How this for my first build?

[justinislit]

Budget (including currency): $2000 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: SWTOR, COD, Ghost Recon, ARMA, Apex, Takrov and some streaming

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):  N/A

 

Went with 3700x because I need the extra cores for streaming and games Like takrov and ARMA are heavy on the CPU. Also I was planning on using a friend 2060s till the GPU market get better so i can get a 3070 or 3080. Also I was planning on getting some extra fans for the side panel of my case.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler	Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$189.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$209.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$95.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$129.99 @ Amazon
Case	Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case	$162.57 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Corsair ML120 PRO 47.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack	$115.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1234.51
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-27 14:09 EST-0500

 

[SupaKomputa]

Really you want to waste $300 for the cooling but you only have 1TB of storage?

I suggest getting adding 4TB hdd for gaming.

I'm pretty sure you don't need 8 cores for gaming. It's better to use 5600x.

[Shoopman]

7 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

Really you want to waste $300 for the cooling

10000% agreed, there is no universe in which you need to spend $300 to cool a 3700X. The case comes with 2 fans, at most you would need to buy 1 more, not 3 (and CERTAINLY not for nearly 40 bucks PER FAN), and you absolutely do not need a chungus of a liquid cooler. Buy a nice air cooler like a NH-D15 or Dark Rock Pro 4 instead.

[SupaKomputa]

This is an example of how a cheap fan can work as well as an expensive one.

$15 per fan is my limit. Anything more is just blings.

Focus on a better component first, like better cpu, larger hdd, better psu (which you forgot to add).

 

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, justinislit said:

Budget (including currency): $2000 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: SWTOR, COD, Ghost Recon, ARMA, Apex, Takrov and some streaming

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):  N/A

 

Went with 3700x because I need the extra cores for streaming and games Like takrov and ARMA are heavy on the CPU. Also I was planning on using a friend 2060s till the GPU market get better so i can get a 3070 or 3080. Also I was planning on getting some extra fans for the side panel of my case.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler	Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$189.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$209.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$95.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$129.99 @ Amazon
Case	Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case	$162.57 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Corsair ML120 PRO 47.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack	$115.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1234.51
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-27 14:09 EST-0500

 

One of the worst boards available. Swap it to the X570 Tomahawk or B550 Gaming Edge etc.

[Guest]

If you don't mind no RGB you can get a lot more for your money (5800X instead of 3700X and 32GB Ram).

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($449.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($135.00 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($162.57 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack  ($40.97 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1207.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-27 15:55 EST-0500