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Is it a good idea to build now in 2021 

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here are your requirements:

mini itx

240mm aio

1080ti or newer 

my list 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $635.21 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler NZXT Kraken X53 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $129.08 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX X370-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $109.99 @ Newegg
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB SC2 Video Card  
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $192.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1067.27
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-06 17:48 EST-0500  

 

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Is it a good idea to build now in 2021 

if not send your own list 

if sending your own list

here are your requirements:

mini itx

240mm aio

1080ti or newer 

my list 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $635.21 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler NZXT Kraken X53 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $129.08 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX X370-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $109.99 @ Newegg
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB SC2 Video Card  
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $192.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1067.27
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-06 17:48 EST-0500  

 

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Not sure what you mean. Those are a lot of older parts. Personally I wouldn't buy first gen Ryzen.

Definitely wouldn't pay that much for that PSU, considering you have no use for something that high wattage.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: EVGA RTX 3070 Ti PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

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CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

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CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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A 635$ first gen ryzen? Hell naw.

Newegg has 5600x and 5800xs in stock for MSRP,

 

I could use some help with this!

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please, pm me if you would like to contribute to my gpu bios database (includes overclocking bios, stock bios, and upgrades to gpus via modding)

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My beautiful, but not that powerful, main PC:

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for 630 dollars?  You can get a 10th Gen Intel 10850, Motherboard, and 16GB of good RAM

 

No, very not worth it.

 

Also, I'm assuming your GPU is used?

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Just to let you all know all parts are I am going to get used and I’m just asking if performance is worth it in 2021

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5 minutes ago, Xboxfat said:

Just to let you all know all parts are I am going to get used and I’m just asking if performance is worth it in 2021

It's very overpriced for a lower-power system.

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I decided to scrap my build I think you should do the same till things return to a more normal state.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Qm9Mwc

 

 

Main Project:

A desk that has a hatch that opens in the middle of it and then goes down flush with the desk. 

 

Other projects I am working on 

  • Sleeper TI-99 4A
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I brought all this December 2020 as a present from over quarantine, all from eBay and not to shabby of a machine, and easy to upgrade to something like a 3060 in the future (when they don't cost over a grand and can actually buy them)

HP DL380 G6 server chassis (mounted separate server cabinet)

2x Intel Xeon L5640 (12C 24T Total)

64 Gigs Samsung 1066 ECC DDR3

Crucial MX500 480gig SSD

3x Toshiba 500gig HDDs which are in raid 0 (I have backups on my NAS)

10Gig fibre PCI-E card

Nvidia K4200 GPU

3x HP Elite display E232 monitors

Generic HP keyboard

Some wired Logitech mouse

Sony HiFi system (10inch sub under desk)

Focusrite Scarlett Solo for preamp and mic in (My mic requires phantom power)

Behringer C-1 Condenser Microphone

and a fake go pro for Teams calls

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1 hour ago, Xboxfat said:

Is it a good idea to build now in 2021 

if not send your own list 

if sending your own list

here are your requirements:

mini itx

240mm aio

1080ti or newer 

my list 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $635.21 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler NZXT Kraken X53 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $129.08 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX X370-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $109.99 @ Newegg
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB SC2 Video Card  
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $192.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1067.27
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-06 17:48 EST-0500  

 

So I honestly didn't care much for what you had up op so I built you something better for around the same price including a micro mobo, boot drive, nice case, better ram, cheaper psu with same wattage, better aio that will work much better then what you had up & even a cool monitor to but i took the price so you can see the build without it, sadly due to the current gpu crysis i did not include a gpu as its honestly what ever close to msrp price you can get rn. hope you like it.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Ggp4vf

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Guys, the OP said they would be buying parts used.  Not paying $600 for a first gen ryzen that would be crazy.

From my quick search around evilbay, I found the average price for a R7 1800 would be about $155 (USD)

 

Anyway I digress, I would say no way unless you can get the entire rig for like $500 - $600.

 

Something more like this would be better:  (for the GPU all you can do is sign up for evga's notify me and try to get one.)

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 5 Rev. B 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($83.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Lenovo)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($105.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $892.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-06 19:48 EST-0500

 

 

I recommend the 3700X over a 5600X because the price difference is minimal and I think the extra cores are worth it over the small increase in IPC.

Also the 3060Ti is within about 5% of the 1080Ti from a quick google search.

 

 

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Reason for 3700X and GPU explained.

AMD R7 3700X

32GB Mushkin Redline 3200MHz DDR4

Aorus A530 Elite WIFI

Bequiet Shadow Rock 3

EVGA RTX 2060 Super

Phanteks AMP 650W

Fractal Pop Air

Windows 11 / Arch Linux

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2 hours ago, Xboxfat said:

Just to let you all know all parts are I am going to get used

 

So then why'd you declare it you 'dream PC'? Or is an ancient used system really your dream?

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