So, I have come to you guys for my last two gaming builds, and yet again I find myself here My systems have aged (as do they all), and I am looking to give my wife the current main rig for her Sims 4 addiction needs. In addition to CAD design and some SketchUp drawings to assist me in my woodworking hobby, I mainly use my home machine for gaming - WoW, Divinity: Original Sin 2, No Man's Sky, Shadow of Mordor, etc. Actually it is because of the last 3 in particular that I was driven to build a new unit - they play so horribly on my i5-4690/GTX 970 system that I had to give up on them despite how interesting they were...
As usual, I have stayed out of the PC parts world, so I am going off of very little good information for the parts I have come up with so far on the new build:
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GRMzNq
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($113.32)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($113.32)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($113.32)
Total: $464.95
Ripped from oldest machine: Optical Drive and 1TB Western Digital Hard Drive (for data storage only).
Still sitting on my desk to use: old Dell and Asus 1920x1080 monitors, logitech speakers, keyboard and mouse.
Budget Goal: Under $1k is a must, even less is better
The CPU, Mobo, and SSD are a package deal from MicroCenter ($339.97). From what I have read, the Ryzen chip will be a good upgrade from the 4690K I've been using the past 5 years. I was tempted to get the Ryzen 5 3600, but it doesn't appear too much better, and price is a bit of a concern (especially when the mobos for that are higher as well). I may be going overboard with 32 gig of ram, instead of 16.
While I was originally going to post this for advice on GPU, case, and power supply, I am totally open to the whole thing being gutted if that is what's best. I am here for my 3rd time because you all know a heck of a lot more than I do, after all And I know that computers age like boiled eggs, not fine wine, but I hope I can end up with something that will still push through new games for a few years without huge upgrades.
Thanks in advance for the help!
As usual, I have stayed out of the PC parts world, so I am going off of very little good information for the parts I have come up with so far on the new build:
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GRMzNq
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($113.32)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($113.32)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($113.32)
Total: $464.95
Ripped from oldest machine: Optical Drive and 1TB Western Digital Hard Drive (for data storage only).
Still sitting on my desk to use: old Dell and Asus 1920x1080 monitors, logitech speakers, keyboard and mouse.
Budget Goal: Under $1k is a must, even less is better
The CPU, Mobo, and SSD are a package deal from MicroCenter ($339.97). From what I have read, the Ryzen chip will be a good upgrade from the 4690K I've been using the past 5 years. I was tempted to get the Ryzen 5 3600, but it doesn't appear too much better, and price is a bit of a concern (especially when the mobos for that are higher as well). I may be going overboard with 32 gig of ram, instead of 16.
While I was originally going to post this for advice on GPU, case, and power supply, I am totally open to the whole thing being gutted if that is what's best. I am here for my 3rd time because you all know a heck of a lot more than I do, after all And I know that computers age like boiled eggs, not fine wine, but I hope I can end up with something that will still push through new games for a few years without huge upgrades.
Thanks in advance for the help!