My first build

[Painter]

I'm planning on building my first gaming pc and according to pc part picker, the parts I've chosen are all compatible.

I've chosen:

MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

 

Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler

 

Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory

 

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Z Video Card

 

Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case

 

Corsair AX 850 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

 

But looking at the Noctua NH-D15 and the Corsair ram, I'm not sure if they are going to fit because the ram might be too big. Please can someone give me some advice on this as I'm not sure if pc part picker have considered the size of the ram.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

What cpu, and what budget? can you share the pc part picker link?

[Haro]

it may not fit, if it did not, you can just lift the fans a bit for extra clearance.

and  if you don't already have this board, don't get it, on a platform that is bad and wont get updated, unless you already have a coffee lake cpu, if you don't, go with either zen 2 or comet lake or wait for zen 3.

[Mateyyy]

What's your budget and location?

There's literally 0 reason to build a Z390 system in 2020, and you're way overspending on your PSU.

[LIGISTX]

3 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

What's your budget and location?

There's literally 0 reason to build a Z390 system in 2020, and you're way overspending on your PSU.

Agreed.

 

If you go intel, z490 as it’s all around better being newer, and 10 series CPU’s are notably better as they clock higher and offer more cores for less money.

 

Also, PSU is definitely an overspend. 

[Guest]

That build looks really unbalanced. The Cooler, Ram and PSU are all needlessly expensive. Also if you are only planning on a mid range gpu then no reason to go Intel anyway. A Ryzen cpu will give you better value and perform just as well.

[Painter]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Kalex91/saved/646sLk

 

I think that's the link above.

I was hoping to not spend as much as the list is quoting and I was using the motherboard because it's supposed to be the best board for a micro ATX build. The build is for gaming and to mess around with blender and unreal engine. Oh and I'm in the uk. I have no idea how to build a pc which is why it's so unbalanced

[Helpful Tech Witch]

9 minutes ago, Painter said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Kalex91/saved/646sLk

 

I think that's the link above.

I was hoping to not spend as much as the list is quoting and I was using the motherboard because it's supposed to be the best board for a micro ATX build. The build is for gaming and to mess around with blender and unreal engine. Oh and I'm in the uk. I have no idea how to build a pc which is why it's so unbalanced

The list is on private

[Painter]

7 minutes ago, TheTechWizardThatNeedsHelp said:

The list is on private

I just changed it to public I think. I'm open to changing the parts. I just need a gaming rig that I can use blender and unreal on.

[Young Cash Register]

I would recommend getting an AMD cpu these days you get a better bang for your buck, I know intel seems attractive especially when its your first build but go look around on benchmarking websites I doubt you'll find an intel cpu thats a better value than and AMD chip. Also are you planning on doing heavy video editing or something? 32gb of RAM is way overkill for any game even when streaming it and that much ram is extremely expensive, all that RAM money could be used to get a more powerful graphics card. That power supply is also way overkill for your build and getting the proper power supply could save you money to put into that graphics card. Use a power supply calculator to determine the watts you need.

 

If gaming is your primary concern you can get a ryzen 5 2600 on amazon for only $139, get 16gb of RAM instead of 32gb, get cheap 1tb NVMe drive, and put the rest of your money into the graphics card.

 

I'm not sure what your budget is but im just assuming its a budget build considering you picked out a 2060 so thats why I picked a budget processor.

As far as the clearance issue that you were asking about I am not sure on that, I just noticed your build list looked a little strange so I started talking about that.

Cheers

[Helpful Tech Witch]

1 minute ago, Painter said:

I just changed it to public I think. I'm open to changing the parts. I just need a gaming rig that I can use blender and unreal on.

Im gonna say, you are having a amd cpu on my list

 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Btw, just get a key off ebay, that saves you about 100 dollars

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Ok, its slightly more, but here

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£164.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler	£113.40 @ Alza
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£161.00 @ Amazon UK
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	£98.85 @ Newegg UK
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£92.02 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£51.25 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	£681.20 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	£89.99 @ Currys PC World
Power Supply	Corsair AX 850 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£219.99 @ AWD-IT
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1672.69
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-12 19:27 BST+0100

Better cpu and a 2080s over a 2060s

[Painter]

6 minutes ago, Young Cash Register said:

I would recommend getting an AMD cpu these days you get a better bang for your buck, I know intel seems attractive especially when its your first build but go look around on benchmarking websites I doubt you'll find an intel cpu thats a better value than and AMD chip. Also are you planning on doing heavy video editing or something? 32gb of RAM is way overkill for any game even when streaming it and that much ram is extremely expensive, all that RAM money could be used to get a more powerful graphics card. That power supply is also way overkill for your build and getting the proper power supply could save you money to put into that graphics card. Use a power supply calculator to determine the watts you need.

