Help me build my first PC!

[Jakob The Noob]

Hi guys, i'm from Denmark, and i'm looking to build a PC for around 750$. My aim is to play mostly CSGO at 1080p, on a 144 Hz monitor.

Could anyone help me with how such a build could look and where to buy it. Thanks!

[Light034]

Do you already have the peripherals (Monitor, keyboard, mouse) or do you also would like to get suggestions on those?

[Jakob The Noob]

Just now, Light034 said:

Do you already have the peripherals (Monitor, keyboard, mouse) or do you also would like to get suggestions on those?

I already have the monitor, but not the mouse or keyboard. A recommendation would be greatly appreciated.

[adm0n]

11 minutes ago, Jakob The Noob said:

I already have the monitor, but not the mouse or keyboard. A recommendation would be greatly appreciated.

Keyboards and mouses come down to preferences. Do you want to have a mechanical keyboard? What design should it have? Do you want RGB?

 

I have a fnatic ministreak with cherry MX brown switches as a keyboard and a logitech G MX518. I liked both because they do exactly what I want them to do at a very good prices. But you might want something different.

 

If you want I can talk you through picking the correct component for your build. But it is kinda a bad time to build a PC right now. New Graphics cards are going to release in september and new CPUs from AMD as well. Both of them are rumord to have a massiv performance increase. So if there is any way for you to wait, I'd recommend it!

[Jakob The Noob]

3 minutes ago, adm0n said:

Keyboards and mouses come down to preferences. Do you want to have a mechanical keyboard? What design should it have? Do you want RGB?

 

I have a fnatic ministreak with cherry MX brown switches as a keyboard and a logitech G MX518. I liked both because they do exactly what I want them to do at a very good prices. But you might want something different.

 

If you want I can talk you through picking the correct component for your build. But it is kinda a bad time to build a PC right now. New Graphics cards are going to release in september and new CPUs from AMD as well. Both of them are rumord to have a massiv performance increase. So if there is any way for you to wait, I'd recommend it!

For my mouse, I'd like it to be as simple as possible, with little to no RGB, and wired.

For the keyboard, I want it to be quite small (Like the ducky keyboards), and wired. Im not looking to spend too much money the mouse and keyboard, and don't know much about what kind of switches i like. Thanks for helping me!  

[adm0n]

2 minutes ago, Jakob The Noob said:

For my mouse, I'd like it to be as simple as possible, with little to no RGB, and wired.

Then I can recommend you the mouse I have. It's currently avaiable for 43.90€ in germany, has no RGB, is wired and sports a top of the line sensor.

 

With keyboards that small, i don't really have a lot of experience. But if you want a ducky keyboard, you could get a ducky keyboard.

otherwise the normal small keyboard formfactor is called 10 keyless.

 

Switches are a quite complicated subject. If you end up getting a mechanical keyboard, cherry MX browns (or variants of it from other manufactures) tend to be the most liked ones. But mechanical keyboards do come at a bit of a premium. Linus tech tips did make a roundup video of cheap mechanical keyboards, if you are into that.  

[Jakob The Noob]

28 minutes ago, adm0n said:

Then I can recommend you the mouse I have. It's currently avaiable for 43.90€ in germany, has no RGB, is wired and sports a top of the line sensor.

 

And what mouse would that be?

 

Also what 10 keyless/small keyboards would you recommend?

[adm0n]

49 minutes ago, adm0n said:

logitech G MX518.

 

50 minutes ago, adm0n said:

fnatic ministreak with cherry MX brown

Those are the ones I choose to buy recently.

[Light034]

As adm0n mentioned, right now is a horrible time to build a PC, is really hard to find the right components and also since AMD is about to release new CPU's and GPU's its hard to know if the new hardware its gonna bring more performance per dollar.

 

However, here is a list of components I recommend if you want to build you computer right now. Keep in mind that I don't know how the prices for this components are on Denmark right now but here is a build that would be perfect for CS:GO and some other games.

 

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite Max ATX
• RAM: Corsair Vengance Pro 16GB (3200Mhz if you can get it, if not you can go for 3000Mhz)
• Storage:Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD, if you wish you can only get a 225GB SSD for the OS and buy 1TB HDD
• GPU: AMD RX 580 8GB (of the brand you find cheapest on your country, used RX 580's are really cheap)
• PSU: Honestly right now power supplies are low on stock and its gonna be hard for you to find one that I would recommend because almost every PSU is gone, just make sure that you choose over 500W, 80+ Gold rating, and Semi-modular or Fully-modular. Corsair makes really good, cheap PSU's.

 For the case it really depends on your preferences, but I would suggest you the H510 from NZXT, it has a tempered glass panel and the H510i has a fan controller with RGB already installed.

 

 And for the keyboard and mouse, again, it depends on what you like. If you want a small keyboard look up for a 60% keyboard, there are a lot of options out there for this size, also for the switches, it really depends on what you like to feel when you type, I'll be following the Cherry MX color line up even though I dislike Cherry MX.

 

• Red: Linear, perfect for competitive gaming, not so great for typing long periods of time. You don't get a lot of feedback each key-press other than bottoming out the switch.
• Blue: Clicky, each key will make your neighbor/roommate a little angrier, kinda good for typing long periods of time, even thought the clickyness can bee tiring after some time because of the force each key-press needs, this depends on manufactures of course. Each key-press you hear a click, good for people with obsessive compulsive disorder.
• Brown, tactile, this are the hardest switches to get right, some feel linear, some feel clicky, if you find the right brown switch you will be able to type for a long time without feeling like your fingers are falling. This are hard to get right because they are a middle point between tactile and clicky, they are not too loud but you still hear the distinctive sound of mechanical keyboards.

 And there are much more switches but outside of those, all the others are points in between linear and tactile. Just try to avoid brands like Razer, they make awful switches. Also avoid any keyboard that doesn't say specifically what type of switches it has because it will be most likely a membrane keyboard.

 

 Also remember that this is just a recommendation, I suggest you to do research on your own to see what fits more specifically your needs in the near and far future.

[Nena Trinity]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$84.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$79.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate FireCuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive	$174.95 @ Amazon
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB PULSE Video Card	$289.99 @ Amazon
Case	HEC HX300 ATX Mid Tower Case	$36.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$299.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1081.87
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-08 12:41 EDT-0400

 

This but a cheaper GPU and/or CPU? If really really desperate ditch the SSD?