Help verifying my planned new pc

[gergalyb]

Hi everyone!

I'm planning on building my first gaming pc. I have a budget of about $500 for just the pc itself. I'm located in Hungary so new pc parts are a lot more expensive than eg. in the USA so I would like to buy most of the stuff in used condition. I got together a list and I need help in verifying that I didn't forget anything, all the parts are compatible with eachother and nothing is going to bottleneck the system. I'm planning to run games at 1080p 60fps mid-high for a few years, I sometimes do some video editing so I would prefer and nvidia gpu for cuda.

I have listed prices next to each part for how much I was able to find one.

 

CPU: i5-2400 $73

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H (1*sata3, 5*sata2, 1*pci-e 16x, 3*pci-e 1x, 3*usb3, 6*usb2) $50

CASE: some atx case, haven't decided yet (it shouldn't matter, should it?) $30

PSU: Cooler master thunder 600w $33

RAM: Kingmax 8gb 1600 ddr3 $23

HDD: Toshiba 1tb 7200 $40 (new)

SSD: Kingston v300 120gb $44 (new)

GPU: gtx 1060 3gb $187 (new)

misc stuff:

wifi card $12 (running ethernet is not an option)

sata cable(s) $3

thermal paste $4

intel stock cpu cooler $4

 

Total: $503

 

So is everything I will need listed here or do I need to buy more things?

Also if you have any tips or recommendations please tell me.

 

Thanks for your help!

[Bwithnewcast]

Greetings from Norway!

 

I have read what you are thinking off and almost everything seems okay, without the ram

If you read this article about the cpu it says it max mhz on the ram is 1333 not 1600 and you may consider buying windows i guess, so i would recomend windows 10 pro from kinguin

https://www.kinguin.net/category/19429/windows-10-professional-oem-key/

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/52207/Intel-Core-i5-2400-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_s 40-GHz

[Matias_Chambers]

Don't get that SSD. What other options are available?

[Bwithnewcast]

An ssd is smart to have to load games faster

 

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, Bwithnewcast said:

An ssd is smart to have to load games faster

 

Just not the SSD he picked. 

[Bwithnewcast]

Maybe a HyperX Fury 120 gb since you are on a tight budget

[gergalyb]

@BwithnewcastThanks, you sure saved me from a few ruined nights

 

@Matias_Chambers To be honest, I will most likely swap that ssd with my laptop's kingston v300 240g ssd. But why shouldn't I buy kingston v300 ssd's?

 

Edit: I see that the furyx is the same price, so I will go for that then.

[Bwithnewcast]

1 minute ago, gergalyb said:

@BwithnewcastThanks, you sure saved me from a few ruined nights

 

@Matias_Chambers To be honest, I will most likely swap that ssd with my laptop's kingston v300 240g ssd. But why shouldn't I buy kingston v300 ssd's?

The speed of the ssd is 450/450 and thats slow to be an ssd when the standar speed is 550/500

[Matias_Chambers]

2 minutes ago, gergalyb said:

@BwithnewcastThanks, you sure saved me from a few ruined nights

 

@Matias_Chambers To be honest, I will most likely swap that ssd with my laptop's kingston v300 240g ssd. But why shouldn't I buy kingston v300 ssd's?

They are slow, my friend has one and he is getting worse read and write speeds than my HDD. 

[Matias_Chambers]

4 minutes ago, Bwithnewcast said:

The speed of the ssd is 450/450 and thats slow to be an ssd when the standar speed is 550/500

I don't even think they run at the advertised speeds. My friend's V300 gets like 150 read and 50 write which is the same as a good HDD if not worse. 

[Bwithnewcast]

1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

I don't even think they run at the advertised speeds. My friend's V300 gets like 150 read and 50 write which is the same as a good HDD if not worse. 

Maybe its because its loaded full with data and he has defraggeled the ssd

[Matias_Chambers]

Just now, Bwithnewcast said:

Maybe its because its loaded full with data and he has defraggeled the ssd

Defragging doesn't do anything but add extra writes to the SSD. 

[Bwithnewcast]

4 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Defragging doesn't do anything but add extra writes to the SSD. 

True