Helping cousin upgrade to new gaming PC

[Stealth3si]

Budget (including currency): $2,000.

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: The games they mainly play are fps games that are heavily dependent on GPU/CPU.

Other details  Their current specs is:

CPU: 10600k

RAM: 16GB

Motherboard: MPG Z490 Gaming Edge Wifi

GPU: GTX 1080ti
PSU: Gamma II Series 750 Watt 80+ Gold
 

Resolution they play at is 1080p
Refresh rate is 144hz
 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[TatamiMatt]

43 minutes ago, Stealth3si said:

Budget (including currency): $2,000.

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: The games they mainly play are fps games that are heavily dependent on GPU/CPU.

Other details  Their current specs is:

CPU: 10600k

RAM: 16GB

Motherboard: MPG Z490 Gaming Edge Wifi

GPU: GTX 1080ti
PSU: Gamma II Series 750 Watt 80+ Gold
 

Resolution they play at is 1080p
Refresh rate is 144hz
 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XVtHt7

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($389.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($102.97 @ B&H) 
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming OC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($889.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1896.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I will say, $2000 for a 1080p build is quite a lot, this build will easily do 1440p 144Hz and even run 4K easily enough, i can tune it down, or he could go for a new monitor, or honestly, both, in short, $2000 is way overkill for a 1080p build

 

Also

43 minutes ago, Stealth3si said:

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: The games they mainly play are fps games that are heavily dependent on GPU/CPU.

Thats largely the only thing games are dependant on, but games vary between how much they depend on one or the other, what games down he play?

[Why_Me]

The 120mm fan goes inside the back of this case for an exhaust fan.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($389.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($33.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Mushkin Redline ST 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: *Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($799.99 @ B&H) 
Case: *Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ MSI) 
Case Fan: *ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($9.85 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: *Gigabyte GS27Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1929.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-10 02:57 EDT-0400

 

A better look at those components.

 

https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/GS27Q#kf 

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-B650-S-WIFI 

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d/ 

 

https://www.thermalright.com/product/peerless-assassin-120-se/ 

 

https://www.poweredbymushkin.com/Home/index.php/products2/item/266-ddr5-2/1943-mrf5u600aeem16gx2 

 

https://www.predatorstorage.com/products/predator-gm7000-pcie-4-ssd.html 

 

https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/graphics-cards/tuf-gaming/tuf-rtx4070tis-o16g-gaming/

 

https://www.msi.com/Power-Supply/MAG-A850GL-PCIE5 

 

https://www.arctic.de/en/P12-PWM-PST/ACFAN00120A 

 

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/focus/focus-2/black-tg-clear-tint/ 

 

 

[filpo]

6 hours ago, Stealth3si said:

Budget (including currency): $2,000.

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: The games they mainly play are fps games that are heavily dependent on GPU/CPU.

Other details  Their current specs is:

CPU: 10600k

RAM: 16GB

Motherboard: MPG Z490 Gaming Edge Wifi

GPU: GTX 1080ti
PSU: Gamma II Series 750 Watt 80+ Gold
 

Resolution they play at is 1080p
Refresh rate is 144hz
 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

They can get a new 1440p monitor in this budget as well as a new system. How much storage do they have and are they happy with the amount they've got?

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($384.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA Legend 800 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($108.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *ASRock Phantom Gaming OC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($889.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.00 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold V2 ATX3.0 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Acer VG271U M3bmiipx 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2064.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-10 09:22 EDT-0400

[brob]

For a pure gaming system the 7800X3D would be the better CPU. In 1440 gaming the i7-14700K generally has max frame rates within 10%. It does, however outperform the AMD CPU in most everything else. So here is an Intel alternative.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($37.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($159.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($102.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card  ($699.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: ADATA XPG Core Reactor II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Acer Nitro XV272U Vbmiiprx 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor  ($289.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2013.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-10 09:14 EDT-0400