Help With My First Build!

[HuffGLaDTem]

Budget (including currency): I have 1170 USD exactly for everything.

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Pretty much just gaming, I play a lot of Minecraft, and plenty of source games. Not the most demanding games but I definitely want to be able to play some more newer games as well.

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 far I have made this parts list https://pcpartpicker.com/user/HuffGLaDTem/saved/Yb2npg its a little over budget. I have a nice keyboard and I would like to buy one monitor now and later upgrade to a second nicer monitor. I am upgrading from this laptop. I am not sure what resolution the future monitor will be, maybe 1440p if thats reasonable but for now I will be doing 1080p. I plan to be using linux on this system which is why I am going AMD for my graphics card (I'm taking the plunge!) Thank you all in advance for some help! 

[NF-A12x25]

This one is a little more over budget even than your last one. However, it gives room for upgrades and is in general a better build than the list you picked- you can save a little money by going with the 970 Evo Plus, etc, save a hundred bucks by going with the stock cooler (not a great idea for best performance, but it would save some money)

I’m curious as to why you picked a 5700g. You don’t need an iGPU, since you’re going with a dedicated GPU?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BrYHqm

[HuffGLaDTem]

33 minutes ago, NF-A12x25 said:

This one is a little more over budget even than your last one. However, it gives room for upgrades and is in general a better build than the list you picked- you can save a little money by going with the 970 Evo Plus, etc, save a hundred bucks by going with the stock cooler (not a great idea for best performance, but it would save some money)

I’m curious as to why you picked a 5700g. You don’t need an iGPU, since you’re going with a dedicated GPU?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BrYHqm

To answer your question, I don't really know why I went with that CPU. I am pretty new to PCs seeing as I have never built one before. I guess because it had more stuff for a similar price as others, not the best reason to pick something. I would like to ask reasoning behind this list compared to my not very expert list since I want to learn more about what I am building rather than just grabbing a list off the internet. Also I really want to stick as close to budget as possible so I will need to do some more tweaking still regardless.

[NF-A12x25]

Just now, HuffGLaDTem said:

I would like to ask reasoning behind this list compared to my not very expert list since I want to learn more about what I am building rather than just grabbing a list off the internet.

Of course! So I picked the CPU because currently the 12400f is the best price-performance midrange CPU, and a good motherboard that has good power delivery and will be able to upgrade to the next generation of CPUs without being overpriced.

 

Ram, I picked the cheapest decently fast kit out there.

 

I picked the cooler because again, bang for the buck- it’s one of the best all in one liquid coolers out there and the price is very good.

 

The case is a great case that I have personal experience with, and love. It’s super easy to build in, there’s plenty of room for cable management, and it fits ATX motherboards.

 

I picked a good PCIe gen 4 drive so you can get the fastest possible speeds that your motherboard and CPU enable. 

 

The other stuff is from your list because I didn’t see a problem with it.

[HuffGLaDTem]

42 minutes ago, NF-A12x25 said:

save a hundred bucks by going with the stock cooler (not a great idea for best performance, but it would save some money)

Just to clarify, If I use the stock cooler for now I wont be damaging my system and can later upgrade to a better cooler, correct?

[NF-A12x25]

8 minutes ago, HuffGLaDTem said:

Just to clarify, If I use the stock cooler for now I wont be damaging my system and can later upgrade to a better cooler, correct?

correct  

 

The only difference is your temperatures will be higher but not high enough to damage the system. High enough to maybe not let it run at its very tip-top potential, but it’s negligible and will definitely not damage your system

[HuffGLaDTem]

36 minutes ago, NF-A12x25 said:

 and a good motherboard that has good power delivery and will be able to upgrade to the next generation of CPUs without being overpriced.

 

On the motherboard I have one last question, if I were able to get a set up without need for built in wifi (getting ethernet set up or using a cheap wifi adapter) could I save yet a little more money? 

[NF-A12x25]

1 minute ago, HuffGLaDTem said:

On the motherboard I have one last question, if I were able to get a set up without need for built in wifi (getting ethernet set up or using a cheap wifi adapter) could I save yet a little more money? 

Actually, unfortunately not. This motherboard is actually more expensive without wi-fi, at least right now. 

[HuffGLaDTem]

17 hours ago, NF-A12x25 said:

Actually, unfortunately not. This motherboard is actually more expensive without wi-fi, at least right now. 

thank you so much for helping me get a list set up! im so excited for my first experience building a pc!