Any tweeks or modifications?

[BluJay614]

So, a friend has convinced their folks to get them a new gaming PC for Christmas. Estimated budget is $1000 for the tower. Not concerned about size or aestetics, but will be targeting 1080p, playing open world RPG style games with lots of texture mods. I've been asked to throw together a parts list, and this is what I came up with:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q39jyk

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 35.14 CFM CPU Cooler  ($28.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Team L5 LITE 3D 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.00 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: *SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.90 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: In Win Sirius Loop ASL120 (3-Pack) 50 CFM 120 mm Fans  ($29.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $987.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-05 08:55 EST-0500

 

Anything you would modify? If so, what would you change, and why?

[Devryd]

if the build is only for 1080p gaming, i think the gpu is a little overkill. you could pick up a gtx 1070 uses, or even a 1060. Both cards should be sufficient for 1080p

[BluJay614]

6 minutes ago, Devryd said:

if the build is only for 1080p gaming, i think the gpu is a little overkill. you could pick up a gtx 1070 uses, or even a 1060. Both cards should be sufficient for 1080p

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pnhD27

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 35.14 CFM CPU Cooler  ($28.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Team L5 LITE 3D 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  ($253.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.00 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: *SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.90 @ Amazon) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AX58BT PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ax Wi-Fi Adapter  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: In Win Sirius Loop ASL120 (3-Pack) 50 CFM 120 mm Fans  ($29.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1011.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-05 09:08 EST-0500

 

This goes a little over budget, but would allow for me to throw in WiFi and more storage for a less powerful GPU. Look better? (If I recall, WiFi6 aka AX is backwards compatible with AC)

[Devryd]

I dont know the brand of the SSD, if you know it, its fine. I just wouldn't use a no name brand as my main storage. 
If you really want to use 2 Drives, I would use a 500GB SSD and a HD. You don't really need 1TB of SSD storage

[BluJay614]

Just now, Devryd said:

I dont know the brand of the SSD, if you know it, its fine. I just wouldn't use a no name brand as my main storage. 
If you really want to use 2 Drives, I would use a 500GB SSD and a HD. You don't really need 1TB of SSD storage

I wouldn't call Team Group a no name brand

[Devryd]

As I said, I don't know the brand. That doesn't mean, it is no name

[Herman Mcpootis]

ask again 1-2 weeks before he's gonna buy everything, price and availability will have changed by then.

[King_Jahh]

3 hours ago, Devryd said:

I dont know the brand of the SSD, if you know it, its fine. I just wouldn't use a no name brand as my main storage. 
If you really want to use 2 Drives, I would use a 500GB SSD and a HD. You don't really need 1TB of SSD storage

Game loading times dude, dont wanna run out of ssd space and be running games off of old spinning metal

 

 

+Teamgroup are pretty well known nowadays, to me mainly for making this ridiculous thing which i really don't know whether to love or hate

https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-MAX-SSD-Internal-T253TM250G3C302/dp/B07WR461HJ/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=teamgroup+ssd&qid=1572975099&s=electronics&sr=1-6