2021 Budget PC build

[LandJ]

Budget (including currency): Less than 1500 USD

 

Country: United States

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, Video Editing, Folding@Home, Lite Streaming, Geo Spatial Processing, Rastar Imaging processing / manipulation

 

Other details  Upgrading from system build over 10yrs ago. Specs found in my profile. i7 2600K should say enough.... have a 1050Ti for the time being until chaos settles. 

 

This this my current shopping list. Looking for constructive feedback. Not sure what i have overlooked in critical needs / form factors. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Qt8CYg

 

Appreciate any input the community can provide. Been sitting on 5600X too long to not pull the trigger on the rest of these items. 

 

PS. I believe the mother board i pick can have the BIOS updated without older gen CPU seated. (Need input on this). Other items i have left out such as CPU cooler requires recommendations based on the current form factor of case and mother board selected. Otherwise please suggest alternative products for a better environment.

 

Thank you all for you time and input i greatly appreciate any input you have. 

[dizmo]

Kinda lacking in storage but other than that looks fine.

I'd just get a Noctua cooler. U12S fits most builds.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Are you gonna use a gpu instantly or gonna wait on the gpu and use igpu for awhile?

[LandJ]

Just now, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Are you gonna use a gpu instantly or gonna wait on the gpu and use igpu for awhile?

For the time being i am "comfortable" with my current GPU (1050Ti). No intentions of using iGPU unless S#$% hits the fan and i have not other option to use for display. 

[LandJ]

28 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Kinda lacking in storage but other than that looks fine.

I'd just get a Noctua cooler. U12S fits most builds.

Understand the storage concern. I should reveal i have 870 1TB SSD that i will be incorporating from my existing build as well as the archaic mechanical drive with ~512GB. I have been tempted to roll over my power supply but feel that is not a wise choice.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TqhZYg

Another half decent pc partpicker by me .-.

 

Upgraded : cpu, ssd, cpu cooler

Yeeted : motherboard, case

 

Gone intel cause better value

11700f has good value and 8 cores for only 30$ more than a 5600x

 

Cheaped out on the board cause no ocing = cheap out on board and cooler

 

Arctic freezer 34 cause the stock cooler on intel cpus suck balls, and also an adequate cooler that should keep the 11700f cool even with unlocked power limits

 

3200mhz ram cause you can just oc it to 3600mhz and even 4000mhz with abit of extra voltage

 

P300a cause cheap airflow case, just add some fans to it

 

The 1tb 980 might be uneccesary since you have a 1tb ssd already, maybe just buy a high capacity hdd instead like the 4tb drive i also added

[LandJ]

Thank you for the input. Unfortunately, maybe it is the way i worded it but i already have a 5600x in my possession. Hence the choice of motherboard and minimum memory of 3600Mhz. 

 

Not going to be a stickler on storage due to the fact it is very dynamic and easy to append to. Definately agree with an upgrade on the HDD o fa high stable capacity of long term storage.

 

I would like your opinion on cpu cooler on the 5600x since i have opted out on providing that information. Frankly overwhelmed on the options / efficiencies of them for the system. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

2 hours ago, LandJ said:

Thank you for the input. Unfortunately, maybe it is the way i worded it but i already have a 5600x in my possession.

Instance number xxxx of me being retarded

 

What other parts do you already have?

And are you gonna do any overclocking?

[LandJ]

18 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Instance number xxxx of me being retarded

 

What other parts do you already have?

And are you gonna do any overclocking?

Oh I have the 5600x and the 1050Ti GPU (all i am willing to carry forward

) if the hardware will be better than what i have for OC the i7 2600K ( get instability over 4.0Ghz; not sure where the problem is.) I will entertain OC'ing the 5600X if possible with current purchase specs.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bsrnDc

This time incorperating the 5600x

 

Basically futureproofed everything

 

Psu is very overkill 1200w but no matter what you upgrade to you will never have to swap psus ever again unless you go dual epyc 7742, though maybe go for an enermax revolution df 850w instead, basically the same thing applies unless you switch to a hedt platform like threadripper

 

Decent x570 for ocing, same goes for cooler, best to downgrade abit to save abit of money if not ocing

 

4tb hdd, might wanna add another one for a raid 1 config so if your hdd ever dies, you wont lose any data, or just raid 0 to get max speed

 

32gb ram should be enough for what you are doing

 

And yep as usual i yeeted the case in search of max value, dont get me wrong its a good case, just add some fans but you might wanna get something else for better asthetics if you even care about asthetics

 

Incredibly unbalanced build cause of the 5600x and 1050 ti being considerably weak for what parts they are paired with but hey, just upgrade down the line if you need to.

[LandJ]

23 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bsrnDc

This time incorperating the 5600x

 

Basically futureproofed everything

 

Psu is very overkill 1200w but no matter what you upgrade to you will never have to swap psus ever again unless you go dual epyc 7742, though maybe go for an enermax revolution df 850w instead, basically the same thing applies unless you switch to a hedt platform like threadripper

 

Decent x570 for ocing, same goes for cooler, best to downgrade abit to save abit of money if not ocing

 

4tb hdd, might wanna add another one for a raid 1 config so if your hdd ever dies, you wont lose any data, or just raid 0 to get max speed

 

32gb ram should be enough for what you are doing

 

And yep as usual i yeeted the case in search of max value, dont get me wrong its a good case, just add some fans but you might wanna get something else for better asthetics if you even care about asthetics

 

Incredibly unbalanced build cause of the 5600x and 1050 ti being considerably weak for what parts they are paired with but hey, just upgrade down the line if you need to.

Excellent input! Thank you for the thorough contribution I will take all of this into consideration for my purchase. 

 

FYI  I got the 1050Ti  for about ~200 USD 2yrs ago. Recently looked at its price... and damn, well about fell over.  Any remedial upgrade would blow my budget. But that's the game we are all playing now a days....