firstbuild Suggestions for my first build

[w Berg w]

Budget (including currency): $2000

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: college work, cod, warzone, nba 2k, gta, csgo, valorant, valheim, minecraft, fortnite

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zv469N

CPU: Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($529.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($155.42 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Walmart) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: NZXT AER RGB 2 52.44 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack 
Total: $1385.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-04 03:44 EDT-0400

[Aereldor]

1. Don't build it now, you're going to sell a kidney, your house, and 35 years of hard labour to afford an RTX 3080. 
    
2. See 1.
    
3. Intel isn't competitive right now. Go AMD. Even a lower-tier AMD like the 5600x. 
    
4. The top tier of air coolers - the NH D15 - will outperform that AIO both in terms of cooling performance and noise, and will save you a bunch.

 

All in all, I don't recommend any of this. I'd buy the cheapest possible used parts to get you by - something like a used GTX 1050 in a Dell Optiplex - until GPU prices are back to normal. I wouldn't recommend building the rest and using a placeholder GPU either, because in 1 or 2 years when GPU prices are normal again, there will be better CPUs, Motherboards, DDR5 RAM for your money

 

[KKLawrence]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X6g8Gq

 

So I build you something a bit more competitive.

And no, you wont be getting an RTX 3080. Not for 750$ or even 1200$. You may be getting an RTX 3070 TI or something like that, but no 3080 - the market is very weird, Linus explains this in his latest video about the RX 6600XT.

 

Go AMD, it's the better choice right now.

Dont need to watercool the 5600X, which will be enough for gaming. Yes, a better CPU could be better, but you need the budget for the GPU.

Yes, a 1TB SSD is nice, but you have a lot of games on that list, better go HDD and save a buck there, because you need the budget for the GPU.

You get the selection process.

 

You can wait, of course, but prices will be coming down maybe in 1 to 2 years. And not magically, but slowly.

So either adapt, go small system now and upgrade on the way (like the system I made you) or wait. Because DDR5, better CPU's und GPU's will also be expensive at launch.

[Herman Mcpootis]

What do you mean by college work?

[w Berg w]

6 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

What do you mean by college work?

Papers, word, excel, PowerPoint 

[Jonathan Lee]

12 hours ago, w Berg w said:

Budget (including currency): $2000

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: college work, cod, warzone, nba 2k, gta, csgo, valorant, valheim, minecraft, fortnite

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zv469N

CPU: Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($529.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($155.42 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Walmart) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: NZXT AER RGB 2 52.44 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack 
Total: $1385.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-04 03:44 EDT-0400

Looks like a great build to me! I would suggest getting 32GB RAM if you're going to 10 cores. Although if you don't do a lot multitasking, 16GB will be fine.

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 hours ago, w Berg w said:

Papers, word, excel, PowerPoint 

There's zero need for a 10900k for any of your tasks, a 5600x, 5600G or 10700 will be more than enough.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($105.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card 
Case: Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($85.00 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 PE 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($110.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $560.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-04 18:19 EDT-0400

Get a 5600G when it gets released today.

[IkeaGnome]

14 hours ago, soundlogic said:

• Don't build it now, you're going to sell a kidney, your house, and 35 years of hard labour to afford an RTX 3080. 
   
• See 1.

 

10 hours ago, KKLawrence said:

And no, you wont be getting an RTX 3080. Not for 750$ or even 1200$.

A little patience goes a long ways. I blocked social media links and affiliate codes out.

Spoiler

 

 

3 hours ago, w Berg w said:

Papers, word, excel, PowerPoint 

A 5800x will be on par with the 10900k for a lot cheaper, but a 5600x will be plenty as @Herman Mcpootispointed out. 

Edited August 4, 2021 by IkeaGnome
Didn't do a good job with a couple of the links in the picture.