Help building a new rig?

[Nesquikk]

Budget (including currency): ~$2500 AU

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming & low-load multi purpose 

Other details: Already have peripherals, upgrading as old PC is dying on me

 

I was initially going to get some new components for my existing PC, as the i5-6500 and 970 were starting to die on me. However, I've instead decided to build a new rig, but I'm new to PC building and am not 100% sure if my new rig will work.

 

What I currently have:

CPU: Intel i5-6500 (w/ Intel stock cooler)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B150M-D3H-CF
RAM: 16GB HyperX Fury DDR4
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970
SSD: Crucial BX200 240gb
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2tb
Case: Thermaltake Versa N25 (w/ 600w 80+ Bronze PSU, I think its a TR2 as it came with the case) + 1 preinstalled 120mm rear exhaust fan
Disc Drive: LG GH24NSD1
Windows 10

 

What I want to get:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor	$394.00 @ Skycomp Technology
CPU Cooler	Cougar Helor 240 78.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$189.00 @ Computer Alliance
Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$332.78 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$214.72 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$75.00 @ Centre Com
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$86.90 @ Newegg Australia
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB VENTUS 2X OC Video Card	$829.00 @ Centre Com
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$106.70 @ Newegg Australia
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$188.00 @ Device Deal
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2416.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-15 19:23 AEDT+1100

 

 

The main question I have is will the PSU be compatible? As I said earlier, I'm pretty new to PC building, and still don't really understand all there is to know abut PSUs. PC Part picker says it'll work, but how do I make sure that my PSU has enough connectors / pins for all my components? 

I also want to get a new m.2 SSD as it'll be faster & has more storage than my current 2.5" one, will that impact any of the other aspects of my build by using the m.2 port?

 

Sorry if there's any mistakes with this as I'm still learning about building PCs, but any advice helps a lot  

[Moonzy]

12 minutes ago, Nesquikk said:

how do I make sure that my PSU has enough connectors / pins for all my components? 

You'll have to look at the product page to see what cables are included

 

But normally any reputable PSU of sufficient wattage will have all the cables you'll need

 

13 minutes ago, Nesquikk said:

will that impact any of the other aspects of my build by using the m.2 port?

No not really

So far sata SSD are still good, unless you require the bandwidth that nvme provides

 

If you're purely upgrading, I would keep the RAM and storage

The ram is slower but it's not the end of the world

 

But if you can sell your CPU+motherboard, maybe sell the ram too

[Stygian Zenith]

@Nesquikkassuming u are using ur old storage:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$523.00 @ Kogan
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MASTERLIQUID ML240L RGB V2 65.59 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$98.99 @ Amazon Australia
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$228.87 @ JW Computers
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$115.00 @ Centre Com
Video Card	GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB SG Video Card	$1299.00 @ Austin Computers
Case	MSI MAG FORGE 100R ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.00 @ Mwave Australia
Power Supply	Silverstone Strider 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$149.00 @ Scorptec
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2502.86
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-15 20:09 AEDT+1100

it is going to be much better and perform greatly better for you use case. I would advice using your old storage so your budget can be allocated to pure performance. 

[boggy77]

1 hour ago, Nesquikk said:

Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

this is still a sata ssd, even though it connects through m.2. so it won't have any speed advantage over your existing storage. the wd sn550 is an nvme drive that should be 3-4 times faster. however, the real perceived performance difference will be minimal.

[Nesquikk]

5 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

this is still a sata ssd, even though it connects through m.2. so it won't have any speed advantage over your existing storage. the wd sn550 is an nvme drive that should be 3-4 times faster. however, the real perceived performance difference will be minimal.

oh lol it's only $1 more as well. I sorta need to get a new SSD anyway so I might go with the sn550. According to pcpartpicker it will somehow effect the bandwidth? Or will it be fine 

[boggy77]

2 minutes ago, Nesquikk said:

oh lol it's only $1 more as well. I sorta need to get a new SSD anyway so I might go with the sn550. According to pcpartpicker it will somehow effect the bandwidth? Or will it be fine 

it will be fine as long as you don't use 6 sata drives.

