Is this PC any good?

[Calvin McCaw]

Is this build any good? i’m generally good with tech but this will be my first time building. i have watched over 100 videos of people building PCs and i know what i’m doing. Here’s the specs:

 

1) Intel i3 8350K

2) Corsair H150i Pro

3) Asus Z370-F Strix Atx Motherboard

4) Corsair Vengeance DDR4 16GB (2x8gb) 3000MHz RGB White RAM

5)

[A] Corsair 120GB NVMe M.2 SSD  Kingston 480GB SSD

[C] Western Digital Blue 1TB HDD 7200rpm

6) Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 ti Windforce

7) Corsair CX550M 80+ Bronze Semi Modular PSU

8 ) Corsair Carbide 275R White Case

9) 6x Corsair LL120 RGB Fans

10) Corsair Commander Pro

11) 10gbps Network Card

 

This build comes at roughly £1,300 - £1,400 

if you think this build isn’t all that great then could you give me recommendations for what i should do instead? I will be overclocking this build too

 

Thank you,

Calvin

[Princess Luna]

2 minutes ago, Calvin McCaw said:

1) Intel i3 8350K

2) Corsair H150i Pro

3) Asus Z370-F Strix Atx Motherboard

Nope.

 

overpriced shitty CPU

overpriced unnecessary cooler

overpriced shitty motherboard.

[LukeSavenije]

valuewise it's horrible

 

my turn

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	$224.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master - Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler	$36.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - X470 Taichi Ultimate ATX AM4 Motherboard	$239.99 @ Newegg
Memory	GeIL - EVO SPEAR 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$74.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage	Crucial - P1 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$69.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	XFX - Radeon VII 16 GB Video Card	$679.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G (White) ATX Mid Tower Case	$50.03 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Cooler Master - MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$54.99 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1461.76
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1431.76
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-22 14:12 EDT-0400

 

[NumLock21]

You're spending money are parts for looks rather than performance. Allocated the most for your GPU, next will be the CPU, then your PSU. Rest can juggle around depending on how much you have left.

 

[star_pilot475]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	$224.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	$26.50 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.88 @ OutletPC
Memory	Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$85.98 @ Newegg
Storage	Team - MS30 256 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$33.11 @ Newegg
Video Card	Zotac - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Video Card	$348.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$53.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$998.32
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$958.32
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-22 14:15 EDT-0400

Save yourself some money!

i went with a cool matte black theme with hints of red. Should look pretty sick

 

edit: you could pull off an RTX 2080 but I don’t know if that would bottleneck with a 2700 (I don’t think so but I’m not sure) 

Edited April 22, 2019 by star_pilot475

[NumLock21]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£359.78 @ Newegg UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£20.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME Z370-A II ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£146.00 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£93.58 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.05 @ PC World Business)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card  (£449.99 @ Box Limited)
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£116.98 @ Laptops Direct)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit  (£85.34 @ More Computers)
Total: £1457.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-22 19:21 BST+0100

[Crunchy Dragon]

-Moved to New Builds and Planning-

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£116.98 @ Laptops Direct)

kaboom?

[steelo]

23 minutes ago, Calvin McCaw said:

Is this build any good? i’m generally good with tech but this will be my first time building. i have watched over 100 videos of people building PCs and i know what i’m doing. Here’s the specs:

 

1) Intel i3 8350K

2) Corsair H150i Pro

3) Asus Z370-F Strix Atx Motherboard

4) Corsair Vengeance DDR4 16GB (2x8gb) 3000MHz RGB White RAM

5)

[A] Corsair 120GB NVMe M.2 SSD  Kingston 480GB SSD

[C] Western Digital Blue 1TB HDD 7200rpm

6) Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 ti Windforce

7) Corsair CX550M 80+ Bronze Semi Modular PSU

8 ) Corsair Carbide 275R White Case

9) 6x Corsair LL120 RGB Fans

10) Corsair Commander Pro

11) 10gbps Network Card

 

This build comes at roughly £1,300 - £1,400 

if you think this build isn’t all that great then could you give me recommendations for what i should do instead? I will be overclocking this build too

 

Thank you,

Calvin

I'm a little biased here, but I really like the Ryzen CPU's over Intel. They almost match Intel punch for punch but are much more cost effective (not to mention able to be overclocked) May I recommend a Ryzen 5 2600? or a Ryzen 5 2600x? That should blow the i3 out of the water and would pair well with your video card.

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, steelo said:

I'm a little biased here, but I really like the Ryzen CPU's over Intel. They almost match Intel punch for punch but are much more cost effective (not to mention able to be overclocked) May I recommend a Ryzen 3 2600? That should blow the i3 away and would pair well with your video card.

