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Hello fellow linustechtips users,

 

I have recently decided it is time to build a gaming PC as my gaming laptop won't cut it anymore.

My budget is $1900 Australian Dollars.

 

Without any prior experience in part picking and building, I would love to have some feedback on my choice of parts for my PC.

 

The parts I have chosen are :

Product Availability Price Qty Total  
In stock $69   $69 X
In stock $19   $19 X
In stock $799   $799 X
In stock $189   $189 X
In stock $75   $75 X
In stock $18   $36 X
In stock $19   $38 X
In stock $108   $108 X
In stock $335   $335 X
In stock $49   $49 X
In stock $159   $159 X

All this comes down to $1876 AUD.

I want to play games like CS:GO, Rocket League, League of Legends, BeamNG Drive, Call of Duty games, Battlefield games at 1080p with more than comfortable frame rates, and also for occasional video editing for school projects.

Any advice will be appreciated!

 

I'm no Special Agent myself, but my Dad was!

 

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is it just me or is that 980 heavily overpriced?

how much does a 980ti or R9 Fury cost there?

 

And there are definitely better options for PSU

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Storage: Samsung 950Pro 512GB // OCZ Vector150 240GB // Seagate 1TB | PSU: Seasonic 1050 Snow Silent | Case: NZXT H440 | Cooling: Nepton 240M
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980ti (we only have custom designs here) cost over $1000...

I'm no Special Agent myself, but my Dad was!

 

Ryzen 7 3700X

Lian Li Galahad 360mm White AIO

4 x 8GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB

Asus X570-E motherboard

KFA2 RTX 2080Ti SG

EVGA 850W P2 PSU

Samsung 970 Pro SSD, Crucial MX500 SSD, WD Blue HDD, WD Blue HDD, WD Green HDD, Silicon Power SSD.

All wrapped in a Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL case.

 

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2 hours ago, Special Agent 星雨 said:

Hello fellow linustechtips users,

 

I have recently decided it is time to build a gaming PC as my gaming laptop won't cut it anymore.

My budget is $1900 Australian Dollars.

 

Without any prior experience in part picking and building, I would love to have some feedback on my choice of parts for my PC.

 

The parts I have chosen are :

Product Availability Price Qty Total  
In stock $69   $69 X
In stock $19   $19 X
In stock $799   $799 X
In stock $189   $189 X
In stock $75   $75 X
In stock $18   $36 X
In stock $19   $38 X
In stock $108   $108 X
In stock $335   $335 X
In stock $49   $49 X
In stock $159   $159 X

Please for the love of god get a better psu 

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Do you recommend any? I thought 550W would be enough so I just went with any haha...

I'm no Special Agent myself, but my Dad was!

 

Ryzen 7 3700X

Lian Li Galahad 360mm White AIO

4 x 8GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB

Asus X570-E motherboard

KFA2 RTX 2080Ti SG

EVGA 850W P2 PSU

Samsung 970 Pro SSD, Crucial MX500 SSD, WD Blue HDD, WD Blue HDD, WD Green HDD, Silicon Power SSD.

All wrapped in a Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL case.

 

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Not sure how price efficient it is but it seems pretty solid.

 

Edit -  My bad, the psu is pretty bad and an SSD would be pretty helpful :D

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Id look into a different PSU as thats pretty low on the tier of qaulity PSU's.
At this moment, I'd hold off on buying a 980 and wait for the 10x cards as well.
And then I don't see an SSD.

[CPU: 4.7ghz I5 6600k] [MB: Asus Z170 Pro G] [RAM: G.Skill 2400 16GB(2x8)]

[GPU: MSI Twin Frozr GTX 970] [PSU: XFX Pro 850W] [Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo]
[Storage: 500GB WD HDD / 128GB SanDisk SSD ] [Case: DeepCool Tessaract]

[Keyboard: AZIO MGK1] [Mouse: Logitech G303] [Monitor: 2 x Acer 23" 1080p IPS]

 

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2 minutes ago, Special Agent 星雨 said:

980ti (we only have custom designs here) cost over $1000...

what about R9 Fury or R9 Nano?

 

CPU: Intel i7 5820K @ 4.20 GHz | Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz | GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury (x2 CrossFire)
Storage: Samsung 950Pro 512GB // OCZ Vector150 240GB // Seagate 1TB | PSU: Seasonic 1050 Snow Silent | Case: NZXT H440 | Cooling: Nepton 240M
FireStrike // Extreme // Ultra // 8K // 16K

 

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Do you recommend any? I thought 550W would be enough so I just went with any haha...

Quality is just as important. Don't want to spend two grand and than your PC blow up, no?

[CPU: 4.7ghz I5 6600k] [MB: Asus Z170 Pro G] [RAM: G.Skill 2400 16GB(2x8)]

[GPU: MSI Twin Frozr GTX 970] [PSU: XFX Pro 850W] [Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo]
[Storage: 500GB WD HDD / 128GB SanDisk SSD ] [Case: DeepCool Tessaract]

[Keyboard: AZIO MGK1] [Mouse: Logitech G303] [Monitor: 2 x Acer 23" 1080p IPS]

 

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1 hour ago, Paytend01 said:

Not sure how price efficient it is but it seems pretty solid

Im pretty sure its white certified which is worse than bronze 

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1 hour ago, DioOmicida said:

Id look into a different PSU as thats pretty low on the tier of qaulity PSU's.
At this moment, I'd hold off on buying a 980 and wait for the 10x cards as well.
And then I don't see an SSD.

