[SOLVED] Budget Gaming PC

Doc Carbon

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Hello,

I am looking into building a budget gaming pc, My ballpark price is $1,500 CDN including monitor. For the most part I stick to Total War and Paradox Interactive games so for a monitor, colour quality is more important than latency. This is the build that I've come up with and it's under budget. I can go about +$200 on this build if it will show noticeable improvements but preference is to keep it under $1,500. This pc will also be used for hosting a small plex server for which I may add additional storage at a later date. I plan on doing some light overclocking to increase value but nothing crazy. Any input would be greatly appreciated and I apologize if I didn't link this properly.

Thanks
PCPartPicker Part List: [url=https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XhR37W]https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XhR37W

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($228.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.90 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Intel - 660p Series 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($139.94 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card ($399.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($44.99 @ Memory Express)
Monitor: MSI - Optix MAG241C 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor ($269.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $1403.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-11 20:12 EDT-0400




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Highly recommended that you wait for next gen. Ryzen to be launched in a couple of weeks but this should be mostly better...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor | $228.75 @ Vuugo
Motherboard | ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard | $89.90 @ Vuugo
Memory | G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | $102.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage | Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $79.99 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card | Zotac - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Video Card | $456.50 @ Vuugo
Case | Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower...
Highly recommended that you wait for next gen. Ryzen to be launched in a couple of weeks but this should be mostly better...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor | $228.75 @ Vuugo
Motherboard | ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard | $89.90 @ Vuugo
Memory | G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | $102.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage | Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $79.99 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card | Zotac - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Video Card | $456.50 @ Vuugo
Case | Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case | $54.99 @ Vuugo
Power Supply | Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Monitor | MSI - Optix MAG241C 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor | $269.99 @ Memory Express
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1403.10
| Mail-in rebates | -$40.00
| Total | $1363.10
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-11 21:33 EDT-0400 |
 
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Doc Carbon

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Nov 1, 2009
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Highly recommended that you wait for next gen. Ryzen to be launched in a couple of weeks but this should be mostly better...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor | $228.75 @ Vuugo
Motherboard | ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard | $89.90 @ Vuugo
Memory | G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | $102.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage | Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $79.99 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card | Zotac - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Video Card | $456.50 @ Vuugo
Case | Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case | $54.99 @ Vuugo
Power Supply | Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Monitor | MSI - Optix MAG241C 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor | $269.99 @ Memory Express
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1403.10
| Mail-in rebates | -$40.00
| Total | $1363.10
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-11 21:33 EDT-0400 |

Thanks, I should be able to hold off until next gen Ryzen.

Question about the RAM though, I noticed that you dropped the speed of the RAM. It's my understanding that Ryzen is more affected by RAM speeds than Intel is. I suppose that's somewhere I could use my extra funds to keep 3200Mhz