HELPING A FRIEND

[YoLige]

Budget (including currency): $1300

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: above Casual gaming

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc.): 

So i am helping my friend build a pc and have made up a part list for them, another friend has also done the same thing however I'm wondering if people can tell me which one is the better choice and how that list can improve.

(I edited my friends list that's why I left the case and PSU, but if there are better options that'll be good)

while the max budget is $1300 it'd be better to keep the cost down at bit.

she already has a GPU its the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card.

List 1 (My list):

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor

MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard

Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL17 Memory

Seagate Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Samsung 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Cost: $1146.22

 

List 2 (My friends list):

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor

Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard

G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory

Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive

Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Cost: $1226.00

[Sat1600]

List 1 is better

[YoLige]

Just now, Sat1600 said:

List 1 is better

thought so, would be able to tell me your reason why, just cause it be good to know.

Cheers,

Elijah

[jaslion]

I mean your config is the better option.

 

But a couple changes:

 

For the case get a p300A + a couple arctic p series fans. The 215 is good but half of the 200mm fans are blocked inside the case so it isn't as good as it could be.

Dump the hdd and ssd you have and just get a wd blue, mx500 or crucial p1 larger drive games are moving away from hdds. You should be able to get the 1tb version of any of the ones I listed.

Get a revolution D.F it is cheaper and better or same price for a larger capacity unit.

Get a cooler for the 5600x the stock cooler is barely enough.

 

[Sat1600]

5 hours ago, YoLige said:

thought so, would be able to tell me your reason why, just cause it be good to know.

Cheers,

Elijah

1. 5600x is better for gaming in most cases

2. I prefer the tomahawk

 

[Downkey]

5 hours ago, YoLige said:

Budget (including currency): $1300

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: above Casual gaming

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc.): 

So i am helping my friend build a pc and have made up a part list for them, another friend has also done the same thing however I'm wondering if people can tell me which one is the better choice and how that list can improve.

(I edited my friends list that's why I left the case and PSU, but if there are better options that'll be good)

while the max budget is $1300 it'd be better to keep the cost down at bit.

she already has a GPU its the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card.

List 1 (My list):

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor

MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard

Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL17 Memory

Seagate Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Samsung 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Cost: $1146.22

 

List 2 (My friends list):

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor

Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard

G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory

Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive

Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Cost: $1226.00

i'd get a cheaper NVME drive of more capacity. The SN550 or Kingston A2000 can probably be found at the same price for around 500GB instead of 250GB.

Also a P300A + 1 or 2 arctic p12s or a P360A would be a better option

Consider another cooler, such as the Arctic esports duo, or the ID-COOLING SE-224-XT.

switch the PSU to this https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/DvCFf7/enermax-revolution-df-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-erf750ewt