Considering getting a gaming PC but not sure it's worth it considering my $1900 budget. I'm in Canada, so budget/prices referenced here are in Canadian dollars.
I'm looking at
this monitor, which ends up being $520 after tax. That leaves me with $1400 for the PC. I'm considering the
upper/mid-level draft build as a starting point. I'm thinking of foregoing the Seagate hard disk drive and just going with the SSD alone and getting a keyboard and mouse with that money instead. Is the Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Card capable of 1440p 60fps gaming (or even 1080p 60fps)? It says there might be a compatibility issue, any idea what it's referring to? Finally, do you see anywhere I can save money on that built for the performance I'm looking for?
I've never built a PC or even owned one really so not entirely sure what I'm doing but I'm poking around to see what is possible given budget constraints.
Hey from Toronto!
I will just preface this by saying some of the advice you might get or simply people telling you what works for them. And that's perfectly fine.
But I know the (outrageous) prices where we live and can give you a decent price to performance estimate. I'll focus on areas of the biggest impact.
Monitor: lots of choices. Whatever you buy, get a 144hz (or higher), 1440p, with a 3 year warranty and a place you can return it because of dead pixels or banding.
GPU: upgrade your choice from 5700 to 5700XT. Right now at canada computers the sapphire pulse 5700 XT is an outstanding price just above $500.
CPU: Ryzen 3600 is perfectly fine and cheaper than the 3600X. If you want to switch to intel instead of amd, the 9600K is on sale right now (i think), and then just get a compatible mobo. I run AMD but have no attachment to any brand, both are fine.
RAM: 16GB will do for gaming only, no need to go higher. There's a nice pair of Patriot ram at amazon running at 3733 mhz and 3600 mhz thatalso reliable is Corsair 3200. Check your mobo manufacturer for a list of ram confirmed to work. It doesn't mean ram not on the list won't work, but it's just added confirmation.
SSD: Assuming your mobo has an M2 NVME slot, consider the various choices at amazon for example, from XPG, Adata, Silicon Power, Sabrent Rocket, Crucial, WD, you can't go wrong. NVME are really fast drives, 1TB under $180 is a good value.
Case: I will show my bias here and say Fractal Design all the way. Define, Meshify, almost anything. Their included fans are also really quiet.
hope this helps!
