Love for your input

[Captain Kirks Son]

This is a computer that I have ordered and built, but I am wanting to know what people think and if there are any improvements that I can do (as I am sure that they would be) also looking for recommendations and feedback on the build.

 

All I ask is be gentle - this is my first custom PC 

 

Budget (including currency): $1900 AUD

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Doom Eternal, Windows 10, Xbox Gaming, Media Creation and alteration with Adobe Creative Cloud (and maybe Blender), General Study and Browsing

Other details OS is on the SSD, Programs are on 1TB and Personal Files on 2TB

 

Parts List:

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G OEM TRAY CPU and Heatsink and FAN

ASUS AM4 MicroATX PRIME B450M-A Motherboard

16GB DDR4 (1x16G) G.Skill 3200Mhz Ripjaws V RAM (x2)

240GB Gigabyte 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive - OS Install

1TB Seagate 3.5" 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s BarraCuda HDD

2TB Seagate 3.5" 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s HDD

ASUS RX580 8GB Dual OC PCIe Video Card

Thermaltake MicroATX Versa H17 Window Case Black (No PSU)

Casecom 700W ATX Power Supply

Integrated Sound Card

Integrated Network Card

TP-Link TL-WN881ND Wireless-N 300Mbps PCIe Network Adapter

 

[Entropy.]

3 minutes ago, Captain Kirks Son said:

This is a computer that I have ordered and built, but I am wanting to know what people think and if there are any improvements that I can do (as I am sure that they would be) also looking for recommendations and feedback on the build.

 

All I ask is be gentle - this is my first custom PC 

 

Budget (including currency): $1900 AUD

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Doom Eternal, Windows 10, Xbox Gaming, Media Creation and alteration with Adobe Creative Cloud (and maybe Blender), General Study and Browsing

Other details OS is on the SSD, Programs are on 1TB and Personal Files on 2TB

 

Parts List:

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G OEM TRAY CPU and Heatsink and FAN

ASUS AM4 MicroATX PRIME B450M-A Motherboard

16GB DDR4 (1x16G) G.Skill 3200Mhz Ripjaws V RAM (x2)

240GB Gigabyte 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive - OS Install

1TB Seagate 3.5" 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s BarraCuda HDD

2TB Seagate 3.5" 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s HDD

ASUS RX580 8GB Dual OC PCIe Video Card

Thermaltake MicroATX Versa H17 Window Case Black (No PSU)

Casecom 700W ATX Power Supply

Integrated Sound Card

Integrated Network Card

TP-Link TL-WN881ND Wireless-N 300Mbps PCIe Network Adapter

 

Are you buying this from a prebuilder or second hand? This is worth... perhaps 700 aud second-hand, under 1k aud new, and that's with today's outrageous pricing of gpus.

[WaggishOhio383]

Getting a 3400G just to use a dedicated GPU is an odd pairing. I'd consider upgrading to something like a Ryzen 5 3600 or 5600 which will be a much better CPU in the long-run, especially if you decide to upgrade your GPU at any point. Otherwise, it doesn't look too bad considering it was your first build.

 

Out of curiosity, was a large portion of your budget spent on a GPU? $1900 AUD seems a bit overpriced for what you have.

[Captain Kirks Son]

Sorry - it was $1500 (monitor was $150 plus build and delivery).

2 hours ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

Are you buying this from a prebuilder or second hand? This is worth... perhaps 700 aud second-hand, under 1k aud new, and that's with today's outrageous pricing of gpus.

This is a custom build from a Computer Parts Online Store who put it together for me. Please note: Everything in AUD (Aussie Dollar) is outrageously marked up higher than just the exchange rate (USD to AUD) so if something is say 699 USD and Exchange makes it 850 AUD mark up will take it to 1199AUD or higher (please note values are expressive and demonstrative and not accurate)

 

2 hours ago, WaggishOhio383 said:

Getting a 3400G just to use a dedicated GPU is an odd pairing. I'd consider upgrading to something like a Ryzen 5 3600 or 5600 which will be a much better CPU in the long-run, especially if you decide to upgrade your GPU at any point. Otherwise, it doesn't look too bad considering it was your first build.

 

Out of curiosity, was a large portion of your budget spent on a GPU? $1900 AUD seems a bit overpriced for what you have.

Thank you for that. To be honest, I wanted the best that I could afford and that was the 3400G, but I do agree that there are better options out there. I am using a dedicated GPU simply because I prefer that over integrated graphics, and gives me the option to use more monitors if I choose to upgrade from just the two I have now.

 

But I thank you both for your input.

[Entropy.]

2 hours ago, Captain Kirks Son said:

Sorry - it was $1500 (monitor was $150 plus build and delivery).

This is a custom build from a Computer Parts Online Store who put it together for me. Please note: Everything in AUD (Aussie Dollar) is outrageously marked up higher than just the exchange rate (USD to AUD) so if something is say 699 USD and Exchange makes it 850 AUD mark up will take it to 1199AUD or higher (please note values are expressive and demonstrative and not accurate)

 

Thank you for that. To be honest, I wanted the best that I could afford and that was the 3400G, but I do agree that there are better options out there. I am using a dedicated GPU simply because I prefer that over integrated graphics, and gives me the option to use more monitors if I choose to upgrade from just the two I have now.

 

But I thank you both for your input.

Even at 1500 aud, that translates to around 1150 USD. A year ago You would've had no problem building that in the US for around or under $500 with similar componentry if not exactly the same, provided you went used with the GPU. 650aud+850 makes it just beileveable... maybe? The thing is, that's last year. This year It's all gone to hell. If your description of the market difference is correct, you might be fine? Imo it's not very beileveable.  I do understand there are market differences, and I don't have a ton of experience, but I have done build lists for people in austrailia, and they've told me the total costs for their builds after purchasing. I never once heard a figure that was say, 2x more than the rate that I configured it at. Perhaps you're confusing scalper markups with regional diferences? I dunno, could be something that I didn't consider, not convinced though. I beileve that you're just getting scalped.
 

Oh, on a side note did a rep. from that company tell you that or is it just you telling me through your experience? Just gotta make sure.

[Captain Kirks Son]

2 hours ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

Even at 1500 aud, that translates to around 1150 USD. A year ago You would've had no problem building that in the US for around or under $500 with similar componentry if not exactly the same, provided you went used with the GPU. 650aud+850 makes it just beileveable... maybe? The thing is, that's last year. This year It's all gone to hell. If your description of the market difference is correct, you might be fine? Imo it's not very beileveable.  I do understand there are market differences, and I don't have a ton of experience, but I have done build lists for people in austrailia, and they've told me the total costs for their builds after purchasing. I never once heard a figure that was say, 2x more than the rate that I configured it at. Perhaps you're confusing scalper markups with regional diferences? I dunno, could be something that I didn't consider, not convinced though. I beileve that you're just getting scalped.
 

Oh, on a side note did a rep. from that company tell you that or is it just you telling me through your experience? Just gotta make sure.

I did a lot of research BEFORE I made the purchase through a number of companies. The company I eventually went with were reprable, trusted, highly rated, good (not the cheapest but good) pricing, and after sales service was immaculate.