Advice for a first time builder

[S7z7g7]

Hello :)

 

I'm currently in the process of buying the parts for my new computer, the specs of which I will list below:

 

Intel Core i5-9600K 3.70GHz Processor (Purchased)
Corsair H100x AIO Liquid Cooler
MSI Z390-A PRO ATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-3200 Memory
Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB M.2-2280 SSD
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card (Purchased)
EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Fully Modular Power Supply
NZXT H500 ATX Black Case
Windows 10 Home Edition 

 

I'm currently undecided on whether or not I should make certain compromises to get a nice fancy PC case to improve the aesthetics and airflow without drastically changing the total price of the build. My general line of thinking is that I could change to a semi-modular power supply, get a reputable air cooler instead of an AIO and then buy a nice case like this one (you can click on the text to go to the Amazon pages of the products I'm talking about). This might seem like a really dumb problem to have, but because I'm a first time builder I have absolutely no idea how cable management works for computers and I have all sorts of questions. Does the motherboard I have chosen support all the RGB fans on the new case and air cooler?. Does the semi-modular power supply I have chosen have the necessary cables to power everything?

 

Any help or general advice for approaching this issue will be much appreciated.

 

TL;DR

If I change:

 

Corsair H100x AIO Liquid Cooler

EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Fully Modular Power Supply
NZXT H500 ATX Black Case

 

for:

 

Cooler Master MasterAir MA610P Air Cooler

Cooler Master MasterWatt 650 80+ Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply

Cooler Master MasterCase H500P White Case

 

will my existing motherboard and new PSU support all the other components and RGB fans or will I run into any issues with compatibility?

[TH3R34P3R]

are you able to change the motherboard out? and the cooler? if you can let me know and i can recommend better stuff in the same budget range as those two parts. 

 

and keep the G2. thats a very good psu. i also would change the storage you are going with, but that's just me. I would do at most a 250gb evo ssd (if that for the price) and a 2 or 3tb HDD. 

[S7z7g7]

3 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:

are you able to change the motherboard out? and the cooler? if you can let me know and i can recommend better stuff in the same budget range as those two parts. 

Since I have not purchased them yet, it is possible but I would just like to make it clear that I intend to buy new and from reputable brands that I've at least heard of before.

 

Edit: And the 1TB SSD was my choice and its basically a luxury I opted for with the build so I won't be changing that.

[martward]

To answer your question: Yes it will work.

However, I don't see why you would, since your current planning is (in my opinion) better. Personally I would swap out that NZXT H500 for a Fractal Design Meshify C (I have been told recently that this is a very nice case) which should have better airflow than the H500.

I don't know much about RGB, so I can't really tell you how to hook all of that up. I know with some hardware it's possible to sync stuff but I really don't know anything about it. I'd advice starting a separate thread on that.

[TH3R34P3R]

2 minutes ago, S7z7g7 said:

Since I have not purchased them yet, it is possible but I would just like to make it clear that I intend to buy new and from reputable brands that I've at least heard of before.

ok. so, for the motherboard I would recommend the gigabyte z390 elite. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GPdxFT/gigabyte-z390-aorus-elite-atx-lga1151-motherboard-z390-aorus-elite

 

for the cpu cooler: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/F3gzK8/be-quiet-dark-rock-pro-4-505-cfm-cpu-cooler-bk022 (dark rock pro 4) or this: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PnPKHx/arctic-freezer-34-esports-duo-cpu-cooler-acfre00061a (arctic freezer 34 duo)

[S7z7g7]

2 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:

ok. so, for the motherboard I would recommend the gigabyte z390 elite. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GPdxFT/gigabyte-z390-aorus-elite-atx-lga1151-motherboard-z390-aorus-elite

 

for the cpu cooler: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/F3gzK8/be-quiet-dark-rock-pro-4-505-cfm-cpu-cooler-bk022 (dark rock pro 4) or this: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PnPKHx/arctic-freezer-34-esports-duo-cpu-cooler-acfre00061a (arctic freezer 34 duo)

I don't doubt that these parts are better but they are much more expensive than the previous components I chose.

[Dedayog]

27 minutes ago, S7z7g7 said:

Since I have not purchased them yet, it is possible but I would just like to make it clear that I intend to buy new and from reputable brands that I've at least heard of before.

 

Edit: And the 1TB SSD was my choice and its basically a luxury I opted for with the build so I won't be changing that.

You won't see a decent sped increase in that SSD over a SATA one.  I'd go 1TB M.2 SATA.  

 

The G2 is a good PSU, and fully modular, not sure why you'd change that.    Unless you're trying to get all the same brand?  

[TH3R34P3R]

1 hour ago, S7z7g7 said:

I don't doubt that these parts are better but they are much more expensive than the previous components I chose.

they are, the motherboard will be better for the CPU and the air cooler is very good for the cost. it also removes chance of water leak failure. 

[S7z7g7]

2 hours ago, jstudrawa said:

You won't see a decent sped increase in that SSD over a SATA one.  I'd go 1TB M.2 SATA.  

 

The G2 is a good PSU, and fully modular, not sure why you'd change that.    Unless you're trying to get all the same brand?  

Thank you for the suggestion but I would rather fork out the extra £100 for the NVMe drive to get those 3.5GB/s read/write speeds of the 970 Evo Plus.

 

1 hour ago, TH3R34P3R said:

they are, the motherboard will be better for the CPU and the air cooler is very good for the cost. it also removes chance of water leak failure. 

I was thinking the same thing about the CPU cooler which is why I didn't hesitate to swap the AIO for an air cooler. I don't really know much about how motherboards affect CPU performance besides providing better thermals for the surrounding components but I had a closer look at the motherboard and it looks like the added features would benefit me since I was originally planning on buying a USB 3.0 expansion card to make up for the lack of USB ports on the cheaper motherboard. Again, thank you for your suggestions

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/S7z7g7/saved/jJRZRB Here's a link to the list for anyone who is interested. Thank you all for your help!