Decision on build plans

[Scapechild]

First off this may be quite long with no TL:DR. So if you don’t wish to read all the way through, well... I don’t blame you. Haha. Anyway, here goes.

 

So I am currently planning out my road to computer godhood. As such I have come up with various lists for different price points as well as different options to explore. I would like all you tech lovers like myself who have more experience to give me recommendations and criticize my choices and what not to help me out. 

 

Note: I am wanted an extremely strong PC that can run 4K at 60fps minimum on very intensive games. (Seems like tomb raider is one of the best for checking from the videos I’ve been watching, but I also play like Witcher 3 and the likes) I will also be using this computer for game creation which will also meet handling 3D modeling,  intensive rendering, etc. and because I just cannot have enough, I plan to be streaming what I play... or at least need that option. 

 

So so to begin I want to decide between going the intel route or the threadripper route. I have done a lot of research and if I’m going AMD side of things, I want to go threadripper. 

 

Here are my “budget” builds for each.

 

intel:

1: intel i5-8400 2.6GHz 6core processor

2: be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler

3: Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

4: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

5: Seagate - FireCuda 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive

6: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

7: EVGA - BT 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

8: Nvidia Gtx 1060 (probably straight from Nvidia since prices are ridiculous elsewhere

9: Cougar - AttackX3-4IS (MX Brown) Wired Gaming Keyboard

Final price: 894.64

(I have a great monitor and mouse already)

 

AMD: 

1: AMD - Threadripper 1900X 3.8GHz 8-Core Processor

2: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid Lite 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

3: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard

4: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

5: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

6: Seagate - FireCuda 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive

7: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Video Card

8: Lian-Li - PC-O11 WX ATX Full Tower Case

9: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

10: Cougar - AttackX3-4IS (MX Brown) Wired Gaming Keyboard

Final Price: 1,763.43

 

now a couple things. 

1. I used PC part picker to ensure everything I chose was compatible and if I can find any of the parts for cheaper than the listing (like I used the prices for buying straight from Nvidia on the gpus) then obviously I’d take that route and save a little.

2. I understand it’s a major price difference between the two starting builds. Just as it’s about the same for the final builds. I’m doing this on my phone so final builds will be added later for you guys to see. I am ok with the price difference depending on what you guys say/advise. It will just take me longer as I’m not in a position to be able to save a lot right now. 

3. Have fun tearing down my build  

[Scapechild]

So here are the pcpartpicker links for the upgrades. A little busier than I thought I’d be today and don’t have time to type it all out.

 

AMD: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BCHr7W

 

Intel: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Scapechild/saved/Q8B3FT

 

plz note the final price on these are a bit higher than it would actually be as I would go through Nvidia for the graphics card and save myself a lot.

 

let me know what you think about where I’m looking to go and where my starts are at and what might be better options and your thoughts and opinions on each side of the house.