Home office/gaming PC - $1000

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Looking for some advice on a build and reassurance that I'm not over/under-buying certain parts. Low energy use/noise is a plus.

General home use and some gaming.
Looking to stay around $1000, but flexible.
Dallas, TX so Microcenter is an option.
Only things I plan to reuse are NAS, BluRay, speakers, mouse, and keyboard. Need 2 monitors (144hz?), case, PS, CPU, MB, GPU, SSD, HD, memory.
I haven't overclocked since my Celeron 300A wouldn't get to 450Mhz.
Dual 1080P 144hz is what I think I want.
Plan to buy/build within a month.
Don't know much about MB features.
Need a copy of Windows 10 64bit.

Current PC is in signature.

Thanks in advance!
 
You're right. Probably going to come in around $1000 without case or monitors. I'm OK with that if the parts are all solid and I didn't go over/underboard on any of my choices. I also want to make sure that these are all generally compatible and will run 1080P at 144hz.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X - $190
Amazon
MicroCenter
NewEgg

MSI B450 TOMAHAWK - $115
Amazon
MicroCenter
NewEgg

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz - $118
Amazon
MicroCenter
NewEgg

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor - $190 (after rebate)
Amazon
MicroCenter
NewEgg

Samsung 860 EVO 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E1T0B/AM) - $150
Amazon
MicroCenter
NewEgg

WD Blue 2TB - $62
Amazon
MicroCenter
NewEgg

Corsair RM650x 650 Watt 80 Plus Gold - $100
Amazon
MicroCenter
NewEgg

Copy of Windows 10
 
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looks solid, really nice find on the memory! just a couple of suggestions.
check out the evga g3 650. its as good as it gets and on sale for $79 w/9yr warranty @NE.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438094&Description=evga 650 g3&cm_re=evga_650_g3-_-17-438-094-_-Product

one other thing to ponder is the 1700x is on sale for $149 at MC(excellent value).

the gigabyte aorus ultra gaming x470 mb $118 @MC($30off combo if you buy the cpu/mb at MC). youll be nicely set up for an upgrade if the next wave of ryzen cpus are as amazing as they sound. it should also allow for some solid ocing and has reviewed really well.
https://www.microcenter.com/product/600975/x470-aorus-ultra-gaming-am4-atx-amd-motherboard

theres a sweet deal on this ddr4 3000 gskill aegis memory $114 @MC
https://www.microcenter.com/product...c4-24000-cl16-dual-channel-desktop-memory-kit
NE has it for $104
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232417
one more haha. this stuff has better timings 15-15-15-35 but has red heatspreaders.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231878

i promise this is the last suggestion! keep an eye out for gpus in the fs/trade section. there have been some really nice 1070 and 580 deals.
 
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If your target resolution is 1080p 144hz gaming isn't that the one use case where AMD falls short in terms of minimum fps? I would advise Intel in this case. An i5-8400 or i5-8600k or i5-9600k.

I think you need an overclocked i5-8600k to reach near 144fps minimum the i5-8400 is actually roughly equal to the 2600X except for GTA V.
 
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