friend's build, any changes?

[Armakar]

Friend is building a PC. He says he wants " the best of everything" but he's playing on a laptop (with no graphics card) and i'm pretty sure when he has £1000 saved up next month he'll just buy my recommendation, the upgrade is huge.

He origionally wanted to go with 4k bullshit and SLI 1080's and shit like that but he's willing to go with Ryzen and stuff like that, so here's my build for him.

 

He's looking at primarily gaming (Games like Battlegrounds, H1Z1,  ARMA 3) but claims he'd want more cores because he does alot of multitasking. I explained in alot of detail Intel will still perform really well under workloads but he said he's happy to get 20 less FPS as long as he can max everything with atleast 60FPS, so I chose Ryzen.

He also values looks ALOT. I had to talk him out of the Kraken x62 because it's £60 more expensive then the h100iV2... just for looks. I'd buy the Kraken but not if I had to save longer.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2YRPNN

 

1600X because he wants gaming and multithreaded performance, solid nice looking X370 motherboard with RGB, standard black Gskiill 3200MHZ ram to work with Ryzen IF and fits the RGB theme, RX580 because it's rumored to be £250 which is insane value considering it'l smash the 1060 even on launch drivers, 1TB HDD which he will upgrade to an ssd later, p400S TG because RGB and TG, 650X because he's overclocking and will maybe crossfire in the future.

 

Seems like pretty perfect build for his needs. Any additions or changes?

[TheRandomness]

PSU is overpriced. Why no SSD? For that budget, an SSD is basically required. 

[rn8686]

You could buy an SSD first and add the HDD later when you need the storage (Highly recommend you get one, especially at that budget), all good otherwise. 

[Guest]

You can always add a HDD later on. The 275GB SSD would be enough to get him started.

 

A 550W psu is enough.

 

The R5 1600 is better value. Just overclock it a bit for the same performance.

 

You will need to request an AM4 bracket from Corsair for the cooler.

 

http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/landing/ryzen

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£209.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£92.34 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£142.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£135.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£83.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.00 @ Kustom PCs) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.24 @ Aria PC) 
Other: AMD Radeon RX580 8GB (£250.00)
Total: £1071.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-16 11:08 BST+0100

[Armakar]

1 hour ago, lee32uk said:

You can always add a HDD later on. The 275GB SSD would be enough to get him started.

 

A 550W psu is enough.

 

The R5 1600 is better value. Just overclock it a bit for the same performance.

 

You will need to request an AM4 bracket from Corsair for the cooler.

 

http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/landing/ryzen

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£209.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£92.34 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£142.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£135.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£83.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.00 @ Kustom PCs) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.24 @ Aria PC) 
Other: AMD Radeon RX580 8GB (£250.00)
Total: £1071.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-16 11:08 BST+0100

A 550W PSU is enough for just the overclocking, but as I stated in original post he might be crossfiring the 580's at a later date, which case 650W is needed.

 

I'll talk to him about the SSD, see if 275GB is enough for him. I know he has 1 game alone that has so many addons it amounts to around 100GB.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Armakar said:

A 550W PSU is enough for just the overclocking, but as I stated in original post he might be crossfiring the 580's at a later date, which case 650W is needed.

 

I'll talk to him about the SSD, see if 275GB is enough for him. I know he has 1 game alone that has so many addons it amounts to around 100GB.

I personally wouldn't crossfire, especially with a mid range gpu. The RX 580 probably isn't going to be anything more than a refresh I would guess.

 

If it was me I would put performance before looks, i.e A cheaper X370 or B350 motherboard and the stock cooler would allow for a better gpu from the start. The H100i can always be added later.

[Armakar]

3 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

I personally wouldn't crossfire, especially with a mid range gpu. The RX 580 probably isn't going to be anything more than a refresh I would guess.

 

If it was me I would put performance before looks, i.e A cheaper X370 or B350 motherboard and the stock cooler would allow for a better gpu from the start. The H100i can always be added later.

Yeah, makes sense. He's very stubborn -  he's happy to spend £50 just to get RGB ram, so i'm not sure I can convince him to use a stock cooler. He also wanted an ASUS Crosshair VI Hero (for a ryzen 5 build lol) just because it looks cool.