New to the community. Budget of $1200-$1600 CDN. Recommended build for a novice?

[Hifi45]

Hi, new forum member and cMP 5,1/27"ACD owner asking for advice. The system I have is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I am looking for a suitable system that won't break the bank, but more powerful than the x3690/5870 combo I have now. Occasional gaming, mostly work related Photoshop, and 2D animation, export video on occasion as well. There are so many options I find it a bit overwhelming, but worth the effort to me if successful. If anyone has a parts list they can direct me to, maybe with guide etc, I would appreciate a little advice so I can place my order for parts with confidence. Although I have assembled pcs in the distant past, I am very new to this. A decent monitor recommendation as well, I would welcome. Thank you.

 

[trs96]

Take a look at the CaseySJ Golden Build and duplicate that if it looks good to you. LED lighting is optional. You can use the 8 core 16 thread i9 CPU from Intel. The i7-9700K has just 8 cores / 8 threads.

[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

CaseySJ's Coffee Lake in Phanteks Evolv X ATX Case: Gigabyte Designare Z390 - i7-9700K - UHD 630 - AMD RX 580 (Please do not quote this build guide in its entirely. Post a link instead.) (See this post for how to refer to a Guide or Mini-Guide.) URGENT: Please avoid Clover 5123 and newer for...

www.tonymacx86.com

This guide is written well enough that beginners shouldn't have much trouble if they follow directions verbatim.

 

[Hifi45]

Take a look at the CaseySJ Golden Build and duplicate that if it looks good to you. LED lighting is optional. You can use the 8 core 16 thread i9 CPU from Intel. The i7-9700K has just 8 cores / 8 threads.

[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

CaseySJ's Coffee Lake in Phanteks Evolv X ATX Case: Gigabyte Designare Z390 - i7-9700K - UHD 630 - AMD RX 580 (Please do not quote this build guide in its entirely. Post a link instead.) (See this post for how to refer to a Guide or Mini-Guide.) URGENT: Please avoid Clover 5123 and newer for...

www.tonymacx86.com

This guide is written well enough that beginners shouldn't have much trouble if they follow directions verbatim.

Thank you for the link. Nice setup, unfortunately I couldn't get that within the budget where I shop. I did order the parts that I hope will work well for my build.

- i7 8700K
- Corsair h100i Pro
- Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro
- Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400/PC4-19200
- Sapphire RX580 Nitro+ 8GB
- HP EX900 M.2 NVMe 500GB
- Corsair RM650x Gold
- Fractal Design Define R6 Gunmetal TG
- Broadcom BCM94360CD PCi-E wifi/bluetooth card

$100 over budget but it should get me started... unless I have missed something obvious hardware-wise, which is entirely possible given my lack of experience.