 

also, i'd go with ryzen 5600x, as someone above suggested

[Nesquikk]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

You'll have to look at the product page to see what cables are included

 

But normally any reputable PSU of sufficient wattage will have all the cables you'll need

 

No not really

So far sata SSD are still good, unless you require the bandwidth that nvme provides

 

If you're purely upgrading, I would keep the RAM and storage

The ram is slower but it's not the end of the world

 

But if you can sell your CPU+motherboard, maybe sell the ram too

This helps a ton, thank you so much  I was intending on selling the whole old PC to a mate for a couple hundred bucks, so either way I'll need to buy a new SSD and HDD. Also can you please explain a little more about the 'bandwidth of nvme?' I was thinking of getting a WD blue sn550, will that impact on my bandwith at all?

[Nesquikk]

2 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

it will be fine as long as you don't use 6 sata drives.

 

also, i'd go with ryzen 5600x, as someone above suggested

ok ez cheers man

 

I think i'll stick with the 10600 for now though as I'm more familiar with intel & am happy with how the current setup looks 

[Moonzy]

Just now, Nesquikk said:

This helps a ton, thank you so much  I was intending on selling the whole old PC to a mate for a couple hundred bucks, so either way I'll need to buy a new SSD and HDD. Also can you please explain a little more about the 'bandwidth of nvme?' I was thinking of getting a WD blue sn550, will that impact on my bandwith at all?

Bandwidth is basically the available speed to transfer data

But most consumer doesn't need the bandwidth, they need the random iops more (the speed of accessing small files scattered all over the drive)

 

But in conclusion, nvme and sata SSD isn't too different for regular consumer, but if you can go nvme for not much more price, and you aren't using the lanes for anything else, then sure, nvme is preferred

[Nesquikk]

Just now, Moonzy said:

Bandwidth is basically the available speed to transfer data

But most consumer doesn't need the bandwidth, they need the random iops more (the speed of accessing small files scattered all over the drive)

 

But in conclusion, nvme and sata SSD isn't too different for regular consumer, but if you can go nvme for not much more price, and you aren't using the lanes for anything else, then sure, nvme is preferred

Ohhhhh that makes way more sense  Thanks so much moonzy 

[wolfff]

2 hours ago, Nesquikk said:

Budget (including currency): ~$2500 AU

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming & low-load multi purpose 

Other details: Already have peripherals, upgrading as old PC is dying on me

 

I was initially going to get some new components for my existing PC, as the i5-6500 and 970 were starting to die on me. However, I've instead decided to build a new rig, but I'm new to PC building and am not 100% sure if my new rig will work.

 

What I currently have:

CPU: Intel i5-6500 (w/ Intel stock cooler)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B150M-D3H-CF
RAM: 16GB HyperX Fury DDR4
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970
SSD: Crucial BX200 240gb
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2tb
Case: Thermaltake Versa N25 (w/ 600w 80+ Bronze PSU, I think its a TR2 as it came with the case) + 1 preinstalled 120mm rear exhaust fan
Disc Drive: LG GH24NSD1
Windows 10

 

What I want to get:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor	$394.00 @ Skycomp Technology
CPU Cooler	Cougar Helor 240 78.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$189.00 @ Computer Alliance
Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$332.78 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$214.72 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$75.00 @ Centre Com
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$86.90 @ Newegg Australia
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB VENTUS 2X OC Video Card	$829.00 @ Centre Com
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$106.70 @ Newegg Australia
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$188.00 @ Device Deal
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2416.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-15 19:23 AEDT+1100

 

 

The main question I have is will the PSU be compatible? As I said earlier, I'm pretty new to PC building, and still don't really understand all there is to know abut PSUs. PC Part picker says it'll work, but how do I make sure that my PSU has enough connectors / pins for all my components? 

I also want to get a new m.2 SSD as it'll be faster & has more storage than my current 2.5" one, will that impact any of the other aspects of my build by using the m.2 port?

 

Sorry if there's any mistakes with this as I'm still learning about building PCs, but any advice helps a lot  

i know u already got a lot of replys. but dont get a rtx 3060 at that pricepoint. u can easily fit in a way better gpu

[Stygian Zenith]

@wolffflook at my reply