Thinking about a gaming desktop

[captainnick14]

Hey there. I'm thinking about getting a gaming desktop at some point. I've looked around online and I've found 3 options that I like and I wanted to see if they were any good. I'm not good with computers when it comes to understanding what hardware is good and bad so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Anyway here are the computers I'm looking at. For context I like to game a lot and I do video editing and content creation but not at the same time. Which of these would be my best bet?
Looking at budget under 1,500 usd, DIY using amd parts where possible.

[captainnick14]

Mihryazd님이 먼저 게시:

captainnick14님이 먼저 게시:

So what should I do for a build? Like do I need to change my expectations or budget here?

First, think about what you want to do with your build. That will influence what parts you select (a PC mainly used for office work would be specced much differently than a PC used for gaming).

Then set a budget: how much are you willing to spend on a new system?

I understand part selection is a bit confusing for you, but it seems that your needs/expectations aren't exactly clear, which is making it more difficult for others to help you. Your original post said you want a budget of under $1500, but scrolling up, you also mentioned looking for something under $1200. Which one is it?

We also don't know what parts you are currently considering, because they are buried in the comments. Your original post still has a list of prebuilt systems, which makes it seem like you are still considering those.

From what I gathered, you seem to want to do content creation, video editing, and 1080p gaming. Does that sound about right?

Ok. I edited the original post. I want something that's good for gaming and video editing with an amd cpu and whatever gpu will suit me. I already have a dell dell s2340mc 1080p 27 inch monitor so I'm not inclined to upgrade it unless it's necessary. My budget is all over the place since different people keep recommending different builds and when i look them up on my own, I find something and post it here for feedback, only to be told it's not any good. The price points I keep coming back to are in 12 to 14 hundred dollar range. I would like something closer to 12 hundred and under as a budget. :)

[emoticorpse]

captainnick14님이 먼저 게시:

Mihryazd님이 먼저 게시:

First, think about what you want to do with your build. That will influence what parts you select (a PC mainly used for office work would be specced much differently than a PC used for gaming).

Then set a budget: how much are you willing to spend on a new system?

I understand part selection is a bit confusing for you, but it seems that your needs/expectations aren't exactly clear, which is making it more difficult for others to help you. Your original post said you want a budget of under $1500, but scrolling up, you also mentioned looking for something under $1200. Which one is it?

We also don't know what parts you are currently considering, because they are buried in the comments. Your original post still has a list of prebuilt systems, which makes it seem like you are still considering those.

From what I gathered, you seem to want to do content creation, video editing, and 1080p gaming. Does that sound about right?

Ok. I edited the original post. I want something that's good for gaming and video editing with an amd cpu and whatever gpu will suit me. I already have a dell dell s2340mc 1080p 27 inch monitor so I'm not inclined to upgrade it unless it's necessary. My budget is all over the place since different people keep recommending different builds and when i look them up on my own, I find something and post it here for feedback, only to be told it's not any good. The price points I keep coming back to are in 12 to 14 hundred dollar range. I would like something closer to 12 hundred and under as a budget. :)

I took the pcpartpicker list I made from the first page and edited it to be $1200

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yy9tcq

In order to bring it from $1400 I did this...

CPU went from 3700x to 3600x (stock cooler)
Ram went from 32 GB of ram to 16 GB
SSD for the os went from a 1TB to a 512GB

If you really want to drop it another $200, you can considering you just stated you're perfectly fine at 1080p and I'm guessing your display is 60hz. You can shave $200 off the video card and get a videocard that can still game at that just fine. So something like this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7T7pq3 for $1016 which is the same as the previous pcpartpicker in this post except it has a 2060 instead of 2070 Super.

[Reaper]

emoticorpse님이 먼저 게시:

captainnick14님이 먼저 게시:

Ok. I edited the original post. I want something that's good for gaming and video editing with an amd cpu and whatever gpu will suit me. I already have a dell dell s2340mc 1080p 27 inch monitor so I'm not inclined to upgrade it unless it's necessary. My budget is all over the place since different people keep recommending different builds and when i look them up on my own, I find something and post it here for feedback, only to be told it's not any good. The price points I keep coming back to are in 12 to 14 hundred dollar range. I would like something closer to 12 hundred and under as a budget. :)

I took the pcpartpicker list I made from the first page and edited it to be $1200

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yy9tcq

In order to bring it from $1400 I did this...

