Reliable moderate gaming build recommendations

[scarflicter]

Hi, I would appreciate any recommendations for a PC build!

Budget (including currency): 1700 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1440p gaming at 165hz, Apex Legends, Hunt: Showdown, Minecraft w/ Ray Tracing, code compilation in VS Code, multi-tasking with lots of chrome tabs

Other details:
would love to have a mix of USB-C and USB-Type A ports on front I/O, as well as headphone jack.

would love to have 32GB DDR5 ram

would love to have a quiet system with low temps
 

Monitors

Currently have one 1440p monitor, but in the future may plan on having two 1440p monitors, or one 4k and one 1440p.

 

Peripherals

Not right now

 

Why are you upgrading?

Current PC build is 5 years old; while fully functional as a productivity machine that I will give to someone else, it currently lags on games such as Apex Legends.

 

[dizmo]

At this point I'd probably wait for Black Friday. It's only another week and a bit. Then ask for help when the sales are on.

[Ryuikko]

I'd consider something like this

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($300.00 @ Best Buy

CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.98 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ B&H)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($168.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI GAMING Z TRIO Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($519.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($135.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1649.9

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i

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[scarflicter]

On 11/15/2022 at 11:33 PM, dizmo said:

At this point I'd probably wait for Black Friday. It's only another week and a bit. Then ask for help when the sales are on.

Ok, thanks for the input.  I was wondering this, as many retailers are having sales now, but I figured I'd get some advice early and I can stagger my buying anyway as I don't need all the parts at once.

[scarflicter]

On 11/15/2022 at 11:36 PM, Ryuikko said:

I'd consider something like this

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($300.00 @ Best Buy

CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.98 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ B&H)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($168.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI GAMING Z TRIO Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($519.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($135.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1649.9

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i

Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-11-15 23:36 EST-0500]1       ) 

Thanks so much for the build list!

Could I ask what you think about this motherboard?  https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813145420 ?  It is also $200 but is Z790.  Is it better to go Z790?

I also forgot to mention that I have 2 drives that I'll be adding in from a previous build.  A HDD and a WD Black SSD.  Is the PSU enough now?

Also, unfortunately the 6800XT has jumped in price by a lot, do you recommend any alternatives?  Should I wait for GPUs on Black Friday?

Thanks again

[Ryuikko]

20 minutes ago, scarflicter said:

Could I ask what you think about this motherboard?

Gigabyte boards have a problem with hitting higher ddr5 speeds then other boards like msi, so for ddr5 other brands are the better choice.

22 minutes ago, scarflicter said:

also forgot to mention that I have 2 drives that I'll be adding in from a previous build.  A HDD and a WD Black SSD.  Is the PSU enough now?

Mhm! It'll still work just fine.

23 minutes ago, scarflicter said:

Also, unfortunately the 6800XT has jumped in price by a lot, do you recommend any alternatives?

This one is also a good choice

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XPjNnQ/asrock-radeon-rx-6800-xt-16-gb-phantom-gaming-d-oc-video-card-rx6800xt-pgd-16go

30 minutes ago, scarflicter said:

Should I wait for GPUs on Black Friday?

Umm, I can't say for if the deals on black friday would be good for you, but there's no harm in waiting so if you have the time to spare, then I'd say to go for it

[scarflicter]

19 hours ago, Ryuikko said:

Gigabyte boards have a problem with hitting higher ddr5 speeds then other boards like msi, so for ddr5 other brands are the better choice.

Mhm! It'll still work just fine.

This one is also a good choice

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XPjNnQ/asrock-radeon-rx-6800-xt-16-gb-phantom-gaming-d-oc-video-card-rx6800xt-pgd-16go

Umm, I can't say for if the deals on black friday would be good for you, but there's no harm in waiting so if you have the time to spare, then I'd say to go for it

Ok!  Thank you so much for your help and these responses!