New Gaming Rig

[SolarFreeze]

Hey,

 

I'm newer to PC gaming after being an console gamer for a number of years now and I'm interested in building a gaming/workstation PC that will allow me to do some 3D rendering. I'm not looking to build anything super powerful but something that will have room to be upgraded in the future when my budget allows for it. My budget is around $1500 Canadian. I have just watch LTT's $2000 PC build live stream and it appealed to me quite a bit. I'm wondering if there are some places were I can save some money in order to get closer to my allowed budget. Additionally if there is a pre-built system that is close to my budget I would also be interested. I already have peripherals and a 32 inch 1440p HP Omen, however I may look into adding an additional monitor in the future. As of now, all of the $1500 Canadian can go into the rig. Thanks for the advice and help.

 

LTT's $2000 build included:

Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor

Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory

Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

Seagate - BarraCuda 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive

MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card

NZXT - H500i (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case

SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

[Jurrunio]

10 minutes ago, SolarFreeze said:

Hey,

 

I'm newer to PC gaming after being an console gamer for a number of years now and I'm interested in building a gaming/workstation PC. I'm not looking to build anything super powerful but something that will have room to be upgraded in the future when my budget allows for it. My budget is around $1500 Canadian. I have just watch LTT's $2000 PC build live stream and it appealed to me quite a bit. I'm wondering if there are some places were I can save some money in order to get closer to my allowed budget. Additionally if there is a pre-built system that is close to my budget I would also be interested. I already have peripherals and monitor so all of the $1500 Canadian can go into the rig. Thanks for the advice and help.

 

LTT's $2000 build included:

Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor

Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory

Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

Seagate - BarraCuda 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive

MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card

NZXT - H500i (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case

SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

1. With a locked CPU (non-K), you can ditch the liquid cooler for a smaller air cooler, say the Cryorig H7. Z370 mobo can be replaced with MSI B360-A Pro or Asrock B360 Pro4 (these two specifically because of VRM heatsinks). You're limited to 2666MHz memory, so that or even 2400MHz will do.

 

2. There could be cheaper SATA SSDs out there, say Crucial MX500 or Adata SU800. Even the NVMe Adata SX6000/7000/8000/8200 sometimes get cheap as well.

 

3. 5.4k RPM drives are slow, I hope you're not storing games in there. Loading time will increase noticeably compared to 7.2k RPM ones

 

4. 1070ti is just 5% slower but quite often 10% cheaper, so look for that as well

 

5. You dont need 850w nor Platinum rating, 550w is enough. 80+ rating is the least important factor.

Use something tier 3 or above