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- Ryzen 3 1300X
- MSI Gaming B350
- 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (Black)
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM HDD
- ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Turbo Edition
- Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0
- Corsair CS550M 80PLUS Gold PSU
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- Ryzen 5 1600
- Noctua NH-U12S
- ASUS PRIME B350M-A/CSM
- 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (Black)
- Samsung 960 EVO 250GB NVMe SSD
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM HDD
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo OC
- Fractal Design Focus Mini
- Corsair TX750M 80PLUS Gold PSU
"Best":
- Ryzen 7 1700
- Corsair H100i v2
- ASUS Prime X370-Pro
- 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (Black)
- WD Blue M.2 500GB SSD
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- EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING
- Fractal Define R5
- Corsair HX850 80PLUS Platinum PSU
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"Best":
- Ryzen 7 1700
- Corsair H100i v2
- ASUS Prime X370-Pro
- 32GB (4x8GB) G.SKILL Flare X DDR4-3200 (Black)
- Samsung 960 EVO 500GB NVMe SSD
- WD Black 2TB 7200RPM HDD
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition GAMING
- Fractal Design Define R5
- Corsair HX850 80PLUS Platinum PSU
"Better":
- Ryzen 5 1600
- Noctua NH-U12S
- ASUS Prime B350M-A/CSM
- 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (Black)
- Samsung 960 EVO 250GB NVMe SSD
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM HDD
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo OC
- Fractal Design Define Mini C Black
- SeaSonic FOCUS Plus SSR750X 80PLUS Gold PSU
"Good":
- Ryzen 3 1300X
- MSI B350M Gaming PRO
- 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (Red)
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM HDD
- MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X
- Fractal Design Core 1100 Black
- Corsair CS550M 80PLUS Gold PSU
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