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New Gaming/Streaming PC Build
Posted on 12/5/19 at 7:48 am
Posted on 12/5/19 at 7:48 am
Case arrived last night. Rest of the components arrive today at some point. I say some point because I got a knock on the door at 10:30PM from UPS with my case.
The guts:
Ryzen 5 3600X (was the same price as the 3600 on Black Friday)
ASROCK X570 Pro 4
G.Skill Ripjaws 2x8GB DDR4 3200
Rosewill 750W Bronze + PSU Fully Modular
500 GB Sata SSD
2 TB Seagate Barracude HDD 7200RPM
DEEPCOOL MATREXX 70 ADD-RGB 3F Mid-Tower Case 3x120mm ADD-RGB
Using a 1070 TI that was gifted to me by a follower on Twitch as the GPU.
Total cost before rebates: $647 before tax
If I didn't deal shop my arse off it would have been closer to $900, or that's what a comparable build would have been at BestBuy.
User Benchmark benches everything in the 90th or greater percentile except video editing which is in the 80th.
Overall, I'm through the roof. Been hoarding pennies for this early Christmas present to me for a few months.
Next up, 16 GB more RAM, two 144HZ monitors, and a new GPU in that order.
Any opinions? I think it will run most games, especially the ones I play.
The guts:
Ryzen 5 3600X (was the same price as the 3600 on Black Friday)
ASROCK X570 Pro 4
G.Skill Ripjaws 2x8GB DDR4 3200
Rosewill 750W Bronze + PSU Fully Modular
500 GB Sata SSD
2 TB Seagate Barracude HDD 7200RPM
DEEPCOOL MATREXX 70 ADD-RGB 3F Mid-Tower Case 3x120mm ADD-RGB
Using a 1070 TI that was gifted to me by a follower on Twitch as the GPU.
Total cost before rebates: $647 before tax
If I didn't deal shop my arse off it would have been closer to $900, or that's what a comparable build would have been at BestBuy.
User Benchmark benches everything in the 90th or greater percentile except video editing which is in the 80th.
Overall, I'm through the roof. Been hoarding pennies for this early Christmas present to me for a few months.
Next up, 16 GB more RAM, two 144HZ monitors, and a new GPU in that order.
Any opinions? I think it will run most games, especially the ones I play.
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Posted on 12/5/19 at 7:57 am to PurpleandGold Motown
That will run pretty much any game at max setting out today ... IMO the 10 series esp TI's are still top of the market the 20's have ray tracing and not Many games actually use that yet
Posted on 12/5/19 at 8:32 am to Icceytiger
Thanks. I'm looking forward to assembling this bad boy tonight. Not really looking forward to transferring everything over, but them's the breaks.
Giving my old rig to a friend who doesn't have enough money to make Christmas for her kids this year.
Giving my old rig to a friend who doesn't have enough money to make Christmas for her kids this year.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 8:52 am to PurpleandGold Motown
MoAr RgB
Posted on 12/5/19 at 10:35 am to bluebarracuda
Well, it did come with the case...and it keeps me from stubbing my toe at night when I go to piss.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 9:32 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Solid Build...I almost jumped on the 3600x myself, i know Microcenter had them. Probably just gonna open box build my new build since we have a MicroCenter in Houston.
Only thing I would look at swapping out is the Rosewill if you can return it to NewEgg. Those PSUs are pretty damn low on the Tier List and known for sketchy operation.
Also, not like there's that much of a difference...But you could look at an NVME SSD over the SATA. Prices are very comparable, NVME is slightly faster, but most of all no wires.
Only thing I would look at swapping out is the Rosewill if you can return it to NewEgg. Those PSUs are pretty damn low on the Tier List and known for sketchy operation.
Also, not like there's that much of a difference...But you could look at an NVME SSD over the SATA. Prices are very comparable, NVME is slightly faster, but most of all no wires.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 10:40 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
It's been a while since I ran one of these. I topped out around 35K with OC and dual GPUs. Everything is stock now and I pulled one GPU. I miss our old epeen competitions.
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Gbhpqk
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($359.99 @ Monoprice)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($132.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($190.41 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($160.17 @ Amazon)
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($160.17 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card (2-Way SLI)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card (2-Way SLI)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RMi 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($199.99 @ Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($139.99 @ Other World Computing)
Monitor: Acer Predator XB1 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor ($399.99 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Logitech G110 Wired Standard Keyboard ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: DLAND ZELOTES Wired Optical Mouse
Speakers: Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 120 W 2.1 Channel Speakers ($188.88 @ Amazon)
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-05 23:56 EST-0500
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Gbhpqk
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($359.99 @ Monoprice)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($132.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($190.41 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($160.17 @ Amazon)
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($160.17 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card (2-Way SLI)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card (2-Way SLI)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RMi 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($199.99 @ Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($139.99 @ Other World Computing)
Monitor: Acer Predator XB1 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor ($399.99 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Logitech G110 Wired Standard Keyboard ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: DLAND ZELOTES Wired Optical Mouse
Speakers: Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 120 W 2.1 Channel Speakers ($188.88 @ Amazon)
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-05 23:56 EST-0500
This post was edited on 12/5/19 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 12/5/19 at 11:09 pm to DoUrden
quote:
I miss our old epeen competitions
What a great thread that was. Maybe we can do one again soon now that we have so many gaming PCs
That last thread was like 2013 right?
Posted on 12/5/19 at 11:20 pm to bluebarracuda
quote:
That last thread was like 2013 right?
Sounds about right, I was a noob and had a rats nests of wires but didn't gaf since it was my first build and it worked.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 11:25 pm to DoUrden
That was back when the 7970/680 were the kings... Until coyote showed up with his 690s 
Posted on 12/5/19 at 11:27 pm to bluebarracuda
quote:
That was back when the 7970/680 were the kings... Until coyote showed up with his 690s
He was buying and discarding stuff we could only dream of, he tested all the new stuff for a month or two then moved on. I had a 7950 went to 970 for my 2nd build and then added a 2nd 970.
Posted on 12/8/19 at 2:23 am to DoUrden
It came out alright for the first PC I've built in over a decade if not longer.
Next upgrade, in a few weeks, is the HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB or
Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2 since it's $155 with coupon right now.
Further down the road is a 2080 GPU. 1070 is fine for now, but now I want something that doesn't bottleneck the other components.
Building was fun though. Could have done a bit better on cable management, but the visible areas are clean.
Posted on 12/8/19 at 2:31 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Nice GRATZ! Completed builds that work without hours of tweaking are great!
Posted on 12/8/19 at 2:56 am to DoUrden
Well, I wired the power button wrong (vertical rather than horizontal) but that was a quick fix, and they front headphone jack lead was loose. Two easy fixes.
Posted on 12/9/19 at 8:51 pm to DoUrden
quote:
I miss our old epeen competitions.
Same.
I'm in the top 25 for a 3700x/2070 Super combo on Firestrike right now.
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