Really, an ATX case? Hard pass on that. I'm putting this in a suitcase, so I'll stick with the super flat Fractal. At 10L it's slightly bigger than what I want, but I figure it's decent enough, and the Dr. Zaber stuff is impossible to find.
As for QLC vs TLC, I don't plan on doing much substantial, I just want a somewhat fast efficiency, with extra storage space. Reviews are pretty mixed. I suppose QLC is fine as an expansion drive, but not really as an OS drive, so I'll grab a 970 EVO instead and hope it drops on BF.
My understanding was that Ryzen, especially the newer ones benefited significantly from higher clocked RAM.
The most CPU intensive thing I'm going to do is starcraft 2 custom maps, which I'm currently getting around 1 fps with my intel 3570k. I'd like to bump that to at least 10 fps. I'm really looking for something around the $800 mark. The prices have changed on my build (because of course they do).
I took a second stab at it to try and cut down some corners. Honestly the most intensive game I really want to play is beat saber.
PCPartPicker Part ListCPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.58 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($119.85 @ OutletPC)
Memory: GeIL EVO SPEAR 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($89.97 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case ($68.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair SF 450 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $870.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-29 03:07 EDT-0400I'm not sure that the 3600 is worth 80% more for maybe 15% performance. That being said I like the 7nm process more, and it's newer so maybe it will go on sale for black friday and I can get it for much cheaper. Minimum 1% fps also seems really good according to at least one review, so I might pony up. I'm not overclocking, so I'm fine with the stock cooler. If it doesn't work out, grabbing the Noctua is definitely my 2nd bet, but if I can save $50, that's $50.
Memory is whatever, but I think it's worth $5 for the in spec RAM. You did convince me to upgrade to a 2060 though, as the cheap 1660 Tis seems to be selling out really fast. I don't like how big the 2060 is at 205mm, but the fractal will fit it, so whatever.
Originally I had planned to get the included SFX power supply with the case, so my original price was about $730.
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