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Building a gaming pc, hows this look?
Posted on 2/14/19 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 2/14/19 at 9:40 pm
Have a group of friends who talked me into pc gaming? Always been on console but decided I'd give it a shot. I admit I know zero about building a pc and know nothing about the components. One friend is helping me but I'm sceptical about what he knows so here is the part list he came up with. Hows this look? (Copy and paste what he sent me to get) want to make sure hes not as much of an idiot as me lol
*Rosewill ATX Full game case -E-ATX, 2 PSU 7 fans
*Seagate constellation ES 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB cache SATA hard drive
*EVGA GeForce RTX 2070, 8gb GDDR6, dual HDB fans
*Asus SATA-ROM drive
*EVGA supernova 750 G1+, 80 plus gold 750w fully modular, FDB fan
*G. Skill Ripjaw V series 16gb (2x8gb) 288 pin DDR4 SDRAM 2400
* MSI MAG 2390 tomahawk LGA 1151 (300 series) Intel 2390 HDMI SATA 6gb/s ish 3.1 ATX Intel mother board
*Intel core i5-8400 coffee lake 6-core 2.8GHz (4.0GHz turbo) LGA 1151 (300 series) 65w processor
* cooper master hyper 212 EVO-cPU cooler with 120mm PWM fan
*PNY C5900 120gb 2.5" SATA III internal solid state drive
*Rosewill ATX Full game case -E-ATX, 2 PSU 7 fans
*Seagate constellation ES 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB cache SATA hard drive
*EVGA GeForce RTX 2070, 8gb GDDR6, dual HDB fans
*Asus SATA-ROM drive
*EVGA supernova 750 G1+, 80 plus gold 750w fully modular, FDB fan
*G. Skill Ripjaw V series 16gb (2x8gb) 288 pin DDR4 SDRAM 2400
* MSI MAG 2390 tomahawk LGA 1151 (300 series) Intel 2390 HDMI SATA 6gb/s ish 3.1 ATX Intel mother board
*Intel core i5-8400 coffee lake 6-core 2.8GHz (4.0GHz turbo) LGA 1151 (300 series) 65w processor
* cooper master hyper 212 EVO-cPU cooler with 120mm PWM fan
*PNY C5900 120gb 2.5" SATA III internal solid state drive
Posted on 2/14/19 at 9:40 pm to Relham10
Any help or suggestions is appreciated.
Posted on 2/14/19 at 9:59 pm to Relham10
Looks good. Only change I would make is dropping the CD drive and adding that budget to a bigger so.
I don't see why a CD drive is necessary in this day in age
Edit: what case is that? Post the full pcpartpicker list
I don't see why a CD drive is necessary in this day in age
Edit: what case is that? Post the full pcpartpicker list
This post was edited on 2/14/19 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 2/15/19 at 7:36 am to Relham10
How much is the subtotal of all that?
I want to build a VR PC but I don't really need it maxed out for gaming. I just want it to run Vive well.
Can anyone help? I havent built a gaming PC in 10 years.
I want to build a VR PC but I don't really need it maxed out for gaming. I just want it to run Vive well.
Can anyone help? I havent built a gaming PC in 10 years.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 7:40 am to musick
You'll need something relatively maxed out to run the vive well, though
Posted on 2/15/19 at 8:06 am to Relham10
Going to piggyback this here:
This is what I'm eyeballing currently.
quote:
PCPartPicker part list: LINK
Price breakdown by merchant: LINK /
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($308.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($134.85 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Toshiba - X300 5 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB G1 Gaming Video Card ($299.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: *Corsair - Carbide SPEC-06 ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.50 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1343.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-15 09:05 EST-0500
This is what I'm eyeballing currently.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 8:19 am to EarlyCuyler3
I don't know what you're trying to do with your PC, but this one would take a dump on that
PCPartPicker part list: LINK
Price breakdown by merchant: LINK /
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL - EVO SPEAR 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($87.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($102.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.35 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Turbo Video Card ($679.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1338.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-15 09:19 EST-0500
PCPartPicker part list: LINK
Price breakdown by merchant: LINK /
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL - EVO SPEAR 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($87.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($102.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.35 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Turbo Video Card ($679.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1338.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-15 09:19 EST-0500
This post was edited on 2/15/19 at 8:20 am
Posted on 2/15/19 at 8:22 am to bluebarracuda
How so other than the obvious video card? It has less cores and less RAM and less storage.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 8:27 am to EarlyCuyler3
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How so other than the obvious video card?
Bc the video card is the most important piece to the PC for gaming
quote:
It has less cores and less RAM
More cores and ram doesn't matter if it's not being used.
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less storage
I don't know what you're doing to need 5tb of storage, but if you need that much, get the 5tb and drop to a RTX 2070
Posted on 2/15/19 at 8:29 am to bluebarracuda
It's not only for gaming is why. I'm going to have 2-3 VMs running somewhat intensive programs in the background, hence more CPU and RAM. I'm fine with the specs of the 1070. Storage is also for LTS torrents.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 8:36 am to EarlyCuyler3
Have fun gaming within the virtual environment. Been there, done that, not worth the extra hassle. Especially since you have to run a windows VM to play most of the steam library (especially games with anti-cheat clients).
You're better off building a ~$1k PC and then buying a Dell R710 (~$300) for virtualization since you can get some low power dual hex core/12 thread CPUs with heaps of ram
You're better off building a ~$1k PC and then buying a Dell R710 (~$300) for virtualization since you can get some low power dual hex core/12 thread CPUs with heaps of ram
Posted on 2/15/19 at 8:54 am to bluebarracuda
It wont be within the virtual environment itself, just along side it. But yeah, it will definitely impact performance. Might just play on the laptop while the VMs are running.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 9:37 am to EarlyCuyler3
I would still look in to an R710 or something similar to run VMs on. Maybe even a T710 (they're a little more expensive than the R series). I like the dual x5600 series chips but I don't care that they're louder and more power hungry. Dual E5600 series chips are great for homelabs since they're far more efficient while still being 12 core/24 thread total.
And DDR3 ECC is cheap as frick, so you can load 128gb in there for less than $250
Edit: And not even mentioning the more reliable raid configs you can run on those things
And DDR3 ECC is cheap as frick, so you can load 128gb in there for less than $250
Edit: And not even mentioning the more reliable raid configs you can run on those things
This post was edited on 2/15/19 at 9:41 am
Posted on 2/15/19 at 9:42 am to Relham10
when building a PC aesthetics matter more than components.
How many LED's does the case have? Add more regardless.
How many LED's does the case have? Add more regardless.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:09 am to bluebarracuda
That build needs more RAM. I wouldn’t build anything without 32GB now
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:14 am to Upperdecker
And a CD drive.
This post was edited on 2/15/19 at 10:15 am
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:14 am to Upperdecker
alright buddy
quote:
And a CD drive
This post was edited on 2/15/19 at 10:15 am
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