Help with a much needed upgrade

[cfultz71]

Budget (including currency): 1000-1500 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Autodesk Inventor, Eclipse, KSP, Subnautica, Raft

Other details: I currently have a Dell Latitude E6440 laptop with integrated graphics and desperately need something new. Most IDE's take 2+ minutes to open then randomly crash and with more than a dozen parts in Inventor the framerate drop unbearably when orbiting. I have a parts list from PCPP https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dVP2t8 but could really use some help. 

 

[Pixelfie]

1050 Ti for that price is awful. Try getting a used 1660, 1070, 5500 XT or RX 580.

 

I'd get a 5600X instead since you have a dGPU. Or possibly even 12th gen Intel if you can find it for a decent price.

 

55 for a 250gb is bad, the 970 is pretty overrated imo. I'd get a 500gb SN750 or A2000, should be about the same price and also fast.

 

The PSU is also overpriced. Try getting a RM or MSI AGF.

 

 

 

The components are fine but a lot of them are overpriced.

[jaslion]

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

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($229.00 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($102.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC GAMING Video Card  ($859.97 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1521.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-18 14:22 EST-0500

 

Tiny bit over budget but this computer is just multiple times better your build was just straight up bad.

[Jonathan Lee]

I'd go with something like this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($319.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($161.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($63.97 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power P34A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING Twin Fan Video Card  ($628.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($109.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1533.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-18 14:23 EST-0500

 

I hear Subnautica can be pretty CPU intensive so I when up to the 5700G.

 

1050TI is not really a got GPU for today. I would go for a 1660 super

 

Went with 1TB nvme drive with dram. Mainly cause games get pretty big now and also 1TB version are faster than smaller capacity counterparts.

 

Upgraded to nice PSU, a little overkill though

 

Oh and you can buy a key at somewhere like vip-urcdkeys for a lot less than the retail one. That will save you about 90 bucks.

[Pixelfie]

29 minutes ago, jaslion said:

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

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($229.00 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($102.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC GAMING Video Card  ($859.97 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1521.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-18 14:22 EST-0500

 

Tiny bit over budget but this computer is just multiple times better your build was just straight up bad.

Would recommend this but with a 6600 XT instead. It's cheaper and faster. It has worse RT and stream encoder, but that's pretty much it.

[jaslion]

29 minutes ago, Jonathan Lee said:

I'd go with something like this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($319.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($161.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($63.97 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power P34A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING Twin Fan Video Card  ($628.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($109.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1533.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-18 14:23 EST-0500

 

I hear Subnautica can be pretty CPU intensive so I when up to the 5700G.

 

1050TI is not really a got GPU for today. I would go for a 1660 super

 

Went with 1TB nvme drive with dram. Mainly cause games get pretty big now and also 1TB version are faster than smaller capacity counterparts.

 

Upgraded to nice PSU, a little overkill though

 

Oh and you can buy a key at somewhere like vip-urcdkeys for a lot less than the retail one. That will save you about 90 bucks.

Subnautica is fine on even a old 2600k it's fine a 5600g is beyond what they need already,