Tell me if my build is good!

[Alcoz]

I am going to school for cyber security and ethical hacking and was wondering if this is a decent PC for what I do. I will be running linux which is why I don't have a windows code in the build. This is the link if anyone can check it out: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/LinuxEthicalHacking/saved/wGVJyc

[NunoLava1998]

Hm, there's a few things I would change:

 

• That i3 and motherboard is pretty expensive, you can probably get something better for a little more money.
• Nowadays you can get a pretty fast 1TB SSD for the price of that 500GB SSD and 2TB HDD, I'm not sure if you need the extra space though.
• That power supply is pretty cheap, it's probably pretty bad quality; you don't really want to cheapen out on power supplies, your system won't last too long with a cheaper one
• You can get a motherboard or PCIe card with Wi-Fi, which will probably work better than that USB adapter. 

Here's a build I made that should be better. Feel free to swap the 1TB SSD for your 500GB SSD and 2TB HDD. It's 620$ without the mail in rebates, I'm not sure if you mind the higher price.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10600KF 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Adorama) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B560M-A Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($62.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P2 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ Adorama) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Corsair AF140L 67.43 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($4.99 @ Corsair) 
Case Fan: Corsair AF140L 67.43 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($4.99 @ Corsair) 
Total: $574.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-23 11:22 EDT-0400

[Lightwreather]

15 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

CPU: Intel Core i5-10600KF 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Adorama)

So you see, that CPU doesn't come with an iGPU. And I don't see a dGPU in the build. So no video output.

I'd probably suggest going with the i5 10400 instead.

That said, I haven't checked the price.

[Alcoz]

50 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Hm, there's a few things I would change:

 

• That i3 and motherboard is pretty expensive, you can probably get something better for a little more money.
• Nowadays you can get a pretty fast 1TB SSD for the price of that 500GB SSD and 2TB HDD, I'm not sure if you need the extra space though.
• That power supply is pretty cheap, it's probably pretty bad quality; you don't really want to cheapen out on power supplies, your system won't last too long with a cheaper one
• You can get a motherboard or PCIe card with Wi-Fi, which will probably work better than that USB adapter. 

Here's a build I made that should be better. Feel free to swap the 1TB SSD for your 500GB SSD and 2TB HDD. It's 620$ without the mail in rebates, I'm not sure if you mind the higher price.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10600KF 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Adorama) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B560M-A Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($62.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P2 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ Adorama) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Corsair AF140L 67.43 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($4.99 @ Corsair) 
Case Fan: Corsair AF140L 67.43 CFM 140 mm Fan  ($4.99 @ Corsair) 
Total: $574.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-23 11:22 EDT-0400

Thank you this was very helpful! No the price difference does not matter to me but the storage does since I download a lot of large files and do a lot of virus testing which can use a lot of my storage. Thank you for your list, and thank you for putting some of your time into helping me!

[NunoLava1998]

2 hours ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

So you see, that CPU doesn't come with an iGPU. And I don't see a dGPU in the build. So no video output.

I'd probably suggest going with the i5 10400 instead.

That said, I haven't checked the price.

That's true! My bad, sorry for the mistake @Alcoz.

The 10600K is 20$ more expensive and has an iGPU, but if you can't afford that, then go for the i5 10400 instead.

[LogicalDrm]

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