Thank you very much. I thought all NVMe SSD’s are expensive, turns out Adata NVMe is weirdly cheap in Taiwan. Same exact price as the SATA Samsung Evo 860 on CoolPC.
You are going to want a better motherboard than Entry level B series. Especially if you are putting that hardware in it.
Evo 860 are NVMe m.2
You are also going to want a better PSU, atleast a 500 for overhead, and not a seasonic.
You could also save some money, and get a non 4k monitor with a 144htz refresh rate. There are monitors that are GSYNC compatible now that run as gsync does, I run one myself, looks 1000x better than basic 60htz.
pchome is not that bad imho. But if you check the price there, and go to Guanghua, and ask around you will almost always get a better price there.
I got a discount at Guanghua a few years back, it was only 2000 but good enough for me, coolpc is the place to go.
I don’t understand 11,000 for a monitor. Are you looking for OLED or something?
I learned don’t even bother futureproofing your computer. Once you get past the 200USD price point for GPU every 10% performance gain will cost you another 100 US. You could get earlier generation high end cards to get good performance for less money.
11000 for a monitor isn’t much, gaming monitors go for 30k and up for the good ones.
Have you searched the various Facebook groups? I’ve seen some used gaming PC’s for good prices on some.
Yeah I already figured as much and changed that to a ROG STRIX B450-E Gaming+. Or do you mean I should just get a X470?
I need 4k, my 15" laptop is 4k and I’ve gotten used to it. 1440p on 27" (at least the ones i’ve personally seen) look like garbage now.
Corsair is ridiculously expensive and I read on the internet that seasonic is decent. Can you recommend a cheaper alternative?
Well its 32", 4k and has Freesync. Gonna sub for a TV as well.
CPUs fare better than GPUs over time. Depending on the exact model, the performance boost from 2nd gen to 7th gen i7 hovers about 50 percent. Nothing is guaranteed but I hope wouldn’t have to upgrade anything besides GPU for 6-8 years.
I will also get a proper 4k 120hz TV when they lose their luxury premium.
That snake eat elephant brand is pretty decent as long as it’s of the right wattage.
At the end of the day no matter what it says on the box they are all made in the same place.
Seriously 
I have a 1440p 27inch 144hz monitor and I think it looks great lol.
dang you will need quad SLi 2080Ti’s to get 120hz in 4K
According to their website specs the 860 has a SATA interface. The 970 has an NVMe interface 
https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/860evo/
DLSS is really effective at 4k, improving fps by about 40 percent. It’s not true 4k as it is actually rendered at a lower resolution and then upscaled using a sophisticated AI, but it is still much better than straight up 1440p or conventional upscaling.
Also not all games are as demanding as Battlefield V or Metro Exodus, many older titles can be played at higher frame rates.
Antec have forever served me well. I always go 80%+ and more often than not single rail with a good couple hundred watt overhead.
I stopped going dual or triple/quad rail years ago, always died.
Nope, that’s my bad I read his post wrong, too much vodka
B motherboards are entry level, even if it says gaming, but that’s fine! Your system isn’t overly high end, I would find a Z platform but it’s you money. I’m on a maximus x hero, I wouldn’t advise shelling out for these boards unless you plan to heavily overclock.
I’m intending to buy/build a new PC because my decrepit old one broke months ago and I’m sick of working from a laptop and just one big monitor. I don’t know anything about this though, so just wanting someone more knowledgeable than me to have a quick look at what I’ve tentatively decided and suggest any changes/issues.
This is what I’ve come up with (all prices from CoolPC):
- Motherboard: MSI MPG B850 EDGE TI WIFI(ATX/LAN5G+Wi-Fi 7) [link]. NT$8490
- CPU: AMD R7 9800X3D [link]. NT$15700
- RAM: Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000/CL30 RGB 64GB (2x32GB) [link]. NT$6750
- SSD: MSI M480PRO 2TB/Gen4/read: 7400M/write: 7000M/3D TLC [link]. NT$4290
- Cooling: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Digital ARGB [link]. NT$1690
- Graphics card: Sapphire NITRO+ RX9060XT GAMING OC 16GB [link]. NT$13990
- Case: Asus A31 Plus White [link]. NT$4390
- PSU: Asus Prime 750W Bronze [link]. (Price included in case)
- Total: NT$56990
I’ve decided to go with white and a load of gaudy LEDs so I can feel like a teenager again. 
Points to note (or things I’m aware of, but very open to criticism of!):
- I think I’ve settled on the A31 Plus case, or at least I’ve given up being indecisive. I know the Asus Prime Bronze isn’t the best PSU available, but it is included as an add-on with the case for only NT$1900 so I’d need a pretty good reason to pay 2-3x more for something else (people are welcome to give me one!). I’ll probably also buy three more Asus reverse flow fans for the bottom.
- From what I’ve read, the Peerless Assassin is a good choice for cooling, though I was originally inclined to go with an AIO liquid cooler just for aesthetics.
- I know that many consider 64GB of RAM overkill. I might switch down to 32GB (which would be around NT$3000 cheaper)… or I might not. It’s true that I probably don’t have the need for the extra, but the price difference isn’t the end of the world for something I’m hoping will last a few years.
- I know I could get by with a cheaper motherboard, but I do like the look of this one!
- For the graphics card, I’m a bit limited by what CoolPC currently has in stock. I was originally planning to go for the ASRock RX9060XT Steel Legend 16GB OC, which is a little more expensive than the Sapphire Nitro+ but I prefer the white look. However, that’s not in stock at CoolPC. Otherwise, the specs seem comparable and, aesthetics aside, the two HDMI slots on the Sapphire Nitro+ is more convenient for my current monitors than the two DP on the ASRock card.
For context, my use case is mostly work, with some fairly light gaming when I have time (Project Zomboid, 7 Days to Day, that kind of thing)… though I’ve been very limited up to now by using an extremely old desktop and mid-range 2019 laptop, so I’d like to keep my options open for more modern games. The above NT$57k is pretty much at my budget, which is to say it’s about 50% more than I originally wanted to spend.