Hi Era, I currently plan on buying a new PC and wanted some opinions on what I got so far:
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (€335.89 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler (€94.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard (€136.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€73.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€112.48 @ Mindfactory)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card (€438.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Fractal Design Design Define R6 USB-C Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case (€139.46 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€104.99 @ ARLT)
Total: €1437.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-09 22:41 CEST+0200
What I use my desktop for: Media consumption, internet browsing, light gaming (mostly emulation and pc centric games like isometric rpgs). I play quite a bit on consoles as well, in fact it'd be fair to say I mostly game on consoles. This will be paired with a 42" 4k (freesync) TV as a primary monitor with an additional 24" discord/music secondary monitor!
Budget: I don't really have a fixed budget but I thought about 1.4k €s sounds reasonable for something that I want to last 4-6 years.
Explanation time: First of all I don't upgrade my PC, like ever. I keep it for 4-6 years and then toss it. Because of that I like to buy (reasonably) high quality parts mostly. I am well aware I could get the same performance for like 200€s less. The CPU cooler is oversized but I like my PC to be kinda silent so that's mostly intentional. The Fractal Define R6 ties into that
silent theme as well on top of being nice looking - I really don't like windowed cases or RGB. I don't want mechanical drives in this so I opted for a single 1TB SSD. Initially I was looking at a Samsung 970 EVO here but man I don't know if the price mark up is worth it. Probably not. As for the graphics card I just went with some 5700XT that I saw some positive youtube video about but I really don't know if this is any good.
I don't need any additional accessories and will be migrating an existing Win10 Professional license to this new build. I am not much of an overclocker but will probably play around a bit for funsies. I plan to order this as soon as possible as I want to build this within my three weeks of vacation starting next week.
My biggest doubts in regards to this build: Being AMD. I have only ever built Intel/Nvidia based desktops and I am not quite sure if a AMD based build is ideal for emulation for example. From what I gathered and Intel/Nvidia build should fare better for that.
Any opinions and/or suggestions?