Even a locked Core i5 would be a better choice than the 8350K....

 

+1 on Ryzen, although I think you mean to say "Ryzen 5 2600".

[star_pilot475]

1 minute ago, steelo said:

I'm a little biased here, but I really like the Ryzen CPU's over Intel. They almost match Intel punch for punch but are much more cost effective (not to mention able to be overclocked) May I recommend a Ryzen 3 2600? That should blow the i3 away and would pair well with your video card.

But he could do an R7 2700...

[steelo]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Even a locked Core i5 would be a better choice than the 8350K....

 

+1 on Ryzen, although I think you mean to say "Ryzen 5 2600".

Yeah...I saw that and corrected ...LOL 

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Even a locked Core i5 would be a better choice than the 8350K....

but a unlocked is always more fun... good thing all ryzen chips are

 

3 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

But he could do an R7 2700...

he could, and it seems like he wanted 10gbit, so i added a taichi ultimate, the nicest am4 board so far imo

[Princess Luna]

18 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

valuewise it's horrible

Here you go the worthier Intel/nVidia counter-part

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£269.09 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.44 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M HD3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£66.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£81.18 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£67.50 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.78 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£636.14 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Mini Dark TG MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£79.97 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £1345.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-22 19:30 BST+0100

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.44 @ Amazon UK)

you know the rgb version actually performs better?

 

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Storage: Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£67.50 @ CCL Computers)

p1 performs better, the 660p came out horrible in the destroyer

 

otherwise not bad

[Dedayog]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

you know the rgb version actually performs better?

 

p1 performs better, the 660p came out horrible in the destroyer

 

otherwise not bad

What does that mean, about the 660p?

 

[Princess Luna]

Just now, jstudrawa said:

What does that mean, about the 660p?

The 660p is actually by all means alright, people just dislike the new ways some companies are finding to stack more storage at lower costs.

[NumLock21]

12 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

kaboom?

I think I heard something about it, but I can't remember too much, wasn't it just their B3 or BQ?

[r2724r16]

15 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler $36.89 @ OutletPC

13 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler $26.50 @ Amazon

7 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£20.99 @ Amazon UK)

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.44 @ Amazon UK)

What's with all the Hyper 212s? Also @LukeSavenije and @star_pilot475 the OP said his budget is £1,300 - £1,400, not $1,300 - $1,400.

[NumLock21]

3 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

What's with all the Hyper 212s? Also @LukeSavenije and @star_pilot475 the OP said his budget is £1,300 - £1,400, not $1,300 - $1,400.

Because it's a good cooler and it's cheap.
The CM 212 Black Edition looks like a regular 212 evo with their silencio fans.

[r2724r16]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

Because it's a good cooler and it's cheap.

Never said it wasn't, I'm also a big fan of the Hyper 212 Black RGB. Besides, that's not even the point I was trying to make.

[NumLock21]

2 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

Never said it wasn't, I'm also a big fan of the Hyper 212 Black RGB. Besides, that's not even the point I was trying to make.

So what point were you trying to make?

[r2724r16]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

So what point were you trying to make?

That so many people used Hyper 212s in their builds, despite the general consensus (on the LTT forum) being that Hyper 212s are bad CPU coolers.

 

And I was also trying to tell two users that they made a PCPP list with $1400 as the budget when the OP said his budget was £1400.

[Calvin McCaw]

so turns out I don’t know as much as I thought I did thank you guys for all the reply’s and with regards on the builds you suggested i’m going to look into it and see which one will be best for me. sorry if my terrible knowledge annoyed any of you

 

Thanks,

Calvin

[LukeSavenije]

10 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

I think I heard something about it, but I can't remember too much, wasn't it just their B3 or BQ?

bq is just a crappy seasonic

 

b3 was a golden sample for reviewers

 

g3 died with 2/3 units in opp testing by Aris (tomshardware)

9 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

What's with all the Hyper 212s? Also @LukeSavenije and @star_pilot475 the OP said his budget is £1,300 - £1,400, not $1,300 - $1,400.

212 black is pretty good, but you could also just get a arctic freezer 34 duo, it just came out better for me. (woodenmarker informed me that 212 black is massively different from the evo)

 

converted build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	£207.98 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC - Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	£36.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock - X470 Taichi Ultimate ATX AM4 Motherboard	£251.40 @ Alza
Memory	Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£78.96 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Crucial - P1 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£63.38 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	Sapphire - Radeon VII 16 GB Video Card	£629.99 @ CCL Computers
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G (White) ATX Mid Tower Case	£47.49 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	be quiet! - Pure Power 11 700 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	£71.58 @ Aria PC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1387.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-22 19:52 BST+0100