$1500 build

[lrloftus]

Budget (including currency): $1500 ish pre tax

Country: U.S.

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft with rtx astroneer satisfactory ksp

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 want to keep the NH-D15 and meshify case so i can carry them on to future upgrades

i already have a 1TB hhd that i can throw in there

first custom pc

no peripherals are needed

i am upgradeing from an HP envy with a i7-6700

and a 750ti

hope for good 1440p perfomence

[lrloftus]

just looking for any recommendations

[sbbillusionist]

Can you share the link for the list you made so that we can edit it to create a new list?

[lrloftus]

one sec

 

[lrloftus]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dbXTRv 

 

[sbbillusionist]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xwh4hk

 

Check this option out as well. I made a lot of changes but it is at the same price point (You can downgrade the CPU if you want a lower price). The performance of this rig will be a lot better than the one you have setup now. The only difference is AMD and Intel.

[sbbillusionist]

Also, the warning it shows for the motherboard is because you will need to BIOS flash an update for the new CPU. This can be done using an old AMD CPU if anyone you know has one or you can generally ask the retailer/your nearby computer store to do it for you.

[lrloftus]

thank you but i would prefer to go NVidia just for the rtx performance 

also i think a potato would offer better perfomance the my current pc

it has no ssd 

[lrloftus]

i got the insperation from the 

 

[lrloftus]

i also feel like an x3d is over spending on the cpu but thank you anyway

I was really just looking to see if I could improve at all I think that is a pretty good parts list

[sbbillusionist]

2 minutes ago, lrloftus said:

thank you but i would prefer to go NVidia just for the rtx performance 

also i think a potato would offer better perfomance the my current pc

it has no ssd 

You will lose around 40% performance. And even when we talk about Ray Tracing capabilities, RX 6900XT can perform on part with 3070ti in the most demanding games like Minecraft and Cyberpunk. You can check a few benchmarks and videos on YouTube of both cards. The price cuts on AMD GPU's really make it a no brainer to buy at this point. At the MSRP, for sure 3070ti is a better choice, but when we are talking about current pricing 6900XT seems like a better choice on every front. It is directly compared to RTX 3090 and even beats it on performance in many cases. If you want Nvidia, you wont get a better price than the one you already mentioned (unless you can wait till mid December when 40's series launch)

[lrloftus]

ok thx

[lrloftus]

i will probably pull the  trigger around early January 

[lrloftus]

what i have seen is that amd cards get dunked on in rtx workloads but i guess i could take your word for it might also get a second person to look at it

[Dukesilver27-]

If you want RT, then get RT capable GPUs, my suggestion is 6900XT. It is just a bit weaker than 3070 Ti in RT but much faster in traditional rendering. FYR https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

13600K is fast enough that by your next GPU upgrade, high chance that you won't need to upgrade the CPU as well, which I think is worth the extra cost.

AK620 because it is cheaper and performs the same or better.

MSI PRO -A because it is a great board and already comes with WIFI.

Kingston NV2 because it is a better value SSD.

Much cheaper but high quality 750W gold PSU.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6CMBJM

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 WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston NV2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($654.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact Lite RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($93.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 PE 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1538.90