faceless0ne

Glad I could help! Have fun with your new PC!

Yeah OC = overclocking. You'd get overall better quality and more creature comforts (edit: and features). If I was getting a R5 cpu I'd go for a B350 board. Also, if you are not overclocking you are probably fine with the stock CPU cooler. Even if you didn't like the stock cpu cooler you could try it out (since it comes included anyways) and get a Hyper 212 evo or Cryorig H7 if you want something quieter.

Any SSD from Samsung is top notch
 

Samsug 850 EVO or 860 EVO (are these out yet?)
Crucial MX 300
There's a lot more but those are the ones off the top of my head.

If you go the AMD route I'd recommend a B350 or X370 board since you can't OC on A320. Also I think the cpu cooler is overkill. I'd rather have a better cpu / gpu / motherboard than a better cooler.

The M.2 is really expensive for what you get compared to a normal SATA SSD.

Out of the two I'd go for the AMD build, it would give you more room to upgrade later, but I would probably spend a little more now and get the 1600.
 
My only other comment is on the SSD. Personally, I don't think you'll notice enough of a difference with an nvme drive to justify paying the premium over a 2.5 SATA drive. Get a SATA SSD and spend the extra money on higher capacity or a better CPU.

Would you be willing to wait just a little bit longer? Right now isn't a great time to be assembling a PC as new components are just over the horizon.
 
For Intel, Kaby Lake is dead, Coffee Lake is superior in every way. But there aren't any H or B boards out right now, only the premium Z boards.
 
On the AMD side of things, Ryzen+ comes out in 2 months boasting higher clock speeds and possibly better overclockability than current Zen.
 
For both builds though, I'd do away with the m.2 ssd, you're much better off price-wise with a regular SATA SSD + HDD.

Both builds are great but i personally would prefer the AMD processor. That psu is way overkill for those parts but they will easily do what you need. I'm not sure an m.2 drive is such a good thing to have when you can get a decent ssd that's twice if not four times the size for the same price
 
 

I would add a 1 - 3 tb HDD - they are only about $100 for a decent one- 250GB isnt really that big

That....is a horrible build.
Why are you using a 2 generation old CPU? Why are you using such an expensive SSD? You don't need a PSU with that much power. You likely don't need 32GB of RAM. As for your question, you can't get around the ports being disabled. That will happen when you populate the m.2. It doesn't really matter though, seeing as you only have one other drive. I'd do something like this instead of your build.
 
This is cheaper, and better.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($457.25 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($192.99 @ PC-Canada)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG MAXIMUS X HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($318.99 @ PC-Canada)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($248.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($319.99 @ PC-Canada)
Storage: Hitachi - Deskstar NAS 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card  ($1024.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($168.15 @ shopRBC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($116.95 @ Vuugo)
Monitor: AOC - AG271QG 27.0" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  ($827.99 @ PC-Canada)
Total: $3921.27
 
 
You clearly don't know the way to help, either. Instead of just pointing out what's wrong, maybe offer some suggestions instead of just posting pointless videos
It's 240hz. A 1080Ti would likely have a hard time running most games even close to that. It doesn't always come down to resolution.
Tons of people edit on monitors that aren't that color accurate. He's clearly not doing it professionally, so he doesn't need a super color accurate monitor.