Integrated Laptop to Discrete Desktop

[GoldenGamer213]

Budget (including currency): $1,500 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Roblox Studio, 3D modeling, CSGO, GTA V, Minecraft, Fortnite, school, light photo editing

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): 

Current device: 2018 HP Envy x360 Laptop with an i7-8550u, UHD 620, 12gb at 2600, 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1080 60hz built-in display

I would really really prefer if this was a white build but if it's not possible that's fine

Also for the GPU if its actively for sale I am willing and planning on trying to get it from a drop at regular prices

 

Must Haves:

RTX card (preferably 30 series but whatever fits in the budget)

Corsair iCue 220T case

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$218.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM SE 63 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$169.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 VISION D ATX AM4 Motherboard	$388.71 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$96.99 @ Corsair
Storage	Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$34.99 @ Western Digital
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$55.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GAMING AMP Video Card
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$104.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RMx White (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$144.99 @ Best Buy
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit	$139.88 @ Other World Computing
Case Fan	Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB Pro 52 CFM 120 mm Fan	$23.88 @ MemoryC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1378.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-20 17:01 EDT-0400

 

[Tonyx]

what? 388 for motherboard and 35 for the ssd? 

motherboard is crazy expensive, 100% pointless spend so much for a motherboard, even more for just a 3600 and not a cpu like 5950x 

ssd looks miserable... 

140 for windows 10 license? seriously? you can get one for 10ish on other sites...

 

 

[ProjectBox153]

I'm kind of confused at your choices. You're cheaping out on the SSD, but you're getting a 750W PSU? You know you don't have to pay that much for Windows, right? I would definitely look into getting a better SSD. 

[GoldenGamer213]

14 minutes ago, Tonyx said:

what? 388 for motherboard and 35 for the ssd? 

motherboard is crazy expensive, 100% pointless spend so much for a motherboard, even more for just a 3600 and not a cpu like 5950x 

ssd looks miserable... 

140 for windows 10 license? seriously? you can get one for 10ish on other sites...

 

 

should have mentioned I'm not actually buying that, just a placeholder haha. any other white or silver motherboards you can recommend?

[GoldenGamer213]

12 minutes ago, ProjectBox153 said:

I'm kind of confused at your choices. You're cheaping out on the SSD, but you're getting a 750W PSU? You know you don't have to pay that much for Windows, right? I would definitely look into getting a better SSD. 

how much power would I need? should I get a bigger SSD and no HDD and a less powerful PSU? I have no clue what I actually need power-wise...

[jaslion]

You are spending almost half the budget on bling and well silly purchases that will not give you better performance. Like the motherboard for example.

 

As it currently is this pc is kinda crap for what you want to do with it ESPECIALLY for the price.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	$49.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$55.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GAMING AMP Video Card
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$104.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$970.42
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-20 17:25 EDT-0400

Much better computer for less.

 

Why these changes:

Better board. It's not white but hey at least it's not the most expensive part which a motherboard should never be.

Good ssd. Wd green drives are crap.

Normal psu. You can't see the psu in that case anyways so why pay extra? Sure cables are black now but that way they blend in with the board instead of stand out. Can always swap it back if you prefer.

Get windows on ebay for like 3$. Works fine as long as you use paypal.

[Downkey]

Why do you need that case? You are focusing way too much on aesthetics. If you focus less on them you can fit a 5600x and 3080 in there!

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$329.99 @ Adorama
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$129.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$93.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$60.54 @ Amazon
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$700.00
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	$94.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Phanteks AMP 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$109.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1529.48
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1519.48
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-20 17:29 EDT-0400

 

[ProjectBox153]

7 minutes ago, GoldenGamer213 said:

how much power would I need? should I get a bigger SSD and no HDD and a less powerful PSU? I have no clue what I actually need power-wise...

The PSU is probably fine. I didn't think about having headroom for later expansion. I wouldn't necessarily get a larger SSD (though that doesn't hurt at all, and can be better), I'd just get a better SSD in general. The WD Green is a pretty low end drive. I'd try to get a WD Blue instead. If you spend a bit more for a higher capacity drive you can get something really speedy that's still affordable, and you have some budget to play with too. 

[Tonyx]

value for money intel 660p 500gb or 1tb is a nice nvme ssd

 

[GoldenGamer213]

9 minutes ago, Downkey said:

Why do you need that case? You are focusing way too much on aesthetics. If you focus less on them you can fit a 5600x and 3080 in there!

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$329.99 @ Adorama
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$129.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$93.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$60.54 @ Amazon
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$700.00
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	$94.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Phanteks AMP 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$109.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1529.48
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1519.48
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-20 17:29 EDT-0400

 

holy shi+

[GoldenGamer213]

13 minutes ago, jaslion said:

You are spending almost half the budget on bling and well silly purchases that will not give you better performance. Like the motherboard for example.

 

As it currently is this pc is kinda crap for what you want to do with it ESPECIALLY for the price.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	$49.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$55.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GAMING AMP Video Card
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$104.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$970.42
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-20 17:25 EDT-0400

Much better computer for less.

 

Why these changes:

Better board. It's not white but hey at least it's not the most expensive part which a motherboard should never be.

Good ssd. Wd green drives are crap.

Normal psu. You can't see the psu in that case anyways so why pay extra? Sure cables are black now but that way they blend in with the board instead of stand out. Can always swap it back if you prefer.

Get windows on ebay for like 3$. Works fine as long as you use paypal.

i completely didn't even think that you couldn't see the PSU. if it really bothers me I can always buy come white cables off amazon. and the SSD is a good point. i didnt realize how much bang for ur buck you can get at that price. thx

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, GoldenGamer213 said:

i completely didn't even think that you couldn't see the PSU. if it really bothers me I can always buy come white cables off amazon. and the SSD is a good point. i didnt realize how much bang for ur buck you can get at that price. thx

Downkeys build is also a very good option. It's better for gaming but I leaned more to the production aspect hence the older 8core and better ssd.