[SOLVED] Help with $1500-$2000 gaming budget

[LColli3r]

Hi all,

Trying to upgrade my current rig since it's getting up there, and I'm looking to upgrade in a way that will give me a while to not worry about it but potentially upgrade in the future. I'm currently looking at building around a 3700X but I'm not super experienced in picking parts. I've also seen people suggesting AIOs for builds in this range, but water cooling makes me paranoid that it'll leak and I'm not sure if the benefits are enough to bother with, or if I should even upgrade air cooling from stock. Also not sure with my budget if I'd be better off going with a 2070 super or 2080 super Any help here would be appreciated.

 

[XxDarkMario20xX]

If you go onto part picker and pick out your stuff and post the link of what you have picked people can help you bulid that computer more!

 

[LColli3r]

Here’s my current list. Put in the 750 watt cause for some reason on part picker the 650 is showing as more expensive right now? Not married to anything in particular at the moment. Also, not planning on doing any overclocking, in case that has bearing on what cooler anyone’s recommending.
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/lcolli3r/saved/BjCv6h

 

[puppyboynate]

Hi all,

Trying to upgrade my current rig since it's getting up there, and I'm looking to upgrade in a way that will give me a while to not worry about it but potentially upgrade in the future. I'm currently looking at building around a 3700X but I'm not super experienced in picking parts. I've also seen people suggesting AIOs for builds in this range, but water cooling makes me paranoid that it'll leak and I'm not sure if the benefits are enough to bother with, or if I should even upgrade air cooling from stock. Also not sure with my budget if I'd be better off going with a 2070 super or 2080 super Any help here would be appreciated.

the ryzen stock coolers are insane for being stock you would be best off to stick with the stock cooler and even do some "light" overclocking.

 

[Phaaze88]

You haven't stated the target of the build, so these are guesses...
1080p:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($290.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB TRI FROZR Video Card ($407.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H710 ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.00 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: NZXT Aer F140 103.43 CFM 140 mm Fan ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1252.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-13 21:53 EDT-0400
1)Partpicker has yet to be updated on the Msi B450 MAX boards - the MAX part is important - they support Ryzen 3000 out of the box, not to mention being more affordable...
2)Faster memory kit selected. It was about 10USD more.
3)More affordable SSD selected. Samsung is high, because Samsung.
4)While they are still available, RTX 2070s are a bargain compared to 2070 & 2080 Supers.
5)Selected a more airflow friendly case in NZXT's style.
6)This setup won't push 80% load on even a 550w psu, so I selected that instead.
7)The extra case fan is for top exhaust placement. The H710 has 3 pre-installed front intakes, and 1 pre-installed rear exhaust. It leads to a more balanced intake to exhaust VS the stock config.

1440p:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($290.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($759.95 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT H710 ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($127.08 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: NZXT Aer F140 103.43 CFM 140 mm Fan ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1647.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-13 22:11 EDT-0400
1)All I really changed here was the gpu and power supply.

 

[LColli3r]

You haven't stated the target of the build, so these are guesses...
1080p:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($290.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB TRI FROZR Video Card ($407.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H710 ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.00 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: NZXT Aer F140 103.43 CFM 140 mm Fan ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1252.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-13 21:53 EDT-0400
1)Partpicker has yet to be updated on the Msi B450 MAX boards - the MAX part is important - they support Ryzen 3000 out of the box, not to mention being more affordable...
2)Faster memory kit selected. It was about 10USD more.
3)More affordable SSD selected. Samsung is high, because Samsung.
4)While they are still available, RTX 2070s are a bargain compared to 2070 & 2080 Supers.
5)Selected a more airflow friendly case in NZXT's style.
6)This setup won't push 80% load on even a 550w psu, so I selected that instead.
7)The extra case fan is for top exhaust placement. The H710 has 3 pre-installed front intakes, and 1 pre-installed rear exhaust. It leads to a more balanced intake to exhaust VS the stock config.

1440p:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($290.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($759.95 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT H710 ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($127.08 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: NZXT Aer F140 103.43 CFM 140 mm Fan ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1647.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-13 22:11 EDT-0400
1)All I really changed here was the gpu and power supply.

I appreciate the whole sale suggestions! 1440 was what I was aiming for, so thanks for including both builds!

 

[Phaaze88]

Sure thing!

 

[ocer9999]

Few tweaks, worth the changes:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zqZkRk

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FggRMc

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($294.48 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Steel Legend WiFi ax ATX AM4 Motherboard ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($733.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H710 ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($104.99 @ B&H)
Case Fan: NZXT Aer F140 103.43 CFM 140 mm Fan ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1694.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-14 01:05 EDT-0400