PunnyJames

well thank you for your input regardless of the outcome. I'll either fork over the money for a cheap enclosure or save up for a desktop in the future.

Ah, I should've figured it'd something like that... so essentially there isn't anything I could do besides an enclosure?

Okay so I have a Lenovo yoga 730 and i want an external graphics card.... but on the cheap. I first got this idea from the LTT video that I'll leave it posted if you haven't seen it but it gave me an idea, my yoga has a thunderbolt 3 port is it possible to achieve the same result with a thunderbolt 3 to USB 3.0 to the graphics cards pcb board or "the beast"? I apologize if my question is either ignorant or improper but I would love some feedback! also here is a link to the unit I would try to use https://www.banggood.com/USB-3_0-PCI-E-Express-1x-to16x-Extender-Riser-Board-Card-Adapter-SATA-Cable-p-1122000.html?rmmds=detail-left-hotproducts__6&cur_warehouse=USA

Hefty AMD build.... Thoughts? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($209.60 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($69.89 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.88 @ OutletPC) Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($155.98 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 590 8 GB FATBOY OC+ Video Card ($209.99 @ Newegg) Case: Corsair - SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.98 @ Amazon) Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($61.98 @ Newegg) Total: $1032.29 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-26 00:31 EDT-0400

@brob Oh, that is so much better. Thank you very much!

Alright I've also revised the I-3 8350k build and it'll be a higher end intel build... I'm not entirely confident on this one so criticism is encouraged. [PCPartPicker part list](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7XzsTB) / [Price breakdown by merchant](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7XzsTB/by_merchant/) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel - Core i3-8350K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fCs8TW/intel-core-i3-8350k-40ghz-quad-core-processor-bx80684i38350k) | $169.00 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [CRYORIG - H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/93Crxr/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h7) | $109.79 @ OutletPC **Motherboard** | [MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fjPzK8/msi-z370-a-pro-atx-lga1151-motherboard-z370-a-pro) | $109.99 @ Amazon **Memory** | [Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/p6RFf7/corsair-memory-cmk16gx4m2b3200c16) | $99.99 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6yKcCJ/samsung-860-evo-500gb-25-solid-state-drive-mz-76e500bam) | $79.89 @ OutletPC **Storage** | [Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MwW9TW/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $41.89 @ OutletPC **Video Card** | [XFX - Radeon RX 590 8 GB FATBOY OC+ Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/cqfhP6/xfx-radeon-rx-590-8-gb-fatboy-oc-video-card-rx-590p8dfd6) | $209.99 @ Newegg **Case** | [Corsair - SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qP8j4D/corsair-spec-05-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011138-ww) | $59.98 @ Amazon **Power Supply** | [Corsair - CX 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sCH323/corsair-power-supply-cx600m) | $119.89 @ OutletPC | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$1000.41** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2019-04-25 23:12 EDT-0400 |

@BigRomThat sounds much better actually I still have more to learn about quality control especially for psu's. if you don't mind I'm gonna cop that build

I think this is a pretty solid improvement... I was going for $600 usd for a lower end gaming rig I started a ryzen 3 1200 3.1ghz with an overclockable board, 3000mhz ram in duel channel(it might suck to upgrade later but it wasn't in the price point I sought after), a better cached ssd, and a better suited card (the zotac gtx 1060 6gb to avoid bottlenecking, and a better power supply by corsair with 80+ bronze. Thoughts? [PCPartPicker part list](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XbZPCb) / [Price breakdown by merchant](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XbZPCb/by_merchant/) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TX4NnQ/amd-ryzen-3-1300x-35ghz-quad-core-processor-yd1200bbaebox) | $69.99 @ Newegg **Motherboard** | [ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PCKcCJ/asrock-b450-pro4-atx-am4-motherboard-b450-pro4) | $69.89 @ OutletPC **Memory** | [Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Tb97YJ/corsair-vengeance-lpx-8-gb-2-x-4-gb-ddr4-3000-memory-cmk8gx4m2c3000c16) | $54.99 @ Newegg **Storage** | [Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yzfhP6/samsung-860-evo-1tb-25-solid-state-drive-mz-76e1t0bam) | $149.99 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Jw22FT/zotac-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-6-gb-video-card-zt-p10620a-10m) | $199.99 @ Newegg **Case** | [Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2tTrxr/corsair-spec-04-blackred-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011107-ww) | $29.99 @ Newegg **Power Supply** | [Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FQ648d/corsair-power-supply-cp9020101na) | $29.98 @ Newegg | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $654.82 | Mail-in rebates | -$50.00 | **Total** | **$604.82** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2019-04-25 22:21 EDT-0400 |

I apologize for not including a price point and more detail... I've definitely learned A LOT from all of you and I'm going to implement these changes and post back my results. Thanks to all of you for your help!

Alright so I haven't built a gaming rig yet but a friend asked me to make one. He hasn't given me a budget yet but I played around with PC part picker and I've made a few configurations and I would greatly appreciate some advice.