Need Help Building A PC

[BigTinKronicx]

Budget (including currency): 3500 Cad

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Call of duty, valorant, minecraft and little bit of school work

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): I have no extra parts so this is a new build, as well as i also do need peripherals like 1 monitor, mouse and keyboard. As well as white is the theme that I’d like. White everything . 

 

[Fasauceome]

3500 canadian is quite a lot which is good in today's market. I went with 5000 series Ryzen and a white motherboard with BIOS flashback so you can make sure compatibility is not an issue. Also got a white PSU and some white ram.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/kXvVJf

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($520.50 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 White 74.34 CFM CPU Cooler  ($57.16 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($210.50 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL15 Memory  ($246.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA Swordfish 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Silverstone RL06 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($185.76 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXF 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($118.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case Fan: be quiet! SHADOW WINGS 2 38.5 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($17.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case Fan: be quiet! SHADOW WINGS 2 38.5 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($17.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1495.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

The real problem will be the graphics card. White GPUs are already expensive, but the way that graphics cards are priced now, it's gonna be really hard to get a build-appropriate selection.

 

That said, this PC will be able to handle just about whatever GPU it would need.

[Jonathan Lee]

You could go something like this on the intel side:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700KF 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($394.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z490 Steel Legend ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($280.95 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($219.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($249.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GAMING X Video Card  ($1549.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A-GF 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.84 @ Amazon Canada) 
Monitor: Gigabyte G27Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($354.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Keyboard: Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($93.54 @ Amazon Canada) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse  ($78.69 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $3532.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-04 13:08 EDT-0400

 

If you like AMD better, you can swap the CPU and mobo with this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($539.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($259.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $798.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-04 13:10 EDT-0400

 

I feel like this build should be good for your games now and future games that you might be interested in.

 

Also check your local canada computers. Sometimes you can find a 6700XT for 1000 CAD will save you around 500 or you can even go to a higher end gpu (6800xt). Radeon GPU's are more readily available in Canada so look for them.

Edited October 4, 2021 by Jonathan Lee
some extra tips

[Guest]

25 minutes ago, BigTinKronicx said:

Budget (including currency): 3500 Cad

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Call of duty, valorant, minecraft and little bit of school work

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): I have no extra parts so this is a new build, as well as i also do need peripherals like 1 monitor, mouse and keyboard. As well as white is the theme that I’d like. White everything . 

 

you have two main choices rn for cpu

Getting Ryzen 5000 series

Waiting a month for Intel 12th gen

 

but if I were to build one I'd go with smth like this

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RVTGrr

 

just pretend that the cpu is 12th gen, it's not there yet for obvious reasons, the RAM and SSD would also prob go from gen 4 to gen 5

[BigTinKronicx]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Lee said:

You could go something like this on the intel side:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700KF 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($394.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z490 Steel Legend ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($280.95 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($219.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($249.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GAMING X Video Card  ($1549.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A-GF 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.84 @ Amazon Canada) 
Monitor: Gigabyte G27Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($354.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Keyboard: Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($93.54 @ Amazon Canada) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse  ($78.69 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $3532.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-04 13:08 EDT-0400

 

If you like AMD better, you can swap the CPU and mobo with this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($539.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($259.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $798.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-04 13:10 EDT-0400

 

I feel like this build should be good for your games now and future games that you might be interested in.

 

Also check your local canada computers. Sometimes you can find a 6700XT for 1000 CAD will save you around 500 or you can even go to a higher end gpu (6800xt). Radeon GPU's are more readily available in Canada so look for them.

What’s the different between the radeon gpu and an rtx one?

 

[Jonathan Lee]

 

6 minutes ago, BigTinKronicx said:

What’s the different between the radeon gpu and an rtx one?

 

rtx has better ray tracing support and dlss. Also mines better if that's important to you. The availability of Radeon GPU's are a bit better in Canada though. It's pretty hard to find the rtx cards in retailers here.