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Going to build a new gaming rig with this years tax refund. so go ahead and give me some criticism this with be my first all new build (for me I built my mom one for xmas non gaming in 2017) ive always scrapped a used parts one together before. In fact my current ones motherboard and cpu are out of the trash lol. ive already purchased few things they are always staring at me in the closet lol      https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kNjpxY

 

 

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  Add Additional Memory  
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  41H888-QJdL.jpg $59.99   Free two-day shipping with Amazon Prime   $59.99 Amazon   Buy
 
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Custom   Add Custom Part  
Total (Not Yet Purchased): $1200.83        
Total (Purchased): $659.97        
Total: $1860.80

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Try and go for a Intel i5 8400 instead of Ryzen.

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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With a $1500 gaming build, you're usually looking at more like an 8600K and a 1080. 

Something like this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($249.95 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($184.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: *Western Digital - RE4 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.88 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB SC2 Gaming iCX Video Card  ($599.00 @ B&H) 
Case: Inwin - 303 Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($52.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1466.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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3 minutes ago, IsaacThePooper said:

I'd fit a 360mm liquid cooler or an air cooler, 120mm aios are trash.

i did agree I'm using it in my old i5 760 over clocked to 3.6 from 2.8 and i never go above 70

 

7 minutes ago, IsaacThePooper said:

I'd fit a 360mm liquid cooler or an air cooler, 120mm aios are trash.

 

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9 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

Try and go for a Intel i5 8400 instead of Ryzen.

If he's purely gaming and wants minimal upgradibility/compatibility then sure.

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15 minutes ago, Ruler1976 said:

 

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Invest in a 4k display, save the rest of the money for a Navi/2080 GPU
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rbHBf8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rbHBf8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($192.19 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($144.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Flare X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Green 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($81.54 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.26 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG - 27UD58-B 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($396.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1132.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-08 19:38 EST-0500

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

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If you want to wait until

12 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

Try and go for a Intel i5 8400 instead of Ryzen.

If he can wait until Febuary 12th. The first batch of ZEN + is dropping and the 2400G looks promising. Has the same multithread as 8400, but performed better in other virtual tests, and is overclockable.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($339.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML120L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $59.99) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($229.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4GB Gaming 4G  Video Card  (Purchased For $299.99) 
Case: Inwin - 303 Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake - Toughpower Grand RGB 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (Purchased For $100.00) 
Case Fan: Thermaltake - Riing Plus 12 RGB TT Premium Edition (3 Fan Pack) 48.3 CFM  120mm Fans  ($90.40 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Samsung - LC27F398FWNXZA 27.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $199.99) 
Total: $1892.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-08 19:41 EST-0500

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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1 minute ago, Thinkfreely said:

If you want to wait until

If he can wait until Febuary 12th. The first batch of ZEN + is dropping and the 2400G looks promising. Has the same multithread as 8400, but performed better in other virtual tests, and is overclockable.

We will have to see about that one. The issue with Ryzen isn't the multithreaded performance, it's the singlethreaded performance, it is just not up to the same standard that Ryzen is.

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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3 minutes ago, seon123 said:

With a $1500 gaming build, you're usually looking at more like an 8600K and a 1080. 

Something like this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($249.95 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($184.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: *Western Digital - RE4 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.88 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB SC2 Gaming iCX Video Card  ($599.00 @ B&H) 
Case: Inwin - 303 Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($52.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1466.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-08 19:33 EST-0500

well i already own the RX570 and the cooler and i relly want to do an all AMD build.

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4 minutes ago, Thinkfreely said:

If you want to wait until

If he can wait until Febuary 12th. The first batch of ZEN + is dropping and the 2400G looks promising. Has the same multithread as 8400, but performed better in other virtual tests, and is overclockable.

is that the apu one?

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3 minutes ago, Ruler1976 said:

well i already own the RX570 and the cooler and i relly want to do an all AMD build.

Any reason why you want to do an all AMD build? You'll get better performance for gaming with Intel.

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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2 minutes ago, Ruler1976 said:

is that the apu one?

Oh also there's no point in planning this if you aren't going to buy it for months

 

there's going to be APUs and a ryzen refresh, don't know if we have info but I don't think 4.5ghz is unreasonable

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Just now, arnavvr said:

Any reason why you want to do an all AMD build? You'll get better performance for gaming with Intel.

ive always been kinda an amd fan and i get great 1080p gaming with this old i5 760 gen 1 with the rx570  LOL  it was free. im sure ill be happy with ryzen. i also have an A6 i handed down to my 11 year old when i found the i5 i put a gtx 760 i picked up on craigs list in for 50 and now he can play overwatch with out hogging my pc. but now my 9 year old wants one so the PC's are going down the line Ill have to pick up another used gpu because my 12 year old is not getting my new 570 lol

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11 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Oh also there's no point in planning this if you aren't going to buy it for months

 

there's going to be APUs and a ryzen refresh, don't know if we have info but I don't think 4.5ghz is unreasonable

months?  you mean weeks i already have my w-2's

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13 minutes ago, Ruler1976 said:

months?  you mean weeks i already have my w-2's

 Man, I don't get mine till I don't know when.

 

But in any event it's probably worth waiting for Ryzen + if you have a working system already, should OC higher at the very least and have newer motherboards with real VRM heatsinks

but as I posted earlier, should spend the money on the 4k display, you can just run games at 1080p upscaled until better GPUs come out.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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