 

If gaming is your primary concern you can get a ryzen 5 2600 on amazon for only $139, get 16gb of RAM instead of 32gb, get cheap 1tb NVMe drive, and put the rest of your money into the graphics card.

 

I'm not sure what your budget is but im just assuming its a budget build considering you picked out a 2060 so thats why I picked a budget processor.

As far as the clearance issue that you were asking about I am not sure on that, I just noticed your build list looked a little strange so I started talking about that.

Cheers

It wasn't so much video editing that I chose the i7 but 3d work in blender and I just saw the power supply may have been more efficient on the electric bill so I thought it might of been the better choice. And I thought the ram might of sped rendering up as well. It's supposed to be as budget as possible and ideally as small of a build as possible.

[Painter]

56 minutes ago, TheTechWizardThatNeedsHelp said:

Ok, its slightly more, but here

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£164.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler	£113.40 @ Alza
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£161.00 @ Amazon UK
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	£98.85 @ Newegg UK
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£92.02 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£51.25 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	£681.20 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	£89.99 @ Currys PC World
Power Supply	Corsair AX 850 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£219.99 @ AWD-IT
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1672.69
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-12 19:27 BST+0100

Better cpu and a 2080s over a 2060s

That board doesn't come with WiFi and I don't have ethernet access atm. And someone said the power supply was overkill. Could I get a different one that still had a decent energy rating?

Edited August 12, 2020 by Painter

[Helpful Tech Witch]

2 minutes ago, Painter said:

That board doesn't come with WiFi and I don't have ethernet access atm. And someone said the power supply was overkill. Could I get a different one that still had a decent energy rating

I'll make a list with wifi and less over kill psu in a hour. I have to do some yard work at my house.

[Painter]

12 minutes ago, TheTechWizardThatNeedsHelp said:

I'll make a list with wifi and less over kill psu in a hour. I have to do some yard work at my house.

Ok thank you

[Helpful Tech Witch]

3 minutes ago, Painter said:

Ok thank you

Do you want a mini itx, or to stick with micro atx. Mini itx is the smallest form factor , and comes with wifi

[Helpful Tech Witch]

I finished early, so here.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£164.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler	£89.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£176.47 @ Ebuyer
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	£98.83 @ Newegg UK
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£92.02 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£52.50 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	£681.20 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	£89.99 @ Currys PC World
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£111.99 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1557.98
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-12 21:05 BST+0100

 

It has a less overkill PSU and a wifi board.

[Painter]

43 minutes ago, TheTechWizardThatNeedsHelp said:

I finished early, so here.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£164.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler	£89.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£176.47 @ Ebuyer
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	£98.83 @ Newegg UK
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£92.02 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£52.50 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	£681.20 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	£89.99 @ Currys PC World
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£111.99 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1557.98
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-12 21:05 BST+0100

 

It has a less overkill PSU and a wifi board.

Thank you for the help. I noticed it's got better WiFi than the one I picked.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Just now, Painter said:

Thank you for the help. I noticed it's got better WiFi than the one I picked.

I tried to make it cheeper too. The cpu and gpu should be a STEEP upgrade.

[Mateyyy]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£164.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler	£64.98 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	£176.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	£92.81 @ More Computers
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£124.95 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	£681.20 @ Amazon UK
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	£49.99 @ Currys PC World
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£99.00 @ Amazon UK
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	£25.73 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Case Fan	Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan	£25.73 @ Overclockers.co.uk
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1506.37
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-12 21:59 BST+0100

[Guest]

Here is a cheaper option. The RX 5700XT is good for 1080p and 1440p. 

 

You can pick up a cheap W10 key from most places that sell game keys. I usually use cjs cd keys as they have always been reliable for me.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£164.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler  (£32.73 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550M MORTAR WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£154.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE DARK Za 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£108.62 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£109.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£52.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card  (£344.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Aerocool Aero One Eclipse ATX Mid Tower Case  (£53.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1102.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-12 22:41 BST+0100

[Painter]

How would I install the drivers to the motherboard when they come on a disk? The build won't have a disk drive

[Helpful Tech Witch]

1 hour ago, Painter said:

How would I install the drivers to the motherboard when they come on a disk? The build won't have a disk drive

You dont need drivers. Most will have a basic MS version that comes with windows. and then you can download off the internet.