First PC Build, I'm lost!

[jYearyBoy]

Alrighty, so I've never actually built a PC before. My first ever "Gaming PC" was a prebuilt CyberPower PC rig that I got for Christmas, and I've also been using a laptop to game on for the past few years. 

I've decided that I want to built my own desktop here soon, but after spending the past 8 hours watching youtube videos, trying to learn what I can get for my budget and what's good and what's not good... I'm lost.

 

My budget is $1,000 - $1,100 USD, and I want a "frosty" theme to it. That being a solid white base color and light blue LEDs. (Which isn't too much information, but that's literally all I've decided that I want so far. All of the hardware is kinda an "anything goes" for me right now.)

 

I want to be able to play games (Primarily SMITE, Skyrim, and Elder Scrolls Online) and potentially stream on it too. I'm not really sure what kind of processor or GPU I'd need to stream, but hopefully someone would be able to help me out there too. From what I can see, I would want at LEAST a GTX 1060 or its AMD equivalent, but after looking at some benchmarks, I'd be willing to splurge for a 1070 TI since it seems overall better. ANY help at all would be lovely. Thanks guys!!!

 

TLDR; I've never built a PC, I have no clue where to start even after spending 8 hours on youtube. I have a $1,000 - $1,100 USD Budget. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

[NunoLava1998]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($165.98 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($188.90 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($71.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 192-bit HDMI/DP Ray Tracing Turing Architecture Graphics Card (RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G OC)  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1091.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-26 06:59 EST-0500

[Herman Mcpootis]

which country? need os/monitor/peripherals? what's your current specs?

[jYearyBoy]

Just now, Herman Mcpootis said:

which country? need os/monitor/peripherals? what's your current specs?

I live in the USA, I do need an OS, Monitor, and Peripherals, but I don't plan on having those added in the cost. The 1,000-1,100 budget is SOLELY for the PC rig itself.

 

My current specs are on a laptop, I have a I7-7700 HQ Quad Core processor, GTX 1050 TI, 1TB HHD. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, jYearyBoy said:

I live in the USA, I do need an OS, Monitor, and Peripherals, but I don't plan on having those added in the cost. The 1,000-1,100 budget is SOLELY for the PC rig itself.

ok, then what's your budget for everything? doesn't make much sense splitting the budget.

[jYearyBoy]

3 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($165.98 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($188.90 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($71.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 192-bit HDMI/DP Ray Tracing Turing Architecture Graphics Card (RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G OC)  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1091.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-26 06:59 EST-0500

This actually seems really solid. The only thing that worries me a bit is that there's no HHD, I def want an SSD, and I should have added that in the post, but I'm not sure 500 GB would be enough space for me. Is there anything I could cheap out on to also add in a 1 TB HHD?

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, jYearyBoy said:

This actually seems really solid. The only thing that worries me a bit is that there's no HHD, I def want an SSD, and I should have added that in the post, but I'm not sure 500 GB would be enough space for me. Is there anything I could cheap out on to also add in a 1 TB HHD?

Probably the motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($165.98 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($134.90 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - FireCuda 1 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($71.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 192-bit HDMI/DP Ray Tracing Turing Architecture Graphics Card (RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G OC)  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1097.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-26 07:05 EST-0500

[jYearyBoy]

Just now, Herman Mcpootis said:

ok, then what's your budget for everything? doesn't make much sense splitting the budget.

I don't have a budget for the peripherals really, but probably somewhere around 2,000. I'm mainly concerned about building the PC itself first, because while I DO eventually want to get better peripherals, I'm also not really rushed on that, because my laptop runs just fine to hold me over an extra paycheck or so in order to get the rest of the upgraded peripherals. I'm not super concerned about those either because I already know what peripherals I want, just not the actual build itself. 

[jYearyBoy]

4 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Probably the motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($165.98 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($134.90 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - FireCuda 1 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($71.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 192-bit HDMI/DP Ray Tracing Turing Architecture Graphics Card (RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G OC)  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1097.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-26 07:05 EST-0500

Okay cool, that seems like a really solid build. I've never looked into the AMD Ryzen processor or even the 2060 GPU, so I'm gonna do some research, but I really do appreciate you taking the time to help me!

[Herman Mcpootis]

6 minutes ago, jYearyBoy said:

I don't have a budget for the peripherals really, but probably somewhere around 2,000. I'm mainly concerned about building the PC itself first, because while I DO eventually want to get better peripherals, I'm also not really rushed on that, because my laptop runs just fine to hold me over an extra paycheck or so in order to get the rest of the upgraded peripherals. I'm not super concerned about those either because I already know what peripherals I want, just not the actual build itself. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($359.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool - CAPTAIN 360EX WHITE RGB 229.56 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($189.12 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card  ($479.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (White w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Dell - S3219D 32.0" 2560x1440 60 Hz Monitor  ($269.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Cougar - ATTACK X3 (MX Blue) Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($69.50 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Corsair - M65 PRO RGB FPS Wired Optical Mouse  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1962.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-26 07:12 EST-0500