pc for starcraft II

[JackOfAsh]

I'm planning to finally get rid of my notebook. PC obviously not exclusively for sc2 but 1080p gaming as a whole (will it run sc2 in 1440p though?). I've scrapped this idea using parts available nearby. Feel free to provide some comments and suggestions. The motherboard is the cheapest h270 available here (for RAID in the future) - huge discount for it at the moment. Gonna buy another 8gb ram and replace Intel's stock cooling in not so remote future. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hbhcpb

[LHJKO]

i wouldn't pay that much for a 1060 get a 980 ti or something 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.65 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($174.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Strix Video Card  ($354.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.38 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply 
Case Fan: be quiet! - Pure Wings 2 51.4 CFM  120mm Fan  ($10.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $922.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-19 18:38 EDT-0400

[LienusLateTips]

Budget? Don't get an i5.

[Billy_Mays]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9FPBVY

[Glenwing]

4 minutes ago, Vernw3 said:

i wouldn't pay that much for a 1060 get a 980 ti or something 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.65 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($174.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Strix Video Card  ($354.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.38 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply 
Case Fan: be quiet! - Pure Wings 2 51.4 CFM  120mm Fan  ($10.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $922.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-19 18:38 EDT-0400

A 1060? I can run SC2 on max settings on my Radeon HD 6670  Single-thread CPU performance is most important, for that game anyway.

[Curufinwe_wins]

1 minute ago, Glenwing said:

A 1060? I can run SC2 on max settings on my Radeon HD 6670  Single-thread performance is more important, it hardly uses 2 cores let alone 6 with SMT.

Yeah... actually though... for SC2 I would highly recommend a 7600k or equivalent over Ryzen... Single thread is a huge deal in preventing the uber performance drops that can otherwise occur.

[LienusLateTips]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.65 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.38 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  ($289.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $948.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-19 18:43 EDT-0400

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, Curufinwe_wins said:

Yeah... actually though... for SC2 I would highly recommend a 7600k or equivalent over Ryzen... Single thread is a huge deal in preventing the uber performance drops that can otherwise occur.

In that case I say wait for Covfefe Lake

[Curufinwe_wins]

Just now, JDE said:

In that case I say wait for Covfefe Lake

if he is willing... yeah. 

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, Curufinwe_wins said:

if he is willing... yeah. 

Eh, it comes out on Monday so why not

[Curufinwe_wins]

Just now, JDE said:

Eh, it comes out on Monday so why not

yeah but availability? shrugs... either way... games like that are actually the only time Intel lower cores are seriously superior functionally to ryzen.

[LienusLateTips]

2 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

yeah but availability? shrugs... either way... games like that are actually the only time Intel lower cores are seriously superior functionally to ryzen.

cough cough MINECRAFT cough cough

[Curufinwe_wins]

Just now, JDE said:

cough cough MINECRAFT cough cough

"games like that" lol indeed.

[JackOfAsh]

Ye that is the problem - I'm writing from Poland where not everything is instantaneously available and all the prices are 140% those of yours (1060 costs $410). I haven't considered ryzen 5 1600 gonna check it.