my friends build

[MAXAMAL_FLAME]

Budget ($1200 roughly)

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Photoshop, Valorent, other drawing/ visual design apps, non- intensive games 

Hello my friend wants a new PC he is not super PC building savvy so im doing it for him i am kinda unsure what parts to use in this build because he is under a budjet and he wants to do some visual design and photo editing on this pc. 

a few notes.

he wants a monitor over 20 inch. would love a curved screen but is not too important

would love an RGB cooler water or air doesnt care.

i would love for some suggestions around what parts to choose

the parts i have attached are over the price goal and need to be changed i am having a hard time finding out what to replace

 

Component		Selection		Base	Promo	Shipping	Tax		Price	Where
CPU			AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$159.00
CPU Cooler			Cooler Master A71C 38.99 CFM CPU Cooler	$39.00
Motherboard			MSI B450M-A PRO MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$108.00
Memory			Team T-Force Delta RGB 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$89.10
		Add Additional Memory
Storage			Team GX2 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$75.98
		Add Additional Storage
Video Card			GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB (1-Click OC) Video Card	$329.00
Case			Antec NX310 ATX Mid Tower Case	$80.40
Power Supply			Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$95.00
Optical Drive		Choose An Optical Drive
Operating System			Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$149.99
Software		Choose Software
Monitor			MSI Optix G241VC 23.6" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	$225.00
		Add Another Monitor
Speakers			Creative Labs Pebble 2.0 4.4 W 2.0 Channel Speakers	$34.10
Total:									$1384.57

 

[ProBottler]

I dont think you need a windows key tbh

[flashiling]

don't know if you support this but "china" licenses from ebay and other sites are 70-80% cheaper than buying windows from microsoft.

does he have a headset or does he want to play games with the two speakers?

[Avocheeseado]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$159.00 @ Umart
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$136.40 @ Newegg Australia
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$91.30 @ Newegg Australia
Storage	Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$92.00 @ Centre Com
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card	$393.80 @ Newegg Australia
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.00 @ PCCaseGear
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$85.00 @ PC Byte
Monitor	AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$235.00 @ PC Byte
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1291.50
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-05 20:40 AEST+1000

You can get a windows 10 key for like $20 from other sites. This is a better system with a better monitor, gpu, ram, motherboard and a higher wattage power supply

[MAXAMAL_FLAME]

19 minutes ago, flashiling said:

don't know if you support this but "china" licenses from ebay and other sites are 70-80% cheaper than buying windows from microsoft.

does he have a headset or does he want to play games with the two speakers?

he has a headset but he also wants the speakers

[MAXAMAL_FLAME]

2 minutes ago, Avocheeseado said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$159.00 @ Umart
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$136.40 @ Newegg Australia
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$91.30 @ Newegg Australia
Storage	Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$92.00 @ Centre Com
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card	$393.80 @ Newegg Australia
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.00 @ PCCaseGear
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$85.00 @ PC Byte
Monitor	AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$235.00 @ PC Byte
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1291.50
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-05 20:40 AEST+1000

You can get a windows 10 key for like $20 from other sites. This is a better system with a better monitor, gpu, ram, motherboard and a higher wattage power supply

YES THIS IS PERFECT THANKS SO MUCH MY GUY

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($205.00 @ PC Byte) 
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($119.00 @ Centre Com) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($91.30 @ Newegg Australia) 
Storage: Patriot Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($70.98 @ Amazon Australia) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB THICC II Pro Video Card  ($422.49 @ Amazon Australia) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($58.00 @ PC Byte) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($85.00 @ PC Byte) 
Monitor: AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($241.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Total: $1292.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-05 21:16 AEST+1000

[Avocheeseado]

14 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

Case: Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($58.00 @ PC Byte) 

That case is not the greatest airflow wise.

15 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

Storage: Patriot Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($70.98 @ Amazon Australia) 

That SSD is dram-less which is not great. Its worth the little bit more for a ssd with dram cache.

17 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($119.00 @ Centre Com) 

That motherboard is fine but the asrock pro4 is much better and for not much more

[Avocheeseado]

51 minutes ago, MAXAMAL_FLAME said:

YES THIS IS PERFECT THANKS SO MUCH MY GUY

No problem glad I could help

[Herman Mcpootis]

18 minutes ago, Avocheeseado said:

 

That motherboard is fine but the asrock pro4 is much better and for not much more

 It's on par with the VRM.

[The Blackhat]

1 hour ago, Avocheeseado said:

That case is not the greatest airflow wise.

That SSD is dram-less which is not great. Its worth the little bit more for a ssd with dram cache.

That motherboard is fine but the asrock pro4 is much better and for not much more

The Pro-VDH Max is significantly better than the B450 Pro4, the H18 has fine airflow.

[The Blackhat]

1 hour ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

 It's on par with the VRM.

That tier list sucks but I agree. The Pro-VDH Max has a single high side SM4337 per phase and 8 SM4503s, two per phase. It is the same VRM as the Mortar Max without the two high sides per phase. Honestly a much better solution than the Pro4.