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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $159.99 @ Amazon
Thermal Compound ARCTIC - MX4 4 g Thermal Paste $3.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $73.98 @ Newegg
Memory GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $109.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $72.00 @ Amazon
Storage Hitachi - Deskstar 7K2000 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  
Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 8 GB NITRO+ Video Card $249.99 @ Newegg Business
Case Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case $47.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.89 @ OutletPC
Other Hyper 212 LED with PWM Fan, Four Direct Contact Heatpipes, Unique Fan Blade Design, Red LEDs, Optimized Bracket Design by Cooler Master $34.80 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $832.61
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $812.61
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-11 21:07 EST-0500  

Anything I should change, faulty or bad components? Trying to keep under $950 

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Don't bother with the 212 Evo, stock coolers good enough. If you need better go up to an arctic esports, U14S or even better: Dark Rock Pro 4

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Just now, DownTech said:

212 Evo?

212 LED* 

 

The cooler you have at the bottom of your list

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5 minutes ago, DownTech said:

Hitachi - Deskstar 7K2000 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

I would really recommend looking for a different internal HDD, because these have a generally higher tendency to fail than others which are comparable to this one. I guess that you could get a slightly better processor within your budget although your current processor should not be too far off in therms of performance, also you could get better value out of your system by lowering the grade of certain components which do not have a really significant direct performance effect (like thermal paste) and use the extra saved cost to upgrade other more essential system parts such as the central processing unit.

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The cooler and thermal paste are unnecessary. Also, is microATX something you need? Ideally you should get a motherboard with VRM heatsinks that aren't just blocks of metal on top of the VRMs, but it appears that all the microATX boards with good heatsinks are much more expensive... however this ATX board is pretty good and is pretty much the same price

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PCKcCJ/asrock-b450-pro4-atx-am4-motherboard-b450-pro4

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18 minutes ago, DownTech said:

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This is more what it should look like

 

the board lacks a top VRM, but that doesn't matter so much for non APU builds

the RX 570 is a better price and still has plenty of performance for 1080p gaming
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tWDBJ8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tWDBJ8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool - GAMMAXX 400 74.34 CFM CPU Cooler  ($21.99 @ Newegg Business)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Red Devil Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $694.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

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10 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

also check asrock b450 pro4 

looks better

The Pro4 B450M Micro ATX board is like sold out right now or horribly overpriced

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what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $159.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler be quiet! - DARK ROCK TF 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler $78.89 @ OutletPC
Thermal Compound ARCTIC - MX4 4 g Thermal Paste $3.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $133.98 @ Newegg
Memory GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $109.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $72.00 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $119.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 8 GB NITRO+ Video Card $249.99 @ Newegg Business
Power Supply Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1008.61
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $988.61
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-11 21:30 EST-0500  

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I have made some changes

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1 minute ago, DownTech said:
 

Thats a low profile cooler you have there, look at a tower cooler like the Dark Rock Pro 4. 

 

Cut the black hard drive, they're loud and don't offer a great performance gain. Get a WD blue drive.

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9 minutes ago, DownTech said:

 

Why low profile

You can get 4TB hard drives for that price

 

your GPU should be like $200, dunno why that RX 580 is overpriced

and it's missing a case?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $159.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler be quiet! - DARK ROCK TF 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler $78.89 @ OutletPC
Thermal Compound ARCTIC - MX4 4 g Thermal Paste $3.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $133.98 @ Newegg
Memory GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $109.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $72.00 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $119.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 8 GB NITRO+ Video Card $249.99 @ Newegg Business
Power Supply Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1008.61
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $988.61
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-11 21:30 EST-0500  

@Slottr

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Fantastic motherboard choice if you're going ATX. The cooler is good if you want that aesthetic, but I would highly suggest just getting a better CPU rather than getting an aftermarket cooler for a mid-range CPU. Even just stepping up to the 2600X gets you a better stock cooler with RGB, and unless you're stepping up to the top-tier processors like the 2700X or 8700K, it's almost always better to just get a better CPU rather than a better cooler. Finally, don't worry too much about the hard drive, you might not even need it unless you have a massive game library. A 1TB SSD would likely be a better option than two separate drives.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Why low profile

You can get 4TB hard drives for that price

 

your GPU should be like $200, dunno why that RX 580 is overpriced

and it's missing a case?

The Sapphire Nitro+ series is more of a "special edition" type product, so it carries a bit of a premium. That's still a terrible price because I've seen them as low as $220, but they must be out of stock. This isn't an aesthetic-focused build anyways so just get the cheapest 8GB 580.

 

 

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1 minute ago, leo1798 said:

The Sapphire Nitro+ series is more of a "special edition" type product, so it carries a bit of a premium. That's still a terrible price because I've seen them as low as $220, but they must be out of stock. This isn't an aesthetic-focused build anyways so just get the cheapest 8GB 580.

That isn't even the special edition blue one, just a normal nitro card.

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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