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Forums - PC Discussion - I built a PC for Cyberpunk 2077 (Pics of Build + Witcher 3 Screenshots included!)

And IceBorne, and Outer Worlds, and Control. 

Anyway it's finished. Here's the pics of the new rig!

Witcher 3 Screenshots! https://imgur.com/gallery/SIfJk3A

Civ 6 Turn times! https://imgur.com/GNtaS44

I just bought the parts off Newegg/Bestbuy/Amazon last night. Just gotta wait for everything to arrive and I'm good. Here's the parts list...

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/shaneas/saved/c3wskL

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QKJtt6/amd-ryzen-7-3700x-36-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000071box) | $333.98 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [*MSI X570-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QZLwrH/msi-x570-a-pro-atx-am4-motherboard-x570-a-pro) | $149.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qGqbt6/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gvgb) | $69.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [*Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7MQG3C/intel-660p-series-2tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-ssdpeknw020t8x1) | $204.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xxrYcf/evga-geforce-rtx-2070-super-8-gb-xc-gaming-video-card-08g-p4-3172-kr) | $508.98 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vxBv6h/rosewill-case-thorv2) | $147.98 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dMM323/evga-supernova-g3-750w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g3-0750) | $129.98 @ Newegg
**Monitor** | [LG 27GL850-B 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6XPgXL/lg-27gl850-b-270-2560x1440-144-hz-monitor-27gl850-b) | $500.00
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $2075.89
| Mail-in rebates | -$30.00
| **Total** | **$2045.89**
| *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria |
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2019-10-30 09:50 EDT-0400 |

The LG Ultragear monitor is pretty sick for the price. 1440p, 144 FPS, HDR, and IPS  are a nice little combo. 

I went for a Gold Plus rated power supply because the only three pronged outlet in my house, also happens to be on the same circuit breaker as my fridge. So I'll need something efficient or else I'll trip a breaker. (Don't worry, I've done this before. My last tower had a 700 Watt PSU and didn't trip anything either. But just being careful.)

G. Skillz RAM because cheaper RAM was on back order at Newegg. 3200 speed because it works best with Ryzen CPUs. 

2070 Super EVGA for a good frame buffer, and a good brand. Also it was 18 months interest free at Best Buy. 

M.2 Intel SSD with enough space to store a ton of games. I suspect I'll slowly drift more towards digital releases now that my Best Buy 20% off games Subscription has ended. 

Rosewill Thor, because it looks sick, and was recommended by LogicalIncrements.com

Also bought some arctic silver, and a shock absorbing wrist band thingy. Downloaded Windows 10 to my flash drive. All ready to go. Let's do this!!!!!!

Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 13 November 2019

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Should of waited for ampere if this is for cyberpunk.

Arctic silver? It's 2019 buddy.



Random_Matt said:

Should of waited for ampere if this is for cyberpunk.

Arctic silver? It's 2019 buddy.

I didn't even know about ampere. Oh well. What are the specs/pricing/release date?

What's wrong with Artic Silver? Should I get something different? 



Cerebralbore101 said:
Random_Matt said:

Should of waited for ampere if this is for cyberpunk.

Arctic silver? It's 2019 buddy.

I didn't even know about ampere. Oh well. What are the specs/pricing/release date?

What's wrong with Artic Silver? Should I get something different? 

wait wait wait wait wait, that last line of your post, about buying an anti static wristband, have you ever put a PC together or taken one apart? is this your first rodeo?



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Ganoncrotch said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

I didn't even know about ampere. Oh well. What are the specs/pricing/release date?

What's wrong with Artic Silver? Should I get something different? 

wait wait wait wait wait, that last line of your post, about buying an anti static wristband, have you ever put a PC together or taken one apart? is this your first rodeo?

Technically 2nd time. But the first time was 90% my friend helping me do it. I'll be following a Linus Tech Tips how to video. Perhaps anti-static wasn't the right choice of words. It was whatever the heck LTT said to get. I'll check it when I get home. 



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Cerebralbore101 said:
Ganoncrotch said:

wait wait wait wait wait, that last line of your post, about buying an anti static wristband, have you ever put a PC together or taken one apart? is this your first rodeo?

Technically 2nd time. But the first time was 90% my friend helping me do it. I'll be following a Linus Tech Tips how to video. Perhaps anti-static wasn't the right choice of words. It was whatever the heck LTT said to get. I'll check it when I get home. 

I know exactly what you meant by what you wrote down (you didn't write anti static but that is what you bought), the only thing is I think once you've built a few PC's and you are more than comfortable with doing it you will likely never use one of those things, so it rings alarm bells anytime I see someone mention it on their shopping lists.

Could I make a suggestion to you before you go at a solo build of a 2000dollar PC? That first PC you have, take it apart, down to the CPU out of the board, take the board out of the case, clean the CPU of thermal past and get it all down to absolutely empty case and desk load of parts.... and then rebuild that first PC making use of some of the thermal paste you bought, use it as a guinea pig/test run and see how you get on with it, if it's the PC you are replacing anyway you'll be a lot less stressed out when something doesn't go perfectly and you'll get a feel for how the parts go together and how tiny a piece of thermal paste you need to apply (People say Pea sized, honestly I've seen some big peas and I've never used as much thermal paste on any CPU as a Pea size lump.

One thing which almost always catches people out is inserting the jumper cables into the board so that the front USB ports will work, Power button, reset button, HDD light, all of those are ... varying levels of important to the build but you'll want to get a feel of how they slot in and where they slot in (if you are being super lazy the only one you neeeeed is the pwsw or power switch/button ribbon, and it doesn't matter if you put that in upsidedown because either way the switch will complete the circuit to start the PC, but front USB ports are nice on your new build.



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Just that I've seen some horrors of people trying to build a first PC and there is nothing worse than seeing 2k worth of parts damaged and trying to troubleshoot if it was a problem with the build or if one particular part arrived damaged.

Also I've seen this on 2 separate occasions!

Remember, put the paste.... on the CPU.... not in the socket ;.;



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Good choices all around OP, although I would've picked a different storage solution.

I wouldn't bother with thermal paste, the stock AMD solution works fine.

Edit @post above - WTF! If your judgment is this poor you deserve whatever happens to your newly-bought hardware.



 

 

 

 

 

Ganoncrotch said:

Just that I've seen some horrors of people trying to build a first PC and there is nothing worse than seeing 2k worth of parts damaged and trying to troubleshoot if it was a problem with the build or if one particular part arrived damaged.

Also I've seen this on 2 separate occasions!

Remember, put the paste.... on the CPU.... not in the socket ;.;

Do some people really put together a PC without watching a how to video? I mean, even that infamous Verge (or was it Vox) video put the paste on the actual CPU and not the socket. 



haxxiy said:

Good choices all around OP, although I would've picked a different storage solution.

I wouldn't bother with thermal paste, the stock AMD solution works fine.

Edit @post above - WTF! If your judgment is this poor you deserve whatever happens to your newly-bought hardware.

Thanks. The storage solution is a bit much I admit. It's what I wanted though. :P

Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 30 October 2019