Thoughts on my current build.

[Swfcris]

Please let me know what you think and where I could improve on. My budget was $500 (US) also for most of these parts I'll be purchasing through Amazon because I work at a fulfilment center so I get a discount on items shipped and sold by the company. Also it helps that I'm carrying over my mail rx 460 from my old build.

 

Amazon items

Ryzen 5 1600 $209.99

Gigabyte ga-b250m (dsh3) board $69.99

Toshiba 1tb hdd 7200rpm $45.99 

Evga 500w psu (100-w1-0500-kr) $39.99

Silicon power 120gb ssd $49.99

Kingwin 120mm fan for extra cooling. $6.49

 

Items from Newegg

Vivo smart micro at case $34.99

G.skill aegis 8gb ddr4 3000mhz $77.99

8gb flash drive to install Windows 10 $5.99

 

All together including shipping the total came out to $499.66 after adding in my 10% discount.

 

 

[JaegerB]

Unless that's a typo, you can't pair a Ryzen CPU with an b250 intel chipset. You need b350 or x370 (I know there is a320, but we don't speak of a320  ) .

[Swfcris]

1 minute ago, JaegerB said:

Unless that's a typo, you can't pair a Ryzen CPU with an b250 intel chipset. You need b350 or x370 (I know there is a320, but we don't speak of a320  ) .

My God I accidentally clicked on the wrong Mobo. I meant the Asus prime b350m-a/csm for the same price

[JaegerB]

Just now, Swfcris said:

My God I accidentally clicked on the wrong Mobo. I meant the Asus prime b350m-a/csm for the same price

Ok. Well, for such a small budget, and considering that you're using an RX 460, an R5 1600 seems a teeny bit overkill. If you swapped it for a 1500X, you could probably get a better SSD. Other than that, no real issues.

[Swfcris]

3 minutes ago, JaegerB said:

Ok. Well, for such a small budget, and considering that you're using an RX 460, an R5 1600 seems a teeny bit overkill. If you swapped it for a 1500X, you could probably get a better SSD. Other than that, no real issues.

I was thinking that but along with gaming I was going to be doing video editing also and figured the 1600 would lower render times. Unless there's not too big of an improvement. And I do plan on upgrading to maybe a 1060 in the future once he system is built.

[Swfcris]

3 minutes ago, L.Lawliet said:

Get a better SSD something from adata like their XPG series or Galax Gamer L..

And a better power supply S12ii or CXM Grey unit.

Also if WD BLUE is cheaper get them instead of those HDD.

The wd blue is actually a little more. And from what I read from reviews the Toshiba wasn't too bad (seagate was still worse than this review wise)

[JaegerB]

1 minute ago, Swfcris said:

I was thinking that but along with gaming I was going to be doing video editing also and figured the 1600 would lower render times. Unless there's not too big of an improvement. And I do plan on upgrading to maybe a 1060 in the future once he system is built.

If you plan on upgrading and editing, then yeah the 1600 is fine. Just bear in mind that nVidia's new gpus will come out some time next year, so you can buy a new one (more performance), or get a 1060 then (price goes down a lot with new release).

[JaegerB]

Just now, L.Lawliet said:

U forgot Miners..

Just gotta be quick  

[Swfcris]

1 minute ago, L.Lawliet said:

Alright then just dont cheap out on psu.

 

U forgot Miners..

For the most part yeah but I did notice that evgas basic 3gb 1060 is still $200 and the superclocked version was $225. I'm not sure if that falls close to it's msrp though 

[Swfcris]

Amazon just type in gtx 1060 3gb and sort the list price low to high. First one on the list should be gigabytes mini itx 1060 oc for $199

 

Edit. For some reason on my phone's browser it shows the 1050 tis first but scroll down the list till you see the 1060