Updated first pc build

[Left4Donkeys]

I got some help with my first build last night and have a more finalzed idea. However I’d still like a little help mainly on the motherboard as im not as knowledgeable about them. This is the build I have going so far. I just need a board that fits well with my parts and I can add a hard drive to later on. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/left4donkeys/saved/YPFQZL

[ch3w2oy]

Get a Z390 Aorus board. You'll thank me later..

 

 

Seriously though, Asus is lacking quality boards this time around. 

[Eastman51]

From what I've heard, Asus 300 series motherboards are not that great. Though I would probably end up buying an Asus board anyways, I've always had positive experiences with their products. 

 

I would highly recommend getting an i5-9600k instead of the 8700k. Both perform quite similarly at stock speeds, and the soldered IHS on the 9600k should theoretically give you better OC headroom. Not to mention, the 9600k is a lot cheaper, only get the 8700k if you actually need the extra cores/threads.

 

I would recommend a Seasonic Focus Plus Gold over a Corsair TXM, I believe the Corsair CXMs are also better than the TXM line. 750W is a little overkill, you could get a higher quality 650W unit instead and still be fine.

 

Excellent RAM choice, G.Skill is my fav RAM right now.

Excellent GPU choice as well. Asus Strix cards have been my go-to for good GPUs for a while now.

[Left4Donkeys]

2 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

From what I've heard, Asus 300 series motherboards are not that great. Though I would probably end up buying an Asus board anyways, I've always had positive experiences with their products. 

 

I would highly recommend getting an i5-9600k instead of the 8700k. Both perform quite similarly at stock speeds, and the soldered IHS on the 9600k should theoretically give you better OC headroom. Not to mention, the 9600k is a lot cheaper, only get the 8700k if you actually need the extra cores/threads.

 

I would recommend a Seasonic Focus Plus Gold over a Corsair TXM, I believe the Corsair CXMs are also better than the TXM line. 750W is a little overkill, you could get a higher quality 650W unit instead and still be fine.

 

Excellent RAM choice, G.Skill is my fav RAM right now.

Excellent GPU choice as well. Asus Strix cards have been my go-to for good GPUs for a while now.

I was looking into the i5 9600k for bit but I’ll take a second look. The power supply I was definitely thinking of going a bit lower since I don’t really need a ton of overhead on power. 

The motherboard though I’ve just had a lot of issues deciding on what I like the one I have is more a placeholder for this.

[Left4Donkeys]

6 minutes ago, ChewToy! said:

Get a Z390 Aorus board. You'll thank me later..

 

 

Seriously though, Asus is lacking quality boards this time around. 

Alright I’ll definitely be checking it out as an option. Even with 4 sata ports I think it was disabled because of the m2 slots in use I’ll have extra for hard drive expansions then right?

[Eastman51]

Just now, Left4Donkeys said:

Alright I’ll definitely be checking it out as an option. Even with 4 sata ports I think it was disabled because of the m2 slots in use I’ll have extra for hard drive expansions then right?

From what I've seen, most boards these days have 6 SATA ports and 1 M.2 slot. Typically, 2 of the SATA ports (labeled and mentioned in the manual) are disabled if the M.2 slot is filled. If you need all the SATA ports you would have to either get a PCIe riser with M.2 or bypass NVMe altogether (which NVMe isn't any better than a SATA SSD for gaming and generic tasks anyways).

[Left4Donkeys]

2 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

From what I've seen, most boards these days have 6 SATA ports and 1 M.2 slot. Typically, 2 of the SATA ports (labeled and mentioned in the manual) are disabled if the M.2 slot is filled. If you need all the SATA ports you would have to either get a PCIe riser with M.2 or bypass NVMe altogether (which NVMe isn't any better than a SATA SSD for gaming and generic tasks anyways).

That’s what I was seeing with 6 being the average. Alright would you have a suggestion on a good SATA SSD then that’s about $80 or less?

[Eastman51]

1 minute ago, Left4Donkeys said:

That’s what I was seeing with 6 being the average. Alright would you have a suggestion on a good SATA SSD then that’s about $80 or less?

WD Blue or a Kingston

[Left4Donkeys]

2 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

WD Blue or a Kingston

Alright those are two brands I’ve heard good things about. One last question overcloking on the z390 is fairy easy then? If it is I think it’ll be the board I go with.

[Eastman51]

2 minutes ago, Left4Donkeys said:

Alright those are two brands I’ve heard good things about. One last question overcloking on the z390 is fairy easy then? If it is I think it’ll be the board I go with.

Z390 is OC enabled, and if you get a 'K' CPU all the settings should show up in the BIOS. Just make sure you know what you're doing.

 

I have a WD Blue 1TB 2.5" SSD. Great drive, even has faster writes than the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB in my main PC.

[Left4Donkeys]

2 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

Z390 is OC enabled, and if you get a 'K' CPU all the settings should show up in the BIOS. Just make sure you know what you're doing.

 

I have a WD Blue 1TB 2.5" SSD. Great drive, even has faster writes than the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB in my main PC.

Alright just wanted to be sure. I’ll probably do overclocking when I research how to more and feel more confident I won’t mess something up. I’m absolutely gonna look into the WD Blue then. Thank you so much for the help it’s extremely appreciated. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

8 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

WD Blue or a Kingston

the Kingston SATA ssds aren't very good, at only $5 more i'd also rather get the EX900 over the WD blue 3d. not like he needs 5 sata ports anyway.

[ch3w2oy]

16 minutes ago, Left4Donkeys said:

Alright I’ll definitely be checking it out as an option. Even with 4 sata ports I think it was disabled because of the m2 slots in use I’ll have extra for hard drive expansions then right?

I wouldn't worry about it. You'll be fine with plenty of storage, SATA ports and M.2 slots.. 

 

As far as good SATA SSDs, Western Digital Blue, Samsung 860 EVO, Crucial MX500, are good choices for 2.5"/2280 M.2 drives. 

[Left4Donkeys]

3 minutes ago, ChewToy! said:

I wouldn't worry about it. You'll be fine with plenty of storage, SATA ports and M.2 slots.. 

 

As far as good SATA SSDs, Western Digital Blue, Samsung 860 EVO, Crucial MX500, are good choices for 2.5"/2280 M.2 drives. 

The Western Digital Blue was looking pretty nice to me. As for the ports and slots I just wanted to be sure as I said I’m not as knowledgeable about motherboards so I just wanna to be sure about everything.

[ch3w2oy]

1 minute ago, Left4Donkeys said:

The Western Digital Blue was looking pretty nice to me. As for the ports and slots I just wanted to be sure as I said I’m not as knowledgeable about motherboards so I just wanna to be sure about everything.

You'll be fine. Using just a SATA SSD in the M2 slot will not effect the GPU x16 slot or the SATA ports. Even using something like a 970 EVO or Wester Digital Black NVMe, you would be fine. You would probably only run into issues if you tried using an NVMe in all the M2 slots on the motherboard.. Which you wouldn't do anyway..