First ever build approaching

[captainClueless]

Hi everyone!

 

I am so close to being able to afford the components to build my own PC for the first time. I've been using a laptop now since I went to Uni about 9 years ago. I submitted a thread recently asking for a potential build so that I could look around and see if I could get the suggested build at a slightly lower cost but people kept saying 'wait for Ryzen'

 

I'm quite new to the whole PC building thing. So what benefits is Ryzen going to have over the current Intel market? Or will it mostly be a price thing? Sorry for being a mega n00b here!

 

Also, slightly off topic, can anybody recommend good resources to actually learn what the technical aspects of components are such as GDDR5 for GPU and threads on CPUs. I have no idea!

[Shiv78]

What budget do you have?

 

Ryzen has better performance/price, at least so far on the high end. Mid and low end are yet to be released.

[TomR]

2 minutes ago, captainClueless said:

Hi everyone!

 

I am so close to being able to afford the components to build my own PC for the first time. I've been using a laptop now since I went to Uni about 9 years ago. I submitted a thread recently asking for a potential build so that I could look around and see if I could get the suggested build at a slightly lower cost but people kept saying 'wait for Ryzen'

 

I'm quite new to the whole PC building thing. So what benefits is Ryzen going to have over the current Intel market? Or will it mostly be a price thing? Sorry for being a mega n00b here!

 

Also, slightly off topic, can anybody recommend good resources to actually learn what the technical aspects of components are such as GDDR5 for GPU and threads on CPUs. I have no idea!

Techquickie is one of many YouTube channels that you can learn about how certain components work. 

 

As for Ryzen.. The new processors being released by AMD in a few weeks look very promising. Bringing lots of performance to the table for a very low price.

[Qwweb]

9 minutes ago, captainClueless said:

So what benefits is Ryzen going to have over the current Intel market?

Mainly price-point for performance at least on the high-end as I have yet to see the lower end performance benchmarks or demos. The high-end looks great, but the mid and low tier CPUs are a virtual unknown at this point (to the best of my knowledge).

9 minutes ago, captainClueless said:

good resources to actually learn what the technical aspects of components are such as GDDR5 for GPU and threads on CPUs.

If you just want to know what they are generally, then Techquickie is fine (not too precise though, just a general overview in most cases). For in-depth explanations going into architecture and specifics at a professional and academic level, a university-level (2nd to 3rd year level) electrical engineering or comp-sci course would be necessary. 

[NTDaws]

I mean if you are just gaming, a i7 or a Ryzen 1700 will be good. Do you live in US or Canada.

[NTDaws]

I didn't add a motherboard because they haven't been added, the new cpu coolers for this cpu is FUCKING RGB LIT.

 

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CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($96.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.49 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card  ($244.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $931.67
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