My first ever PC buid

[RajiRed96]

I am a university student in the UK and want to build a desktop that can handle heavy multi tasking and processes such as scientific modelling or analysis as well as have 'some' abilities in the gaming department. My current budget is flexible but I would prefer to save as much as possible from the current total without making huge sacrifices. 

 

Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor - £305.94

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler - £23.97

MSI Z270M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard -  £116.33

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive - £135.54

XFX Radeon RX 460 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card - £115.81

NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case - £64.17

Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - £64.46

 

Total - 

£937.41

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Rajibul96/saved/x2mjXL

 

Thank you,

 

Raji

[comicsansms]

Get the Corsair CX 450M instead of the CX 500, it is a better PSU and it is cheaper,

[LienusLateTips]

If you want a gaming capability for any game at 1080 go for at least a RX470. You would get about 60fps on each game. Because you are spending this much get a better PSU, maybe a SeaSonic G?

[DocSwag]

What apps are you using? I need to figure out whether they're more multi or single core heavy and if amd or Nvidia is better for them.

 

Anyhow this is what I came up with, assuming they're more multi core and Nvidia doesn't hold an advantage.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£294.97 @ Kustom PCs) 
Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£95.72 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£116.40 @ Kustom PCs) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£72.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  (£161.92 @ BT Shop) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.39 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £935.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[PaperLuigi]

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/tLHppb
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/tLHppb/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£294.97 @ Kustom PCs) 
Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£100.10 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£116.40 @ Kustom PCs) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£135.54 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 8GB ROG STRIX GAMING Video Card  (£167.94 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£64.17 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £929.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-12 01:21 BST+0100

 

 

Some software is better with nvidia so depending what you use you may want to switch that to a gtx 1060

[Alkali A]

somebody is going to point this out pretty quick, so it might as well be me.

 

the new AMD Ryzen cpus are better for multitasking and processing that can take advantage of multiple cores than the current mainstream intel chips.

 

they offer more cores, for less cost than intel.

 

cooler looks fine

 

if you wanted to go ryzen you'd need a board that'd work with it, lol

 

the 850 EVO drives are great SSDs, I'd also recommend a larger HDD (maybe 1tb?) just to keep the storage from filling up.

 

I'm not sure if the 460 has specific productivity usages, but the 1050 Ti seems better (?)

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti-vs-AMD-RX-460/3649vs3641

 

love the case

 

I would invest in a better power supply (it is a terrible mistake to cheap on these, it can ruin the build in a worst-case scenario)

[JJVGaming]

what's your max budget? Docswags would be the best for you imo op.

[RajiRed96]

4 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

What apps are you using? I need to figure out whether they're more multi or single core heavy and if amd or Nvidia is better for them.

 

Anyhow this is what I came up with, assuming they're more multi core and Nvidia doesn't hold an advantage.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£294.97 @ Kustom PCs) 
Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£95.72 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£116.40 @ Kustom PCs) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£72.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  (£161.92 @ BT Shop) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.39 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £935.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-12 01:20 BST+0100

3 minutes ago, Alkali A said:

somebody is going to point this out pretty quick, so it might as well be me.

 

the new AMD Ryzen cpus are better for multitasking and processing that can take advantage of multiple cores than the current mainstream intel chips.

 

they offer more cores, for less cost than intel.

 

cooler looks fine

 

if you wanted to go ryzen you'd need a board that'd work with it, lol

 

the 850 EVO drives are great SSDs, I'd also recommend a larger HDD (maybe 1tb?) just to keep the storage from filling up.

 

I'm not sure if the 460 has specific productivity usages, but the 1050 Ti seems better (?)

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti-vs-AMD-RX-460/3649vs3641

 

love the case

 

I would invest in a better power supply (it is a terrible mistake to cheap on these, it can ruin the build in a worst-case scenario)

They would be more single core heavy hence why I am leaning away from using a Ryzen as the i7 single core performs better. However, I wouldn't be averse to saving money on a cheaper motherboard and cpu in purchasing the Ryzen 7 1700

 

 

[DocSwag]

Just now, RajiRed96 said:

They would be more single core heavy hence why I am leaning away from using a Ryzen as the i7 single core performs better. However, I wouldn't be averse to saving money on a cheaper motherboard and cpu in purchasing the Ryzen 7 1700

 

 

I'd say 7700k then. Do you know if they can be GPU accelerated and if so, whether amd or Nvidia is better?

[RajiRed96]

17 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Get the Corsair CX 450M instead of the CX 500, it is a better PSU and it is cheaper,

Thank you. I will make that change. 

[RajiRed96]

 

8 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

I'd say 7700k then. Do you know if they can be GPU accelerated and if so, whether amd or Nvidia is better?

Having a GPU won't benefit the processing I will be doing other than gaming.

[DocSwag]

2 minutes ago, RajiRed96 said:

 

Having a GPU won't benefit the processing I will be doing other than gaming.

In that case, this is my list. It's just yours with a cheaper mobo that's also a bit better (ATX), cheaper ram that's same frequency and also red, and a better psu.

 

You could also consider a better CPU cooler like the dark rock 3 (which would be noticeably quieter) but it's up to you if you want to spend the extra.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£305.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£103.55 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£102.60 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£135.54 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 460 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£115.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.39 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£66.08 @ Alza) 
Total: £915.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-12 01:40 BST+0100

[Alkali A]

10 minutes ago, RajiRed96 said:

They would be more single core heavy hence why I am leaning away from using a Ryzen as the i7 single core performs better. However, I wouldn't be averse to saving money on a cheaper motherboard and cpu in purchasing the Ryzen 7 1700

 

 

I would go 7700k then as well it has better single core performance, and intel has much more efficient and effective overclocking

 

which also reminds me that if you plan on overclocking you may want to look into cooling again. I personally am using a 6700K atm with a 212 evo and the cpu cooler caps me at 4.6 (which I am working on fixing)

 

5 minutes ago, RajiRed96 said:

 

Having a GPU won't benefit the processing I will be doing other than gaming.

in this case the 460 or 1050 Ti should be more than enough.

[RajiRed96]

12 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

In that case, this is my list. It's just yours with a cheaper mobo that's also a bit better (ATX), cheaper ram that's same frequency and also red, and a better psu.

 

You could also consider a better CPU cooler like the dark rock 3 (which would be noticeably quieter) but it's up to you if you want to spend the extra.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£305.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£103.55 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£102.60 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£135.54 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 460 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£115.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.39 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£66.08 @ Alza) 
Total: £915.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-12 01:40 BST+0100

Is it worth saving £20 on the PSU by getting a Corsair CX 450M instead?

 

[DocSwag]

2 minutes ago, RajiRed96 said:

Is it worth saving £20 on the PSU by getting a Corsair CX 450M instead?

 

Sure, why not. It's pretty decent too.