Building my first PC and I need help....

[Esothi._.]

Hi everyone, 

I've been saving up for a while and am finally able to purchase my first pc. I am probably planning to build it myself as the prebuilts I can find so far are way too expensive for what they are.

Budget (including currency): Since this is my first PC the budget would be a max of 1500 AUD including monitor maybe - slightly flexible. 

Country: Australia 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: It will be used for both gaming and digital art. I mainly play apex, league, gta, dead by daylight, genshin impact, valorant and I couple others I can't remember off the top of my head. I'll also be using this pc for schoolwork and/or digital art. 

Other details 

Currently I'm playing on a crappy hp laptop that I can't even remember the specs of ahah. I'll also need monitor suggestions as well as I'm not sure what to buy -  but I'll probably be playing 1080p. I know the gpu market right now is crazy but I did see a new 1650 going for 360 AUD and was wondering if I should get it before it goes for this build.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Dr0idGh0sT]

7 hours ago, Esothi._. said:

1650 going for 360 AUD

Yes, Get that, It'll be good enough.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($229.00 @ Centre Com) 
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING SE-224-XT Basic 76.16 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B560M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.00 @ PC Byte) 
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($65.77 @ JW Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ BPC Technology) 
Case: Silverstone FARA H1M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($69.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ Umart) 
Monitor: AOC 27G2 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($359.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Total: $1142.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-14 17:57 AEDT+1100

[Esothi._.]

19 hours ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

Yes, Get that, It'll be good enough.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($229.00 @ Centre Com) 
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING SE-224-XT Basic 76.16 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B560M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.00 @ PC Byte) 
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($65.77 @ JW Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ BPC Technology) 
Case: Silverstone FARA H1M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($69.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ Umart) 
Monitor: AOC 27G2 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($359.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Total: $1142.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-14 17:57 AEDT+1100

thank you so much, this is actually really helpful!

[ahmad13610]

2 hours ago, Esothi._. said:

thank you so much, this is actually really helpful!

i disagree

my build may be better

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700F 2.9 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($359.00 @ PC Byte) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 300 55.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($28.80 @ Device Deal) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B460M MORTAR WIFI Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($119.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.00 @ PC Byte) 
Storage: Kingston KC2500 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($63.00 @ BPC Technology) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1650 G6 4 GB Phoenix OC Video Card  ($449.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Thermaltake View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case  ($33.43 @ Amazon Australia) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ Umart) 
Monitor: Gigabyte ‎G24F 23.8" 1920x1080 170 Hz Monitor  ($269.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Total: $1499.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-15 15:34 AEDT+1100

 

[Dr0idGh0sT]

4 hours ago, ahmad13610 said:

i disagree

my build may be better

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700F 2.9 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($359.00 @ PC Byte) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 300 55.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($28.80 @ Device Deal) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B460M MORTAR WIFI Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($119.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.00 @ PC Byte) 
Storage: Kingston KC2500 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($63.00 @ BPC Technology) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1650 G6 4 GB Phoenix OC Video Card  ($449.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Thermaltake View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case  ($33.43 @ Amazon Australia) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ Umart) 
Monitor: Gigabyte ‎G24F 23.8" 1920x1080 170 Hz Monitor  ($269.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Total: $1499.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-15 15:34 AEDT+1100

 

Totally wrong!

Only better thing in your list is CPU. B460 doesn't support RAM overcklocking, That cooler won't be able to keep I7 cool, That is not possible, Especially in such bad case... 

It could be better this way, If op is willing to sacrifice screen size for a CPU.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700F 2.9 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($359.00 @ PC Byte) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9 Plus 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($45.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B560M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.00 @ PC Byte) 
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($65.77 @ JW Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ BPC Technology) 
Case: Silverstone FARA H1M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($69.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ Umart) 
Monitor: Gigabyte ‎G24F 23.8" 1920x1080 170 Hz Monitor  ($269.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Total: $1192.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-15 20:15 AEDT+1100

[Esothi._.]

16 hours ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

Totally wrong!

Only better thing in your list is CPU. B460 doesn't support RAM overcklocking, That cooler won't be able to keep I7 cool, That is not possible, Especially in such bad case... 

It could be better this way, If op is willing to sacrifice screen size for a CPU.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700F 2.9 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($359.00 @ PC Byte) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9 Plus 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($45.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B560M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.00 @ PC Byte) 
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($65.77 @ JW Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ BPC Technology) 
Case: Silverstone FARA H1M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($69.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ Umart) 
Monitor: Gigabyte ‎G24F 23.8" 1920x1080 170 Hz Monitor  ($269.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Total: $1192.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-15 20:15 AEDT+1100

Thanks for the suggestions both of you but I think I'd prefer to sacrifice the extra cpu power for a larger screen. I believe I'm going to go with an atx mid tower case - although its slightly more expensive than the one you recommended.  Would you recommend going with a micro atx motherboard or just atx in this case? thanks!

[ahmad13610]

5 hours ago, Esothi._. said:

Thanks for the suggestions both of you but I think I'd prefer to sacrifice the extra cpu power for a larger screen. I believe I'm going to go with an atx mid tower case - although its slightly more expensive than the one you recommended.  Would you recommend going with a micro atx motherboard or just atx in this case? thanks!

go micro atx. save your money on budget build

my suggestion at larger screen monitor gaming is VG278QR｜Monitors｜ASUS USA

[VEXICUS]

Somehow managed to squeeze in a freaking RX6600 in your budget. Enjoy

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($229.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: ASRock B460M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($79.00 @ PC Byte) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.00 @ PC Byte) 
Storage: Kingston KC2500 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($63.00 @ BPC Technology) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Challenger D Video Card  ($699.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 40 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Austin Computers) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.00 @ Computer Alliance) 
Monitor: Philips 242E1GAJ/75 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($217.20 @ Device Deal) 
Total: $1504.20