CPU went from 3700x to 3600x (stock cooler)
Ram went from 32 GB of ram to 16 GB
SSD for the os went from a 1TB to a 512GB

If you really want to drop it another $200, you can considering you just stated you're perfectly fine at 1080p and I'm guessing your display is 60hz. You can shave $200 off the video card and get a videocard that can still game at that just fine. So something like this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7T7pq3 for $1016 which is the same as the previous pcpartpicker in this post except it has a 2060 instead of 2070 Super.

The rtx 2070 will be outdated when the rtx 3070 comes out. The rtx 3070 would be $500 and more powerful then the rtx 2070. It makes no since to get it. When something new come out for the same price.

[emoticorpse]

Reaper님이 먼저 게시:

emoticorpse님이 먼저 게시:

I took the pcpartpicker list I made from the first page and edited it to be $1200

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yy9tcq

In order to bring it from $1400 I did this...

CPU went from 3700x to 3600x (stock cooler)
Ram went from 32 GB of ram to 16 GB
SSD for the os went from a 1TB to a 512GB

If you really want to drop it another $200, you can considering you just stated you're perfectly fine at 1080p and I'm guessing your display is 60hz. You can shave $200 off the video card and get a videocard that can still game at that just fine. So something like this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7T7pq3 for $1016 which is the same as the previous pcpartpicker in this post except it has a 2060 instead of 2070 Super.

The rtx 2070 will be outdated when the rtx 3070 comes out. The rtx 3070 would be $500 and more powerful then the rtx 2070. It makes no since to get it. When something new come out for the same price.

Well, I'm saying obviously if the 3070 isn't out yet then it's not possible to get it which is why I put the 2060/2070 Super there. He's asking for builds like NOW.

[Reaper]

emoticorpse님이 먼저 게시:

Reaper님이 먼저 게시:

The rtx 2070 will be outdated when the rtx 3070 comes out. The rtx 3070 would be $500 and more powerful then the rtx 2070. It makes no since to get it. When something new come out for the same price.

Well, I'm saying obviously if the 3070 isn't out yet then it's not possible to get it which is why I put the 2060/2070 Super there. He's asking for builds like NOW.

True, but he should wait for a few months parts would be way cheaper which would also increase his budget.

[emoticorpse]

Reaper님이 먼저 게시:

emoticorpse님이 먼저 게시:

Well, I'm saying obviously if the 3070 isn't out yet then it's not possible to get it which is why I put the 2060/2070 Super there. He's asking for builds like NOW.

True, but he should wait for a few months parts would be way cheaper which would also increase his budget.

Well, Yeah it does make sense. But still offering him possible builds for him to eyeball will only help him in the long run. The more he looks at it will sink in to his brain and help educate him so that by the time the 3000 series comes around he probably will actually know what he's doing. If he doesn't look at anything UNTIL the 3000 series comes out, he's going to start off where he is right now, knowing nothing.

[Reaper]

captainnick14님이 먼저 게시:

Guydodge님이 먼저 게시:

looks good minus the case.stock air coolers are not the best and with that case it will be
choking for air.pick a different case with a mesh front and pre installed fans coolermaster
makes a few decent ones for cheaper,good luck and maybe add this cooler to the list.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H25DYM3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ok. Let's go back and start over. If i wanted to get a desktop for gaming and content creation using AMD parts since it seems they have better deals, what's a better price range? 700, 800 or 1,000 bucks?

$1,200 is good

[Reaper]

emoticorpse님이 먼저 게시:

Reaper님이 먼저 게시:

True, but he should wait for a few months parts would be way cheaper which would also increase his budget.

Well, Yeah it does make sense. But still offering him possible builds for him to eyeball will only help him in the long run. The more he looks at it will sink in to his brain and help educate him so that by the time the 3000 series comes around he probably will actually know what he's doing. If he doesn't look at anything UNTIL the 3000 series comes out, he's going to start off where he is right now, knowing nothing.

