost down, or a better build for the price?

 

Edit: I also found this on offerup, which seems like a crazy good deal with some tweaking. Might be too good to be true.

 

 https://offerup.co/rVemAAI1fdb

 

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2 minutes ago, 1stMidnight said:

Lower is the best

 

2 minutes ago, 1stMidnight said:

I'm aware this is overkill, Shut up

so which one is it? you want lower or you want overkill?

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4 minutes ago, 1stMidnight said:

Budget (including currency): 1600-1800usd (Lower is the best)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Bitcoin Mining, I'm aware this is overkill, Shut up

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): 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor $330.00
CPU Cooler Enermax Liqmax III 360 ARGB 72.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $69.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $149.99 @ Best Buy
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-2933 CL16 Memory $165.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $104.99 @ Lenovo
Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB FTW3 GAMING iCX3 Video Card $449.49
Case Phanteks Evolv X ATX Mid Tower Case $183.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA B5 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $99.95 @ Amazon
Case Fan Corsair ML140 97 CFM 140 mm Fans 2-Pack $39.99 @ Newegg
Case Fan Corsair ML140 97 CFM 140 mm Fans 2-Pack $39.99 @ Newegg
Custom Sleeved Cable PSU Extension Cable Kit with 24-PIN 8-PIN 6-PIN 4+4-PIN Sleeved Cables for ATX Power Supply $24.99 @ Amazon
Custom Tiergrade Superspeed 7 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.0 Expasion Card with 15-Pin SATA Power Connector - PCI Express(PCIe) Expansion Card USB Card for Desktop PC Support Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP $26.49 @ Amazon
Custom MSI GAMING GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 DirectX 12 VR Ready (GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G OC) Purchased
Custom m.2 M Key to A+E Key adapter $9.99
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1715.84
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1695.84
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-22 09:53 EST-0500  

I have a wifi card for 2230 NVME, as well as a GTX 1070 that I can take from my current pc. I'm using the 1070 for bitcoin mining. I'm also changing the PSU in this list to a 1000w.

 

Anyone have any advice to get cost down, or a better build for the price?

12 cores is useless for what your doing. 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $350.00
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $139.99 @ Amazon
Memory Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $173.99 @ B&H
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $104.99 @ Adorama
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card $800.00
Case Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case $89.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $134.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1793.95
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-22 10:00 EST-0500  

 

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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43 minutes ago, Downkey said:

12 cores is useless for what your doing. 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $350.00
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $139.99 @ Amazon
Memory Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $173.99 @ B&H
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $104.99 @ Adorama
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card $800.00
Case Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case $89.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $134.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1793.95
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-22 10:00 EST-0500  

 

Thank you!

 

Edit: Well, just realized this is missing all cooling components, so thats a +200 if I want something good enough to cool for bitcoin mining

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I'm aware, but I can get a 3900x for the same price so I am probably going for that.

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43 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

 

so which one is it? you want lower or you want overkill?

Even my 1070 is quite overkill for everything but bitcoin mining. I'm looking for something future proof. Lower is obviously better, but as I kept adding things important the price kept rising.

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15 minutes ago, 1stMidnight said:

I'm aware, but I can get a 3900x for the same price so I am probably going for that.

where are you getting a 3900x for $330 from?

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1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

where are you getting a 3900x for $330 from?

Someone is locally selling one new in box for that. I also found quite a few for 350 on ebay, if you wait a bit you can probably snipe one for that.

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24 minutes ago, 1stMidnight said:

I'm aware, but I can get a 3900x for the same price so I am probably going for that.

Ok, just note that the 5600x is 20 - 30% faster in most games at 1080p

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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1 minute ago, Downkey said:

Ok, just note that the 5600x is 20 - 30% faster in most games at 1080p

Yeah, but the 3900x is going to be better for productivity. Thanks for the tip, though! I only have a 1440p monitor, and I don't care about max settings (nor do I play many AAA games) so I think I will be fine.

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1 minute ago, 1stMidnight said:

Yeah, but the 3900x is going to be better for productivity. Thanks for the tip, though! I only have a 1440p monitor, and I don't care about max settings (nor do I play many AAA games) so I think I will be fine.

Oh, since your playing at 1440 go for the 3900x.

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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1 minute ago, 1stMidnight said:

Yeah, but i'm looking for 4 x 8gb, since doesn't that make ryzen cpus like 20-30% faster?

it's 2 ranks per channel that makes it faster and most 16gb sticks have 2 ranks per stick, so you should be fine with 2x16.

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