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Shinichii
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Hello guys,

 

I'm an architectural technology student and I'm planning to build a new computer but I'm not sure if the parts I choose are good or not worth the money. It would be helpful if I may have your opinion on the parts I selected.

 

I plan to use this computer to help me with my homeworks and gaming. The programs I use are AutoCad, Revit, 3D Max and Photoshop. As for gaming, I like games such Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy XV.

 

The current pc set-up I have runs games at ~20-40 fps on low setting which I had a friend build me 6 years ago so I feel like it's time for an upgrade.

 

Thank you very much ?

 

Note:

*Budget: 2000$ CAD (Tax in my province: 15%)

*I use a 1080p monitor

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $359.00 @ Canada Computers
CPU Cooler Corsair - H100i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $129.99 @ Newegg Canada
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $9.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard MSI - MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $199.99 @ Memory Express
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $204.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card $659.00 @ Canada Computers
Case NZXT - H500 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case $99.99 @ Newegg Canada
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $99.50 @ Vuugo
Case Fan Corsair - CO-9050016-BLED 52.19 CFM 120mm Fans $24.99 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1787.44
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-18 20:42 EST-0500  

 

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1 minute ago, Shinichii said:

Tax in my province: 15%

Move to Ontario lol, we have 13% tax.

 

Anyways, why not an 8700K? Why the 9600K?

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

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Haha,I was thinking of moving there for a couple of days just to buy the parts since I know someone there but the travel expense to take the train is not wort it.

As for the CPU, I just typed on google "November 2018 pc build" and somewhere in one of the sites, they recommended it.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $334.99 @ Amazon Canada
CPU Cooler be quiet! - Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler $77.27 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $9.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard Asus - Prime Z370-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $164.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $204.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $99.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card $659.00 @ Canada Computers
Case NZXT - H500 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case $99.99 @ Newegg Canada
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $102.75 @ Vuugo
Case Fan Corsair - CO-9050016-BLED 52.19 CFM 120mm Fans $24.99 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1778.95
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-18 21:00 EST-0500  

 

The 9600K and 8600K are basically the same... you can save $50+ by going with an 8600K. Also that cooler was way over-kill for an i5. Switched out the PSU for a more reliable one also. Also added an SSD in the case that you don’t have one. You can also consider a used 1080/1080 Ti. The 1080 is about the same performance wise and doesn’t come with RTX headaches or fire hazards lol

 

edit: you should have enough to add an 8700K

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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6 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:
 
     
     
     
     
     
Snip.

“Way overkill”

 

lol i have a 280mm rad with push pull

overkill much xD

 

 

anyways

OP: a quadro even a bad one like a p1000 demolishes the 1080 ti in autocad.

also AMD cards are better in autocad so perhaps a vega 64.

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3 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

“Way overkill”

 

lol i have a 280mm rad with push pull

overkill much xD

 

 

anyways

OP: a quadro even a bad one like a p1000 demolishes the 1080 ti in autocad.

also AMD cards are better in autocad so perhaps a vega 64.

Fair. Not sure how they perform in games though. That said, either will probably be fine, especially at 1080p (at least for gaming, that is actually overkill for gaming). Could step down to a 1070/1070 Ti and be fine, then you'd have enough room for an 8700K. I'm not the best reference for Auto CAD work though.

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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6 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $334.99 @ Amazon Canada
CPU Cooler be quiet! - Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler $77.27 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $9.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard Asus - Prime Z370-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $164.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $204.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $99.99 @ Canada Computers
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card $659.00 @ Canada Computers
Case NZXT - H500 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case $99.99 @ Newegg Canada
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $102.75 @ Vuugo
Case Fan Corsair - CO-9050016-BLED 52.19 CFM 120mm Fans $24.99 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1778.95
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-18 21:00 EST-0500  

 

The 9600K and 8600K are basically the same... you can save $50+ by going with an 8600K. Also that cooler was way over-kill for an i5. Switched out the PSU for a more reliable one also. Also added an SSD in the case that you don’t have one. You can also consider a used 1080/1080 Ti. The 1080 is about the same performance wise and doesn’t come with RTX headaches or fire hazards lol

Ohh nice, your saving me a lot with the cpu/mobo combo. As for for the cpu cooler, I picked an AIO since I didn't want to block my ram LED. As for the SSD, I already have that one. And for the GPU I used pcpartpicker and and saw that RTX 2070 and GTX 1080 are the same price and so I picked the RTX since it's newer.

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1 minute ago, Shinichii said:

Ohh nice, your saving me a lot with the cpu/mobo combo. As for for the cpu cooler, I picked an AIO since I didn't want to block my ram LED. As for the SSD, I already have that one. And for the GPU I used pcpartpicker and and saw that RTX 2070 and GTX 1080 are the same price and so I picked the RTX since it's newer.

In that case you can drop the SSD and get a used 1080 Ti. They perform about the same as a 2080, and are only a little more expensive than a 2070. That's up to you whether or not you want to roll the dice on Turing though.

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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Fair. Not sure how they perform in games though. That said, either will probably be fine, especially at 1080p (at least for gaming, that is actually overkill for gaming). Could step down to a 1070/1070 Ti and be fine, then you'd have enough room for an 8700K. I'm not the best reference for Auto CAD work though.

I'm not familiar with AMD so I just took the parts know. And also, I don't want to build a new pc for 5+ years so I somewhat made it overkill.

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I'm not familiar with AMD so I just took the parts know. And also, I don't want to build a new pc for 5+ years so I somewhat made it overkill.

Well it's a good thing I wasn't the one that suggested AMD then I guess. 5+ years is a lot to ask from even the best of parts now, just know that. A 4770K and GTX 780 get smoked by new hardware of the same scale. Not saying that they're bad, just saying.

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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1 minute ago, Cereal5 said:

Well it's a good thing I wasn't the one that suggested AMD then I guess. 5+ years is a lot to ask from even the best of parts now, just know that. A 4770K and GTX 780 get smoked by new hardware of the same scale. Not saying that they're bad, just saying.

Hahaha, well I was able to use my pc for long time with a smaller budget before: i5-4670k ( I overclocked it using the button "overclock" on the mobo bios) and a gtx 760. So I think a 2000$ budget will last me longer this time.

 

Anyway, as I look at my parts, the cpu cooler do look a bit too much. Can anyone please sugget me a cheaper AIO cooler to Corsair - H100i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler? Thank you

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