I agree on the psu and rest of it 

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1 minute ago, DXMember said:

what about R9 Fury or R9 Nano?

R9 Fury costs $800 and nano $750

I'm no Special Agent myself, but my Dad was!

 

Ryzen 7 3700X

Lian Li Galahad 360mm White AIO

4 x 8GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB

Asus X570-E motherboard

KFA2 RTX 2080Ti SG

EVGA 850W P2 PSU

Samsung 970 Pro SSD, Crucial MX500 SSD, WD Blue HDD, WD Blue HDD, WD Green HDD, Silicon Power SSD.

All wrapped in a Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL case.

 

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2 hours ago, Special Agent 星雨 said:

Do you recommend any? I thought 550W would be enough so I just went with any haha...

Get an evga or corsair 80 plus gold 

550w to 600w would be good 

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2 minutes ago, Special Agent 星雨 said:

R9 Fury costs $800 and nano $750

In that case take the Nano, as it's $50 cheaper and performs much better, but those $50 to get a good PSU, something like Seasonic 520 Gold or maybe even some of the Platinum Fanless

 

also I've just noticed your preferred game choices... errmm... are you sure you don't want to go with something like R9 380 or GTX 950 ?

CPU: Intel i7 5820K @ 4.20 GHz | Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz | GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury (x2 CrossFire)
Storage: Samsung 950Pro 512GB // OCZ Vector150 240GB // Seagate 1TB | PSU: Seasonic 1050 Snow Silent | Case: NZXT H440 | Cooling: Nepton 240M
FireStrike // Extreme // Ultra // 8K // 16K

 

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1 minute ago, DXMember said:

In that case take the Nano, as it's $50 cheaper and performs much better

 

also I've just noticed your preferred game choices... errmm... are you sure you don't want to go with something like R9 380 or GTX 950 ?

All my friends said 980 would fit my budget perfectly, so I thought yeah why not...

I'm no Special Agent myself, but my Dad was!

 

Ryzen 7 3700X

Lian Li Galahad 360mm White AIO

4 x 8GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB

Asus X570-E motherboard

KFA2 RTX 2080Ti SG

EVGA 850W P2 PSU

Samsung 970 Pro SSD, Crucial MX500 SSD, WD Blue HDD, WD Blue HDD, WD Green HDD, Silicon Power SSD.

All wrapped in a Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL case.

 

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2 hours ago, DXMember said:

In that case take the Nano, as it's $50 cheaper and performs much better

 

also I've just noticed your preferred game choices... errmm... are you sure you don't want to go with something like R9 380 or GTX 950 ?

I saw the games as well I think he should get a 960 or r9 380 

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1 minute ago, Special Agent 星雨 said:

All my friends said 980 would fit my budget perfectly, so I thought yeah why not...

if your aim is to spend your entire budged, then yeah (:

take the Nano, as it's $50 cheaper and performs much better, put those $50 to get a good PSU, something like Seasonic 520 Gold or maybe even some of the Platinum Fanless

CPU: Intel i7 5820K @ 4.20 GHz | Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz | GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury (x2 CrossFire)
Storage: Samsung 950Pro 512GB // OCZ Vector150 240GB // Seagate 1TB | PSU: Seasonic 1050 Snow Silent | Case: NZXT H440 | Cooling: Nepton 240M
FireStrike // Extreme // Ultra // 8K // 16K

 

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9 minutes ago, DXMember said:

is it just me or is that 980 heavily overpriced?

how much does a 980ti or R9 Fury cost there?

 

And there are definitely better options for PSU

AUD not USD

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I see a lot of comments about the PSU and SSD, perhaps I should get a lower tier graphics card? Since apparently I don't need a 980 to do the things I want ...

I'm no Special Agent myself, but my Dad was!

 

Ryzen 7 3700X

Lian Li Galahad 360mm White AIO

4 x 8GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB

Asus X570-E motherboard

KFA2 RTX 2080Ti SG

EVGA 850W P2 PSU

Samsung 970 Pro SSD, Crucial MX500 SSD, WD Blue HDD, WD Blue HDD, WD Green HDD, Silicon Power SSD.

All wrapped in a Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL case.

 

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I love the way you formatted this! How did you do it? The table with the parts and what not.

 

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Maybe I'll put the GPU money into an SSD and PSU.

I'm no Special Agent myself, but my Dad was!

 

Ryzen 7 3700X

Lian Li Galahad 360mm White AIO

4 x 8GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB

Asus X570-E motherboard

KFA2 RTX 2080Ti SG

EVGA 850W P2 PSU

Samsung 970 Pro SSD, Crucial MX500 SSD, WD Blue HDD, WD Blue HDD, WD Green HDD, Silicon Power SSD.

All wrapped in a Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL case.

 

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1 minute ago, TriFlix Films said:

I love the way you formatted this! How did you do it? The table with the parts and what not.

 

I literally highlighted the entire table from the website I plan to buy all these things from and copy pasted it in here...

I'm no Special Agent myself, but my Dad was!

 

Ryzen 7 3700X

Lian Li Galahad 360mm White AIO

4 x 8GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB

Asus X570-E motherboard

KFA2 RTX 2080Ti SG

EVGA 850W P2 PSU

Samsung 970 Pro SSD, Crucial MX500 SSD, WD Blue HDD, WD Blue HDD, WD Green HDD, Silicon Power SSD.

All wrapped in a Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL case.

 

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