Best parts for around $1000

lanebp

Hey, I’m very new to pcs and pc building, and I was wondering what recommendations you guys had for gaming pc parts that would end up costing around $1000 in total. I would like to be able to run a lot of my favorite esports titles at max, what really matters to me is performance. Anything helps as I am very new and I am just looking for some advice

magarity

What are your favorite esports titles? Do you need a monitor included in the price or do you already have some kind of screen such as TV (same for any other parts, keyboard, etc)?

gqrbqge

hey @lanebp

id reccomend using

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS Motherboard (AMD AM4, PCIe 4.0, DDR4, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI, ATX)

CHECK CLEARANCE IF YOU GO IN-STORE YOU MAY FIND A BETTER MOTHERBOARD FOR THE SAME PRICE AS THE ONE ABOVE.

ANY FANS WORK CHECK WHAT THEY HAVE INSTORE YOU NEED CASE FANS AND CPU COOLER

CASE IS WHATEVER YOU LIKE

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming, 12G-P5-3657-KR, 12GB GDDR6, Dual-Fan, Metal Backplate

CHECK FOR WHAT RAM THEY HAVE INSTORE INSTORE MIGHT HAVE SOME CLEARANCE STUFF THAT'S GOOD

Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM008 2 TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - SATA

Corsair RM Series, RM850, 850 Watt, 80+ Gold Certified, Fully Modular Power Supply

lanebp

@magarity id like to be able to max games like rocket league, halo infinite, just basically most really popular shooter games. I don’t have a monitor rn but I  wouldn’t mind paying extra for those, I’m just asking about parts right now, thanks for answering

Yingdong

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=6a95209f-9a1f-4948-ab55-02db3d26b5ab

Take a look at this, it should be the best all around build at the price point. 5600x comes with a stock cooler which can make use of it. 6700xt is more powerful than 3060ti and slightly inferior than 3070. If the price is still too high or you really want to include the monitor, downgrade the motherboard to a cheaper b550/b450(make sure it supports bios usb flashback), or also you can downgrade the graphics card to 3060/6600xt/6650xt(which I don't recommend).

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/43541#Comment_43541

I was reviewing this thread and pretty much wound up on the same build idea as above, looks good for the price. Should be noted this doesn't include Windows however (if needed).

lanebp

Thank you guys for answering, this will be very helpful!

magarity

Regarding Yingdong's list: You can save some $ by getting the 5600 without the X. The 5600 still has regular boost overclocking just not unlocked for unlimited. And with the stock cooler and that motherboard, you aren't going to be doing any high end overclocking.

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/43546#Comment_43546

You're welcome, if you have any other questions please let us know.

lanebp

@Yingdong. I went through your list and all of the components and it looks great and will be very useful, I know you mentioned something about the processor having stock cooling, and the case you included also came with cooling, so will the cooling that comes with the parts be sufficient, or will I need to add on more?

Yingdong

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/43558#Comment_43558

I didn't pick a cooler, the stock wraith cooler comes with 5600x has thermal paste reapplied and is enough for 5600x with a tweaked precision boost overdrive. You won't loost lots of performance as zen 3 cpus aren't the best for overclocking and neither would gain huge performance boost even by giving it a top tier aio. Give your budget isn't that generous, it's much better to invest your budget it in gpu, 1440p monitor, better psu or even extra pair of ram/ssd.

Yingdong

*preapplied*

Infinity2437

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3VsD78

Something along the lines of this would work well

gqrbqge

@Infinity2437 Honestly i think the computer is just a bit too weak, It might be a great computer now but in 2 years its gonna be completely outdated with whats coming out now.

lanebp

Thank you all for the advice, I am planning on making my build around an intel i5 and rtx 3060ti. I would appreciate it if y’all could recommend some motherboards that are compatible with these. Thank you @Yingdong for your list it was helpful to me when looking at different components. Also if you have any recommendations for gaming monitors around $200 that would be awesome

magarity

Any motherboard is compatible with a 3060Ti.

To check compatibility with the i5 just use the 'pc builder' from the microcenter home page and select the cpu. then the motherboard category will only bring up compatible boards.