First PC Build Need Assistance

[Unperceived]

Budget (including currency): 1000 £ (with 10% flexibility)

 

Country: UK

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:

- Ideally able to run games at high graphics settings, but mostly focused on good performance as most of the games I play are competetive FPS shooters. (graphics settings maxed out is not ideal).

- As I am an engineering postgraduate student I must be able to run engineering software such as: CAD, Simulation software, EDA/ECAD etc... nothing too overkill but its better to play it safe.

 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

- Since this is a first build I am not upgrading so I am looking for a complete parts list.

- I am looking for 2 monitors: Resolution : 1920x1080 Refresh Rate : 144Hz

- I dont have any brand preferences only that I would like to get the maximum performance for the monetary value.

- I would appreciate any useful sources and resources for pc building that you think might help someone building their first PC.

- Aesthetics isnt a concern at all, I dont care about the looks just the performance.

 

I would appreciate any and all help, if possible.

 

Kind regards.

 

[boggy77]

are the monitors to be included in the budget?

if you use one as a main and one as a side, they don't both need to be 144hz.

[IntMD]

And to add to the above, squeezing 2 of them in will kill your budget for what you actually want it to do, if they are to be included in the overall £1k budget as that will be taking up about a minimum of £290 of it from a quick look and if you are also needing mouse/keyboard etc.

[Shiroo]

I am new to the building pc rigs so i want to know what all is important 

I wanted to build a ryzen 5 3600 + gtx 1660 super build bit now that ryzen has announced their zen 3 ryzen 4000 series should i build 

Should I wait or just build a new now ??

And i want a little guidance towards which motherboard to use with this to go with wifi and bt including? 

[boggy77]

if monitors are not included in the price, i'd go for this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£151.56 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	£37.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	£108.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£60.08 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£56.50 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	£359.99 @ CCL Computers
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	£63.14 @ More Computers
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£69.99 @ Currys PC World
Monitor	Philips 246E9QJAB/00 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	£112.49 @ Amazon UK
Monitor	AOC 24G2U/BK 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	£181.88 @ More Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1202.60
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-21 16:35 BST+0100

 

[boggy77]

with monitors included, for this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£151.56 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£71.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£60.08 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£56.50 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card	£208.98 @ Scan.co.uk
Case	Aerocool QS-240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	£31.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£69.99 @ Currys PC World
Monitor	Philips 246E9QJAB/00 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	£112.49 @ Amazon UK
Monitor	AOC 24G2U/BK 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	£181.88 @ More Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£945.45
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-21 16:36 BST+0100

 

[marmour]

18 minutes ago, Unperceived said:

 

 

If monitors are not included in the budget:

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£151.56 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£121.68 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	£77.58 @ Aria PC
Storage	Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£60.67 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£52.95 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	£377.99 @ Amazon UK
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	£79.95 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£69.99 @ Currys PC World
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£992.37
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-21 16:30 BST+0100

 

If monitor(s) are included:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£151.56 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£74.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£60.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£28.79 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£52.95 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	£377.99 @ Amazon UK
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox NR400 (w/o ODD) MicroATX Mid Tower Case	£57.66 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£69.99 @ Currys PC World
Monitor	AOC 24G2U/BK 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	£181.88 @ More Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1056.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-21 16:36 BST+0100

Then you could grab another cheap secondary display for about £100 (wont be 144Hz though). If you cant stretch this far, and must have two displays, get a RX 5700 or 5600XT instead

[marmour]

54 minutes ago, Shiroo said:

I am new to the building pc rigs so i want to know what all is important 

I wanted to build a ryzen 5 3600 + gtx 1660 super build bit now that ryzen has announced their zen 3 ryzen 4000 series should i build 

Should I wait or just build a new now ??

And i want a little guidance towards which motherboard to use with this to go with wifi and bt including? 

Start your own topic and everyone will be more than happy to help

[Unperceived]

Thank you very much @marmour and @boggy77 I will review the suggestions.

 

I will definetly be getting a good primary 144Hz display and then a cheaper secondary display for better value as suggested.

 

Ill let you know if I come up with follow up questions, if you are happy to answer them.