Help a new potential builder?

Skeletor_118 · January 7, 2019

So I'm doing some research right now and trying to plan out a PC build for late in 2019 or possibly 2020, looking at what's currently available. So far, I've been looking at getting these parts for it and I wanted to know what others thought about it:
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 600 window
Motherboard: MSI B360M MORTAR LGA 1151
CPU: Intel i7-8700 Coffee Lake
GPU: GeForce GTX 1070 (possibly the Ti, depending on price difference)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB)
Storage: 1- 250GB M.2 drive (planning on adding a Samsung 970 EVO 500GB at some point) + 2TB WD external drive

I've not looked at cooling yet, and I'm going to have to do a bit more research to see what PSU I need.. But for never having done this before I'd like to think I've done pretty decently so far..? I dunno but feedback and advice is greatly appreciated.

I'd like to try and keep the costs around $1k or less if possible. I'm disregarding costs for storage and RAM, as I already have those parts and will just transfer them to the new build.

Dedayog · January 7, 2019

1 minute ago, Skeletor_118 said:

So I'm doing some research right now and trying to plan out a PC build for late in 2019 or possibly 2020, looking at what's currently available. So far, I've been looking at getting these parts for it and I wanted to know what others thought about it:
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 600 window
Motherboard: MSI B360M MORTAR LGA 1151
CPU: Intel i7-8700 Coffee Lake
GPU: GeForce GTX 1070 (possibly the Ti, depending on price difference)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB)
Storage: 1- 250GB M.2 drive (planning on adding a Samsung 970 EVO 500GB at some point) + 2TB WD external drive

I've not looked at cooling yet, and I'm going to have to do a bit more research to see what PSU I need.. But for never having done this before I'd like to think I've done pretty decently so far..? I dunno but feedback and advice is greatly appreciated.

I'd like to try and keep the costs around $1k or less if possible. I'm disregarding costs for storage and RAM, as I already have those parts and will just transfer them to the new build.

You're looking at parts WAY too early for a build that late. New things will be out and prices will much different late 2019 and early 2020.

Skeletor_118 · January 7, 2019

Yeah I get that and I'll of course be adjusting everything as parts come out.. But if I were to come into $1k suddenly right now, that'd what I'd most likely put in it. This is just a rough guideline for now

Anomnomnomaly · January 7, 2019

Trust me, it's pointless checking out prices for a build that's 9-14 months away... CPU prices are currently inflated whilst ram prices have dropped (after being way over inflated most of the year). GPU prices are currently vastly over inflated too because everyone is trying to shift second hand 1080's for almost new 1080 prices, and the same with the 1070's... Because nVidia has no real competition in the high/middle high ranges... AMD is firmly fixed in the low and mid mid range, but has new stuff coming later this year that could compete more with the 2060/2070 range

I started pricing up a new build a year ago... had the money saved up for anything up to a £1500-2000K build... and then had to replace the roof on my house last summer... £5500 later and my savings are half gone...and then my car needed replacing... and my savings are 90% gone. No new PC and no new bathroom.

So I had to start saving again, and finally have enough for a mid range build... but am holding off to see what AMD release at CES for the Ryzen 3xxx series...

As for my bathroom... saved 50% of what I need so far... Might be able to get it done towards the end of the year.

So wait until you actually have the money in the bank.

Skeletor_118 · January 7, 2019

1 minute ago, Anomnomnomaly said:

Trust me, it's pointless checking out prices for a build that's 9-14 months away... CPU prices are currently inflated whilst ram prices have dropped (after being way over inflated most of the year). GPU prices are currently vastly over inflated too because everyone is trying to shift second hand 1080's for almost new 1080 prices, and the same with the 1070's... Because nVidia has no real competition in the high/middle high ranges... AMD is firmly fixed in the low and mid mid range, but has new stuff coming later this year that could compete more with the 2060/2070 range

I started pricing up a new build a year ago... had the money saved up for anything up to a £1500-2000K build... and then had to replace the roof on my house last summer... £5500 later and my savings are gone... No new PC and no new bathroom.

So I had to start saving again, and finally have enough for a mid range build... but am holding off to see what AMD release at CES for the Ryzen 3xxx series...

As for my bathroom... saved 50% of what I need so far... Might be able to get it done towards the end of the year.

So wait until you actually have the money in the bank.

Alright thanks for the tips. I'll definitely keep a lookout for what comes out this year, and on prices of parts

Anomnomnomaly · January 7, 2019

3 minutes ago, Skeletor_118 said:

Alright thanks for the tips. I'll definitely keep a lookout for what comes out this year, and on prices of parts

I'm always reading up on new tech... So I know where I need my budget to be... For example, I decided I'd rather not bother with anything RGB and spend the extra on better parts. Only to find that my current budget allows for some RGB parts but not enough for really better components.

Fore example.. I can afford to go RGB on 16GB of DDR4 3200mhz (Corsair vengeance as I have Corsair RGB mouse and H115 Pro AIO).. But I can't afford to go for 16GB of non RGB higher clocked DDR4... If I wait a couple more weeks, I could go 32GB of non RGB 3200mhz but not 32GB of RGB 3200mhz.

I was all set to buy my last few parts CPU/MB/RAM/NVME, when I read the leak on the Ryzen 3xxx series... and now I'm waiting for more news and hoping they release it at CES this next week or so. I may end up going for a lower Ryzen 5 1600X for now, and then getting the 3600X later in the year... if the leaks are true and the R5 is getting humped up to 8/16 cores, and is faster than the current R7 2700X. Budget wise, I could easily get the 1600x now and the 3600x later... and not spend much more than a current 2700x costs.