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Mostly used for gaming and some small video editing(family videos and the like).
Preferably could run 60 fps on medium settings at least on 1080p 144hz monitor for modern games.
I plan on upgrading to a GTX1080 in around 3-4 months, earlier if the need arrives, would probably be the same time i get a 1440p 144hz monitor, and i don't really plan on going 4k anytime soon.
Modest overclocking.

Peripherals are taken cared of.
Budget is $1400 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($196.44 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - X370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($126.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($159.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($98.94 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($494.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1372.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-25 10:30 EDT-0400








 

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Why would you buy a 1070, then upgrade to the 1080 in 4 months? (unless you have a EVGA card)

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Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

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3 minutes ago, SmokingOmurice said:

Motherboard: MSI - X370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($126.98 @ Newegg) 

You could get either B350 Carbon or something different

There is no difference between those two except the RGB, SLI and SATA.

This is 1000 times better choice than Carbon and only few bucks more expensive

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132989&cm_re=x370-_-13-132-989-_-Product

 

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5 minutes ago, JDE said:

Why would you buy a 1070, then upgrade to the 1080 in 4 months? (unless you have a EVGA card)

For $20 more, you can get a 1080.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($196.44 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($86.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($155.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($98.94 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($523.89 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define C TG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1367.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-25 10:45 EDT-0400

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Helpful Links: PSU Tier List | Why not group reg? | Avoid the EVGA G3

Helios EVO (Main Desktop) Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W

 

Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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make sure you read up on msi ryzen issues, idk if they've fixed everything yet, recently heard from someone here that there's still issues

desktop

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r5 3600,3450@0.9v (0.875v get) 4.2ghz@1.25v (1.212 get) | custom loop cpu&gpu 1260mm nexxos xt45 | MSI b450i gaming ac | crucial ballistix 2x8 3000c15->3733c15@1.39v(1.376v get) |Zotac 2060 amp | 256GB Samsung 950 pro nvme | 1TB Adata su800 | 4TB HGST drive | Silverstone SX500-LG

HTPC

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HTPC i3 7300 | Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H | 16GB G Skill | Adata XPG SX8000 128GB M.2 | Many HDDs | Rosewill FBM-01 | Corsair CXM 450W

 

 

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1 hour ago, SmokingOmurice said:

I heard about some issues with the tomahawk, does it affect the other msi ones as well?(b350 and x370) 
 

Most MSI AM4s are garbage (Tomahawk and clones) or overpriced solutions (X370s).

Only two reasonable MSI mobos from the hardware and price side are the B350 Carbon/Krait

 

Don't buy Apple M1 computers with 8GB of RAM

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49 minutes ago, SmokingOmurice said:

I heard about some issues with the tomahawk, does it affect the other msi ones as well?(b350 and x370) 
 

I've just heard there's been a lot of technical issues with msi and am4, everything from ram not reaching decent speeds to outright instability 

desktop

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r5 3600,3450@0.9v (0.875v get) 4.2ghz@1.25v (1.212 get) | custom loop cpu&gpu 1260mm nexxos xt45 | MSI b450i gaming ac | crucial ballistix 2x8 3000c15->3733c15@1.39v(1.376v get) |Zotac 2060 amp | 256GB Samsung 950 pro nvme | 1TB Adata su800 | 4TB HGST drive | Silverstone SX500-LG

HTPC

Spoiler

HTPC i3 7300 | Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H | 16GB G Skill | Adata XPG SX8000 128GB M.2 | Many HDDs | Rosewill FBM-01 | Corsair CXM 450W

 

 

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17 hours ago, Cyracus said:

I've just heard there's been a lot of technical issues with msi and am4, everything from ram not reaching decent speeds to outright instability 

It's that bad?
Wow, it was my first choice too when i was staring the pc build, really glad you guys gave me the heads up.

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