First Build - Advice Needed!

[kylander]

I'm getting ready to build my first ever rig, so I'd like to have some advice.
Budget : ~$1600 USD

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Flight Sim Games/ Video Editing

Other details : I already have a hard drive, 1080p monitor at 75Hz, and a keyboard & mouse.

CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 5600X @ $298.50 USD
CPU Cooler : EK-AIO Basic @$95.21 USD

Motherboard : MSI MAG B550M Mortar WIFI @ $136.38 USD

RAM : Crucial Ballistix RGB 32GB 3600Mhz CL16 @ $230.30 USD

SSD : WD Black SN750 500GB @ $70.51 USD
GPU : $583.48 to spend
Case : In Win 301C @ $88.78 USD
PSU : MSI MPG A750GF @ $101.51 USD

Fan : Arctic P12 @ $10.04 USD

Total $1031.23 USD (Excluding GPU)
EDIT : I've replaced the cooler with a freezer 34, so i now have ~$600 for s 3070 Ti.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

5 minutes ago, kylander said:

I'm getting ready to build my first ever rig, so I'd like to have some advice.
Budget : ~$1600 USD

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Flight Sim Games/ Video Editing

Other details : I already have a hard drive, 1080p monitor at 75Hz, and a keyboard & mouse.

CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 5600X @ $298.50 USD
CPU Cooler : EK-AIO Basic @$95.21 USD

Motherboard : MSI MAG B550M Mortar WIFI @ $136.38 USD

RAM : Crucial Ballistix RGB 32GB 3600Mhz CL16 @ $230.30 USD

SSD : WD Black SN750 500GB @ $70.51 USD
GPU : $583.48 to spend
Case : In Win 301C @ $88.78 USD
PSU : MSI MPG A750GF @ $101.51 USD

Fan : Arctic P12 @ $10.04 USD

Total $1031.23 USD (Excluding GPU)

Watercooling is not neccesary, a cheaper air cooler like the fuma 2 will perform just as well

 

Well atleast if you are overpaying for rgb you are also getting cl16 unlike some other rgb ram (looking at you corsair rgb pro and trident z rgb), though id suggest a cheaper alternative

 

Get a silicon power a80 as it also has dram cache but its cheaper

 

Upgrade the psu to an 850w for futureproofing

[kylander]

Just now, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Watercooling is not neccesary, a cheaper air cooler like the fuma 2 will perform just as well

 

Well atleast if you are overpaying for rgb you are also getting cl16 unlike some other rgb ram (looking at you corsair rgb pro and trident z rgb), though id suggest a cheaper alternative

 

Get a silicon power a80 as it also has dram cache but its cheaper

 

Upgrade the psu to an 850w for futureproofing

sure! also, is CL18 similar in performance to CL16? btw, the a80 is out of stock for me, but the sn750 is the cheapest nvme ssd available so...

[SorryBella]

8 minutes ago, kylander said:

CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 5600X @ $298.50 USD
CPU Cooler : EK-AIO Basic @$95.21 USD

Motherboard : MSI MAG B550M Mortar WIFI @ $136.38 USD

RAM : Crucial Ballistix RGB 32GB 3600Mhz CL16 @ $230.30 USD

SSD : WD Black SN750 500GB @ $70.51 USD
GPU : $583.48 to spend
Case : In Win 301C @ $88.78 USD
PSU : MSI MPG A750GF @ $101.51 USD

Fan : Arctic P12 @ $10.04 USD

You dont need that much cooling power to cool down a 5600x.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler  ($34.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($87.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: PNY XLR8 CS3030 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.13 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($699.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Asus TUF Gaming 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($66.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1458.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-01 11:29 EDT-0400

[kylander]

2 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

You dont need that much cooling power to cool down a 5600x.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler  ($34.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($87.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: PNY XLR8 CS3030 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.13 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($699.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Asus TUF Gaming 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($66.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1458.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-01 11:29 EDT-0400

this looks great, but i don't think i will be able to get the 3080 at msrp at all 'cause even local stores are selling them at 2x msrp, newegg is at 1.5x msrp minimum, and the cs3030 is a lottery at best (trust me, i own one) and 16gb of ram is not enough. I almost always hit the pagefile with 16GB of ram, since i have discord, chrome, obs and a game open all at once and overwhelms my system pretty easily.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/M4CRcT

Maybe something like this?

 

Gpu is up to you but you have about 700$ to spare for one

 

Its a decently balanced build which is obv not focused on overclocking, though i guess you could turn on pbo and have it auto oc your cpu

 

And yea i chose a cleaner looking case that has decent airflow since the case you chose looks as bad as the h510 and holy crap that case is a literal dumpster fire, btw the case i chose is one of cheapest cases that has decent airflow atm

[Jonathan Lee]

2 hours ago, kylander said:

this looks great, but i don't think i will be able to get the 3080 at msrp at all 'cause even local stores are selling them at 2x msrp, newegg is at 1.5x msrp minimum, and the cs3030 is a lottery at best (trust me, i own one) and 16gb of ram is not enough. I almost always hit the pagefile with 16GB of ram, since i have discord, chrome, obs and a game open all at once and overwhelms my system pretty easily.

Oh, if you're using a lot of background task while gaming, consider getting an 8-core CPU. This should improve general smoothness of games. Somerandomtechyboi gives a good AMD option. Here's an intel option:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($314.99 @ Newegg) (K is cheaper than non-k right now)
CPU Cooler: Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Walmart) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($105.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $985.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-01 14:09 EDT-0400[/i

 

This gives you about $600 for gpu. Good luck on the GPU hunt my friend