New Gaming PC Suggestions

[WeeWill]

Hello everyone, I am going to be building a PC soon for moderate gaming (GTA 5, Rocket League, Apex, etc.). I have never built an entire computer by myself before, but I have helped my dad on occasion and he has plenty of experience. I have compiled a part list with pcpartpicker here.

 

This part list is the Modest AMD gaming build guide from the website, with a few changes. First of all, I have switched the case because the cooler master case that they suggest is very hard to come by in my experience. I also do not want any tempered glass because my cable management will probably not be very good on my first build (don't worry I will make sure to have at least acceptable cable management). I have also heard some bad things about cheap motherboards, so I changed the motherboard to a more expensive ASUS model. Unfortunately, it only has 1 pcie slot so I will have to get a USB network adapter, but I only get 3 mb/s at my house so speed isn't that important to me, just reliability. I have heard good things about the quality of ASUS boards, but feel free to suggest other ones as well. Aside from that, the only thing is that the build guide suggested a GTX 1660 Ti and I was originally going to go with an RX-580, so I am curious about this change, but I trust their judgement here.

 

Lastly, I don't want to go over 1k for this build including all of the peripherals I have in the list.

 

Thank you so much for your help!

 

 

[Fasauceome]

expensive =/= good

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dQgzK8/asrock-b450m-pro4-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-pro4

Not only is this an improvement in every way, it has a PCIe 1x slot for a wireless card.

[Slottr]

Here's some changes

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$129.20 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$69.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$54.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Team GX2 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$46.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Hitachi Ultrastar 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$34.88 @ Amazon
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 8 GB PULSE Video Card	$369.99 @ Amazon
Case	Thermaltake Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$44.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 10 600 W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply	$73.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case Fan	be quiet! Pure Wings 2 120 PWM 87 CFM 120 mm Fan	$10.99 @ SuperBiiz
Monitor	Dell S2419HGF 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$139.99 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1095.90
	Mail-in rebates	-$120.00
	Total	$975.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-19 18:03 EDT-0400

 

Get a wireless card, that little dongle won't do anything useful 

[WeeWill]

17 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Here's some changes

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$129.20 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$69.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$54.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Team GX2 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$46.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Hitachi Ultrastar 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$34.88 @ Amazon
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 8 GB PULSE Video Card	$369.99 @ Amazon
Case	Thermaltake Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$44.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 10 600 W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply	$73.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case Fan	be quiet! Pure Wings 2 120 PWM 87 CFM 120 mm Fan	$10.99 @ SuperBiiz
Monitor	Dell S2419HGF 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$139.99 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1095.90
	Mail-in rebates	-$120.00
	Total	$975.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-19 18:03 EDT-0400

 

Get a wireless card, that little dongle won't do anything useful 

Thank you for the feedback! One more thing, I might go with a Seasonic EVO power supply, https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Tc3RsY/seasonic-power-supply-ss620gm2. Is this a good PSU?

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, WeeWill said:

Thank you for the feedback! One more thing, I might go with a Seasonic EVO power supply, https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Tc3RsY/seasonic-power-supply-ss620gm2. Is this a good PSU?

No it's not from what I've heard. I'm nowhere near an electrical engineer- but I'm pretty sure @LukeSavenije can help you with that.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Slottr said:

No it's not from what I've heard

correct

 

3 minutes ago, WeeWill said:

Is this a good PSU?

it's pretty much a fully modular m12ii, an 8 year old platform that doesn't meet important sleep states, and lacks undervoltage protection

 

there's much better for the price

[WeeWill]

43 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

correct

 

it's pretty much a fully modular m12ii, an 8 year old platform that doesn't meet important sleep states, and lacks undervoltage protection

 

there's much better for the price

Ok, I took a look at the PSU list on the forums, I'll do a little more digging but the Cooler Master MWE Bronze https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nzDJ7P/cooler-master-mwe-600-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-mpx-6001-acaab-us looks good, would you recommend that PSU? Or is there a specific psu you would recommend for around the same price.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, WeeWill said:

Or is there a specific psu you would recommend for around the same price.

the mwe gold costs about the same... I'd take that over this one by far

[WeeWill]

3 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

the mwe gold costs about the same... I'd take that over this one by far

Ok, I will get that one. Thanks so much for your help!