My first PC build. Help please!!

[MikaelNO]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$74.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$122.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	$399.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$98.99 @ Walmart
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$986.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-11 16:28 EDT-0400

Hi!

 

I'm building my first pc and I'm really looking for help

The parts I've picked is around my pricerange and I'm really flexible, except the CPU, Video Card and Case (Unless you can convince me with a better case for around the same price).

 

I got questions like:

- Is the motherboard good? Is the Mortar MAX better for the same price? (Pricing in Norway sucks)

- How much of a difference will 3600Mhz give me?

- Do I really need M.2 NVME and that much storage? Or should I go with a SSD instead? 

- How much watt should the PSU have? I've been mostly looking at Corsair CXM and TXM series

- Should I change anything? I'm really open for suggestions!!

- Case fan recommendations?
- Monitor recommendations? (Mostly looking for 144hz 1080p for gaming but I'm fine with 4ms)

 

Thank you sooo much for helping out this noob!!

[SupaKomputa]

- meeh, but enough, mortar same thing different flavor

- 5% at best

- no, not a lot programs that can use the nvme bandwidth, so a sata ssd might just be good enough. get a low (256gb) ssd + large hdd (2tb+), better bang for the buck.

- cxm 550w will be enough

- just the drive combo

- not a fan of case fan, any (working) fan is fan-tastic for me. (the cheapest)

- 2060 wont get that 144fps

[dizmo]

Not a bad build. Might want to look into investing a little money into a cooler.

• It's fine. I prefer something other than MSI but each to their own.
• Not a ton. If the price isn't that much ($10 or $15) you might as well, but I wouldn't spend $30 or $40 on it.
• No, but often NVME is the same price as SATA, so why not. That's not a great drive though. Try to find a P1, some form of HP EX, 8200 Pro, etc.
• 550w or 650w if you want to have some headroom.
• Try and get a monitor with IPS, or at least VA. Nothing over 24".

Welcome to the forum.

1 hour ago, SupaKomputa said:

- meeh, but enough, mortar same thing different flavor

- 5% at best

- no, not a lot programs that can use the nvme bandwidth, so a sata ssd might just be good enough. get a low (256gb) ssd + large hdd (2tb+), better bang for the buck.

- cxm 550w will be enough

- just the drive combo

- not a fan of case fan, any (working) fan is fan-tastic for me. (the cheapest)

- 2060 wont get that 144fps

It can easily get 144hz. Not everyone needs to play at max settings, not everyone is playing demanding AAA titles.

Making a statement like that is horribly uninformed.

[MikaelNO]

15 hours ago, SupaKomputa said:

- meeh, but enough, mortar same thing different flavor

- 5% at best

- no, not a lot programs that can use the nvme bandwidth, so a sata ssd might just be good enough. get a low (256gb) ssd + large hdd (2tb+), better bang for the buck.

- cxm 550w will be enough

- just the drive combo

- not a fan of case fan, any (working) fan is fan-tastic for me. (the cheapest)

- 2060 wont get that 144fps

- Any motherboards that you would recommend?
- That doesn't seems worth it so thank you!!

- Noted. I'll consider that!

- I just heard the "invest in a good PSU". I do have the money for TXM, but if its a waist I'll go for the CXM.
- Again, thanks!!
- I just heard you should have 2 intake fans in the font and 1/2 out at the back or on top. But if it's not needed then oh well. (I see the pun. Me like)

- Is hz the same as fps? I don't need everything maxed out. I want mid-quality+ and 90+ fps. Something like that.

Again, thank you so much for your input!!

[MikaelNO]

14 hours ago, dizmo said:

Not a bad build. Might want to look into investing a little money into a cooler.

• It's fine. I prefer something other than MSI but each to their own.
• Not a ton. If the price isn't that much ($10 or $15) you might as well, but I wouldn't spend $30 or $40 on it.
• No, but often NVME is the same price as SATA, so why not. That's not a great drive though. Try to find a P1, some form of HP EX, 8200 Pro, etc.
• 550w or 650w if you want to have some headroom.
• Try and get a monitor with IPS, or at least VA. Nothing over 24".

Welcome to the forum.

It can easily get 144hz. Not everyone needs to play at max settings, not everyone is playing demanding AAA titles.

Making a statement like that is horribly uninformed.

- I just heard BIOS updates be a huge thing now so a BIOS button be good. Do you have any recommendations?
- Noted!!
- Didn't quite understand what you meant. Noob over here

- Would you recommend the CXM over TXM or vice verca?

- Seached up a little and IPS 1080p 144hz 24 inch sounds good!!

[Gaires]

When buying a monitor, please research the models well.

Good written sites are rtings.com and tftcentral.co.uk. Over at Youtube you can search for Harware Unboxed.

[dizmo]

6 hours ago, MikaelNO said:

- I just heard BIOS updates be a huge thing now so a BIOS button be good. Do you have any recommendations?
- Noted!!
- Didn't quite understand what you meant. Noob over here

- Would you recommend the CXM over TXM or vice verca?

- Seached up a little and IPS 1080p 144hz 24 inch sounds good!!

You're getting a CPU that's supported so it doesn't really matter; you'll be able to update the BIOS anyway. Plus, virtually all boards are now shipping with a BIOS that supports 3rd gen Ryzen. 

 

The differences between SATA and NVMe are almost undetectable in day to day use. The 660p isn't a great SSD, there are better options out there. 

 

They're probably both fine. If an RMx isn't much more I'd probably go with that.