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[Terminator7577]

First time building a pc wanted some input and I will be doing some light DX 12 gaming.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pp2NTH

[Herman Mcpootis]

i would recommend you get windows from reddit/kinguin for $20-30 and get this instead. you get a 240gb ssd for fast boot speeds and loading times, an i5 anf an rx 480 8gb.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($52.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($81.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card  ($219.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Zalman T2 Plus MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.89 @ B&H) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($12.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $706.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-31 22:00 EDT-0400

[Shiv78]

30 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

i would recommend you get windows from reddit/kinguin for $20-30 and get this instead. you get a 240gb ssd for fast boot speeds and loading times, an i5 anf an rx 480 8gb.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($52.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($81.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card  ($219.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Zalman T2 Plus MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.89 @ B&H) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($12.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $706.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-31 22:00 EDT-0400

did u really just put a UV400 in a build. cmon man. Get an Adata SSD instead!

 

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

did u really just put a UV400 in a build. cmon man. Get an Adata SSD instead!

 

 

it's not bad tbh. 

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7943/kingston-ssdnow-uv400-480gb-sata-iii-ssd-review/index11.html

[Shiv78]

2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

it's not bad tbh. 

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7943/kingston-ssdnow-uv400-480gb-sata-iii-ssd-review/index11.html

It has known reliablity issues IIRC, and the ADATA is better and only like a dollar more. Sandisk ones are even cheaper than the UV

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

It has known reliablity issues IIRC, and the ADATA is better and only like a dollar more. Sandisk ones are even cheaper than the UV

 

where? i couldn't find anything about the UV400s having reliability issues.