Help me build a developer PC

[KAPETAN KUPLUNG]

Hello, I'm planning on building a new PC mainly for multithreaded programming in Visual Studio and testing projects in virtual machines so good CPU is a must and also about 16GB of RAM would be pretty nice for virtual machine. I don't want to overclock it. Budget is around $500 give or take. I don't need peripherals or OS.
My current part list goes like this

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor I'm pretty much sure about this one, it has good value and it suits me perfectly. ($129.49 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: I have no idea which one to get, although my current PC has http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model_Specification.aspx?id=C_00001807 CPU cooler and it would be nice if I can just put it on new PC without problems.

Memory: Any 16GB would be nice but if it throws me over $500 I might get just 8GB.

Storage: Any 1TB HDD (again if low on budget 500GB might be fine), I don't really like SSD, not even for boot drive.

Video Card: I was thinking about Radeon RX 460 2GB ($89.99 @ B&H) because it won't bottleneck CPU for daily stuff and it may run multiple monitors which I may need in future. I don't really need it for gaming (maybe occasionally just old games to pump up nostalgia  , but that's not so important to me). Maybe some other graphics card will suit me better ?

Case: This one gives me a lot of problems. I want my PC to be quiet but every quiet case costs way to much for its value. Also this really depends on which case can I get in my area so don't think much about this one.

Power Supply: Any PSU is acceptable as far as it isn't really low quality.

That's about it. I'm upgrading PC since this one is about 5 years old, drivers are no longer being updated and during work CPU often gets to 100% usage.
Thanks in advance.

[genexis_x]

Excuse me, but why not AMD Ryzen?

Go for Ryzen 5/7 CPUs.

AMD last gen CPUs are almost crap now.

[KAPETAN KUPLUNG]

1 minute ago, ZM Fong said:

Excuse me, but why not AMD Ryzen?

Because I know my needs, Ryzen is overkill for my purpose. I just need help with combining mentioned CPU with rest of parts under a specific budget.

[Brooksie359]

11 minutes ago, KAPETAN KUPLUNG said:

Because I know my needs, Ryzen is overkill for my purpose. I just need help with combining mentioned CPU with rest of parts under a specific budget.

I'll be honest I would say the fx series is a bad buy in general but seeing as you aren't gaming I would say it isn't a horrible pick. That being said the r5 isn't all that much more expensive and is quite the performance boost. I'll see what I can put together with the specifications you asked for.

[Brooksie359]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rYpTRG      now again I will preface that this is not a build I would recommend but it a the build or would do if having to follow your guidelines. I know the pcpartpicker says the motherboard may not be compatible but I highly doubt that would be the case as my fx 8350 was on a 970a motherboard and vishera is so old all motherboards out now more than likely have newer bios.

[Jurrunio]

If Ryzen 7 is expensive then go for r5 or even r3. The old FX is cheaper, but its performance per buck is MUCH lower than Ryzen. If you use this system for some 5 years, the extra money you pay for electricity will exceed what you saved for the price by a significant bit.

 

for graphics card, if you don't game at all, get something old or used. Sth like a 760 or 960 lost quite a lot of their value while being good enough. If you want a new card, and rx 460 is good

[KAPETAN KUPLUNG]

27 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rYpTRG      now again I will preface that this is not a build I would recommend but it a the build or would do if having to follow your guidelines. I know the pcpartpicker says the motherboard may not be compatible but I highly doubt that would be the case as my fx 8350 was on a 970a motherboard and vishera is so old all motherboards out now more than likely have newer bios.

That seems nice, are you sure about motherboard RAM slots and RAM height compatible with CPU cooler ?

 

25 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

If Ryzen 7 is expensive then go for r5 or even r3. The old FX is cheaper, but its performance per buck is MUCH lower than Ryzen. If you use this system for some 5 years, the extra money you pay for electricity will exceed what you saved for the price by a significant bit.

 

for graphics card, if you don't game at all, get something old or used. Sth like a 760 or 960 lost quite a lot of their value while being good enough. If you want a new card, and rx 460 is good

I'm not sure about that, maybe if price drops. What other parts should I get if I choose r5 ?

[Brooksie359]

Just now, KAPETAN KUPLUNG said:

That seems nice, are you sure about motherboard RAM slots and RAM height compatible with CPU cooler ?

 

I'm not sure about that, maybe if price drops. What other parts should I get if I choose r5 ?

tbh i didn't even think about clearance for the ram. if you know that your cooler tends to create clearance issues you should go for low profile ram. 

[Jurrunio]

11 minutes ago, KAPETAN KUPLUNG said:

I'm not sure about that, maybe if price drops. What other parts should I get if I choose r5 ?

Motherboard: some B350 chipset based motherboard from known manufacturers such as MSI, Gigabyte or Asus will do.

PSU: Some 500W to 550W from known brands with 80 plus certification, if you want to keep this build for years. Leaving some head room makes them last longer.

eMemory: For programming, more RAM can prevent situations where you find that you dont have enough of it.  I doubt whether you need fast RAM though, so 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 if you don't, or 2133MHz DDR4 of you need or have more cash to spend. Keep in mind that it seems that B350 boards either support DDR3 or DDR4 but not both, the latter costs slightly more, so count that in.

Storage: I have bad experiences with Seagate ones, both internal drives and external ones, so stay away from them. Any other known brands (not necessarily on PC parts, but electronic parts) are fine. My Toshiba 500GB hard drive lasted 4 years of daily use and still runs fine. More high end ones such as WD blue cost more, but you might feel better about it.

 

I dont give exact builds because what I can get might not be what is available to you, so I can only set some margins about your build. Good luck building one

[KAPETAN KUPLUNG]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Motherboard: some B350 chipset based motherboard from known manufacturers such as MSI, Gigabyte or Asus will do.

PSU: Some 500W to 550W from known brands with 80 plus certification, if you want to keep this build for years. Leaving some head room makes them last longer.

eMemory: For programming, more RAM can prevent situations where you find that you dont have enough of it.  I doubt whether you need fast RAM though, so 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 if you don't, or 2133MHz DDR4 of you need or have more cash to spend. Keep in mind that it seems that B350 boards either support DDR3 or DDR4 but not both, the latter costs slightly more, so count that in.

Storage: I have bad experiences with Seagate ones, both internal drives and external ones, so stay away from them. Any other known brands (not necessarily on PC parts, but electronic parts) are fine. My Toshiba 500GB hard drive lasted 4 years of daily use and still runs fine. More high end ones such as WD blue cost more, but you might feel better about it.

 

I dont give exact builds because what I can get might not be what is available to you, so I can only set some margins about your build. Good luck building one

Thanks, you have helped a lot.