First build help :)

[consoles scrub]

First ever pc and thinking this could be it. Any advice on the components used and or alternatives. Also I'm new to all this and even though I have done a lot of research I wouldn't mind changing anything. (and yes RGB because it increases fps). I would be using it for gaming and work for university. Any help and advice I would be grateful for. Thanks

[InstaFire42]

2 minutes ago, consoles scrub said:

First ever pc and thinking this could be it. Any advice on the components used and or alternatives. Also I'm new to all this and even though I have done a lot of research I wouldn't mind changing anything. (and yes RGB because it increases fps). I would be using it for gaming and work for university. Any help and advice I would be grateful for. Thanks

Looks pretty good to me

M o r e R G B = M o r e F P S

[VEXICUS]

What's your budget and where are you located at?

What's the purpose of this build? If gaming, then at what resolution?

[dizmo]

• Get a better cooler
• You don't need thermal paste, the cooler comes with it
• Depending on price, the 2070 Super or 2080 Super is a better buy, though personally I'd wait for the 3000 series at this point and get something used in the interm
• Do you have a good router? It's just as important, if not more so, than the adapter
• You don't need an 850w PSU, you can easily do with a 650w
• The Samsung drive is likely overpriced, I'd just get a cheaper 1TB SSD
• Build it yourself. This has prebuilt written all over it

[consoles scrub]

I'm Australian and my budget is around $2000 usd. Gaming at most likely 1440 and doing work for uni/college 

[consoles scrub]

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

• Get a better cooler
• You don't need thermal paste, the cooler comes with it
• Depending on price, the 2070 Super or 2080 Super is a better buy, though personally I'd wait for the 3000 series at this point and get something used in the interm
• Do you have a good router? It's just as important, if not more so, than the adapter
• You don't need an 850w PSU, you can easily do with a 650w
• The Samsung drive is likely overpriced, I'd just get a cheaper 1TB SSD
• Build it yourself. This has prebuilt written all over it

I'm just using this website for the au prices. i'll be building it myself. Thx for the advice  

[consoles scrub]

8 minutes ago, VEXICUS said:

What's your budget and where are you located at?

What's the purpose of this build? If gaming, then at what resolution?

 

2 minutes ago, consoles scrub said:

I'm Australian and my budget is around $2000 usd. Gaming at most likely 1440 and doing work for uni/college 

Forgot to quote u lol

[consoles scrub]

5 minutes ago, dizmo said:

• Get a better cooler
• You don't need thermal paste, the cooler comes with it
• Depending on price, the 2070 Super or 2080 Super is a better buy, though personally I'd wait for the 3000 series at this point and get something used in the interm
• Do you have a good router? It's just as important, if not more so, than the adapter
• You don't need an 850w PSU, you can easily do with a 650w
• The Samsung drive is likely overpriced, I'd just get a cheaper 1TB SSD
• Build it yourself. This has prebuilt written all over it

I am not really in the know when will the 3000 series be out roughly. Also the 2080 super is listed there. 

[Jeppes]

Asus atx and matx b450-boards are quite bad compared to Msi:s lineup of b450 tomahawk, b450 mortar or b450 Pro Carbon.

[boggy77]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$314.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$139.00 @ PCCaseGear
Memory	OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$110.00 @ Newegg Australia
Storage	Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$105.00 @ Umart
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$82.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC 3X Video Card	$829.00 @ Centre Com
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$139.00 @ Umart
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$154.00 @ Shopping Express
Case Fan	Deepcool RF120M(5 in 1) 56.5 CFM 120 mm Fans	$74.00 @ Skycomp Technology
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1946.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-21 04:33 AEDT+1100

 

[consoles scrub]

8 minutes ago, Jeppes said:

Asus atx and matx b450-boards are quite bad compared to Msi:s lineup of b450 tomahawk, b450 mortar or b450 Pro Carbon.

I can get a Asus rog strix X570-F ATX Motherboard used from my friend and its in good condition but I wasn't sure if I should do it. If the motherboard is faulty can it damage my pc?

[consoles scrub]

5 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$314.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$139.00 @ PCCaseGear
Memory	OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$110.00 @ Newegg Australia
Storage	Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$105.00 @ Umart
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$82.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC 3X Video Card	$829.00 @ Centre Com
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$139.00 @ Umart
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$154.00 @ Shopping Express
Case Fan	Deepcool RF120M(5 in 1) 56.5 CFM 120 mm Fans	$74.00 @ Skycomp Technology
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1946.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-21 04:33 AEDT+1100

 

is the 2070 super a big difference from the RX 5700 XT

[boggy77]

2 minutes ago, consoles scrub said:

good condition

 

2 minutes ago, consoles scrub said:

If the motherboard is faulty

it's either good or faulty. why is your friend selling it? and for how much. it's either working or not.

[boggy77]

Just now, consoles scrub said:

is the 2070 super a big difference from the RX 5700 XT

it's about 5% faster and it has ray tracing, if you care about that. if not, then the 5700xt is better value for money

[consoles scrub]

Just now, boggy77 said:

 

it's either good or faulty. why is your friend selling it? and for how much. it's either working or not.

He tells me that he hasn't had a problem with it but he is upgrading. He'll give it to me for free.

[consoles scrub]

1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

it's about 5% faster and it has ray tracing, if you care about that. if not, then the 5700xt is better value for money

Doesn't ray tracing hurt your fps 

[boggy77]

1 minute ago, consoles scrub said:

He tells me that he hasn't had a problem with it but he is upgrading. He'll give it to me for free.

then go for it, it's a very good board.

Just now, consoles scrub said:

Doesn't ray tracing hurt your fps 

it does

[consoles scrub]

1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

then go for it, it's a very good board.

it does

Aight thx. 

[consoles scrub]

13 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$314.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$139.00 @ PCCaseGear
Memory	OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$110.00 @ Newegg Australia
Storage	Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$105.00 @ Umart
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$82.00 @ Shopping Express
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC 3X Video Card	$829.00 @ Centre Com
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$139.00 @ Umart
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$154.00 @ Shopping Express
Case Fan	Deepcool RF120M(5 in 1) 56.5 CFM 120 mm Fans	$74.00 @ Skycomp Technology
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1946.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-21 04:33 AEDT+1100

 

Is a 650W psu enough with also rgb strips and some room to spare. soz if stupid question 

[boggy77]

2 minutes ago, consoles scrub said:

Is a 650W psu enough with also rgb strips and some room to spare. soz if stupid question 

Yes, it's going to be fine. Rgb doesn't use that much energy. You can see in pcpartpicker it has a wattage approximation for the build.

[consoles scrub]

Just now, boggy77 said:

Yes, it's going to be fine. Rgb doesn't use that much energy. You can see in pcpartpicker it has a wattage approximation for the build.

okay thx so much 

[dizmo]

1 hour ago, consoles scrub said:

I am not really in the know when will the 3000 series be out roughly. Also the 2080 super is listed there. 

Summer. I personally wouldn't be paying the premium a high end card commands right now when it's going to be beaten by something costing almost half as much in a few months.