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Rob_dog
By Rob_dog
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I got a new build planned for my cousin as a birthday gift to him. I am thinking about which CPU to get. he wants Intel, but with how AMD is being so good right now it's hard for me to recommend it to him. Anyway, here are the CPU and motherboard options I am picking from, please help me out. He uses this PC as his main computer, he uses it for general productivity, schoolwork, gaming (1080p/1440p at least 120fps), streaming, and video editing.

 

Quick note: All motherboards will be paired with a G.Skill Trident Z RGB kit that is 2x16GB of capacity and running DDR4-3600 CL16. No overclocking will be done. They will be paired with a NZXT Kraken X63 280mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler. He has an RTX 3070 and he will be playing Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, CS:GO, Minecraft, Valorant, FIFA, and occasionally, Fortnite, at the resolutions and settings listed above.

 

Without further ado, here are the options.

 

Intel Core i7-10700K 8-core CPU (3.8GHz Base/5.1 GHz Turbo) + Asus ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming ATX LGA1200 Motherboard

Intel Core i9-10850K 10-core CPU (3.6GHz Base/5.2GHz Turbo) + Asus ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming ATX LGA1200 Motherboard

Intel Core i7-11700K 8-core CPU (3.6GHz Base/5.0GHz Turbo) + Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming ATX LGA1200 Motherboard

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core CPU (3.8GHz Base/4.7GHz Turbo) + Asus ROG Strix B550-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard

 

I live in the US where there is a Micro Center an hour away from me. I don't have any parts, I just have the 3070 for him. His current computer is just a laptop with an 8th gen Core i5 and integrated graphics.

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5800X

BabyBlu.2 (Primary): 

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
  • Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F
  • RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 @ 6400MHz 30-40-40-96
  • GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2100MHz core, 8000MHz mem
  • Case: Phanteks Evolv X
  • Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • PSU: Corsair HX1000i
  • Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync
  • Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front)
  • Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown)
  • Mouse: MasterMouse MM710
  • Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB
  • OS: Windows 11 Pro

Roxanne (Wife Build):

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B650I AORUS ULTRA
  • RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 @ 6000MHz 30-38-38-96
  • GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM
  • Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200
  • Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME
  • PSU: Corsair SF850L
  • Display: Dell Alienware AW3420DW GSync
  • Cooling: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280mm
  • Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White)
  • Mouse: Glorious Model O-
  • Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7
  • OS: Windows 11 Pro

BigBox (HTPC):

  • CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28
  • GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads
  • Case: Fractal Design Node 202
  • Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB
  • PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14
  • Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR)
  • Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4
  • Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB)
  • Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup.
  • OS: Windows 11 Pro

Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
  • Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M
  • RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133
  • GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
  • Case: Fractal Design Define 7
  • HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5
  • SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME
  • Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60
  • PSU: Corsair CX450
  • Display: None
  • Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard/Mouse: None
  • 2.5Gb NIC
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

NAS:

  • Synology DS216J
  • 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space
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A 5800x with b550f gaming

I could use some help with this!

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