I believe he also go cheap on the ram has will. $42 for 3200 instead of $66

[emoticorpse]

Reaper님이 먼저 게시:

emoticorpse님이 먼저 게시:

Well, Yeah it does make sense. But still offering him possible builds for him to eyeball will only help him in the long run. The more he looks at it will sink in to his brain and help educate him so that by the time the 3000 series comes around he probably will actually know what he's doing. If he doesn't look at anything UNTIL the 3000 series comes out, he's going to start off where he is right now, knowing nothing.

I believe he also go cheap on the ram has will. $42 for 3200 instead of $66

To save a few bucks, why not.

[Reaper]

Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass $90 is a pretty good case or the cooler master masterbox n600 for $70 is good as well. You probably don't need a NVME card for now. Get one next year, and exchange it for some case fans. The ram that I found is Patriot Viper 4 Blackout (x2) 8GB 3200MHz: $43.

[captainnick14]

emoticorpse님이 먼저 게시:

Reaper님이 먼저 게시:

I believe he also go cheap on the ram has will. $42 for 3200 instead of $66

To save a few bucks, why not.

Works for me I only need 16 gigs of ram atm and I want a SATA ssd so I can use in in my old desktop (taking the old hdd from tjst one and using it in the mew build along with a 3tb hdd I have) so 2 of those. Another one will be the boot drive of the new pc

[Reaper]

captainnick14님이 먼저 게시:

emoticorpse님이 먼저 게시:

To save a few bucks, why not.

Works for me I only need 16 gigs of ram atm

The power supply can be cheaper as well. This is a good one for $65.

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=100-BR-0600-K1

[Reaper]

For case fans these are good get 4-5 of them. You can get more later.
https://www.amazon.com/noctua-redux-1700-high-performance-award-winning-affordable/dp/B07CG2PGY6/?tag=akshatblog198-20

For a cpu cooler the stock fans that amd cpu come with would be good enough, as long as you have good air flow in your case.

[captainnick14]

Reaper님이 먼저 게시:

For case fans these are good get 4-5 of them. You can get more later.
https://www.amazon.com/noctua-redux-1700-high-performance-award-winning-affordable/dp/B07CG2PGY6/?tag=akshatblog198-20

For a cpu cooler the stock fans that amd cpu come with would be good enough, as long as you have good air flow in your case.

What about a gpu? Would it be better to wait for cyber Monday?

[Reaper]

Yes waiting for cyber monday would be a good idea for getting pc parts if you do go with the rtx 2060 super ($400) or rtx 2070 super ($500). They would be cheaper, but I'll say just get the rtx 3070 ($500) instead it's out next month. But the down side to this is that they will be sold out faster and since they are new won't be on a discount.

But let's revaluate your budget really quick. This is what you have so far:

*CPU - amd ryzen 5 3600x: $210
*GPU - (let's wait and see if we can lower down your budget a bit more)
*Motherboard - I'll get a different one at the same price the one emoticorpse sent you that one requires a bios update.
*Case - (get this instead of the other one) cooler master masterbox n600: $70
*Case fans - Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM (get 4-5 for now) there $14 a piece.
*CPU cooler - the stock one should be fine for now.
*RAM - Patriot Viper 4 Blackout (x2) 8GB 3200MHz: $43.
*Power supply - get one that's 80+ BRONZE 600W - 650W for $60-$80.
*NVME card - you can get one next year or scearch what it is and what it does on google to see if you really need it.
*Windows 10 64bit - $140
*Storage (what were you thinking of doing again) you were saying that you would get an ssd and put it inside of your old desktop, and take out the HDD and put it inside of your new desktop and that you have a 3TB one as well.

For the storage if the HDD has the operation system installed on it I'll just leave in in the old desktop instead. So you don't have to reinstall windows all over again. If you have a 3TB hdd already and can use it inside of the new desktop then I believe you have enough storage space for now. You can always get more storage, just make sure the pc is powered down for now.