Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: ~$1600.00 (before rebates; after shipping)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 3D work (modeling, rendering, etc.), gaming
Are You Buying a Monitor: Yes
Do You Need to Buy OS: No
Location: United States
Parts Preference: I would prefer an AMD CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Additional Comments: I'm pretty comfortable with this build, but I thought I'd check here if anyone had any suggestions before I start placing orders. In particular, I'm a little iffy on motherboards - I understand what I need from other components, but with this one I don't really know. The CPU fits and it has the slots/ports that I need, but aside from that all I really have to go off of are reviews and prices (don't want to skimp on it, but I don't want to spend $500 on a mb either).
I'm a little worried about the memory too. It isn't on the motherboard's "verified" list and I don't want to run into any problems while setting everything up. Unfortunately most of the 32 GB kits on the list were either unavailable or extremely costly.
A couple of other points - I don't care about lights, I won't be overclocking anything, and fan/cooling noise doesn't particularly matter to me. The most important part of the GPU is the VRAM size (for view port rendering in various 3d programs), and I don't care about RTX. I'm going with Ryzen 7 3700x because it can handle CPU rendering and simulation decently, and can eventually be upgraded to a Ryzen 9 if I don't die from the plague (can't afford one now). I will look into aftermarket cooling for the CPU later on, (I'll be running all cores at 99% for hours at a time), but right now my priority is to get the machine put together and functioning.
Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($294.14 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Extreme4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($74.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card ($450.58 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($144.99 @ Best Buy)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 Value Pack 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans ($24.14 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VG245H 24.0" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor ($169.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Logitech K840 Wired Standard Keyboard ($60.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech M500 Wired Laser Mouse ($24.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1749.72
Budget Range: ~$1600.00 (before rebates; after shipping)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 3D work (modeling, rendering, etc.), gaming
Are You Buying a Monitor: Yes
Do You Need to Buy OS: No
Location: United States
Parts Preference: I would prefer an AMD CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Additional Comments: I'm pretty comfortable with this build, but I thought I'd check here if anyone had any suggestions before I start placing orders. In particular, I'm a little iffy on motherboards - I understand what I need from other components, but with this one I don't really know. The CPU fits and it has the slots/ports that I need, but aside from that all I really have to go off of are reviews and prices (don't want to skimp on it, but I don't want to spend $500 on a mb either).
I'm a little worried about the memory too. It isn't on the motherboard's "verified" list and I don't want to run into any problems while setting everything up. Unfortunately most of the 32 GB kits on the list were either unavailable or extremely costly.
A couple of other points - I don't care about lights, I won't be overclocking anything, and fan/cooling noise doesn't particularly matter to me. The most important part of the GPU is the VRAM size (for view port rendering in various 3d programs), and I don't care about RTX. I'm going with Ryzen 7 3700x because it can handle CPU rendering and simulation decently, and can eventually be upgraded to a Ryzen 9 if I don't die from the plague (can't afford one now). I will look into aftermarket cooling for the CPU later on, (I'll be running all cores at 99% for hours at a time), but right now my priority is to get the machine put together and functioning.
Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($294.14 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Extreme4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($74.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card ($450.58 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($144.99 @ Best Buy)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 Value Pack 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans ($24.14 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VG245H 24.0" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor ($169.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Logitech K840 Wired Standard Keyboard ($60.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech M500 Wired Laser Mouse ($24.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1749.72
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