I everyone - I was on here a few weeks ago asking for advice on a CyberPower PC machine and ended up buying it... It was an Instant Ship system that ended up not being ready to ship for 5 weeks... So I cancelled it. I've decided to build my own system now which will be a first for me.
I'm a software developer and pretty big into gaming, coming from a MacBook Pro where gaming is kind of nonexistent. I am looking for a system that will be pretty quiet and keep itself cool while giving me the juice I need for gaming at 1080p and do software development with dozens of Containers and VMs running (microservices horaay ). I saw some other cases out there that were quieter than the be Quiet! but seemed to run warmer - this case looked like a good middle ground with the default fan setup. I assumed adding 1 more at the top for exhaust would help the temps be a tad bit cooler than what I saw in some benchmarks.
Anyway, this is the system I've spec'd out. I'm wanting to make sure I have room for growth in storage. I was hoping to keep the build around $1800 or so and got pretty close to it. I think I could probably shave some off the motherboard if I went with something else but had a hard time determining what was a good one vs what I should avoid.
I appreciate any thoughts or opinions you could provide!
I'm a software developer and pretty big into gaming, coming from a MacBook Pro where gaming is kind of nonexistent. I am looking for a system that will be pretty quiet and keep itself cool while giving me the juice I need for gaming at 1080p and do software development with dozens of Containers and VMs running (microservices horaay ). I saw some other cases out there that were quieter than the be Quiet! but seemed to run warmer - this case looked like a good middle ground with the default fan setup. I assumed adding 1 more at the top for exhaust would help the temps be a tad bit cooler than what I saw in some benchmarks.
Anyway, this is the system I've spec'd out. I'm wanting to make sure I have room for growth in storage. I was hoping to keep the build around $1800 or so and got pretty close to it. I think I could probably shave some off the motherboard if I went with something else but had a hard time determining what was a good one vs what I should avoid.
Component | Description | Price |
Case | be quiet! Dark Base 700 | $189.99 |
Case Fan | be quiet! Silent Wings 3 140mm (top) | $24.90 |
Power Supply | Antec Earthwatts Gold Pro 650W Semi-Modular, 80 Plus Gold | $89.99 |
Motherboard | ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus | $189.99 |
CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | $274.49 |
CPU Cooler | be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4, BK022 | $89.99 |
RAM | Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200 C16 | $154.99 |
HD 1 | Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 | $149.98 |
HD 2 | Seagate BarraCuda 8TB Internal HDD – 3.5 Inch 5400 RPM | $154.98 |
GPU | EVGA 08G-P4-3172-KR GeForce RTX 2070 Super XC Gaming, 8GB GDDR6 | $539.99 |
Total | $1,859.29 |
I appreciate any thoughts or opinions you could provide!