New setup suggestions?

[NotJude]

So I want a new PC to work towards, I've had my current PC for around 4 years, (GTX 970, i7 4790K), and its lasted me well. However, I want to start buying parts for a new PC build, I'm planning on using a 34" ultrawide monitor (the ASUS ROG SWIFT PG348Q). I want to be able to run most new games (like Fallout 76, Metro Exodus, Cyberpunk 2077, Dying Light 2) at a solid 100fps at medium/high settings. I don't really know much about new parts so I was hoping someone could come out with a build, I'd like the case to be black and sleek if possible, everything else doesn't matter much to me. 

 

Side notes; I do a bit of video-editing so some good ram should be included

 

Edit; I'm from UK, so prices in GBP would be useful.

 

Many thanks!

[forregacc02]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($137.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card  ($629.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.48 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1200.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-29 03:37 EDT-0400

[NotJude]

1 minute ago, forregacc02 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($137.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card  ($629.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.48 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1200.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-29 03:37 EDT-0400

thanks man, i'll take a look at some of these parts!

[forregacc02]

12 minutes ago, NotJude said:

Edit; I'm from UK, so prices in GBP would be useful.

Ohh. I just saw this hehe.

Here's a better build if you are from UK.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  (£194.92 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AX370M-DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£52.49 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£137.20 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Patriot - Burst 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£69.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB DUKE OC Video Card  (£562.21 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.98 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.94 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1104.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-29 08:43 BST+0100

[bleedblue]

6 minutes ago, forregacc02 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($137.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card  ($629.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.48 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1200.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-29 03:37 EDT-0400

Why first gen ryzen?

[forregacc02]

1 minute ago, bleedblue said:

Why first gen ryzen?

Due to the price difference. 2nd Gen Ryzen isn't a better value in my opinion. It's only around 2-5% better when OCed.

[bleedblue]

1 minute ago, forregacc02 said:

Due to the price difference. 2nd Gen Ryzen isn't a better value in my opinion. It's only around 2-5% better when OCed.

Jesus I didn't notice how much the 1st gen Ryzen 7's dropped. I should get myself one.

[forregacc02]

Just now, bleedblue said:

Jesus I didn't notice how much the 1st gen Ryzen 7's dropped. I should get myself one.

Even first-gen threadrippers have severely went down in price. We can already get one for as low as $300 

[GoldenLag]

15 minutes ago, forregacc02 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($137.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card  ($629.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.48 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1200.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-29 03:37 EDT-0400

The board is garbage, and therefore should avoid that board.

 

Only first gen B350 board at that pricepoint to get is the B350 PRO4 from ASrock

[pcmr2066]

5 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

The board is garbage, and therefore should avoid that board.

 

Only first gen B350 board at that pricepoint to get is the B350 PRO4 from ASrock

The MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS has the same VRMs as the Gaming Pro. It can hit 3.9ghz on all 8 cores without issue. How about the PRO4?

[forregacc02]

10 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

The board is garbage, and therefore should avoid that board.

 

Only first gen B350 board at that pricepoint to get is the B350 PRO4 from ASrock

What makes this board garbage if I may ask.

 

2 minutes ago, pcmr2066 said:

The MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS has the same VRMs as the Gaming Pro. It can hit 3.9ghz on all 8 cores without issue. How about the PRO4?

 

The MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS can get 3.7ghz on all cores for sure. Without issue. That's what I'm aiming at for the stock cooler. But I don't think it has the same VRMs as the Gaming Pro...

[GoldenLag]

41 minutes ago, pcmr2066 said:

The MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS has the same VRMs as the Gaming Pro. It can hit 3.9ghz on all 8 cores without issue. How about the PRO4?

The issue isnt the VRM itself, it is the lack of heatsinks on the VRM which is the difference between them

 

37 minutes ago, forregacc02 said:

What makes this board garbage if I may ask.

 

 

The MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS can get 3.7ghz on all cores for sure. Without issue. That's what I'm aiming at for the stock cooler. But I don't think it has the same VRMs as the Gaming Pro...

VRM heatsinks are very important.

 

It is most likely using the same VRM as the Gaming Pro, the pro just has heatsinks that help the VRMs a lot.

 

The VRMs on sub 150$ boards arent great and you should at least have a heatsink om them to make the lost of them

[pcmr2066]

3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

The issue isnt the VRM itself, it is the lack of heatsinks on the VRM which is the difference between them

 

VRM heatsinks are very important.

 

It is most likely using the same VRM as the Gaming Pro, the pro just has heatsinks that help the VRMs a lot.

 

The VRMs on sub 150$ boards arent great and you should at least have a heatsink om them to make the lost of them

Hey.. I'd like to agree on you on getting a PRO4, but you have to enlighten me on this. Do you have a factual information showing that the MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS is as you called "garbage" or at least doesn't OC as much as the stock cooler would handle?

[GoldenLag]

33 minutes ago, pcmr2066 said:

Hey.. I'd like to agree on you on getting a PRO4, but you have to enlighten me on this. Do you have a factual information showing that the MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS is as you called "garbage" or at least doesn't OC as much as the stock cooler would handle?

Sadly i dont have hard number, but ill give you a few telltale signs of a bad board (at least on mATX and ATX size boards)

 

1. 2 RAMslots instead of the standard 4
2. No heatsinks anywyere or only one set of heatsinks
3. A simple "block" heatsink on th no "fin" design to increase surface area (one of the reasons higher end ASUS B350/450 boards loose out to a board like the MSI tomahawk B450)

The PRO4 isnt the best board im the B350/450 tier, but it is the best in the lower priceclass and the minimum i do in budget builds.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, NotJude said:

So I want a new PC to work towards, I've had my current PC for around 4 years, (GTX 970, i7 4790K), and its lasted me well. However, I want to start buying parts for a new PC build, I'm planning on using a 34" ultrawide monitor (the ASUS ROG SWIFT PG348Q). I want to be able to run most new games (like Fallout 76, Metro Exodus, Cyberpunk 2077, Dying Light 2) at a solid 100fps at medium/high settings. I don't really know much about new parts so I was hoping someone could come out with a build, I'd like the case to be black and sleek if possible, everything else doesn't matter much to me. 

 

Side notes; I do a bit of video-editing so some good ram should be included

 

Edit; I'm from UK, so prices in GBP would be useful.

 

Many thanks!

How much of a rush are you in ? There are new cpu's due from Intel around end of Sept or early Oct. The i9 9900K 8c/16t is the one I would look at if it isn't an insane price.

 

Also the new Nvidia 2xxx series should have reviews in a few weeks. The RTX 2080 might be a good option then if you are considering a 1080 ti.

 

Also as you are UK then you should check out OCUK (Overclockers UK) Forums too if you are not already on there.

[NotJude]

15 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

How much of a rush are you in ? There are new cpu's due from Intel around end of Sept or early Oct. The i9 9900K 8c/16t is the one I would look at if it isn't an insane price.

 

Also the new Nvidia 2xxx series should have reviews in a few weeks. The RTX 2080 might be a good option then if you are considering a 1080 ti.

 

Also as you are UK then you should check out OCUK (Overclockers UK) Forums too if you are not already on there.

not in any rush at all, tbh i was going to wait for the new stuff to come out in-case i regret not doing so, thanks for the suggestions appreciated.