Budget PC

[racecar]

Budget (including currency): My budget is 550$ CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: competitive games and streaming

Other details: I have bought my GPU which is a 1660ti, Upgrading from an ancient pc, going to buy in October or November because of sales, I got a 144hz monitor from my friend so that would be very nice if I could handle that refresh rate.
I am trying to get the PC ASAP without using much money so I am sticking with an SSD for a few months then when I have the money I will get an HDD. Just came on here to ask if this PC would be really good and if there could be any fixes to lower the price somehow.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$189.99 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$99.95 @ Vuugo
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$77.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Western Digital Blue 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$58.75 @ Vuugo
Case	Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$58.05 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Memory Express
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$559.72
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-05 19:35 EDT-0400

 

[dfsgsfa]

9 minutes ago, racecar said:

Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

get slightly better one, with proper vrm heatsink

auous m elite / asrock pro4 matx/ asus tuf pro s

[AndrewZScorpion]

It is only around $10 to go from a SATA ssd to NVME, and the performance difference is fairly large, especially as a boot drive.

[racecar]

4 minutes ago, dfsgsfa said:

get slightly better one, with proper vrm heatsink

auous m elite / asrock pro4 matx/ asus tuf pro s

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$189.99 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$112.09 @ Vuugo
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$77.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Western Digital Blue 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$58.75 @ Vuugo
Case	Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$58.05 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Memory Express
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$586.86
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$571.86
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-05 19:53 EDT-0400

updated thx

[racecar]

1 minute ago, AndrewZScorpion said:

It is only around $10 to go from a SATA ssd to NVME, and the performance difference is fairly large, especially as a boot drive.

What should I change it to?

[AndrewZScorpion]

Just now, racecar said:

What should I change it to?

Crucial P1 and P2 are very good cheap options. While not the best performers, they are still great.

[racecar]

2 minutes ago, AndrewZScorpion said:

Crucial P1 and P2 are very good cheap options. While not the best performers, they are still great.

I'm sorry I dont know much about this but what's the diff between the WD and the P2 and also just to make sure can I boot this without having an HDD?

[dfsgsfa]

21 minutes ago, racecar said:

Storage Western Digital Blue 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $58.75 @ Vuugo

sx8200 pro 512gb ~ ca$ 89

 

[AndrewZScorpion]

Just now, racecar said:

I'm sorry I dont know much about this but what's the diff between the WD and the P2 and also just to make sure can I boot this without having an HDD?

The WD drive uses a SATA lane, while the P2 uses PCIe lanes. This means that the performance of the WD drive is capped at 600MB/s, while the P2 can reach much faster speeds  (I believe around 1000MB/s)

[racecar]

1 minute ago, AndrewZScorpion said:

The WD drive uses a SATA lane, while the P2 uses PCIe lanes. This means that the performance of the WD drive is capped at 600MB/s, while the P2 can reach much faster speeds  (I believe around 1000MB/s)

Oh okay, thank you will update!

[dfsgsfa]

4 minutes ago, racecar said:

the P2 and

these have slower read writes, ~2000mbs 

sx8200 pro(at 500gb) goes 3000+mbs which nax out pcie limit

[racecar]

1 minute ago, dfsgsfa said:

these have slower read writes, ~2000mbs 

sx8200 pro(at 500gb) goes 3000+mbs which nax out pcie limit

since I'm slightly over budget I could get this when the price goes down but if it doesn't should I just go with the P2 250gb or the 256gb sx8200 pro

 

[dfsgsfa]

3 minutes ago, racecar said:

the price goes down but if it doesn't should I just go with the P2 250gb or the 256gb sx8200 pro

the issue with 256gb range is that write speed is around 1200 and 512gb ~ 2300mb and 1tb~ 3000

and one game + windows fills most space... 

 

[racecar]

2 minutes ago, dfsgsfa said:

the issue with 256gb range is that write speed is around 1200 and 512gb ~ 2300mb and 1tb~ 3000

and one game + windows fills most space... 

 

alright Imma just hope black friday saves my life