Is this a good build?

[MrQupie]

Budget (including currency): 550 EUR (willing to spend a bit more)

Country: Netherlands

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly work (browsers, office, some light photoshop), need a new PC because my current PC can't stream high def music while working. 

Other details I have a Seagate Barracuda ST4000DM005 4 TB I can use as big storage next to an SSD

 

Hi! New to the forums but long time Linus fan. I hope I can get some help with buying a new PC. 

 

I need a new computer because my 6 year old XPS13 is causing problems now and then. My main problem right now is that streaming Qobuz and browsing the web makes my music stutter, which is very annoying. 

I have never build a PC, but am somewhat knowledgeable on the topic. Have been watching ~80% of linus video's for like 4 years now, but that is about all I know about computer hardware, if that is any indication. 

 

What I am looking for is a PC which I can work on without any limitations (at least i5 or AMD equivalent). Another wish is that I can upgrade it with a current gen graphics card, although I probably won't do that as long as the shortages are here. I am not talking a 3090 or something. I have a PS5 for gaming, but I might wanna try some games on PC too. 

 

I am willing to build my own pc, seems like a nice challenge, but I am a little bit afraid of the current prices with all the shortages. I was thinking about buying a used PC, and found this system. Combined with the above, is this a good deal? 
The person selling has high karma on a local webpage I trust, so I am not too worried about that part. This computer seems quite future proof to me, but I am not too familiar in the motherboard part and memory. The Graphics card is an older one the seller put in, I think he is going to reuse the one he had installed initially. 

 

Intel i5-10400F
Gigabyte Z490M
16GB Corsair LPX 3600C18 
Deepcool Gammax VTE2 White
Asus GTX1050 Ti 4GB
Samsung EVO 870 500GB
Corsair CX450M voeding

His asking price is 550 Eur. Is that a decent deal for my use case? I could buy something with similar specs, and a newer graphics card (1650) for ~750, but that only has 8GB RAM, so I probably would need to add 8 GB RAM there. 

Honestly, this is my first desktop in 10 years... so any comments / mistakes / whatever are welcome

[tkitch]

If you plan on upgrading the GPU later, your PSU is too small.

Also, the Non-F CPU will help with troubleshooting and such if you need to, but is fully optional.

Otherwise, it's fine

[MrQupie]

Thank you for the reply. 

 

What do you mean with " the Non-F CPU will help with troubleshooting and such if you need to, but is fully optional" 

If I decide to upgrade GPU, a PSU is not too expensive is it? Can I add the Seagate HDD to this current system without problems? 

[dean_5234]

12 minutes ago, MrQupie said:

Thank you for the reply. 

 

What do you mean with " the Non-F CPU will help with troubleshooting and such if you need to, but is fully optional" 

If I decide to upgrade GPU, a PSU is not too expensive is it? Can I add the Seagate HDD to this current system without problems? 

The Non F CPU is fine. There are no performance decreases, it just doesn't have an integrated gpu

Yes u can add an HDD
and yes psus are affordable.

In the current market, thats a decent price for a pc

[MrQupie]

Just did a bit of research what The F means. Since the sound production of the machine is important for me, do I understand correctly that the GPU will constantly be at work, and therefore the little fan on it might make quite a bit of sound constantly?  

[dean_5234]

17 minutes ago, MrQupie said:

Just did a bit of research what The F means. Since the sound production of the machine is important for me, do I understand correctly that the GPU will constantly be at work, and therefore the little fan on it might make quite a bit of sound constantly?  

Your 1050 TI's sound will not be affected by whether your cpu has an integrated gpu or not

[MrQupie]

Ok thnx for the clarifcation. 

Could a system like this also be easily upgraded in the future? 

 

https://www.medion.com/nl/shop/p/performance-pc-s-medion-akoya-p66089-performance-pc--intel-core-i5--windows-10-home--gtx-1650--16-gb-ram--512-gb-ssd-410024065A1?lgw_code=14631-410024065A1&wt_mc=nl.pricecom.feed.tweakers.410024065A1&utm_source=tweakers_net&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=36762-410024065A1&tduid=c77cda3843839d2b881e397efe816c6c

[Lairlair]

1 hour ago, MrQupie said:

Ok thnx for the clarifcation. 

Could a system like this also be easily upgraded in the future? 

 

https://www.medion.com/nl/shop/p/performance-pc-s-medion-akoya-p66089-performance-pc--intel-core-i5--windows-10-home--gtx-1650--16-gb-ram--512-gb-ssd-410024065A1?lgw_code=14631-410024065A1&wt_mc=nl.pricecom.feed.tweakers.410024065A1&utm_source=tweakers_net&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=36762-410024065A1&tduid=c77cda3843839d2b881e397efe816c6c

It's hard to tell, the website doesn't give much details (I couldn't figure out what motherboard or power supply was in there). From what I can tell it looks like a similar build to the one you mentioned earlier, just with a slightly more recent GPU. It looks fine to me, both builds will meet your expectations. But I don't know that it's worth paying an extra 150€ for the new one

[MrQupie]

Thanks for the reply. 

Been doing quite a bit more research, and think I am not going to buy a medion. They have a pretty bad track record. 

 

This has quite a bit more details, and is a better brand I think. Any idea if this could be upgraded with a GPU later on?

 

https://store.hp.com/NetherlandsStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=29Y57EA&opt=ABH&sel=DTP&lang=nl-NL&gclid=Cj0KCQjw16KFBhCgARIsALB0g8JCXWvSsACHwnpwzNurQYvgA2CSRbyULUvEigDGDOh0rStYT1BWXkQaAo6xEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds